Chapter 8 Week 6 (Part 2): Patients

Sitting in the Court of Final Appeal—that is, the meeting hall of the former Legislative Council building—the old horse rested his feet on the historic wooden railing, looking up at the high ceiling and the large semicircular old windows. The sun shines through the window, and countless dust particles float.It was a very peaceful and peaceful second half of the afternoon, and it was hard to imagine the tragedy of the city. The old horse played with the ink pen.The touch of the pen gave him peace of mind. Ajie was sitting three chairs away, immersed in reading Lao Ma's investigative report notes, still holding the pistol firmly in his hand.

Seeing him fascinated by reading, Lao Ma felt a great sense of satisfaction, but he didn't mind the pistol. Is the blood on his body his own?Is it someone else's? The old horse had no intention of asking.In this situation, it is only an instant for a person to become a beast.There is no point in provoking the other party with such questions. "I've seen this plane before." Ajie vigorously poked the sketch on the notebook with his finger, looking a little excited. "I don't know if I should use 'aircraft' to describe it." Lao Ma said: "Some people believe that it is a UFO from aliens." Ajie shook his head and said: "I thought so at first. But I I’ve seen the inside. It’s driven by a human, and it’s written in English.” “Read on.” The old horse urged.

Ajie read the explanatory text under the picture: "...One of the explanation theories about UFO: what people see is actually the test flight of the military's top-secret experimental aircraft. For example, 'Area 51' in Nevada, USA, is a very famous UFO sighting In fact, the U.S. Air Force base is specially used as a test flight and training ground for experimental aircraft. A variety of stealth fighters and reconnaissance aircraft designed by Lockheed Martin's "Skunk Works" (Skunk Works) are tested at this location... " "You mean that thing is American?" Ajie asked.

"I don't know. But in short, according to my guess, it is the latest flying vehicle used in a certain country's experiment. It accidentally crashed while secretly flying over Hong Kong. Unfortunately, it landed in the center of the downtown area. Because its design is too strong, it did not burn. Fall or explode." Lao Ma signaled Ajie to turn to the next page.It had that "Biohazard" sign painted on it.Ajie saw his eyes and stared for a moment, but didn't say a word. The old horse continued: "The vehicle is only secondary. The most important thing is that it transports something very serious. As long as it comes into contact with people, there is a great risk of infection. Therefore..." "Is it a deadly virus?" Ajie's lips trembled when he said it.

"Things with this mark are not necessarily viruses, but they are similar things. But it doesn't seem to be a murderous disease like Ebola-there are no dead bodies festering all over the street." The old horse said a little dry mouth, and took it out of his backpack. He took a sip from the kettle, then handed it to Ajie.After thinking for a while, Ajie refused, and then buried himself in the notes again. There are two personal interviews in the notes. The first is the former Chief Inspector who has become a big boss in Wanchai District. He recalled that after the "big shutdown", all the policemen above the level of Assistant Commissioner disappeared. The other was a young and Dangerous smuggler who fled the high seas with his companions on a "Da Fei" speedboat at night. He was the only one who escaped from the machine gun fire, proving that the border was indeed completely closed by force.

"That thing is so powerful that the whole city has to give up. And the whole world has to give up on us together." Lao Ma said: "Besides, there is no way to explain how the 'big shutdown' happened. I guess the infection rate of that thing Very high; the incubation period may be very long; there are no obvious symptoms, or credible test methods. The combination of these factors makes it very difficult to control, so the whole of Hong Kong is immediately sealed off." "Why not just drop some bombs , Let’s kill all Hong Kong people?” Ajie asked. "Who knows why?" The old horse waved his hand and said, "There can be many explanations. Maybe there is a rare opportunity to experiment, and I want to observe the effect of that thing; or I have already started research on testing methods and therapeutic vaccines outside, and I plan to use this place Experiment." Ajie admired Lao Ma's analysis and associative ability - this guy should write animation scripts.

"But..." Ajie played with the pistol and said, "You still can't tell what the 'thing' is." Ajie kept flipping through the notes, and finally saw the relevant paragraph.That was an analysis: According to Lao Ma's estimates, the population of Hong Kong Island has been reduced by one-fifth to one-quarter.It was only a matter of half a month, and the speed of this kind of death was astonishing.The main cause of death is all being killed, a carnage caused by the virus panic.Lao Ma has seen the burnt rubble of entire residential buildings many times. "...This abnormal massacre reminds me of a possibility: the effect of the 'virus' is not to destroy the host's body, but its sanity. In other words, it turns people into violent murderers..."

After reading Lao Ma's hypothesis, Ajie actually shed tears. He closed his notebook and stood up, holding the pistol upside down like a mallet. "Thank you... for telling me so much..." Ajie said while crying.Seeing his weird expression, the old horse started to get scared instead. "No... nothing... I thank you for reading my stuff..." "No, thank you for letting me know what happened." Ajie put his left hand into his trouser pocket. "Also let me know why Hei Zai died. So it wasn't my fault." Before Lao Ma could find out who "Hei Zai" was, he saw Ajie take out something from his trouser pocket.

A jar labeled "Biohazard." The old horse was breaking out in cold sweat, holding the ink pen tightly in his hand. The old horse saw the handle of the gun in Ajie's hand.Dried blood stuck to it. Ajie's eyes have become exactly the same as those bosses who mastered violence that Lao Ma interviewed. "It's not my fault..." Ajie walked towards the old horse step by step: "I'm a patient." He raised his pistol high.swing down.