Death Progress Bar

e careful.
Send people to find the signal jammer and destroy it as soon as possible.
I’ll talk to the person who came with the news and tell him that the list is not needed because most of us are staying in the hospital, we only sent a few people back.
Shi Jin, you…”

“I’ll stay here to guard everyone.
Be careful, pay attention to your safety and don’t allow anyone to enter the hospital,” Shi Jin answered, not forgetting to urge him.

Gua Nine, very satisfied with his cooperation, nodded.
He ordered people to come over to protect Shi Jin and the others, then took the man in charge of the protection of the hospital and marched out.

Xiao Si said with anxiety.

“Since it’s not rising, it means I’m safe for the time being.
The enemies haven’t found a way to enter the hospital—the fire and blocking the signal is to throw our side into chaos and lure me into coming outside.
We mustn’t get taken in by their tricks.” Shi Jin didn’t lose his calm, and after appeasing Xiao Si, he began to pacify the other people in the room, who were somewhat agitated.

Gua Nine returned a few minutes later, bringing bad news: “I ran into the second messenger from the L country officials just as I left.
The fire was very serious.
Although none of our people died, some of them got hurt while they escaped, and quite a few rescuers were injured as well.
This hospital is the closest to the scene of fire and the authorities want to send everyone with minor injuries here.”

Straight away, Xiao Si said,

Shi Jin’s expression changed for an instant as he realized that was probably how the enemy planned to enter the hospital—sneak in with the wounded.
However, despite knowing that, he still had to agree to let them come in, because some of the victims were their own people and he couldn’t make them wait for medical help.

Oh well, it seemed he had to let the dogs into the room, then shut the door and beat them while they couldn’t escape.

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He’d already decided to use this plan but had to keep up appearances, so he asked, “Wouldn’t the signal jammer interfere with the treatment?”

“It shouldn’t.
Only people with minor injuries are going to come here, there will be no need to use the more delicate machinery in the operating rooms, so I don’t think it will affect anything,” Gua Nine replied.

Shi Jin nodded.
“Then allow the wounded to come, their injuries should be taken care of as soon as possible.
I’ll inform Uncle Long and let him arrange the medical personnel.”

Gua Nine acknowledged the command and left.

The officials sitting nearby and listening to their conversation were in a complicated mood, both scared and relieved—fortunately, Shi Jin had forced them to move to the hospital, or the ones trapped in the fire today would have been them.

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And they were different from Annihilation members who had undergone all kinds of survival training.
Members of Annihilation were able to escape from the burning buildings despite suffering injuries, but if it was their group, then they could probably only wait for rescue.
But if so many of the rescuers got hurt as well, who knew if they would even have lasted until help could reach them?

Shi Jin spoke after Gua Nine left: “All right, everybody stay here and don’t run around.
This is the innermost part of the hospital, close to all evacuation routes, and there are guards outside.
The enemies aren’t likely to come this far, and even if they do, it’s easy to get away, so there’s no need to worry.” Saying so, he got up.
“I’m going to find Uncle Long, I’ll be back soon.”

Fei Yujing frowned at him.
When the teenager opened the door and was about to walk out, he called out to him on instinct.
“Shi Jin.”

Shi Jin turned to look at him.
“What’s the matter?”

Fei Yujing stopped speaking, as if this question made him come back to his senses.

Shi Jin came back over.
He took out his pocket gun and the spare magazine, put it in his brother’s hand, carefully taught him how to use it, and said, “Protect everyone, yourself included.
I’ll be right back.” Then he turned around and walked out of the door.
He asked for a spare gun from one of the guards, tucked it in his pocket, and ran to find Uncle Long.

Fei Yujing saw his actions.
He looked at the small pocket gun in his hand, still warm with Shi Jin’s body temperature, and his frown deepened.

Uncle Long had yet to begin the day’s experiments, so when Shi Jin barrelled in saying there were wounded coming over, he didn’t hesitate to drop what he was doing and head for the door.

Shi Jin reached for a spare doctor’s gown and mask, put them on in a rush, and hurried after him.

“What are you doing?” Uncle Long asked, puzzled.

“I’m going to help too,” Shi Jin replied as if it was only natural.

Uncle Long’s eyebrows twitched.
He was about to say that they had enough medical personnel that a layman would be of no help, but then thought that if Shi Jin stayed by his side, it would be more convenient to protect him, so he swallowed his words and let the teenager tag along.

The doctors and nurses quickly prepared the medical equipment they would need, then pushed the mobile stretchers to the entrance, ready to receive patients.

Shi Jin joined the crowd and waved to Gua Nine, who’d arrived a little earlier.
After adjusting his white coat, he took a look at the situation outside the hospital, then settled in to wait for the wounded.

A few minutes later, several cars with the official license plates approached the hospital and stopped by the entrance of the emergency department.
The drivers got out, all of them wearing the orange uniforms of L country’s rescue workers.

As soon as they got off, they opened the back doors of their vehicles, calling for the doctors.

The medical staff rushed forward, with Uncle Long taking the lead.

Xiao Si informed him nervously.

Shi Jin stopped scrutinizing the new arrivals and pulled up his mask.
“It’s fine,” he said in his mind as he stepped towards the wounded.

There were sixteen of them in total, five Annihilation members and eleven official rescue workers.
Shi Jin nudged Uncle Long, signaling him to separate them.

Uncle Long gave him a ‘I know, this is common sense’ glare, and elbowed him aside.
He assigned doctors to each patient and ordered for the ones with the heavier injuries to be taken to the operating rooms.

Shi Jin wandered around the periphery.
As his gaze swept over the people who’d brought the wounded, he became more and more confused.

“Except for our people, there are only L country’s rescue workers here.
Are the L country officials working with the enemy? But did Gunfire have so much pull?” He found it hard to believe.

Xiao Si’s nerves were stretched taut.
Since it has gone up, at least one of these people is a threat to you,> it said, solemn.

As Shi Jin pondered, his eyes drifted back to the rescue workers in orange uniforms.
Suddenly, he thought of something.

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When Gua Two interrogated Long Shi last time, Long Shi explained that he chose to stay in Hydra because it had an L country official as a backer.
At that time, everyone thought that Long Shi had fallen for Gunfire’s deception, but what if that wasn’t the case?

What if Hydra, or rather Gunfire, really had a connection with someone in authority, and now they were using that person’s help to impersonate rescue workers, which would allow them to infiltrate the hospital… If that conjecture was true, then…

“Doctor.” All of a sudden, a wounded man in the orange uniform called out to him in awkward, heavily-accented Y language.

Shi Jin gave a blank stare for a moment before realizing the man was addressing him.
In an instant, he put on an innocent, naive expression and turned around, pulling down his mask.
“What’s wrong? Is your wound hurting?” he asked kindly, also in Y language. 

“No… I, I need to go to bathroom.” The patient was a tall, well-built man with heavy features, deep-set eyes, and dusky complexion; he was quite good-looking.
When Shi Jin came over, he explained, bashful, “Just now, a girl bandaged me, I was too embarrassed to say… I hurt my leg, I can’t walk by myself.
Can you please help me to bathroom? Thank you.”

In uniform, shy-looking, polite, and handsome—would any doctor dislike such a patient? Shi Jin was a fake, but he also liked him quite a bit, because he found that the moment the man made his request, the progress bar rose again!

This person was definitely one of the bad guys!

Shi Jin’s smile became warmer.
“Of course I’ll help you, but you’re taller and heavier than me, I don’t know if I’ll manage on my own.
Wait a moment, I’ll get you a wheelchair,” he said, turning around.
As he walked towards the outpatient room where the wheelchairs were kept, the smile on the face disappeared for a moment.

“Xiao Si, don’t you feel like this guy’s voice sounds familiar?” he asked in his mind.

I’m sure I’ve heard it somewhere…>

“Somewhere… like a video call?” Shi Jin prompted.

Xiao Si froze, then burst out screaming.

“But of course, he’s here to grab this juicy piece of meat, me,” Shi Jin chuckled.
He found a wheelchair in the corner of the office and continued, his tone much lighter, “The kingdom sent people on a thousand-miles-long journey to take the Demon King’s head, but the Demon King actually came knocking on the castle gates.
Isn’t this a nice twist?”

Xiao Si fretted.

“Of course I’m happy—if Meng La is here, it means that Lian Jun is in much less danger.
Why are you panicking? The hospital is our territory, which means that no matter what he’s planning, he’s basically in my hands now,” Shi Jin said, pushing the wheelchair out of the outpatient clinic.
He saw the wounded man they suspected of being Meng La looking over, and gave him yet another friendly smile as he headed towards him.

Shi Jin helped the man sit in the wheelchair, asking like he was making small talk, “What’s your name? I’m an intern here, you can call me Xiao Yuan.”

“Just call me David,” the patient replied, carefully settling in.
“Thank you for helping me.
I’m really sorry for this,” he added, sheepish.

David, huh? I’m surprised he didn’t call himself John.

Shi Jin pushed the wheelchair deeper into the hospital.
“Oh, you don’t need to be so polite, but you’re welcome.
By the way, has the fire been put out? Did you discover what caused it?”

“It was almost put out when I left.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but the preliminary suspicion is that it was caused by a ruptured gas pipe,” David replied, both his tone and expression very concerned, as if he was truly worried about the fire.

Inside his head, Shi Jin praised his acting skills, and continued chatting with him.
He deliberately pushed him past Gua Nine and said, “Brother Nine, I’m taking this patient to the bathroom.
Could you please tell this Dr.
Long? He’ll be looking for me, and I don’t want him to scold me for running around again.”

Gua Nine was talking with an official sent by L country government when, out of nowhere,  he was called by a name Shi Jin never called him.
He froze, then turned to look at the teenager, meeting the big, innocent eyes, filled with kindness and love for the whole world.
Speechless, he took a casual glance at the person sitting in the wheelchair.
“All right, I’ll explain to Dr.
Long for you.”

“Thank you, Brother Nine,” Shi Jin replied, voice sweet as sugar, and continued pushing ‘David’ deeper into the hospital.

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