Immortal in Horror Game: She is the Fortune Teller!-Chapter 79 - 76: Horror Hospital 43 (The Truth About the Virus)
Josh and several others were escorted to a hall where a few people were talking.
The person in authority sat on the other side of the long table in the hall, exuding an imposing aura of authority.
It was as if clearly announcing that they were the boss around here.
Josh looked at the person, feeling a vague sense of familiarity, as if they had met somewhere before.
"Report! Base Leader, we’ve captured six strangers!"
Josh looked at this so-called Base Leader.
The Base Leader seemed to be in their 50s, with a square and upright appearance, exuding a strong sense of justice.
But Josh couldn’t help but dislike this person.
The Base Leader scrutinized them, then finally spoke after a while, "Where did you come from?"
Josh: "We’re patients coming out of the hospital."
"Patients?!"
The people around them recoiled in horror, covering their mouths and noses, seemingly very afraid of being infected.
Josh looked at everyone: "We are not carrying any germs, rest assured."
Only then did the Base Leader relax, looking at them, "In that case, let’s settle them down first."
Josh and the others were taken away and settled in an underground room.
Saying they’re settled, but never seen six people settled in one room, might as well say they’re detained.
Occasionally, patrolling people would pass by.
Seeing the six of them, they couldn’t help but whisper.
"It’s a time when people are on edge, and suddenly six strangers appear, could they be spies?"
"No way, they’re human after all."
"So what if they’re human? Isn’t there enough of people acting as spies and lackeys for the cats now?"
"That’s true."
"How could the Base Leader just let them in like that, it’s terrifying! What if they carry the virus?"
Yuze looked at Josh: "What should we do now, Little Tactician?"
Josh: "Let’s observe, we still don’t know what exactly is happening on the human side. I have my monitor on the Base Leader, so I can eavesdrop on what they say."
Her Spider Silk could silently attach to people, acting as her eyes and ears.
*
In the conference room.
The Base Leader looked seriously at the images: "The situation is getting worse, more and more people are getting infected."
The person beside couldn’t help but hesitate: "Then we shouldn’t have taken in those six people. If they’re carrying the virus, won’t our last piece of uncontaminated land be polluted?"
The Base Leader glanced at them: "They’ve been roaming the city for a while, did you see anyone around them get infected?"
The person beside instinctively retorted: "Maybe they were too far."
The Base Leader asked again: "And the patrolmen who brought them here? They walked with them all the way here, didn’t they?" 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
The person beside couldn’t find words to refute and silently closed their mouth.
The Base Leader seriously looked at everyone: "As for the hospital, didn’t that mad director say it? In three days, they’ll release all the viruses. We should save as many as we can now. As long as we unite, we can defeat that devil!"
Josh roughly understood, looking at his teammates and relaying what he heard.
Yuze frowned slightly: "So, if the director releases the virus and all humans die, our main quest fails."
Josh nodded: "To promote harmonious coexistence between humans and cats, we first need to understand what happened between them. We’ve gathered clues from the director’s side, and now we must quickly gain the humans’ trust to investigate further."
Everyone nodded.
To Josh’s surprise, everything was progressing more smoothly than they imagined.
They agreed on the plan to say they escaped from the hospital and were determined to overthrow the hospital director’s tyrannical rule. The Base Leader allowed them to join the defense team without any hesitation.
Conference room.
Josh, Yuze, and others sat at the meeting table.
The Base Leader wore a friendly smile: "Alright, no need to be so on edge. There’s indeed something I need to ask you for help with."
Josh relaxed a bit.
It’s best if requests could be openly discussed.
Prevents them from being suddenly ambushed.
The Base Leader lowered his eyes momentarily, then raised them again, smiling: "I can see that everyone here has exceptional abilities, strong combat skills, not ordinary people."
He looked at Code 7: "Especially this one, looks very formidable."
Code 7 stared at him expressionlessly, unblinking.
The Base Leader felt a strange sense of intimidation from that gaze, not daring to look away.
Josh’s lips twitched, leaning over: "He’s praising you."
"Oh." Code 7 withdrew the gaze, continuing to play a quiet statue.
The Base Leader wiped the sweat off his forehead, looking at them: "Indeed, the hospital director plans to release all viruses and the virus-carrying test subjects from the hospital in three days. This virus can cover the entire city in a day."
His face showed a hint of worry, looking at them almost pleadingly: "So, I want to ask for your help to destroy the hospital’s underground lab and eradicate those viruses."
[Ding! Triggered main quest (2) "Destroy the Hospital Lab."]
They heard the system prompt, exchanging knowing glances.
"We can do it, but we have a request." Josh looked at the Base Leader.
The Base Leader smiled gently: "Go ahead."
Josh glanced at Yuze, then turned to the Base Leader, "We need to know exactly what happened between humans and cats, and why the director is so ruthlessly determined to wipe out humanity?"
The Base Leader’s hand behind his back clenched slightly, his face tensed: "This..."
Yuze lazily yawned: "If we know nothing, I’m not taking this job, it sounds too risky."
Jiang Can looked at the captain: "If you’re not taking it, I’m not taking it either."
Rob blinked: "You’re not taking it? Then I’m not taking it either."
"This..." The Base Leader was a bit embarrassed, looking at Josh for help.
Josh shrugged: "You see, that’s the situation."
If you’re asking for help, you must have the mindset of someone seeking help.
After a moment of stalemate, the Base Leader seemed to reluctantly sigh, "Actually, we are not very clear about the whole story either. We just know that suddenly one day, the cats in the city went crazy and barged into people’s homes, carrying strange high-tech devices that we couldn’t compete against."
He seemed to recall something terrifying, his facial muscles trembling with fear: "After that night, all the cats in the city disappeared. Our old Base Leader was brutally killed, his body fiercely bitten by cats, and a virus began spreading among humans. Only that hospital could treat that... disease."
