Steel steam and flame

The surroundings darkened very quickly, and the passage in front of him slowly became blurry before he took a few steps on the stairs. There was also a feeling of being unable to see clearly the stairs one step at a time.

"Why is such a big building with the height required but no elevator installed? No matter how old this place is, it can't be more than a hundred years old. And the history of the elevator is far more than a hundred years." The woman carrying the box said The sound and footsteps echoing around her showed that she took every step very steadily, and there was no problem due to the obstruction of her vision.

"How do I know?" said the man in a matter-of-fact manner, "Maybe the designer was too lazy at the time and thought it would be too troublesome to draw the design drawings of the elevator, so he simply doubled the number of stairs, and then doubled the width. Meet people's need to go up and down stairs. Life lies in exercise, and a healthy body is achieved through exercise. Fortunately, you are still a physician's assistant. You don't know this bit of common sense. It's no wonder I don't pay you. Those wages have become You’ve learned the knowledge I taught you.”

"Do you understand the tuition fee? I am your teacher." The man's tone became slightly more serious as he groped his way up the dark corridor.

There was a light on the side, but nothing happened after pressing it. The surroundings were still getting darker and darker. Most of the lighting systems here are broken.

"Either the line is broken, or the lamps haven't been replaced." The woman's voice rang again. The man didn't reply, and the surrounding light became darker. The two of them also walked out of the stairs at this time and came to the corridor with a little more light. Only a thin line of dim sky could be seen here, and most of the view was completely blocked by another building not far away in front of it. From a distance of less than a few meters, one can even clearly read the numbers on the house numbers in the building opposite.

"Oh..." the woman sighed, "How far is it? This place seems a bit remote. Is this really where the big money owner you mentioned lives? Or is it that the customer is someone on the blacklist? So you want to stay away?"

"This is a house I bought before, but who would have thought that just a few years later, it would become like this. Although I didn't see how much better this place was at the beginning." The man walking in front was very excited. He spoke calmly, "We're here, this is our destination."

The door of the room in front of him has been corroded with many brown spots of different sizes, and above it is a layer of black and red rust that has not been cleaned for a long time. Even if there is an anti-rust coating on it, steel materials are resistant to oxidation corrosion. However, in the face of decades, all designs have failed to achieve their expected results.

Knocking on the door at a specific frequency, the sound turned into a code word and passed into the tightly sealed room sealed by the metal door. The woman carrying the box took a few steps forward and wanted to look inside through a simple small window there, but she was disappointed. It was welded shut with steel plates and iron bars, and no air was allowed to leak out.

Just a few seconds after the knock on the metal door was heard, there was the sound of metal friction. I don't know how long it had been since the gears and shafts had been lubricated, and the sound was very sharp. There also seems to be a problem with the steam pipeline. It should be because the steam valve has not been repaired and maintained regularly and has broken down. A lot of milky white steam leaked out, floating in the air when the man touched his arm, and there was a warm feeling.

"Punos, you're a long time late." As soon as the door opened, these cold words came from the darkness inside.

Punos smiled dryly, but at this moment he could not say a single word that he had written in his stomach.

"There have been some minor accidents in the past few days. It won't be like this next time." After standing in front of the door for a few seconds, Punos slowly said this sentence.

"There's no next time, this is the last time." Still emotionless, "Come in, I hope no one is following you."

"Don't worry at all, there is no one behind us." Adina, who had stood behind Punos at some point, replied. She bent forward slightly, which was considered a non-standard salute, "Hello, Miss Carla, I am Dr. Punos' assistant, Adina."

"Hello, Miss Adina." Kara nodded lightly, but she didn't want to spend time on the shabby doorway and boring etiquette. She let the two people enter the house, closed the old metal door, and shook it. It shook off some rust.

Only turn on the lights in the house at this time. Light leakage when opening the door will increase the chance of exposure here. Punos' eyes that could not adapt to the light immediately squinted slightly. He waited for a few seconds before fully opening his eyes to observe the scenery and layout of the room.

The layout is almost exactly the same as the previous few times I came here, with simple chairs and tables, cups and kettles placed on one side, and a ferocious sniper rifle on the other side. The muzzle of the gun was aimed squarely at Punos' head. It shouldn't be said that it was aimed at Punos' head, but at the metal door behind Punos. The safety on the sniper rifle is always open, and the loaded bullet is just waiting for the trigger to be pressed.

Moving his steps to avoid the deep black muzzle, Punos' eyes drifted away. There is also a small bed made of steel plates in the room, with new bedding, and a small kitchen not far away. There used to be a wardrobe next to the bed, but it's no longer visible.

"I really miss her, Sister Carla, we haven't seen each other for a long time." Punos said, pulling out a chair and sitting down, and motioned for Adena to put down the black iron box and rest.

"It's been a few years." Kara walked into the table and got herself a glass of cold water. She drank a few sips and put it down. "But after not seeing each other for so long, you actually found an assistant, which is something I didn't expect. Thinking of the boy who was frightened and crying, I still can't perfectly connect him with you in front of me. Or at all. It’s a reasonable inference that they don’t match each other.”

Punos showed a helpless smile, but the trembling of the muscles on his face showed that it was a truly happy smile. Adena on the side showed a look of expectation, she was full of interest in the "boy who cried in fear" in Kara's words.

"A child who was still only ten years old was forced to watch a live human dissection by you like you at that time, and the person who did it yourself was you, Sister Kara. Which child can bear such a thing? After that incident , I haven’t been able to get a good sleep for a long time since I went back. Maybe it was from then on that my sleep became like this, almost shallow, and I had to use medicine." There was something in Punos's voice. protest.

Kara also had a smile on her face, "But didn't you leave at that time? Although you were crying all the time, you were the one who saw the last one and then left. As for the other people, they had already seen me lift the cloth covering the body. At that moment, you were so frightened that you ran away. It shows that you are still very interested in anatomy, otherwise you would not have given up the Meredith surname and concentrated on your current industry. "

Punos shook his head with a grimace, as if he thought of some bad memories, "I think it was not because I liked it that I didn't run away. The most likely reason was that I was too frightened at the time. If you don’t have the strength, you will always be there crying and not running away, and that’s why you will always be there with you doing human anatomy.” After saying that, he sighed. This was the worst memory of his childhood, and he can still think clearly about it now. stand up.

Listening to what the two said, Adena laughed out loud. She knew very little about her employer.

Then her tone changed, and Kara put away the smile on her face. Now it's time to get down to business.

"Have you brought your things? After this operation, I will no longer stay in Manoma, and of course I will not go back to the military school. As for the reason, everyone knows it. Although there is plenty of time, I will not stay in Manoma again. Manoma's safety cannot be guaranteed, and I must complete the operation as soon as possible and get out of here."

"Of course, you believe in my ability to handle things, Sister Kara." Punos became equally serious. Adena also opened the black box at this time and took out a glass bottle. The translucent liquid inside swallowed up the little light in the room. A heart-shaped object was completely immersed in the liquid, and the ferocious appearance of the artificial blood vessel was clearly visible.

"You can have surgery at any time, Sister Kara." When he came to his own industry, Punos was very confident in his words.