Alien Paradise.

Chapter 16 The Murder Scene
"We're here," Zhang Zhiyuan said, "This should be Yeni Temple."

"Give way, don't get in the way!" Several people in linen coats carried a stretcher and quickly stepped up the stairs and across the lobby.

When passing by Zhang Zhiyuan, he glanced subconsciously and found a blood-stained person lying on the stretcher.

"What are they talking about?" Joe James asked.

"Tell us not to block the intersection." Zhou Zhi said hesitantly, "Why doesn't this look like a place for prayer?"

"Let's go in first." Zhang Zhiyuan stepped into the lobby first, followed by others.Although the architectural style here is quite majestic, with gray and white stone pillars seven or eight meters high supporting the entire dome, there are no guards on the road, and they came to the interior of the church almost unimpeded.

And there are more people here, and the scene is even more chaotic.There were not only those running back and forth, but also many sitting and lying down; there were many simple wooden beds on the wall next to the window, and many women in black gauze walked among them, and there was an unpleasant strange smell in the air. taste.

"This is...the hospital?" Naruko asked unexpectedly.

"It seems so. There should be no professional hospitals in this era." Zhang Zhiyuan nodded, "In order to attract believers, these nuns will always do some charitable work. Saving people is a good choice."

"No wonder," Zhou Zhi looked stunned, "I remember a very famous nurse who seemed to be a nun..."

"Hey, what are you guys here for? It's very busy here, can you stop standing in the lobby and get in the way?" Suddenly someone interrupted him.

Everyone followed the prestige and found a petite woman who was questioning them with her hands on her hips. Her dress was the same as other nuns, except that there was a red cable tie tied on her arm, which was probably used to distinguish her identity.

"Do you have any accomplices in the church for treatment? If you are looking for someone, go to the front desk, this is not the place for you to stay." Her tone was obviously dissatisfied. Unlike those passers-by who were timid, she seemed to turn a blind eye to the weapons behind everyone , There is no fear in the eyes.

"Sorry, we're not here to find someone, but to ask some questions." Zhang Zhiyuan took the initiative to explain, "My name is Zhang Zhiyuan, what's your name?"

"Wu... Zhi... Yuan?" She repeated awkwardly, "Okay, it's a strange name. My name is Jenny, and I don't have a last name like you." Perhaps she didn't expect this group of people to be polite, Her dissatisfaction has also subsided a lot.

"No...actually they have surnames, forget it, it's not important." Zhang Zhiyuan coughed twice, "Miss Jenny, are you the person in charge here?"

"I don't manage the church, I'm only responsible for taking care of patients, but the things here are basically clear, what do you want to ask?" She raised her chin and said, the subtext was very clear, that is, leave as soon as possible after asking.

"There was a vicious murder here, right?" Zhang Zhiyuan led her to the corner of the lobby, and asked in a low voice, "It was about half a month ago..."

Jenny's face suddenly became very serious, "Why do you ask this? The police have investigated it several times, and they have said everything that needs to be said—"

"The result is still nothing, I know." He said in a calm voice as much as possible, "But if the police can't do it, it doesn't mean that we can't do it either. Some big shots hired us to re-investigate this matter, maybe there will be a result."

"...But it's been so long now."

"Indeed, first-hand evidence can no longer be counted on, but I also have my own method." Zhang Zhiyuan insisted, "You just need to take us to the scene where the crime happened."

Jenny was silent for a long time, and finally turned around and said, "Come with me."

……

Following in the footsteps of the nuns, everyone came to a side hall outside the hall.

"This place was originally used to rescue those seriously injured patients," Jennifer lifted her veil and pushed open the wooden door as she spoke, "but since that incident, this place has been cursed, and now it can only be used as a morgue. "

An extremely unpleasant smell of corruption gushed out from the house, causing everyone to cover their noses.

"Damn it, it stinks!" Joe James said with a frown, "Go ahead, I'll be watching outside, I can't understand what she's saying anyway."

"I'm not going in either." Naruko swept his sleeves, "I'm allergic to the smell."

"Okay, it's fine for you all to stay outside." Zhang Zhiyuan said unhappily, "I'll go in alone." After he finished speaking, he walked into the room and took a quick look around the environment - this side hall is not big, only three at most. It is ten or so flat, with high windows around it, and the light at dusk slantly shines into the house, printing a dim "grille" on the ground.

With this little light, he could see that there were still a lot of black marks left on the stone bricks, which were most likely the result of blood seeping into the ground.

"The crime should have happened late at night, and no one knew how the murderer came in and how he controlled so many patients." Jenny said intermittently, "The first person to find out what happened here was Wei Na, who was on the morning shift. According to her The description... the scene was horrible. Several people were cut up and reassembled, and the dirty blood that flowed out blocked the door..." She couldn't help covering her mouth, and there was a nauseous growl in her throat.

Obviously it was never a happy memory for her.

"You don't need to go on, I know it all." Zhang Zhiyuan took out a notepad and briefly described the furnishings in the house—even though the hospital beds were replaced by mortuary beds at that time, the general layout of the room was still half the same. Like a month ago, he had confirmed the murder scene based on the location in the photo.After finishing these, he continued to ask, "By the way, what is the curse you mentioned earlier?"

"The Scarlet Curse." Jenny unconsciously showed a look of fear, "It only took two days for the Holy Church to clean the inside and outside of this room, but after that, all the patients who came here would die inexplicably. The whole body was covered with red sores. Later, not only the patients, but even us may be cursed... In the end, the Lord Dean could only order to withdraw from the side hall, and this place has become what you see now."

"So that's how it is." Zhang Zhiyuan was thoughtful, "This kind of situation should have happened in the lobby, too?"

"How do you know?" Jenny glanced at him in surprise, "There are indeed, but not as many as here."

"I have a doctor...scholar friend who has a lot of research on curses. In return for your help, let me tell you a way to fight against curses." Zhang Zhiyuan smiled, "Before contacting patients, whether it is healing or nursing , wash your hands with boiling hot water first. And those bandages, splints...anything that touches the wound, put it in boiling water and boil it. In this way, the curse may be curbed."

"What, you said it was boiled? That's a curse!" Jenny said with an expression of "what are you talking about?" "And you've seen enough? Don't need to ask for more details?"

"Yes, that's enough." Zhang Zhiyuan walked towards the door, "Thank you again for your help, Miss Jenny. I don't think those murderers will go unpunished forever."

"So what have you found?" Joe James shrugged at him after leaving the hall.

"A decisive clue." At this moment, Zhang Zhiyuan was full of confidence, "Hurry up and go back to the hut. If I guess correctly, the murderer will continue to act soon."

(End of this chapter)