【Zhoufumei】Ore disease

Faust put the ring on the bedside, but there was more than one silver ring in the box.

The incandescent lamps cast a gray and cold reflection on the wall, and the stale air weighed heavily in the small room.There was a queue in the visiting area of ​​the hospital, but the people in the queue seemed to be frightened. Everyone tightened the masks on their faces and looked around with vigilant eyes.

In the silence, the doctors and nurses opened the door and called out the next name.

"Mephisto."

The narrow room is roughly divided into several windows, and there is a videophone in front of each window.Mephisto rushed to the front of the stage and picked up the receiver:

"Sasha!"

Faust sat in the improvised and simple area, and passed the receiver to his ear: "Ino..."

"Why didn't you tell me! Why did you leave me and leave! Come back! I will find a way to save you, I won't allow you to do such a thing!!"

The lover's rebuke was desperate and sharp.His voice was too loud, and the medical staff behind him warned him to keep silent: "This family member, please keep your voice down."

Mephisto doesn't care so much.The screen of the videophone was dimly lit, with Faust's apologetic face on it: "Sorry, Ino. But this is the best way..."

"The best way?! You are in that kind of ghost place, even if you are not infected, you will be infected!"

Faust lowered his eyes.

The communication area is temporarily built by several boards, and behind the boards is the ore disease isolation and observation room of the hospital.This room was originally used for file storage, and it was the largest basement in the entire hospital. At this time, the dark room was almost full of suspected cases that needed to be isolated and observed. window.

His lover's reaction was bigger than he expected, and Faust knew he was wrong, so he tried his best to appease him:

"It doesn't matter, maybe it was a false alarm. You are here to be scared, but I will be able to go out after three days of isolation..."

The doctors and nurses behind him wanted to remind him to pay attention to the volume again, but they were scared back by a loud noise.Mephisto slammed his fist at the counter, his light green pupils were covered with traces of blood, his voice contained a knife, and pierced Faust's eardrum word by word:

"Whether you are sick or not, don't you know... If you are not sick, why put the two rings together in the box?"

White lies were mercilessly exposed.The police officer's back paused, and his cast-iron shoulders slumped a little.

"……sorry."

He thought that Mephisto would cry into tears, and he had already prepared a comforting draft in his heart.Eno has shown his vulnerability to him more than once, but Mephisto on the other end of the video didn't cry. The white-haired boy just looked at him angrily, with water lines between his eyelashes, but he never shed tears:

"What else do you want to say to me?... 'I just don't want to infect you', 'I just want to leave you something at the end', 'I hope you don't forget me'? Faust, you bastard, Total asshole."

Faust relaxed a lot.He looked at the timer in his hand, and met his lover's beautiful eyes again: "Then I won't say anything. I am indeed a bastard, Yinuo, take care of yourself, I love you."

"Sasha—"

Machines cannot read human emotions.The countdown ended, the call was cut off suddenly, and the screen fell into darkness again.

Mephisto was kindly invited out by the doctors and nurses, and several security guards escorted him from the room to the hospital gate.He stood on the steps, the doctors and nurses passed by his shoulders, the researcher looked up, the gray sky was dotted with black clouds, as if a storm was about to come.

His cell phone rang.Mephisto fumbled in his pocket for a long time, and pressed the answer button several times before pressing the answer button: "Hello."

"Mephisto, the institute has vacated a special isolation room, you quickly take Faust over, he can't stay there."

Shuang Xing's voice was always cold and indifferent, but at this time it was also a little hurried.Mephisto's information processing ability is almost zero, he reacted for a long time before he opened his mouth hoarsely:

"Received to the research institute, and then? Without medical equipment, without specific medicine, let me watch him die?"

"This is just a stopgap measure, Mephisto. Medical resources are in short supply, and now only critically ill patients can receive treatment. You bring him here first, and we'll find a way to contact the doctors we know..."

Mephisto lowered his head, loosened his hands, and then clenched them again.

"There is another way."

Shuang Xing was stunned, and the patriots and Talula looked at each other: "What way?"

Mephisto took two steps forward and looked somewhere in the distance:

"……Do me a favor."

W stepped on the brake and stopped at an intersection: "Turn left here?"

Shuangxing glanced at the navigation: "No, it's the next intersection."

"...Then you didn't say it earlier!"

The shuttle started again, and the banner "There is an ore patient inside" rustled in the cold wind. W held the steering wheel, still muttering in his mouth: "Speaking of which, why did you ask me to send this guy? It's actually this big van..."

Shuang Xing said coldly, "Because I don't have a driver's license."

"Then why me?!"

"Because you are hired from outside. During the contract period, you need to fulfill all the mission orders given to you by the 'Integrated Movement Virus Research Institute', otherwise we can refuse to pay the final payment."

W cursed Ursus in a low voice, Frost Star's ears were sharp: "I heard it."

"Yeah, yeah—so what's up with that guy in the back?"

Frost Star looked back at the back seat.

"Much better. He looked dead in the morning."

Mephisto was sitting in the last row of the bus, looking out the window motionless.His expression was cold and hard, even W, who had been making jokes all the year round, unconsciously fell silent.

Big Bread turned a corner and stopped outside the gate of a villa area.Shuangxing looked at the address, and then confirmed the name of the community: "It's here."

W looked around: "...I think my last payment is only enough to buy one floor tile here."

Mephisto was not in the mood to listen to their conversation.He walked quickly to the door and picked up his coat: "Open the door."

W tried several buttons, turned on and off various lights in the car, and finally found the correct button.Mephisto walked down the steps, but seemed to think of something, and suddenly turned around.

"……thanks."

W was frozen in place, and Frost Star was also stunned.Mephisto didn't have time to watch their reactions, he put on his coat again, and the hem of his white coat fluttered in the wind.

W finally moved, she pointed at Mephistopheles, and then looked at Frost Star with hellish eyes: "He he he he he??"

Frost Star was not surprised.She raised her chin and said with a smile in her voice:

"Isn't it cool, like a general going to the battlefield."

Mephisto passed through multiple security checks, followed his thin memory, and stopped in front of one of the villas.

The visual communication rang, as if confirming his face.Mephisto glanced at the camera coldly, the red dot on the communicator dimmed, and the door slowly opened.

The researcher stepped into the small courtyard with ease. He was about to enter the reception room, but the butler wearing a mask appeared from the side and blocked his way:

"Welcome back, young master. According to the rules, everyone who enters here needs to have their temperature checked and disinfected."

Mephisto didn't bother to talk to him: "There's no need to make excuses. I don't have any secret filming or eavesdropping equipment on me, you can check it as you like."

The real purpose was exposed, but the housekeeper remained unmoved: "Since you understand, you will be offended."

Armed with metal detectors, two servants searched Mephisto from top to bottom.The butler confirmed that Mephisto came here empty-handed, and then he pointed to the upper steps: "Mr. is waiting for you upstairs."

Mephisto went upstairs and pushed open the door of the reception room.His biological father was sitting behind the desk. Years later, he still looked refined and refined. The man clasped his hands and rested his elbows on the desk:

"Ino... oh, time to call you Mephisto. You don't look like you're having a good time."

Mephisto snorted coldly: "You still look like a scumbag, Mr. Director."

His father sneered, his expression very similar to Mephisto's: "But now you have to ask me, a scumbag."

Mephisto ignored his stalking: "Don't pay yourself less money, this is an exchange of equal value."

"I don't have to accept your exchange. There is currently no cured case of ore disease, and high-ranking officials and dignitaries are all in danger, and no one is willing to contribute their own private medical resources."

"Don't talk about this with me, you definitely have a way to get in touch."

"I can't guarantee that."

Mephisto didn't bother to talk to him.He took a few steps forward and took out a crumpled agreement from his inside pocket:

"My mother's remaining research results have been entrusted to an authoritative third party. As long as you provide the resources I need, they will give you the results when the matter is over."

The man pressed the call button, and the butler came forward and took the agreement out the door: "Don't worry, let my legal consultant check it out. Have a cup of tea?"

Mephisto didn't even have the intention to sit down: "No drink."

"There is no need to be so tense. The research circle is small, and maybe there will be time for cooperation in the future."

Mephisto smiled brightly: "Cooperate? Cooperate with an idiot who can't do scientific research and cheat his wife's research results? Do you think this is possible, the only designated scientific research waste of a scientific research family?"

The man's smile finally faded a little: "...don't go too far, I don't want to tear my face apart."

"I don't really think about it, father. After all, the last fragment is at your fingertips. Once the scientific research paper is published, not only will you be able to stabilize your position in the family, but it will not be far from your promotion. You want to deal with my mother the same way you did back then. It's a piece of cake to deal with me as a little researcher—"

The butler knocked on the door and interrupted Mephisto's cynicism in a timely manner: "There is no problem with the agreement."

The man coughed dryly and covered up his somewhat glum expression: "I won't listen to the barking of a defeated dog. Take the agreement and go back and wait for the news."

Mephisto persisted: "Tell me the exact time when a resource will be provided."

"Within three days."

"No. I want you to contact me right now, not more than a minute."

W played the phone until the battery ran out, and finally saw Mephisto at the door: "I'm back."

Mephisto disinfected himself outside the car before stepping into the car: "Okay. Drive to the hospital, and I'll take Faust to where he should go."

W was at a loss: "Where did you find medical resources?"

Shuang Xing guessed a bit: "Is it reliable?"

Mephisto sat back in the rear compartment and put the documents in his hands on the seat next to him.Hearing Shuangxing's question, he snorted coldly, but his expression improved a lot:

"Why is it unreliable? Those high-ranking officials are more afraid of death than the other."

It was a private hospital that his biological father contacted him.The hospital only has three floors, but the equipment inside is all available, and the quality of the medical staff is also suspiciously professional.

When Faust was pushed into the isolation ward, he still hadn't adapted to the change: "...Ino, where is this? What did you do?"

"Private hospital. Tallulah contacted the Patriots. If you don't believe me, ask Frost Star."

Faust has just had a test and is awaiting the final diagnosis.Wearing a tight protective suit, Mephisto took out the daily necessities one by one:

"Here, tablet. I can't be here all the time, so you have to have video on 24 hours a day."

Faust looked at him, then at the tablet on the table.

"Are you still angry?"

Mephisto replied quickly: "What do you say?"

The police officer dared not speak.Faust sat upright on the seat, but looked at him with listless and pitiful eyes.

Mephisto laid out the things one by one, then walked up to Faust, followed his example, and touched the top of the police officer's head:

"After being married for so long, why do you still say such things?"

Faust froze for a moment.

The communication notification sounded, and Faust's inspection report came out.Mephisto turned his head to look, held his lover's face again, and rubbed his forehead:

"Wait for me, I'll be right back."

The disinfection in the hospital was quite professional. Mephisto was allowed to take off his protective clothing after three cleanings and disinfections.A doctor and nurse was waiting in the corridor, followed by a figure who looked like a psychological counselor. When they saw Mephisto walk out, they quickly put on a regretful expression, and handed the medical records to Mephisto:

"This is Mr. Faust's diagnosis report, you'd better do some psychological preparation first..."

Mephisto took the medical record, flicked to the end, and then closed it with a snap.

"I see. Just like the greetings, follow the procedures step by step. I believe in your medical standards."

It took less than three seconds for the case to be opened and closed. The two staff members were stunned, as if they hadn't reacted yet: "Uh... If necessary, we can provide psychological assistance..."

"unnecessary."

Mephisto did not break his promise, Faust just connected the tablet to WiFi, and Xiao Baimao came back.He was wearing a tight protective suit, and Faust couldn't see his expression clearly: "How is it?"

Xiao Baimao didn't answer right away.He stepped forward and took Faust's hand:

"Why are you so careless... But it's okay, I'll forgive you this time, you should treat yourself well here, and I'll go back and study the antidote to save you."

Although he was mentally prepared, Faust was still stunned for several seconds.He lowered his eyes, then raised his head again:

"Feel sorry……"

Mephisto shook his head.He spread out his left hand, and a silver ring was quietly lying on his palm.

"It's no big deal. Just a little microbes, and I know them well. It's nothing compared to when you take off your ring."

After their marriage, Faust helped Mephisto wear the ring a thousand times.

None of their occupations were suitable for wearing jewelry, so Mephisto simply bought two silver chains. The two of them wore the rings around their necks when they were working, and took them off after work.

But Mephisto has bad eyesight and can't find the clasp of the necklace all the time. Xiao Baimao often lays down the stalls on the spot and insists on Faust to help him put on the ring.

The gentle police officer never refused any of his requests.Every time, Faust would solemnly help him take off the ring, then push it on his lover's finger little by little, and finally held his left hand and gave him a pious kiss.

— just as Mephisto was doing to him.

The ring was put back on his left hand, and the small silver ring reflected the fluorescent light above his head, shining on the back of his hand.The outer style of the ring is quite simple, but Faust knows that the inner side of the ring is engraved with the oath of the two people who will be together for a lifetime.

Not the cheesy "Everlasting Love," or even "Faust & Mephisto," but their original names.

Eno, Sasha.

The two simple names concealed a yellowish past that only they knew.It was obviously an indelible wound, but after being engraved with the pairing ring, it became a promise to cherish a lifetime.

Mephisto knelt down and helped him put on the ring.He couldn't kiss Faust, so he had to hold his left hand with both hands and rub it on his forehead.

"You said it. Ring, don't throw it around in the future."

A few suspicious drops of water fell in front of him.Mephisto didn't look him in the face, the researcher stood up and put his arms around his lover.

The hospital was far away from the research institute, and it was almost midnight when Mephisto arrived at the laboratory.

Since the outbreak of the virus, the integration movement has canceled the vacation of all employees and started to implement a rotation system.Talula was leaning against the door smoking a cigarette, and seeing Xiao Baimao come back, the leader of the tyrant glanced at him: "Need help?"

Mephisto nodded: "Send me all the latest research results, including those from uncertain sources and without clinical trials."

"No, I'll get someone to screen it for you. What else?"

"Need not."

Tallulah took the cigarette from her lips: "Is it really not necessary?"

"It's really not necessary."

Tallulah moved her body to make room for him: "Good luck."

Mephisto nodded.He went straight to the second floor, passed the floor-to-ceiling windows facing the main door, passed the roaring centrifuge, and finally walked into his office.

After the ore disease broke out, his office was much messier than before. Papers and confetti were thrown all over the room, and there was no place to walk on the ground.Facing the wall, Mephisto stared at his own shadow for a while, then leaned his head against the wall again, took out the medical records from the paper bag, and read them carefully.

Ore-like shadows appeared in the patient's lungs, and the crystallization density of blood ore was 0.27u/L, and somatic cells had not yet fused with the ore.

He turned another page.

Viral nucleic acid test was positive.Confirm infection.

Water droplets fell on the X-ray film, and the image of both lungs became blurred.The incandescent lamp couldn't illuminate his face, and Mephisto held the medical record in his arms and slid it down slowly, slowly.

After Mephisto left, Faust had nothing to do but sit on the bed and look around.

In just one day, he was transferred from the dark and dark file room to this delicate little box.He always thought that Mephisto was the star in the glass box, but this time it was his turn to be put in the glass box.

Mephisto should have arrived at the institute.After thinking about it, Faust still made a video call to him.

The phone rang for a long time.Faust almost cut off the communication, but Mephisto finally picked it up:

"why are not you sleeping?"

The researcher didn't turn on the camera over there.Faust looked at his watch: "Have you arrived yet?"

"It has already been put into the frontline battle."

Faust didn't hear anyone's voice in the background.The police officer paused, and his voice became softer: "Pay attention to your body."

"Understood. I said, the first self-healing case has not yet appeared. I think you have a good foundation. Why don't you eat and sleep well and try to fight for it?"

Faust smiled: "I think so."

"Go to bed then. Good night."

"Good night."

The room returned to silence.Mephisto put down his phone, looked up from the wall, and wiped his face again.

The research room was still brightly lit, and Mephisto opened the door, only to find that everyone was there, including the Kingslayer who had been dispatched all the year round.

The W's location is right by the door.With an energy bar in her mouth, she nodded her chin to Mephisto: "I'm finally back, work quickly."

Mephisto frowned: "The packaging of this energy bar looks familiar."

"Payment for driving for you."

Mephisto was silent. W thought he would pick up the document and throw it at her, but Xiao Baimao closed the door and walked back to his laboratory table quickly:

"I'll settle accounts with you after I develop a special medicine."

W stopped talking.Mephisto sat back in his chair and drew a red circle on the calendar.

He has only fourteen days left.

-tbc-

This chapter is rather heavy. It seems that you all seem to like the integration movement members of this article. Let me put down the settings in the outline. I hope everyone can feel better.

Virus Research Institute of the Usas Academy of Sciences: One of the independent institutions within the Usas Academy of Sciences system, it has the biosafety laboratory with the highest level of protection in Terra, but the institute is full of dangerous people with wrong views.

Director Tallulah: I want to develop a super virus to destroy the world.

Mephisto: I hope to develop a controllable zombie virus, so that all the people in the world will become his "herd".

Kingslayer: Director of the Infectious Disease Intelligence Project, who runs outside 360 ​​days a year.A food blogger who claims to have eaten all Terra's vending machines and aspires to work part-time on the vending machine page.

W: An external infectious disease expert whose real identity is unknown and who belongs to an independent research laboratory with only her alone. She looks like she may turn against the water at any time.Will not participate in confidential projects.

Patriot: The oldest and diligent researcher with the most upright views.Due to an experimental accident when he was young, he still cannot speak smoothly.He has been in the system before and is extremely sensitive to zz.

Broken Bone & Misha: two innocent and lovely siblings, children of a family of infectious disease research.Parents are all-round talents, but the siblings are one of them partial to literature and the other is partial to literature, or the male is partial to literature and the female is partial to literature, and both of them almost fail to get their graduation certificates.

Frost Star: Patriot's adopted daughter and successor, born in the same orphanage as Faust.With a cold temper, he leads Terra's strongest "Snow Monster Squad" to go deep into the epidemic area all the year round, traveling north and south.