The mumbles echoed in the morgue.
The attacker didn't notice anything wrong.
"T-Delicious … t-not expensive …"
On the contrary, the attacker mumbled again and started to swallow his saliva. Then, his stomach started to growl.
The attacker looked at McRose, who was tied to the chair.
Hunger!
Like a beast!
McRose shuddered when she met his gaze.
Somehow, she felt the attacker was scarier than before.
The previous attacker wanted to dissect her.
Now?
The attacker wanted to eat her.
Between dissecting her and being eaten, McRose wanted the third option.
She hadn't finished paying off her loan.
She hadn't enjoyed her life.
She didn't want to die yet!
"Who can save me?
"Who can save me?"
As long as someone can save me, I'm willing … "
McRose prayed and thought about what she could offer.
Then, McRose suddenly realized there was nothing else she could offer.
Money?
Nope, she was in debt, a total pauper.
Looks?
She wasn't ugly, but she was also average. Her makeup was even more unacceptable to ordinary people.
Sorrow rose in McRose's heart at the critical moment.
The scariest thing in life wasn't falling into danger.
It was when you realized you had nothing, you didn't even have the right to escape.
Helpless, McRose looked down.
She had to take out her last bargaining chip.
Other than these two, what else could she take out?
Life!
It seemed like the only answer she had.
However, she was trying to survive, if she were to use her life as a bargaining chip …
Who cares, a little longer is a little longer!
McRose had given up on herself.
"T-Delicious … t-not expensive …"
Just as she was about to pray again, the murmurs sounded once more. The ambusher was already inches away from her. He opened his mouth and a pungent stench assaulted her face, causing her to be unable to open her eyes.
McRose couldn't imagine how a person's mouth could be so stinky.
However, the mumbles from the attacker's mouth struck a spark in her mind.
"As long as someone can save me, I'm willing to give him the breakfast upstairs!"
After saying the prayer, she felt a little embarrassed.
It was too cheap.
Her life was only worth a breakfast?
No, no, no!
There should be more!
Just as she was wondering if she should turn breakfast into three meals a day, a voice suddenly rang in her ears.
"Sure, sure!"
His voice was muffled.
But just as the voice faded away, a gust of wind blew in the secret chamber of the morgue.
Swift and violent!
It was as if a typhoon had passed through!
The ambusher opened his mouth in front of McRose, ready to bite her, but he was sent flying backward by the violent wind. Under McRose's gaze, a translucent afterimage was extracted from the ambusher's body and devoured by the violent wind. The ambusher's body was slammed against the wall.
Bang!
A heavy crash later, she snapped out of her daze.
"What happened?"
"Did my prayers work?"
"Can it really be settled with a breakfast?"
"Is my life that worthless?"
McRose stood there in shock. Even though she had a special physique and had experienced all sorts of unbelievable things, what happened just now still made her doubt her life.
Did she choose the wrong profession?
Should she learn how to cook?
"Life is priceless.
Likewise, promised food is priceless as well. "
Amidst the soft voice, Kieran walked out from the shadows and looked down at the ambusher. The ambusher was devoured by the evil spirit that possessed him, not his soul.
However, the ambusher's condition wasn't looking good.
His aura was extremely weak.
His soul should have been damaged by the evil spirit's possession.
But …
The more it was like that, the more it proved that Kieran was on the right track.
The ambusher who was on the verge of death was the one who dismembered the man and sent him to the police station.
Looking at the man curled up on the floor and his aura getting weaker, it was hard for anyone to imagine that he was a murderer who dismembered the man.
The other party looked extremely miserable.
"I-I don't want to die.
I want to live … "
Before he could finish his words, his voice stopped abruptly.
Kieran looked at the man's body coldly.
From the police station to this place, Kieran already had a general idea in his mind.
The secret chamber of the morgue.
The dismembered man.
Immortal life.
There was also [Imperfect Mordin's Sculpture] hidden in the operating chair.
"Survival?"
Kieran thought in his heart.
He didn't have any further comments.
He had gone through similar things before.
He totally understood what it must have been like in that situation.
In order to survive, even though he knew it was a scam, he would still jump in without a care for his own safety.
Even though he knew it would be worse, he would still try.
Why do you ask?
In order to survive.
Even without dignity, he still wanted to live.
Wasn't it human instinct?
Just like the ambushers who had died here.
He was pitiful and hateful.
He just wanted to survive.
Even if he had to kill, he wouldn't hesitate.
It was a pity …
He was used by someone else.
It was just a beautiful 'ending'.
"Let's call the police."
Kieran turned around and said to McRose, who was still in a daze.
"But …"
McRose wanted to say something but when Kieran pointed at the dead ambusher, she went quiet.
McRose wasn't an idiot.
Or rather, those who could become a forensic doctor were all meticulous and calm people.
Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to face the bloody body calmly.
Connecting what happened yesterday and looking at the scene before her, McRose had her own guesses in her mind.
"Okay."
McRose wanted to go upstairs to make a call but Kieran spoke again.
"Remember what you said about the payment."
"Em.
I'll save the breakfast for you. "
McRose nodded.
Although she didn't want to admit how cheap she was, on the other hand, breakfast saved her life, so it was worth it.
Unknowingly, McRose thought that she had earned it.
Before she left the morgue, she took one last look at Kieran, who was standing in the middle of the pool of blood.
The black didn't stand out in the dark red, as if it wanted to blend in but under the light, it was clear as if it was two separate worlds.
"What a weirdo!"
McRose's eyes were filled with curiosity as she commented on Kieran in her heart. She quickly went upstairs.
Five minutes later, an irritating police siren tore apart the peace of the afternoon.
Gredith brought a couple of officers with her and rushed down the stairs.
When she saw Kieran, she frowned.
She realized that ever since she got to know this man, every time something happened, he would be there.
He was either the person involved or the people involved.
And every time, lives would be lost.
'Is this guy the Grim Reaper?'
Gredith thought in her heart. However, she quickly turned her attention to the body and the secret room in the morgue.
After a careful inspection, she walked up to Kieran.
"What happened?"
Gredith asked.
"I wanted to see Mary but when I came in, I found McRose being held hostage by this man.
Then, I saved McRose, the forensic doctor, "Kieran said.
Kieran said the words that he had prepared beforehand.
"I don't know what happened either.
This morning, I came to the forensics workshop as usual, ready to start the day's work.
When I was tidying up the morgue, he barged in, held me hostage and opened the secret room — before this, I didn't even know there was such a secret room behind the body cabinet. "
McRose played along with Kieran and explained.
With the surveillance footage, Gredith didn't suspect Kieran or McRose at all. The footage clearly showed McRose coming in first, followed by the attacker, and finally, Kieran.
The timings matched.
It was also reasonable for the incident to happen.
The only thing that raised Gredith's suspicion was the attacker's identity.
How did the attacker know about the secret room in the morgue?
Or …
Why was the attacker here?
"Investigate his identity.
Start from the hospitals. "
Gredith ordered.
"Yes."
The officers moved out right away.
With such a clear purpose and photographic evidence, they quickly came to a conclusion.
The attacker was a patient with severe kidney and liver damage.
Half a month ago, he gave up treatment and left the hospital.
Based on the address left behind by the attacker, the officers followed the clues and found his address.
Then …
They saw the dismemberment scene.
"What?
You're saying this guy is the murderer of the dismemberment case?! "
Gredith was in disbelief when she received the call from her men.
A sick man was the murderer of the dismemberment case?
Gredith was doubtful but no matter how much she didn't believe it, the facts were right in front of her, and she chose to believe in the evidence.
After listening to her men's report and making sure no one else was involved, Gredith looked at the secret room in the morgue, her face still showing a sense of doubt.
Then, she made a phone call.
After the phone call confirmed that the attacker was the original owner of the forensics workshop, Gredith, who was still doubtful, had to believe the attacker before her eyes was the murderer.
The attacker built the secret room in the beginning, torturing and killing the bodies and even the living.
However, because of his body condition, he had to give up the place.
However, the guilt in his heart made him commit the crime again.
He chose Mary, the pitiful woman who lived alone.
Then, the other party easily got what he wanted.
However, his body condition was getting worse by the second.
He should have known it, so he became crazier and crazier. He started to provoke the police and chose to return to where he started, wanting to end his life in his madness.
Unfortunately, he was interrupted.
"Fortunately, he was interrupted.
I don't want to work with another forensic doctor. "
Back in her office, Gredith couldn't help but exclaim after she told McRose about her speculations.
"Yeah, I don't want to die this early either."
An ugly smile appeared on McRose's face.
Gredith wasn't too concerned, she thought McRose was frightened out of her wits.
"The statements have all been prepared. Have an early rest today, Rose."
I'll let you know if anything happens. "
Gredith said.
"Okay.
I'll go back first. "
McRose nodded and walked out.
At the entrance, she coincidentally ran into Kieran, who had just finished his statement.
Both of them walked out together.
Gredith shook her head when she saw the two of them leave. It seemed like the sudden incident had made the two of them a lot closer.
Besides, McRose herself was a very approachable person, other than her makeup.
It wasn't strange for the two of them to form a friendship.
She wasn't worried about McRose telling Kieran things that he shouldn't.
She knew McRose cherished her current job a lot.
"Prepare to close the case!"
Gredith took in a deep breath and returned to her desk. She started to organize the case files and files before she got off work.
As for the press conference at the station?
There would be someone in charge of that, all she had to do was submit the complete case files to the higher-ups.
However, just as Gredith finished organizing most of the files, the phone on her desk rang. Gredith's face changed when she picked up the call.
…
Inside the taxi.
Kieran and McRose were sitting side by side.
Other than McRose telling the taxi driver an address, both of them didn't speak throughout the whole process.
McRose's heart was heavy, she didn't have the mood to speak.
Kieran, on the other hand, wasn't a person who would start a conversation if there was nothing to say.
Silence became the main theme for both of them.
The taxi driver also felt uncomfortable and depressed in such silence. He almost unconsciously sped up, wanting to quickly complete this business and leave these two strange people behind. Especially the woman, with her pale makeup, she didn't look like a good person at first glance. It was a pity that the man, a rather normal young man, had been led astray by this woman.
The taxi driver stepped on the accelerator with pity in his heart. The hour-long journey ended in 45 minutes, and Kieran and McRose arrived at their destination. After both of them got off the taxi, the driver didn't linger and left right away.
An infirmary.
Water and Sunshine Infirmary.
The words were written on the signboard.
Through the door, Kieran could see the caretakers leading the elderly on the lawn. Further away was a small lake, and on the other side of the lawn was a white, five-storey building. The walls were flat but the roof was arched. Through the bright windows, Kieran could see people walking in and out from time to time.
A decent infirmary.
Kieran commented in his heart.
McRose, on the other hand, kept walking inside.
It seemed like she was a regular here, the security at the entrance didn't even stop her, instead showing her a smile.
Following McRose, Kieran headed to the main building.
However, just as both of them got close to the main building, before they even entered, a cry of shock came from the lake.
"Aaah!"
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