Steel steam and flame

As he spoke, Dr. Punos just waved his right hand. In his hand, which had nothing on it, a silver-white scalpel suddenly appeared on the street corner or in the theater like a magic trick. The silver-white scalpel blade has a frosted texture, but it gives the illusion of being extremely smooth. There is a stream of first-class reflected light at its edge, as if the light has been materialized, kneaded into a thin line, and then carefully adhered to the edge of the blade.

Just by looking at it, you can feel how sharp it is - it feels like the air can be cut with a slight shake.

"No matter where you go, you are dissecting corpses." Punos said the last words, waving his hand and asking his assistant Adena to quickly get the test reagents and not waste time here.

While watching Adina walk out of the ward made of tents, Punos' eyes returned to Trinya, looking at her like an object, and finally his eyes went to the wound on her leg.

It was still a strange feeling. Trinya felt that she had become extremely sharp at this moment, and she could clearly catch the gaze of Dr. Punos, with a weight, falling on the wound on her leg. In addition, it was not just the eyes, but also the slightly strong smell of the medicine, the footsteps around her, the moans of other patients from all around, and the faint, but she was sure she could hear, the sound of a slight rainstorm.

Trinya didn't know how to describe herself now, but after confirming that Dr. Punos was indeed not interested in her naked body, her nervousness relaxed.

"Hello, Dr. Punos." Trinya managed to organize her words, and Adena walked in with several tubes of reagents and handed them to Doctor Punos.

"Patient No. 16 was cleared and did not survive the rejection period." Adena said something that had nothing to do with her, without any emotion. This is not like a habitual performance, but from the bottom of my mind, I believe that this has no connection with myself. "From the beginning to the end, the recorded time is less than one minute. Forty-six seconds, accurate time."

"Ding!" While listening to Adena's explanation, Punos skillfully opened several tubes of reagents. He held it with his left hand, went to Trinya, and after untying the strap around her neck, he casually scratched her arm with his right hand, and a half-centimeter wound appeared.

Trinya didn't have time to say thank you. The slight pain on her arm made her look over - a wound appeared out of thin air on the fair and smooth skin. In her consciousness, bright red blood should be flowing out, but what she saw was a mixture of gray and bright red.

Silk thread,..., Trinya suddenly thought of the mixed-color silk thread made by winding filaments of different colors. In the liquid flowing out, there is an absolute boundary between bright red and gray. The two are extremely distinct. Even if they are in one liquid, there is no sign of merging with each other. At this time, the relaxed mood began to become tense. She recalled the man she saw before her memory was broken, the man whose head was smashed by something.

The corpse fell into the rain, and the liquid that flowed out, or rather the blood that flowed out, was gray-white with a greasy feel.

Trinya wanted to speak and express the many questions that had accumulated in her heart. But when he saw Dr. Punos using reagents on the wound on his arm, his words were temporarily buried in his stomach.

"Patient No. 16, did you cut open the body immediately after cleaning?" Punos did the test and did not forget to ask, "The result is the same as the previous dozen patients? The blood, organs, muscle tissue, etc. were all gray and white. , along with the tendency to dissolve, most of the nerve bundles are also broken.”

After Adena confirmed her answer, Punos' movements temporarily stopped, which was a sign of being lost in thought. After a few seconds, the movements of his hands continued without a sense of stagnation, and the words continued simultaneously, "Big trouble, I thought it would be good news, but after the node was confirmed to exist, the good news turned into the most troublesome bad news at the moment. More What’s serious is that we had no plan at all for this, and we didn’t expect this kind of situation to happen. It can be said that we were completely unprepared.”

"Dr. Punos,...Doctor!, have you stopped?" He said in a deliberately mocking tone, "When you were studying with those professors and researchers from the biology department, you never felt discouraged during this period. Performance. At that time, you were full of confidence, thinking that you could learn all the technical knowledge from those professors and researchers."

"Ha..." Apu Nuo responded, "I was only a teenager at that time. It can't be said that I was young. I was just a baby who didn't understand anything. It's understandable to show naivety. As my Good assistant, you who were with me at the time, don’t say that you don’t know the technical capabilities of the people in the biology department.”

"Horrifying knowledge, horrifying techniques, and horrifying execution." While sighing, Apnuo finished the testing steps, stood up straight, and threw the small reagent bottle into the trash can nearby - it had the words "Medical Use" on it. "Waste, Danger" is on the sign, "At that time, I should say that even now, my hands are still trembling compared to the way I operate."

"After decades of accumulation, it's a time gap, not a gap in ability. They all praise you." Adena seemed to console her. She didn't know when she had taken out a pocket watch and started timing.

Punos also looked at Trinya at this moment, and the two eyes made contact with each other, "Dear young lady, I can read a lot of questions from your eyes, but as your attending doctor, I think I should be able to tell you something. Suggestive words.”

"Your life has come to a fork in the road. The decision on which way to go is actually in your hands. On either side of the fork in the road, you have less than a few hours left in your life. But don't worry. , you will not feel any pain when you die, because we will help you. On the other hand, theoretically you will have a longer life and a healthier body. So, no matter what, you must choose to live Over there, use every method.”

"Exhausting all methods?"

"Yes, all the methods you can think of and can do now. For example, rely on will to force yourself to make a choice instead of being forced to wait for the results to appear. And will is in your brain ." After Punos finished speaking, Adina also pressed her pocket watch, "Twenty-three seconds, there is still value for observation."

At this time, Trinya subconsciously looked at the wound on her arm. The gray and bright red blood flowing out was completely bright red due to some unknown reaction during the time of speaking. The color of blood itself.

"Congratulations, dear lady, you have indeed gained a few more hours of life. Remember my words, will is the most important, and will is in your brain. You must work hard during these few hours. The reward for your hard work is to get the answers to all your questions. You are also lucky, Miss. There are many patients with the same symptoms, and they don't even have a chance to wake up."

"Are there many people in the same situation as me?" Trinya seemed to regain her confidence and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Over the past few months, I have taken over more than 50,000 people, including others."

"Is there anyone who can heal you?" Trinya's words were full of expectation.

"Of course, the success rate is still very high, Miss. You have to work hard yourself. There is a 70 to 80 percent chance, but you can't miss it." Punos said, "In a few hours, we will still Will come to see you."

"Thank you Dr. Punos!"

Punos nodded and left here with Adena. On the way back to the office, Adena suddenly asked, "The probability of more than one in 50,000, based on your understanding, is it a very high probability?"

"For completely ordinary people, surviving can be considered a miracle. The surgeon cannot bear the pollution. What do you think will be the outcome for ordinary people? However, Sister Kara has reminded us many times that the current The environment is an era where miracles and irrationality occur frequently."

"By the way, where's Sister Kara? She's not back yet?"

"The underground sewer network is still being cleaned, and another stronghold of mass-produced inferior surgeons has been discovered."