Chapter 619: Morbid Crisis (VIII)

"As I said, I am also one of the twins, but my brother was not born. He was strangled to death by my umbilical cord in my mother's belly. I was the only one born, but I am also a natural psychic."

"I can see those strange things from the moment I was born, but I am not as kind as you sisters. After I discovered my ability, I felt that I was not afraid, but wanted to learn more and explore the secrets behind this ability."

"In the process of learning, I killed my pet cat and almost killed my biological father. Because of a mistake, I killed everyone in the theater, several friends, and more innocent people."

Constantine said it lightly, but Angela kept staring at him. The female police officer didn't understand why the man in front of her could be so indifferent.

"Don't look at me like that. I know I'm not a good person, but I have no choice." Constantine flicked the ash off his cigarette and continued, "I said, this is a curse. On my 27th birthday, the devil also found me."

Angela opened her mouth, as if to ask why he could still stay here, but before she asked, Constantine replied, "I know what you want to ask. The devil who came to find me was drained of all his strength by me, and then rolled back to hell. I believe that the companions in hell will treat him well."

"Do you understand now? I am different from your sister, so I am alive and she is dead." Constantine turned back and said, "If you really want to solve this problem, you'd better calm down quickly, and then we can talk."

Angela used up her last strength to get up from the ground. She held the pistol tightly, as if this would give her some sense of security. She walked to the sofa and sat down with some trembling, then covered her face with both hands.

Constantine sat opposite him again and said to her: "Originally, I shouldn't have intervened in this matter, but I didn't expect that I would meet someone who had the same experience as me in this world, so I can give you some advice."

"I just want to find out who killed Isabel and make them pay the price!" Angela leaned on the sofa helplessly and said: "I couldn't stop my parents from sending her to a mental hospital, where she spent her best time."

"After I became independent, I tried to take her out of the mental hospital several times, but she refused. Now, she is dead. Before she died, she never enjoyed a normal life for a day." Angela's tears covered her cheeks, and the grief almost filled the whole room.

Constantine smoked silently, and he said: "I said, I have no ability to resurrect anyone, you don't understand what resurrection means."

"Resurrection is a trap of the devil. When you are pursuing resurrection, you will commit more crimes, kill more people, give everything you have, give everything others have, and finally have nothing left."

"When you have done all this, you will find that the so-called resurrected person is not your relative or friend at all. They are just the shadow of the devil and his bait. All this is a scam."

Angela took a deep breath and said: "If Isabel really can't be resurrected, then I must punish the murderer!"

She gritted her teeth and said: "I don't care if they are angels or demons, no matter what powerful power they have, I must let them know that they will pay for their crimes!"

Constantine paused with his cigarette in his hand, as if he didn't expect Angela to give this answer. When he looked at the female police officer again, he saw unusual firmness and tenacity between her eyebrows.

This made Constantine know that she must be a good police officer. If she didn't have such a firm determination, she would not be able to bring criminals to justice in one case after another.

"If we want to do this, we must find out who took your sister's soul away. So, where did she die?" Constantine asked.

"She stayed in a mental hospital all her life and finally died in the ward of a mental hospital." Angela closed her eyes and said in a trembling voice: "She died in... Anderson Asylum."

"... Anderson Asylum?" Bruce looked up and read the line of cursive English on the side door.

"If I remember correctly, Anderson was a wealthy man in a metropolis in the last century. The Anderson family's reputation is well-known on the East Coast because they built many hospitals. In several surrounding cities, you can also see hospitals named Anderson." Lex said, looking at the name.

Bruce just took a look but didn't say anything. He just kept walking forward. In the United States, there are many hospitals named after people. Most of them are donated by wealthy people or built by private individuals. For example, Arkham Asylum in Gotham was founded and named by Arkham.

There is not much defense at the side door. Bruce and Lex successfully sneaked in. Not far from the wall is the main building on the east side of this mental hospital. Bruce and Lex quickly entered the hospital along the shortest route.

Standing in front of the window of the second-floor corridor, Bruce narrowed his eyes and looked at the situation in the yard. Just as he said, there were many abnormalities here, and there were too many people patrolling in the yard.

Suddenly, they heard a noise coming from downstairs. Bruce and Lex immediately found a room to hide in. They were lucky. This was an empty ward with no patients staying in it, and the door was closed tightly, making it difficult to be discovered.

Standing in front of the door, Bruce heard a man and a woman talking outside the door. The man spoke first, and he said in a slightly anxious tone: "What do you think we should do now? Ms. Perro is dead, and the bank president is also dead. What about our research?"

"Don't panic, don't we still have so much research funds? Even if the deal this time is not concluded, it will not affect our next experiment."

"But even if the next round of funds cannot be used up, what about the subsequent experiments? Who can donate to us? Even if we don't mention the funds, how can we get the Geological Bureau to cooperate with our subsequent experiments?"

"Don't forget, the most critical step is the deployment. We must have enough knowledge of the underground water veins in the metropolis before we can... To ensure the effectiveness of the delivery, there is only one chance to deliver. Once a problem occurs, all the previous efforts will be wasted. "

"Don't worry." The female voice still said in a calm tone: "It is because the location of this hospital is where the underground water veins of the metropolis converge into the sea. We chose to do the experiment here. The underground water resources here are enough for our research."

"You are too conservative! We..."

The two of them walked away slowly while arguing. When their voices and footsteps disappeared in the corridor, Bruce walked out of the door. He looked back at Lex and said, "Did you hear it? They said that there is an experiment going on here..."

"Where will the information be placed?" Lex frowned and asked.

Then, they both lowered their heads at the same time and cast their gazes underground. Bruce said: "The research laboratory for underground water veins must be underground. Just now, I observed the building structure and there should be a basement here."

As he said, he walked quickly to the window and said: "According to them, both the Parlo Company and the Central Bank are aware of this experiment. They can even hire such professional security personnel. I suspect that these people may have been transferred from the military district..."

"Let's go down and see what they are doing." Lex turned and walked down.

The two walked along the stairs to the first floor and began to look for the entrance to the basement. As expected, the entrance was locked and the defense inside was even tighter.

"Let's go up and find the key." Bruce said without hesitation, because he knew that it would be useless to observe here for a long time. This kind of door cannot be broken through by violence, and they don't have the corresponding violent means to break the door now.

The two continued to go up. Because it was late at night, most of the patients and researchers had gone to bed, so they did not encounter any obstacles and came to the 4th floor. The wards here were all occupied.

Bruce and Lex originally planned to pass through this floor, and then go to the 4th floor of the opposite building through the corridor bridge on this floor to find the dormitory where the management staff lived.

But when they passed this floor, they found that there was a patient in each room, except for a room on the right side, which was empty and no one was there.

Bruce stayed in front of the ward door for a while, took out a miniature flashlight, and shone it on the name on the doorplate, which read "Isabelle Dodgson", the disease was paranoia, and the hospitalization time was 16 years.

Bruce frowned, and Lex walked up and asked, "What's wrong? Is there anything wrong with this patient?"

"That's not right. I've interned at Arkham Psychiatric Hospital. There are indeed patients who have been hospitalized in psychiatric hospitals for 10 years or even longer due to mental problems, but the symptoms are not right."

"No one would be hospitalized for such a long time because of paranoia. Even if she didn't recover, her family would definitely find another solution and wouldn't leave her here forever."

"Moreover, paranoia is one of the mental illnesses that is more effectively treated with drugs. Unless the symptoms have not improved at all, it is impossible to stay here for such a long time."

As he spoke, Bruce gently turned the door handle, and to his surprise, he gently pushed the door and it opened.

After walking in, there was a very clean and tidy ward with only a bed, a small bedside table, a wardrobe and a small TV facing the bed.

Just as he walked into the ward, Bruce paused, stopped Lex from coming in, and said, "There's a smell of blood here..."

Bruce tensed his body, squatted slightly, lowered his center of gravity, and began to look for enemies in the room. After checking for a long time, he found that it was indeed an empty room.

So, he and Lex walked in, and the two of them started to investigate the room with flashlights. Just as Lex was rummaging through the closet, he suddenly found that a wooden board at the bottom of the closet was loose. He reached out to pry it open, but couldn't, so he called Bruce over.

Bruce held the wooden board and pushed it outwards. With a click, the board was broken off. There was a letter stuck under the board. Bruce easily pulled the loose envelope off. He saw that it said:

"To my dear sister."

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