Chapter 391: Chapter 391: Interrogation
Actually, when Doctor Wang revealed his thoughts, it did come as a very big surprise to Liu Zheng.
He was clearly a neurosurgeon, and under normal circumstances, even if it was a super virus, it seemed to have no necessary connection with his specialty in neurosurgery.
Yet, he felt that Doctor Wang was indeed focusing on this matter and had even snuck into the laboratory in the dead of night to carefully study the specimen. Obviously, he wanted to understand what was there.
"Doctor Wang, if I remember correctly, you’re a leading surgeon in neurosurgery, and that’s your main area of practice, but why, why are you so interested in this so-called super virus? This doesn’t seem to be within your professional scope, does it?"
"Heh, in the hospital, we only specialize to facilitate treatment of patients. However, in reality, all of medicine is one large discipline, whether it’s neurosurgery, neurology, even general surgery, urology, and the like, they are all interrelated. Thus, I’m very interested in each aspect of it."
"Regrettably, I don’t know much about this virus. Indeed, I had been to the laboratory and personally observed this virus. Its arrangement was fascinating, unlike anything I had seen before."
"Right, you hadn’t seen it before, but have you ever considered why I would be so interested in this virus? Do you really think I have no impression of it at all?"
"What are you saying? You have an impression? What do you mean?"
At this moment, Liu Zheng began to vaguely sense something. It seemed like there were some things hidden about this person, but he didn’t want to make them public. Moreover, what was the supposed meaning behind keeping them concealed?
"If you really want to understand these matters, then, I’m afraid there’s no other solution but through me. Perhaps only I can provide you with some clues. Do you understand?"
After saying this, Liu Zheng was momentarily stunned. It was obvious that Doctor Wang had come prepared and was hinting at something he knew. Otherwise, he would not have mentioned it out of nowhere.
"Doctor Wang, you’re really joking. Those people just dropped dead in the street and were taken away by your hospital’s ambulance. In the end, your people sent them to the crematorium. The whole process had nothing to do with me. If there is any connection at all, it might be the haunting that was said to have happened in our village a while ago, right?"
"Liu Zheng, my dear Doctor Liu, everything has come to this point, and you still refuse to tell me the truth? Do you really think those two people are dead? Well, you can deceive other people or even the machines, and maybe you can get away with it, but if you analyze the encoding pattern of the virus professionally, do you really think it can cause death?"
Good lord, it looks like Doctor Wang really had prepared a lot of information, knowing some very detailed things. Now, he was able to accurately mention the phenomenon of pretended death?
Before, Liu Zheng hadn’t even dared to think about it; he had never heard of such a thing. It was only after hearing about it from the elderly villager and his grandson that he gradually became aware that there was a virus in the world that could induce a state of pretended death, and now, they were encountering such troublesome circumstances.
"I don’t quite understand what you mean, Doctor Wang. Since it’s like this and you’ve come to visit me late at night with no one else around, I think we should just speak frankly. If there’s something you want to say, please do so."
"I can only start from the beginning. Indeed, some people in your village were infected with this virus, and its transmission speed is incredibly fast, but its spread is not as powerful as you might think. This means that the most lethal part of it should be in the host."
"And then?"
"Our hospital also started to deal with some such patients. At that time, I didn’t pay much attention because, as you said, it was not within my professional scope. But later, when I learned that only you could solve this virus, I then associated it with the haunting story in your village."
"So, what are you trying to say?"
"What I’m saying is, those two people were not targeting others; why did they specifically come to this village? Why not the neighboring village? Why didn’t they appear in the town? Therefore, if you link this series of events, there’s only one conclusion: they were looking for you."
I must admit, Doctor Wang’s thinking is meticulous, and his thoughts have always been clear. It seems he has always been searching for a goal, gradually edging closer to that real purpose.
Upon hearing this, Liu Zheng just smiled faintly because he knew that in front of ordinary people, he might need to hide some things, but in a situation like this, where masters are confronting each other, even hiding might seem suspect.
"Doctor Wang, how can you be so sure that the target they were looking for was me?"
"It’s quite simple. Even the people in our hospital can’t save those with this virus, but only you can unravel it. Therefore, they must find the origin, because only you can help them relieve the pain brought by the virus. I’m right, aren’t I?"
By then, Liu Zheng knew that continuing to hide was meaningless, and he could feel that Doctor Wang probably knew some insider information, things even he wasn’t clear about.
Afterward, Liu Zheng stood up and walked to the door, glanced outside, and saw that it was late at night, and practically no one was out anymore.
He closed the door from the inside, then double-locked it, and returned to his seat once more.
"Alright then, since it’s come to this, let’s not beat around the bush. There’s no use in hiding things anymore. Alright, I admit, those people indeed came for me."
