Chapter 340: Orb of Wishes (4)
A large hospital in downtown Seoul.
The massive hospital situated in the heart of Seoul had now transformed into a temporary shelter for victims of the Mass Cognitive Impairment Incident.
James slowly entered the hospital, responding to a cooperation request from the Korea Object Council.
Behind James followed staff equipped with all sorts of cutting-edge equipment.
As he walked through the hospital corridors, he sensed a gloomy and sorrowful atmosphere hanging in the air.
‘Even for a victim accommodation hospital, this seems a bit excessive. There’s definitely something strange about this.’
James’s doubts were resolved the moment he entered a room housing cognitive impairment victims.
‘Oh no….’
‘Humans are hurt.’
‘They can’t get better.’
Golden Reapers were sobbing profusely as they looked down at the victims of the Mass Cognitive Impairment Incident.
Crying as if truly aggrieved, they toddled onto the beds and moistened the victims’ cheeks with their tears.
‘Hmm, I see. So that’s why the hospital atmosphere was like that.’
Whether due to the Golden Reapers’ mental contamination or the hospital staff being moved by the sadness, a melancholic mood had spread throughout the entire hospital.
‘Humans are sick….’
Even the Golden Reaper sitting on James’s head, which had been smiling brightly, began shedding tears and hid itself in James’s shirt pocket.
But something caught James’s eye as slightly peculiar.
White Hungry Ghosts were bustling about between the victims, carrying small white lanterns.
And after moving around like that, the White Hungry Ghosts would return to the Golden Reapers, shaking their heads.
‘Can’t find the culprit.’
‘What to do about the humans.’
‘Poor humans.’
At this, the Golden Reapers cried even more pitifully, shedding tears and collapsing face-down on the beds.
‘So that’s the tracking ability possessed by the White Guardians.’
Observing this, James opened his notebook and added a few observations under the White Hungry Ghost information he had heard from the alchemist.
Then, after moving to a different spot, he took out the Golden Reaper that had hidden in his shirt pocket and began feeding it snacks.
Om nom nom.
The Golden Reaper, while still shedding tears, opened its mouth slightly and munched on the snacks.
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