"Bang!"
Lin Jie kicked open the half-closed door of the bookstore and placed the girl in a semi-reclining position on a deck chair to check on the situation. He took out his communication device, thinking that he had picked up some trouble.
But if he left it alone, it could lead to a more serious infection in the street where the water had just receded after the rain.
He looked at the girl in a blood-stained white gown. Her long hair was wet and draped over her face. The part of her face that was covered was also stained with blood.
Her skin, which was so white that it was almost transparent, was covered with all kinds of bloody wounds.
The wounds covered almost all of her body and were directional. They were high temperature and were caused by blunt and sharp weapons. Based on Lin Jie's experience, he could basically confirm that they were explosion injuries.
Furthermore, from the wavy contusions on the girl's body and the peeling off of her skin, it was obvious that they were caused by shock waves.
She should have been some distance away from the center of the explosion …
Lin Jie frowned. Explosion injuries were usually light on the outside but heavy on the inside. The strong shock waves had a high probability of rupturing internal organs, bleeding, and fractures.
But the girl's wounds were relatively small, and the internal bleeding obviously wouldn't cause such a large amount of blood.
Also, the blood on the white gown was splattered in a different direction from the wounds on her body. This meant that the blood should be someone else's. He remembered the URL: m.9biquge.com.
More specifically, he couldn't determine what the situation was.
So his first reaction was to take out his communication device and call the hospital, but …
"Beep … beep …"
He heard the busy tone in his ear.
Lin Jie sighed and felt that it was true. The fire was so big that it seemed that at least a dozen streets were affected. There would be too many casualties to save.
At the very least, the hospital in this area would be flooded with calls.
He put down the communication device and planned to try again later.
The so-called communication device was the mobile phone of this world.
As mentioned before, A Zier's technological level was roughly the same as Earth's in the 1980s and 1990s. This was around the time that mobile phones were transitioning to flip phones.
But the research on mobile phones in this world seemed to be progressing faster. The communication device basically looked like a normal flip phone.
Of course, it wasn't something that the average commoner could afford. It was just like how the video store next door had a lousy television, which was enough for the store owner to brag about on the news every day. Those who could afford a communication device basically belonged to the category of the rich.
Lin Jie's communication device was a gift from a guest.
Although Lin Jie didn't know many people, the gaming industry in this world was relatively backward, and there wasn't even a built-in Gluttonous Snake, he didn't use the communication device much. However, Lin Jie still carried it with him at all times in case he needed it.
His caution proved to be correct.
When Lin Jie used the communication device to contact the hospital again, he heard the busy tone and noticed the tag on the girl's chest.
He reached out and picked it up. Behind the sign was a faint white triangular mark, and the frame was an abstract Ouroboros.
It was a logo that he had never seen before …
Lin Jie thought as he flipped to the front. When he saw the picture of a young man, he was slightly stunned.
Because he was more focused on the wound and the clothes were highly stained, he didn't notice that the clothes weren't hers.
He thought about the fire in the distance and the girl's clothes were still wet. She should be a victim who had just escaped from the explosion.
But this was clearly a researcher's white coat that didn't belong to her. The large amount of blood also meant that she wasn't an ordinary victim.
Lin Jie analyzed the situation according to a normal person's logic.
The clothes weren't the child's, but she shouldn't have put them on herself.
The damage on the clothes didn't overlap with the girl's wounds. Obviously, she wasn't injured by the explosion while wearing the clothes, so she put on the clothes after she was injured.
Who would be able to take off someone else's clothes and wear them after being seriously injured by the explosion?
Even if she took off the clothes and wore them, she wouldn't have hung the name tag together with the clothes.
So obviously, someone else put the clothes on her, and it should be the person on the name tag.
As for why she was disguised and what was the purpose of the disguise, Lin Jie couldn't accurately know the truth based on his own guesses.
"Oh …"
The girl's butterfly-like eyelashes fluttered and she opened her eyes. Her expression was still a little confused and vigilant like a cub.
Lin Jie squatted down and reached out to touch her head. He tried to smile as gently as possible. "You're awake. Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? Don't move around. Your injuries are very serious. I'm trying to contact the hospital … "
The girl looked at the friendly smile on his face and quickly observed the unfamiliar surroundings. Her tense body relaxed a little. She instantly judged that this was a young single man who lived alone all year round.
There were no aether fluctuations. He was an ordinary person.
He probably thought that the blood on her body was his. In that case, it wasn't hard to gain his trust.
She reached out to grab Lin Jie's sleeve and whispered in a low and hoarse voice, "Don't contact the hospital. They want to kill me … I escaped."
Lin Jie was shocked. He lowered his head and looked at the thin and fragile body under the girl's clothes. He thought for a moment, and a very popular character in Detective Conan flashed through his mind — Ai Yuanai.
In his impression, Ai Yuanai, who had escaped from the organization, had fallen on the road wearing an ill-fitting white coat.
Could it be …
Cough, it wasn't that the girl in front of him had shrunk, but that the cause of the fire was also some dangerous secret research?
Combined with the girl's words, the matter seemed to be clear.
The owner of the clothes — assuming that it was a secret researcher — had encountered a fatal danger, and it had happened very quickly. There was no way to escape the sudden situation.
At the same time, this child was also at the scene. She had an unusual relationship with this person. And judging from the fact that the girl was only wearing a white coat, could it be …
The plot was that a researcher was in possession of secret information. The villain organization threatened him with his family and wanted him to do something worse than a beast.
In the end, the researcher did something in anger and detonated the bomb. Then, he didn't have long to live. He put the clothes on the child and let her run out to ask for help.
Lin Jie already had a sense of the scene in his mind.
Why was the girl covered in wounds? Because there had been a struggle at the scene.
Why was the girl soaked? This was to prevent her from being burned in the process of escaping.
Why was she wearing someone else's clothes? Because she had encountered a terrible threat, the owner of the clothes had let her run out.
The girl shook her head and kept staring at Lin Jie, as if she was begging him.
Lin Jie cut off the communication device in his hand and sighed. He put the device back in his pocket and comforted her, "Okay, I won't call anymore. But no matter what happened, I have to make sure that your body is okay … External injuries are easy to treat, but internal injuries can't be seen. This is no joke. If your internal organs are damaged, it could be a matter of life and death."
He then said with a serious expression, "Although I'm not a professional doctor, I can still diagnose ordinary injuries … If you don't want to go to the hospital, you have to give me a reason not to worry."
"So, can you cooperate with me and let me check your injuries first?"
Lin Jie looked at the girl in front of him with a very reliable and serious expression. He reached out and held the girl's cold little hand, tightly giving her warmth and strength.
Sigh, who told him to be so warm-hearted and kind, willing to help strangers through difficult times? If this child met someone else, she probably wouldn't be so lucky.
This kind of terrible experience must have left her with lingering fears.
He had to let her feel the warmth of the world!
The girl looked at her hand that was being held and suddenly felt an unprecedented feeling in her heart. Her expression couldn't help but pause for a moment, and then she silently nodded.
"Okay, if you don't feel well, you have to tell me."
Lin Jie reached out and pressed on some areas that might be injured and asked, "Do you feel any pain?"
The girl shook her head.
He then roughly diagnosed the areas that might be injured.
He felt that it was really strange. There were clearly traces of shock waves on the surface of her body, but there didn't seem to be any internal injuries. Instead, there were slight fractures.
"There really aren't any serious internal injuries, so you don't need to go to the hospital. But you still need to receive treatment …"
The girl looked at Lin Jie with a trace of confusion. But when she thought about the freedom she had just obtained, she clenched her fists. She couldn't risk being exposed, and the man in front of her couldn't be completely trusted.
Lin Jie finished his instructions and said, "Is there anything else you want now? I'm going to the basement to get some tools to treat your external injuries. I'll be back later."
"It's cold."
The girl's gaze turned to the door that wasn't closed.
"Ah, I forgot to close the door. Wait a moment." Lin Jie couldn't help but laugh. He slapped his forehead and turned to walk towards the door.
The girl's gaze instantly turned cold. As she looked at Lin Jie, she half-squatted on the recliner and tensed her body like a bowstring. As soon as she let go, she would shoot out from the bowstring.
She would kill the young man in front of her as easily as a cat …
Suddenly, her movements paused. Her gaze, which had followed Lin Jie's back, was attracted by the gargoyle on the counter in the same direction.
The girl looked at the gargoyle's scarlet eyes and felt the enormous aether waves that were filled with coldness and hatred.
Her back instantly arched, and a chill rose in her heart. This was … the feeling of being targeted!
That gargoyle was alive!
Realizing this, the girl felt as if she had been startled awake from a nightmare. She opened her eyes wide and looked around. The aether affinity that hadn't recovered because of her injuries suddenly exploded.
This place … was full of life.
Then, as her entire body stiffened, she looked again at Lin Jie, who was closing the door.
A normal person?
She had already flipped over half of the recliner, but now she flipped back over and lay down quietly and obediently.
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