Mystery: Emerging From Knowledge Moor

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30 May

Leyton and the others quickly arrived by carriage at the private hospital on Hawke Street in the northwest of Madan. Although it was a private hospital, it didn't seem any smaller than a public one. The five-story castle-like building in front of Leyton and the others covered an area of over 500 square meters, and the entire building belonged to this private hospital.

"Crimson Advanced Hospital, this hospital is indeed very red." Leyton looked at the building, which had a red base with alternating yellow stripes, and even the roof of the hospital was red.

"This is the best hospital in Madan, but it's not well-known in the surrounding areas, whether it's Feynapotter, Lenberg, or Segar. The people at this private hospital are mostly opposed to the Church of the Earth Mother, so the Harvest Church transferred the case to us," Mr. Kosith said, seeming to know a lot about the hospital.

"The hospital has recently been plagued by a thief. The things stolen aren't many or valuable, but it's a real embarrassment. We're here to handle this matter," Captain Icanton explained about the private hospital.

"Isn't catching thieves the job of the Security Bureau?" Josie asked.

"A real embarrassment? What is it?" Leyton, holding a book titled "Hermes Language: From Beginner to Expert," curiously inquired about what exactly had been stolen from the hospital that had angered the people there enough to ask the church to handle it.

"Initially, it was the name of the hospital. Someone stole the 'Hospital' part of the 'Crimson Advanced Hospital' sign and wrote 'Clubhouse' in its place. Then, doctors' coats were stolen and worn by patients. Also, the signs for various departments in the hospital were stolen and randomly swapped, leading to male patients entering the obstetrics department, women entering the men's restroom, and patients with colds lying down in the intensive care unit and undergoing half a surgery, and so on," Captain Icanton briefly explained the details of the incident.

"Also, the ventilation ducts in the hospital were stolen, causing the various smells inside the hospital to mix, making it particularly unpleasant. In addition, some of the doctors' collections were also stolen. The information given to us is roughly like this. It's initially suspected that a Beyonder of the Marauder pathway is playing a prank here, and the sequence is not too low, otherwise, it wouldn't be possible to do so many things in a short period of time in a densely populated place like a hospital without leaving a trace," Captain Icanton added some more information.

"Since it's already a Beyonder with a not-low sequence, why would they still play pranks? Even if they want to take revenge on someone at the hospital, they wouldn't need such childish methods, right?" Josie asked the question on everyone's mind.

"It's impossible to know. The other party's actions have no purpose," Captain Icanton shook his head.

"Could it be to distract everyone in order to hide their true purpose?" Mr. Kosith also offered his opinion.

"That possibility cannot be ruled out," Captain Icanton nodded, agreeing with Mr. Kosith's guess.

"Leyton, what do you think?" Captain Icanton then asked for Leyton's opinion.

"Huh? Me?" Leyton's thoughts were still on the prank, and he was suddenly called upon. Leyton came back to his senses, thought for a moment, and said, "I think it might really just be a prank!"

"Why would someone with such Beyonder abilities be so obsessed with pranks?" Josie retorted.

"Because I can't think of any other reason for them to do these things. Moreover, there's no pattern to their behavior, like a fun-seeker looking for amusement," Leyton shrugged.

The main reason Leyton thought this was a prank was because the NO. 1 of the Marauder pathway was such a fun-seeker. When encountering things related to the Marauder pathway, Leyton subconsciously thought of that fun-seeker.

Who told that pathway to have almost all the demigod-level and above Beyonders eaten by Him, and He also had a bunch of avatars wandering around. It was difficult for Leyton not to associate this matter with that fun-seeker, and even avoided mentioning His name to avoid unnecessary trouble.

"Although it's unbelievable, it's indeed reasonable," Mr. Kosith said after a moment of silence after listening to Leyton's words.

"Let's go. Let's pretend to be ordinary family members of patients and take a look inside the hospital first. Now, due to this series of incidents, the management inside the hospital is in chaos. It's very convenient for us to observe the actual situation, but we must always pay attention to our own condition. If that thief is still in the hospital, the things on us and even our own thoughts may be stolen by the other party," Captain Icanton instructed.

"Since the other party is so dangerous, why are only a few of us here? If the other party really has such abilities, it will be difficult for us to keep them from leaving, right?" Leyton asked suspiciously, feeling that the captain didn't seem to be very concerned about this incident involving a suspected Marauder pathway Beyonder with a not-low sequence.

"If we can't handle it, we'll hand over the matter to the Church of the Earth Mother to resolve this incident. Moreover, these matters are originally under the jurisdiction of the Church of the Earth Mother. After all, this is Feynapotter, and the Church of Knowledge has limited influence here. We only need to come and collect some information to prove that we can't handle this matter, and then hand it over to the Church of the Earth Mother," Captain Icanton said in a very serious and earnest tone, uttering this passage of words of passive sabotage.

"Huh? Is that even possible?" Honest child Josie had obviously never seen such an operation and looked very shocked.

"Is the owner of this hospital's identity unusual? So, it's necessary to use this roundabout way?" Mr. Kosith quickly realized the key to the problem.

"The identity on the surface is a nobleman. As for the identity behind the scenes, there are no corresponding records in the church's information," Captain Icanton nodded in agreement with Mr. Kosith's view.

"The identity behind the scenes, the hospital's name is Crimson, could this be a Sanguine's industry? If that's the case, this thief is a bit amazing, able to cause trouble again and again under the noses of the Sanguine without being caught," Leyton thought silently in his heart as he looked at the castle-like building, which was mainly red.

When he came back to his senses, Leyton found that the captain and Josie had already entered the hospital. Leyton quickly followed.

"Ouch!" Leyton had just quickly walked to the hospital gate when he bumped into a figure that suddenly darted out. Then, Leyton was knocked back two steps and sat down on the ground with a thud.

The figure that collided with Leyton also exclaimed and took two steps back to steady herself.

Leyton looked up and found that the person he had bumped into was a girl with a red hair and red eyes, dressed in a classic Gothic-style long dress, and with a pale complexion that didn't show much blood. Her features were as delicate as a finely crafted doll. At this moment, she was holding up her long skirt with one hand to prevent it from dragging on the ground, and rubbing her forehead with the other.

Looking at the other party's action of rubbing her forehead, Leyton felt that his nose was also quite painful.

"Hiss ~" Leyton, who wanted to stand up from the ground, found that his butt also hurt when he moved, and couldn't help but gasp.

"Hey! You're not trying to scam me, are you!" The girl on the opposite side obviously heard the sound Leyton had just made, and stopped rubbing her forehead. She put her hands on her hips and looked like she was about to get angry.

"My name isn't Hey! Also, I was the one who got bumped into more badly, right? I haven't even gotten angry yet, what are you getting angry about!" Leyton also imitated her and showed his young master temper.

When they collided just now, Leyton realized that something was wrong with the girl on the opposite side. She was definitely not an ordinary person. When the two of them collided, it was actually himself, a Sequence 8 Beyonder, who was knocked to the ground, even though Reader and Seer were not pathways that focused on strengthening physical fitness.

After putting his crooked glasses back on, Leyton unceremoniously stretched out his left hand and said, "Help me up! I'm a little sore."

"Hmph! If you're a little sore, then endure it! How dare you make such an unreasonable request, you unreasonable lower life form," the red-haired girl said unceremoniously, obviously angered by Leyton's attitude.

"Lower life form? Are you a non-human higher life form?" Leyton carefully observed the other party's reaction while saying this.

"Hmph! That, of course, is impossible," the red-haired girl was not fooled by Leyton's simple words.

Not getting the information he wanted, Leyton was not disappointed. He propped himself up with one hand and covered his nose with the other, standing up from the ground.

"Hiss ~ It really hurts,"

"Hey! It seems like my nose is bleeding because you bumped into me. Do you know where the hospital's doctor is? Take me to treat the wound," Leyton felt a liquid sliding down his hand covering his nose.

"My name isn't Hey either! Also, you were the one who bumped into me just now!" the red-haired girl corrected.

"I was the one who got bumped into more badly, how could it be me who bumped into you?" Leyton retorted.

"That's because you're weak!" the red-haired girl said unceremoniously, paused for a moment, looked at Leyton's hand covering his nose, and said, "Moreover, it's impossible to treat your nosebleed now. Just let it heal on its own, anyway, bleeding this little bit won't have much impact."

"Isn't this a hospital?" Leyton thought the other party was teasing him.

"So what if it's a hospital? All the cotton swabs in the hospital were stolen by the thief just now," the red-haired girl said through gritted teeth.

"Uh," Leyton was speechless: "Does this thief's family not have cotton in their quilt anymore?"

The red-haired girl didn't respond to Leyton's words, but carefully tugged at Leyton's sleeve, quickly withdrawing her hand as if touching something dirty.

She turned and walked into the hospital, saying, "Come with me, you should be glad that the guy whose family doesn't have cotton in their quilt didn't steal the faucet as well. It's good enough to wash away the blood you're bleeding, and your nose has already stopped bleeding much."

"How do you know?" Leyton's hand covering his nose did feel that the bleeding from his nose had stopped.

"Why do you have so many questions?" the red-haired girl was very impatient.

"I see that you like to talk a lot, so I asked a few more questions," Leyton shrugged, speaking in a somewhat annoying tone.

The red-haired girl was silent for a long time before saying, "This hospital doesn't treat mental

patients."

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