Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1285 1257. Research Hall
If Simon focuses his attention on the hunters gathered by the Healing Church, then Lann will have few options to change direction.

The causes of a major disaster are often very complex, and it is unlikely to understand the whole picture with just one clue.

Hunters are the most unstable and destructive group in Yharnam. Simon's decision is normal considering their performance in the disaster and the truth behind this performance.

But on the other hand, the people in the dream did not know about the hunting night that destroyed Old Yharnam. They only thought that the current plague was already a difficult day.

However, "clear-minded hunters" like Simon and Lan felt that the plague before the hunting night was abnormal because they knew that there would be a beast disaster-level hunting night in the end.

What is the relationship between Yharnam's traditional beast disease and this plague?
Lan En actually passed by several medical treatment centers established by the Healing Church along the way.

Most of those medical institutions were about the same size as the church in Yusefka.

That is to say, it is to accommodate a small number of patients whose gray blood disease has progressed to a very serious stage. Otherwise, the mentally retarded giant would not have dragged out a lane full of dead bodies using door panels.

Lan En just stood outside the door and took a look.

In the classical Gothic building, kerosene lamps provide dim lighting, and bookshelves filled with books are placed next to the patients' beds.

Red and grey blood stains could be seen on the wooden floor.

The people inside seemed to be in a hurry, while most of the people passing by were in a hurry and didn't even dare to look at them.

It was as if this plague could be transmitted through eyes.

But just the two looks from Lan En made him frown as he had once participated in the control of the plague in Athens.

Although the clergy of the Healing Church walking around inside were all wearing uniforms, the hierarchy could still be seen.

Like Mark, the clergy in black uniforms take orders from those in white uniforms.

But whether they are wearing black uniforms or white uniforms, there are no isolation measures on these people.

There was no measure to isolate gray blood disease patients from the environment. The ward was simply open-plan, and clergymen frequently went to the bookshelf beside the bed to look for information and works.

Although Dr. Yusefka's clinic is similar to this one, there was no plague when she opened the clinic. It is understandable that the hygiene measures were relaxed.

Lan would not be surprised if such measures were used during a plague in a small city-state in ancient Greece.

He would not have been surprised if they had gathered in large numbers to pray to the Olympian gods during the plague.

But this is Yharnam, and urban construction has reached the Victorian era of Lan's home world.

Medical and scientific knowledge has been greatly improved due to the existence of [blood therapy].

And there are healing churches assisted by supernatural powers!

If gray blood disease was really some kind of plague, would they deal with it in this way?

From the simplest observation, Lan En no longer believed in the so-called "plague".

However, the demon hunter did not follow the records on the old Yharnam map given by Mentos and go to the nearest medical treatment center to do anything.

There is no doubt that the current progress of this nightmare has not yet reached its most intense stage.

In order not to alert the enemy, he was not suitable to make any explosive big moves.

Moreover, it is difficult to say how much information these small clinic-level medical treatment institutions can provide.
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"You said." On the first floor of the three-story building, Mark sat on the bed a little tiredly, "Do you want to go to the medical treatment center opened by the church first?"

There was a half-packed luggage next to him. It seemed that after he became a church hunter, the Healing Church immediately arranged corresponding treatment for him.

He was about to pack up and leave, and he said he had already paid the rent for the next two months for the rented room.

To thank Lan for helping Henrik, this gift can also be regarded as a gift to the newcomer.

Although Lan En doubted whether this nightmare of the old Yharnam era could last for two months without going back to the past.

"This is a really unusual decision of yours."

Mark expressed his surprise, but his face was expressionless as usual, as quiet as a deep lake.

There is a strange sense of contrast.

"I don't know what the customs are like in other places, but in Yharnam, people want to stay as far away from the plague as possible. I've never seen anyone actively approach it."

Lan said to Mark in a relaxed manner, with his hands on his hips.

"To be honest, I just wanted to observe the medical level of the Healing Church up close. Although [Blood Healing] is rumored to be able to cure anything, it's just too magical, so it makes people a little... You know?"

Lan En deliberately made an expression that said, "It's hard to explain, but we all understand it."

"You think the Healing Church exaggerates about [Blood Healing]." But Mark didn't have any tacit understanding at all, he said calmly.

That expression was typical of a Yharnam hunter.

Then he nodded calmly: "For outsiders who have never seen the sacred blood, this reason is convincing. But it is gray blood disease after all. Aren't you worried about your safety?"

"My body's resistance is very good, and I haven't been sick so far." Lan En spread his hands and smiled. "Besides, if I decide to become a hunter, won't [Blood Therapy] be arranged? If it really can cure everything, then I have nothing to worry about." Mark didn't say anything else.

He stood up and continued to pack his half-packed luggage.

"If you decide to do that, I do know a few colleagues who work at the medical facility."

"Uh, can we not go to that small clinic? I want to see the truly high-end medical level of the Healing Church."

Lan En scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said.

Faced with Lan's further request, Mark just paused in his action of organizing the luggage, as if he was recalling his own network of contacts, but he did not show impatience or refuse.

"Let me think about it." He muttered in a low voice, "The high-end medical level is in the center of Yharnam. We do have a comprehensive institution that combines research and treatment of gray blood disease. We call it the Research Hall."

When saying the second half of the sentence, Mark bent over and turned his head to speak to Lan En.

Combined research and treatment. The demon hunter's eyes narrowed slightly.

"That's it. Let me broaden my horizons."

Lan En smiled calmly on the surface.

Mark nodded after getting the answer, then turned his head back to pack his luggage.

"Then I can take you there in the afternoon. You just arrived in Yharnam and you may not know the way well."

For ordinary people, it would be good if they didn't get lost when walking in Yharnam. Mark's worry was completely normal.

But for Lan, the map recording function of Mentos has been used all the way.

"Lan." Mark continued to bend down to pack his things, and the calm voice came over without turning his head.

"I understand that you just arrived in Yharnam and don't understand this city and the Healing Church."

"After all, you have only heard of the miraculous effects of [Blood Healing] outside, and you are just a hopeful seeker of medical treatment. And on your first night here, you saw the xenophobia of the Yharnam people, and the ancient and terrible diseases we have here."

"But please believe me, Lan."

"We, the Healing Church, will eventually use the sacred blood to achieve technological advancement, theoretical progress, and ultimately bring relief to all people in Yharnam."

Mark said calmly, without even stopping the movements of his hands.

But precisely because of this previously felt emotionless calmness, his words now seemed extremely firm.

It's like saying an inevitable truth that doesn't need to be emphasized at all.

"Humanity will usher in great progress and enjoy the benefits that progress brings because of the Healing Church. This is the only thing that is inevitable and beyond doubt."

The former Healing Church clergyman, now a church hunter, declared so confidently and firmly.

Behind him, Lan En just pursed his lips silently, and looked at the other person's back as he bent down to pack up with complicated and sighing eyes.

"Of course I believe you, Mark."

The demon hunter said so, but...
He had seen with his own eyes what Yanan would look like in the future.
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Just as Mark had planned, he took a walk with Lan in the afternoon while he packed his luggage and prepared to move to the church hunters' housing.

Although he said it was 'incidentally', he actually took Lan En to walk along all the main roads in Yharnam.

He didn't know that Lan En had actually started to find his way on his own since the morning, and still treated him with care as if he were a newcomer.

"This is it." Mark said to Lan, who was beside him, while carrying a large square suitcase. "The church has gathered the most serious and special types of gray blood patients here, and the clergy are researching treatment plans."

Lan En was also looking at the building at this time.

It is called a research hall, but in fact this building is as big as a library.

The height is not low, but due to the complex and gorgeous features of Gothic architecture, it is difficult to tell how many floors there are from the outside.

But there is no doubt that it is completely different from those clinic-level medical treatment institutions.

This does look like a high-level unit of the Healing Church.

"Thank you, Mark." Lan En looked around the research hall in front of him and sincerely thanked the people around him.

Originally, Henrik just told Mark about it, but Mark first transferred his house which was not yet leased to him, and then carried a big suitcase and followed him around for the whole afternoon.

Whether it was out of Mark's seemingly cold but caring friendship towards Henrik, or his own enthusiasm to help others, Lan was grateful for it.

Mark still had that calm and cold expression.

He shook his head: "It's not over yet, I have to introduce you in."

(End of this chapter)