The red moon returns

Chapter 405 White lies
Not a bad person in some sense.

Lynch kept chewing over these words until he returned to Dr. Swain's house.

Meaningful.

In a sense, he is not a bad person. Does that mean that from another perspective, he is a bad person?

The four of them thought about it along the way and analyzed almost all the possibilities, but no one dared to judge the doctor's thoughts, and no one dared to be sure about what attitude to take towards the doctor. It was not until they saw the door of Dr. Swen's house that Lin Qi made a decision.

It seemed that Dr. Swain had returned. The light in the study on the second floor was on. The flickering light of the oil lamp cast Dr. Swain's silhouette in front of the window, which was hazy and seemed particularly mysterious.

He walked straight into the door, and the clanging sound startled Dr. Swen in the study. Soon, the female doctor took the initiative to go downstairs.

At this time, the female doctor had changed into fluffy pajamas and wore a soft hat on her head. The fluffy ball on the top of the hat was tilted to one side and swayed as she went downstairs. She didn't look like a woman in her thirties at all.

Even less like a ghoul.

"You're back. Did you go out for a drink? The only place in Norfolk where you can kill time is the tavern." The female doctor looked a little tired. She didn't look like the heroic figure who beat up the kid yesterday. She smiled and said, "If you want to kill time when I'm not home, you can come to my study. I don't have many books, but they are enough to kill time."

Come on, if we find a Book of the Dead, we could stay here forever.

Although Lin Qi complained in his heart, he did not show it. He just asked casually: "How is the progress of the research? Have you found anything?"

"There is."

"Oh... huh? So fast?" Lin Qi became interested instead. "What did you find?"

"That is, they used the power of Mordiggian, the lord of ghouls, as a template, and then used some mysterious potions to make the disease have the properties of replication and spread, turning the disease into a plague. But fortunately, the potion's effect is very ordinary, so although the infectious effect is very strong and almost 100% spread, the method is relatively simple and must leave a wound. If it can be spread by breathing or even concept, it would be too terrible. Maybe in a few years, the whole world will be infected."

Well, that's the xx crisis.

At this time, Lynch actually admired the female doctor very much. With her superficial knowledge of mysticism from the Third Age, she had analyzed so much information in just one afternoon. And judging from the perspective of the Fifth Age, her analysis was basically correct. She was indeed a scientific and technological talent that was fought over by big cities.

However, Lynch also found that when he said this, Dr. Swen looked a little unnatural, as if he was worried about something. Lynch hesitated for a moment and simply asked directly: "Isn't this a very good progress, but why are you still so worried?"

Doctor Swen started to laugh, but seeing Lynch's serious look, he sighed and said, "We talked about this yesterday. The Ghoul King is the belief of many ghouls, but almost no one among humans worships him."

"so?"

"So this incident must have involved the involvement of ghouls. It is impossible to do it with human power alone."

"Isn't that normal? There are so many zombies coming and going outside." Lin Qi pretended to be ignorant and said, "They can't be here for a feast, right? There may be a few hiding inside who are collaborating with humans to cause trouble."

"They..." Doctor Swen hesitated for a moment and shook his head. "Maybe. The key is that this is not good for the ghouls. If they are bitten, they may become crazy ghouls who lose their minds. So I can't think of why they would cooperate with humans to do such a thing."

Lin Qi suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and realized something: "So, they know that there is a plague that has broken out here that will affect them, so they plan to come in and clear the area to ensure their own safety?

"Huh?" Dr. Swen was a little stunned, staring at Lynch and unable to answer for a while.

"Oh, nothing. We were just strolling out of town this afternoon when we ran into two ghouls meeting each other. I just happened to associate it with that."

Lin Qi explained casually as if nothing had happened, but then he changed the subject:

"Didn't you see us then, too?"

In an instant, Dr. Swen's living room fell into a dead silence, and the air seemed to be frozen. No one spoke. The two ladies lowered their heads, holding their swords and folding fans tightly, and the other one's expression also regained clarity. But Lynch held the hands of the two ladies on the left and right, and said slowly:

"We have all come into contact with some ghouls before, so we are quite familiar with them and recognized you by mistake." Lynch lied casually, "I asked you once before, and I will ask you again now, Dr. Swen, do you really want to resolve this incident? If you have other ideas, we can open them at any time and will not interfere in your affairs."

Dr. Swen was silent for a long time before he asked, "Who are you?"

Countless thoughts flashed through Lin Qi's mind, and finally a set of words was formed:
"In fact, we have nothing to do with what's happening here. We are here for another matter, not related to humans or ghouls, so you can trust us instead."

“Or selling food?”

"The Book of the Dead."

Dr. Swen stood there with his mouth wide open, but his expression showed realization.

"So you see, we only want to help you in exchange for the whereabouts of the Book of the Dead. Our side is you. As for what happens here, we don't care. It all depends on your side. So we asked the question just now from the beginning, and we did it exactly according to your answer. It's just that we discovered your identity just now, and we confirmed it again for safety. There is no other intention."

It was a completely self-consistent statement, half true and half false, but much more reasonable than the truth. Dr. Swen knew from her expression that she had basically believed it. She sighed quietly and whispered:
"I really want to resolve it. On the one hand, this is my hometown and holds my memories. I don't want it to be destroyed. On the other hand... as I just said, other ghouls must be involved in this matter, and they are likely to be from our tribe. So I think I have an obligation to resolve the crisis here completely. Otherwise, such a dangerous plague will not only threaten the tribe, but once it spreads, it will likely be devastating."

“How complete is a complete solution?”

Dr. Swen pursed his lips and said nothing.

Lynch totally understood.

Historically, she might have planned this as well, so when she found that the plague in the city was completely out of control, she directly called in the ghouls and thoroughly cleansed the entire city, just like Stratholme was cleansed in her previous life.

And that includes herself.

No wonder the crazy old man made that comment, in a sense she is not a bad person.

"So, either you stop the mastermind from causing trouble, or you try to find an antidote, or... the end of the world is coming, and everyone will die!"

Hearing Lynch imitating the crazy old man's tone, Dr. Swen, although worried, still curled up the corners of his mouth:
"In fact, it was only when I heard him shouting that I realized something was wrong, so I suggested to the city lord to seek help. I didn't expect that my worry would really come true. Since everyone has been frank with each other, I will also speak frankly. I can agree to your request. If you sincerely help me, I will tell you everything I know about the Book of the Dead afterwards."

“That’s exactly what I was looking forward to.”

"Phew, that's good. In fact, I was busy all afternoon today researching therapeutic drugs."

"Is there any hope?" Lynch asked. The high similarity reminded him of what he was doing, and he instinctively became concerned about the medicine.

"It's hard to say right now. We should know the results tomorrow, and maybe we can find a treatment, but there is too little information right now, so I'm not sure. If we want to be sure, we first need to know who is the leader and who introduced the power of the Ghoul King, that is, the key ghoul. These two things are key information."

"You should have said it earlier." Lin Qi sighed, "City Lord."

"what?"

"I said, the leader is most likely the city lord. We just released this information this afternoon. What do you think? With our speed of progress, it won't be a loss to cooperate with us."

Dr. Swain was stunned.

(End of this chapter)