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Chapter 5 Thirteen Passengers

Virgil still felt as if he was dreaming.

The day before yesterday, he was an ordinary person, and the most bizarre thing in life was that a madman broke into a school near his home and shot a child.

And now, almost all his worldviews have been destroyed and reshaped.

Supernatural hospital for cursing curses!

It really exists!

"I still don't understand," said Virgil. "What kind of talent do I have that deserves you so much attention?"

Is it really that important to myself?

"It's even more important than you think." Klein said, looking at the missing corridor in front of him, "but it's also risky for us to recruit you."

"risk?"

But Klein did not directly answer his question and said, "I received the red mask I just gave you?"

"Yeah, it's closed."

After entering this hospital, the first thing Klein did was to hand Virgil two red masks.

"In this hospital, all doctors and nurses must go to the Demon Department to apply for two red masks and carry them with you. This is common sense in our hospital."

"Well, but you told me not to wear a mask."

"Under normal circumstances, you must not wear it."

Klein said this and looked solemn.

"In our hospital, all the text signs are in English. You should have discovered it, right?"

"Well, and they are all in standard British English." This is somewhat unaccustomed to American Virgil.

"Along the way, you haven't seen any language other than English, right?"

"I didn't pay much attention to this, but it should be in English."

In fact, he was a little puzzled.

After entering Hospital No. 666, he found that there were many non-English-speaking patients in Europe. Some people heard French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese. And he could tell by listening to their chats carefully that these people should be Europeans, not from South American countries.

Although English is also an important language that people around the world can learn, there are always people with poor English level in so many European and American patients.

"You also noticed that there will be a black inverted cross on our foreheads, right? It's just that we usually cover it with bangs."

Virgil also remembers it. But to ordinary people, it is just a tattoo on the forehead. In the United States, where tattoos are extremely common, no one will take it seriously.

"Well, every doctor and nurse have it."

"Then, remember, if you see non-English words, especially... Chinese, if you see a doctor and nurse with a black cross on your forehead, immediately... put on the red mask immediately."

"Why……"

"And you, Virgil, you'll see this kind of picture, far more likely than us."

Hearing this, Virgil subconsciously looked at the words on the elevator to express it.

"Don't Arabic numerals count?"

"Not count."

Chinese...especially Chinese?

This statement inexplicably made Virgil feel uncomfortable. Because his mother is Chinese. Moreover, Virgil looks more like an Asian, and many people once misidentified him as a Japanese and Korean.

"What would happen if you didn't wear a red mask?"

"This is the point."

Klein continued: "That day, the surveillance monitors near the elevator showed that Lusha and Mary had passed by one after another. According to my knowledge, Lusha Medel, three days before Mary disappeared, received three more red masks with the authority of the deputy director of the Demon Department."

Three red masks?

"After all masks are used up, you can apply for a maximum of two at a time, and the deputy director can apply for three."

"Why do you have so many things to do?"

"Yes, why... Then, we investigated all the doctors, nurses, and patients who took the elevator to this floor during the period when Mary disappeared. There were so many people, so it took us a lot of time. Especially, the passengers who took the same elevator as Mary."

"So……"

"Most passengers remember Mary. After all, she was from my Faust family and the daughter of the vice president. But at that time, everyone clearly remembered that she was stunned at the elevator entrance for more than ten seconds before she walked in. Everyone dared not offend the lady of the Faust family. Even if she didn't come in, she helped her hold the button and keep the elevator door open before letting her in."

"bite--"

At this time, the elevator door opened.

A male doctor walked in from inside. Because Klein turned his back to him, the male doctor did not realize that the other party was the eldest son of the Faust family, but said, "Don't go in. Add you two, and there will be thirteen passengers in the elevator."

Hearing this, Virgil remembered that there was indeed a "limited to load 12 people" in the elevator.

Klein said, "Do you know, why the elevator is limited to 12 people?"

"Overload? Isn't it because the number 13 is unlucky?"

"No." Klein shook his head slightly: "This is a rule set by the dean. The elevator must not have more than 12 people. 12 people refer to 12' people, even if these 12 people are all children. Of course, if the thirteenth person enters, the elevator will immediately issue a prompt, and even a female doctor can give a prompt when she is pregnant. If the thirteenth person does not go out, the elevator will not be able to start. So, in theory, there is no need to open the elevator door before counting the number of passengers, but the dean stipulates that everyone must carefully check the number of people when the elevator door is opened!"

"That……"

"But, in the hospital, there will be one or two times every year, when doctors and nurses are opening the elevator door, they will see... thirteen people inside!"

"This...isn't it possible to start the thirteen passenger elevators?"

"The strange thing is that after investigation, it is found that it is not. Only doctors outside the elevator will notice that there is a thirteenth person inside the elevator."

Virgil was completely confused.

"Yes. The problem is here." Klein looked at the elevator door behind him, "It is logically impossible. According to the rules established by the dean, doctors, nurses, or patients, as long as they see a thirteenth person appearing in the elevator, even if the thirteen people are all known and familiar people, they must not enter the elevator. At the same time, they cannot tell the people in the elevator about this matter, and they cannot take the initiative to let anyone inside come out. Of course, if any passengers get off the elevator, there is no need to stop them."

What strange rules are these???

"There is no rule for the appearance of the thirteenth passenger."

Virgil suddenly thought of something: "But something is wrong. Didn't the person in the elevator notice that the thirteenth passenger appeared?"

"This is... the most terrifying thing. We are supernatural doctors. For ordinary people, the hidden ghosts are difficult to see through, but they are often not a problem for us. However... when this happens, people in the elevator say that they carefully checked the number of people before entering the elevator! In the end, we could only find out the twelve passengers, and we couldn't find out who the thirteenth person was."

"Then..." Virgil said hurriedly: "Let the people who see the thirteen passengers in the elevator recognize each person..."

"The Daren family did that before. But they eventually found that if they forced the doctor or patient to see thirteen passengers to recall, they would eventually fall into madness and eventually become complete madman."

Hearing this, Virgil subconsciously stayed away from the elevator.

"So you suspect... Mary... she saw the thirteenth passenger, or did she go in?"

"It's not suspicion but confidence. Because I found out that there were twelve doctors and patients taking that elevator! Under normal circumstances, Mary shouldn't have come in at all!"

Virgil took a breath of air conditioning.

"But just because Lusha Medel took the elevator at the same time..."

"She is Damon Daren's fiancée alone, she has enough motivation to harm the Faust family. The destruction of surveillance is probably the masterpiece of the Daren family."

Klein took a deep breath and said, "You are our family's last hope to get Mary back, Virgil!"

“But what can I do specifically?”

"Do you have any special feelings? Here?"

"No." Virgil shook his head.

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something and asked, "Didn't they find it strange to those twelve passengers at that time? The thirteenth passenger, Mary, walked in, can the elevator start?"
Chapter completed!
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