The Gentleman at the End-Chapter 238 - 237 Questions

Chapter 238: Chapter 237 Questions

The document approval took a full three hours, during which Yi Chen sat motionless on the sofa.

After the final document was signed and stamped, the female doctor stretched her arms behind her and yawned fiercely, stretching her body. The tight figure beneath her white coat was undoubtedly highlighted at this moment.

Unfortunately, Yi Chen’s gaze remained on the tea leaves.

“I’m sorry~ Yesterday, a large number of patients were sent over, and each patient’s information needed my review and signature.

We just need to go through a simple process, and you’ll be an ‘official employee’… Oh right! The tea you just drank is our special ‘Cemetery Tea,’ and this whole bag is for you, make sure to keep it safe.

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Once you finish it, you can buy more within the organization with money.”

“Thank you.”

Yi Chen decisively pocketed the tea leaves, food that suited his current physical constitution so well was indeed rare.

The female doctor placed her right hand over her chest,

“I haven’t introduced myself yet, have I?

My name is Lu Xin, one of the chief physicians at Lushan Mental Hospital, I can provide all kinds of spiritual needs for any patient.

I didn’t expect to see you again in just two years, truly worthy of being Mr. Yi’s descendant, your level of excellence even surpasses his.”

Yi Chen would simply nod slightly, without any response. He wasn’t particularly interested in a father he had never met; knowing that his father wasn’t a murderer was already enough for him.

He was more interested in the Orphanage and why he hadn’t died.

“Before signing the official contract, you need to make a decision because there are many types of employees, and we usually set a suitable position for you based on your performance during your time as a temporary worker.”

In the midst of speaking, Lu Xin reached out and wiped off a layer of foundation from Yi Chen’s cheek.

“Your makeup skills are quite impressive, would you consider staying with us as a ‘Funeral Master’? The risk is low, the rewards are high, and you can enjoy some resources from the mental hospital.

Also, your current state is quite suitable for dealing with the dead.”

“That wouldn’t be a problem.”

“Haha, I knew you would agree! But let’s keep that as a ‘backup option’ for now. It would be truly wasteful to send someone as young as you to work in the morgue.

And the air circulation in those places isn’t great; staying too long could lead to a certain detachment from reality.

You probably still yearn for life on the outside and more opportunities for growth, right?”

“Yes.”

“Based on your excellent performance over the past two years, we’ve designated your employee status as ‘Lonely Wolf.’ The total of your commissions and bonuses would amount to over ten times your current earnings. You would also enjoy absolute priority for solo missions.

The term Lonely Wolf means unrestrained, all missions need to be completed independently, not too different from your status as a temporary worker.

The ‘Intelligence Traders’ in each region will eagerly liaise with you, and you can easily investigate anything you want. Of course, some information might cost a lot of money, even very expensive.”

“That’s fine.”

Independent self-reliance was something Yi Chen learned at the Orphanage; he did not like to entrust important things to companions.

After signing a few documents, the transition to permanent status was complete, with no weapon offerings, no identity tags, just a simple formality process.

According to Doctor Lu Xin’s words,

The organization had already completed the changes to his personal information above, notifying all people serving the organization of this matter through every conceivable means of information transmission such as telegrams, pagers, letters, etc.

“Let’s go, I’ll show you around the hospital. This place is one of the organization’s most crucial strongholds. As a Lonely Wolf, you will inevitably deal frequently with Lushan Mental Hospital from now on.”

“Alright.”

Lu Xin took the initiative to hold Yi Chen’s hand, giving a sense of sibling like camaraderie.

As they strolled through the hospital, Yi Chen gradually noticed the problems here.

Those confined deep in the wards were not ‘mentally ill patients’ in the conventional sense, but the ‘weird’ involved in mission targets.

Lushan Mental Hospital seemed more like a containment research facility.

Just during the tour, many fierce-looking medical staff were encountered, each with impressive combat capabilities.

“A containment facility?”

“Correct, the ‘weird’ that we capture alive are imprisoned here, where we provide the most comprehensive mental treatment. If we can cure their mental diseases successfully, they can be discharged and even become one of us.

Successfully capturing a weird grants 300% of the normal mission reward, but always be sure to act within your capabilities.”

“Understood.”

Having roughly understood the structure of Lushan Mental Hospital and walking through a long corridor, Yi Chen finally asked the question he was most concerned about,

“Doctor Lu Xin, do you know about an institution called the Black Mountain Orphanage?”

“A special institution jointly established in our country by international organizations, with ‘First Level Personnel’ intervention authority, responsible for the elite training and selection of human children.”

“What does First Level Personnel mean?”

“All orphans, criminals, and unregistered citizens, etc.—the Orphanage has direct domination over these individuals. That is to say, these people can be directly allocated to the Black Mountain Orphanage for use, without any legal constraints.”

“Yi Chen, you should be the only ‘Escapee’ since the establishment of the Black Mountain Orphanage, if I’m not mistaken?”

“However, rest assured, your information has been specially encrypted, and according to our investigation, the Orphanage now regards you as a deceased individual, convinced that you have been burned to ashes.”

“Unless you deliberately run to the Orphanage’s door and start shouting, they won’t trace it back to you.”

“If I’m not wrong, sister, you must really want to level that place to the ground, right?”

“Mm.”

“Great, people need to have dreams to live an interesting life, willingly moving against the current.”

“I must remind you that many powers will be involved behind the Black Mountain Orphanage, and even our Organization wouldn’t dare to directly interfere with some of the Orphanage’s actions.”

“However, the Organization will provide you with a growth platform and sufficient resources, hoping you can reach the standard to realize your dream as soon as possible.”

“Thank you.”

“By the way, you must have something else you want to ask me, right?”

“Yes… I have always been unable to understand why I, who should have died, am still alive.”

“Wait a moment, I’m not really suited to answer your question. We have a professional here in our hospital who is an expert on death, and he can give you a better, more comprehensive answer.”

Unnoticed, the two had made their way deep into the hospital, and as they passed by one of the rooms here,

a pitch-black tongue suddenly thrust out from the narrow gap of the door and window, wagging up and down.

Soon after, the voice of an old woman came from inside:

“The scent of death but still so alive~ this can’t be my meal for today, can it, Doctor Lu Xin?”

“This is a new employee, who has a similar origin to you and would like to consult you about death. And he has also specially brought you some gifts.”

Yi Chen reacted swiftly, immediately taking tea leaves out of his pocket, pinching a small amount with his fingers, and placing it on the protruding tongue.

As the tongue curled around the tea leaves and retracted back inside, a pleased voice immediately followed:

“Lu Mountain tomb tea, and it’s from the sun-facing side at the peak of the mountain where it’s rarely produced—a precious commodity. Quite a nice gift~ If you have more, I’m willing to talk with you for an hour.”

No sooner had her words finished than the door, which should have been sealed, opened of its own accord.

It was as if the old lady inside was not imprisoned and could come out whenever she wished.

Doctor Lu Xin made a gesture of invitation: “Madame Tang is one of our permanent residents here. She came to us voluntarily about seventeen years ago, not captured.

According to her claim, she has been dead for over four hundred years, and you should be able to get the answers you seek from her.

Go inside, such opportunities are rare.”

Yi Chen had never expected that there would be a deceased like her in a psychiatric hospital.

“All right.”

With one step into the room, smack! His shoe sole stepped on a sticky, smoky black liquid that covered the entire room.

Far from revulsion, Yi Chen felt a surprising affinity for the black liquid,

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and as the black smoke rose, wafting up into his nostrils, it even further stimulated Yi Chen’s body, causing the same black liquid to seep from the center of his brows.

In the corner of the room, an old-fashioned dressing table made of locust wood was placed.

An old woman dressed in courtly attire was combing her hair, with not a single lamp in the room, relying solely on the light from the corridor outside, one could hardly make out the old woman’s face in the mirror.

Boom! The iron door slammed shut, instantly cutting off the light seeping through from the corridor, plunging the room into complete darkness.

Just then,

a faint flame appeared from the corner of the wall, and the dressing table suddenly had a red candle burning on it.

Illuminated just enough by the candlelight to see the face of the old crone in the mirror.

Pale face, wrinkles, exaggerated red lips, and two red dots on her cheeks.

The old crone, reflecting in the mirror, stretched out her agile pitch-black tongue towards Yi Chen,

“Come over and feed me the tea leaves quickly~ I can hardly wait.”