Lin Ye had never thought he would be ambushed.

#%!@, I didn't even finish talking.

Besides pain, Lin Ye was also hit with dizziness. When he regains some consciousness, he is already lying on the ground. He tries to stand up, but someone steps on his right hand and pulls the panicked Elan away from him.

"Let go of me!! Get away from him!! He didn't do anything wrong!!" she cries but she ignores them.

"You are not an Infected." That yellow-haired man looks down at Lin Ye, "Why did you come here? Is she your relative? But aren't you a pure human?"

"Are you a police officer?" The Infected who ambushed Lin Ye asks, "Why would they send some weakling like you here?"

"Does he look like one? Didn't we just say he is a vet?"

While these Infected laugh at Lin Ye, the other Infected keep their heads down, afraid to speak up. Elan is crying. She wants to rush to his side, but she is held back by the Infected who ambushed Lin Ye.

"What are you doing, girl?" Her captor asks, "He is your enemy." He raises his foot before stepping on Lin Ye's wrist, "Our e-n-e-m-y!"

Lin Ye feels that his hand is going to break, but his pained expression only excites the mob even more.

The yellow-haired man squats down in front of him and pats his face, "So, Doctor~~~, what are you doing here? You should be in the alleys searching the dumpsters to save those sick stray dogs and cats, not here."

Lin Ye clenches his teeth and tries not to groan in pain. He slowly says, "I am not from the police or looking for patients... I just want to bring this kid back."

"Where?" That yellow-haired man grins, showing off his yellow teeth.

"To her home."

"She has no home." He says softly, "Everyone here in the hospital has no home."

His words enrage his fellow rioters but to other Infected, his words only make them tremble more. Perhaps they are reminded of their future. The other Infecteds are sobbing quietly. The expressions on their faces speak only desperation.

After all, they are from Chernobog and they know how their city treats the Infected because that's what they did before being infected. Now, they are on the receiving end of the nightmare they helped create.

"We have to rebel!" The yellow-haired man suddenly stands up and shouts, "If they won't let us live, we will find away. We will make them see our determination. We will make them feel our rage! We will crush the skulls of those who oppress us!"

His words are like a spark lighting up the rage of those sobbing Infected.

The rioters raise their weapons, shouting how they will make their oppressors pay. Other Infected slowly raise their heads and watch the yellow-haired man give his speech, slowly clenching their fists in response.

Lin Ye is watching all this unfold.

These victims have lost their minds, which makes it easy for their aggressors to manipulate them. They have forgotten who infected them with oripathy. Or perhaps, they are just shifting blame to the city and the uninfected people.

He has to do something. Anything

Even if he can't save everyone, he must still save Elan.

Come on! Come on!! Be useful for once in your god damn life!!!

Lin Ye tries to think of a strategy, but the yellow-haired man turns around and pulls him up.

"This will be our war. And you will be the first blood."

Shit... He's gone insane. He is really going to kill me!

No, I have to do something. I have to!

Gun... Can I use my gun?

Lin Ye tries to reach for his gun, but his hand was stepped on so many times. He can't feel it anymore. If he uses another hand, that man would know.

To no gun.

Time to test out my ability on a stupid mutt

Lin Ye takes a deep breath and concentrates. He looks into that yellow-haired man's eyes, "Let me go. It is not too late to do that."

"What, what are you talking about?" He asks, "Are you joking?"

"I said, let me go. There is still time." Lin Ye says softly, "The conflicts between the Infected and the uninfected can't be solved with violence. Killing me won't solve anything. It will only make things worse."

"Bullshit! We only have to..."

"After killing me, do you think you will get what you want?" Lin Ye challenges him, "You should know that's impossible. You are just sending everyone here to their deaths. Trust me, this is a bad idea. We have other options."

The yellow-haired man looks at Lin Ye in silence.

He doesn't understand. Normally, he should be angry or ridicule the vet.

However, he can't get angry or laugh.

The guy in front of him reminds him of his dad. Yes, just like his dad, who thought every problem can be solved with words, not violence.

After hearing Lin Ye's words, other Infected also show changes in their expressions.

Just when Lin Ye sees his ability to work on the Infected and finds hope in the situation, the yellow-haired man presses him down like a mad man and strikes him with his steel rod.

"What the fuck are you talking about?" He laughs, "You think you are!! My dead dad or something?! When I was infected, he was the first one who wanted to send me to jail!"

Lin Ye had never thought this would happen.

His ability has never failed him before, even though his targets were mostly cats and dogs, but if he could calm even the angriest dog down, then why is this guy...

When he finally looks at that man's red eyes, he understands why his ability didn't work.

He didn't fail. He did make the yellow-haired man regain conscience. No, that man never lost his conscience, to begin with.

That man is not crazy because of oripathy. He has always been a mad man without a conscience.

Sh*t.

That steel rod hits Lin Ye's muscles, he feels his bones inside are going to break at any time.

Is he going to die here?

Lin Ye is in a trance. He lifts his head up with much difficulty and looks at Elan, the reason why he is here in the first place, to begin with, she is still trying to escape her captor and rush to Lin Ye. She is crying, but her tears can't stop the mad man from attacking him.

Too bad.

Lin Yi thinks.

He was going to join Rhodes Island. He was going to officially start the game.

Yet, he is going to die the night before dawn.

He doesn't want this.

He really doesn't want this!

He doesn't want to die!!

Not again!!

And so...

"Let me go."

The yellow-haired man stops hitting Lin Ye and watches the man curls up, "What did you say?"

"Please, spare me." Lin Ye says. His voice is shaky, "I beg you. I don't want to die..."

The yellow-haired man freezes, but then he laughs.

"You see this?! You see this?!" He turns around to let the other Infected look at Lin Ye's sorry state. The already crazy person's body is shaking with excitement.

"This is what happens to those weaklings! All they know is how to talk, when in fact, they can do nothing! They fear death! They also fear death like us!"

Everyone is looking at Lin Ye.

The vet is now lying on the ground and covered in his own blood, like an animal about to breath his final breath. The mad man is stepping on him and yelling, but there is no way for him to resist. All he can do is beg, begging for the mad man to leave him be.

The rioters are excited.

But the other Infected are silent.

Elan is crying hysterically.

Lin Ye lowers his head to avoid everyone's stare.

{Rhodes Island's Psychologist}

"This is who you recommended." Nearl looks at Shining, "Obviously, he doesn't have the power you said."

Shining is standing behind the crowd, watching Lin Ye. She doesn't say anything.

"Aren't you going to save him?" Nearl asks, "After all, he did help you."

Shining shakes her head.

"I really don't understand you." Nearl turns around to leave, "Chernobog's military police are almost here. If you are not going to help him, we should go."

Shining is still not moving.

"What?" Nearl frowns.

"It's not over yet."

{Rhodes Island's Psychologist}

It all happened so quickly.

When the yellow-haired man who was busy rousing the crowd turned around, Lin Ye stuffed his silver python into his mouth.

Those black eyes, for a moment, seemed to belong to death.

Lin Ye pulls the trigger.

That man's brain blows up like a watermelon, splattering blood and pieces of his brain all over the wall.

Everyone is shocked into silence.

Lin Ye pushes the corpse aside and struggles to stand up.

"Someone told once me before, medicine alone sometimes cannot save lives. I believe them now." Lin Yin points his gun at Elan's captor,

"Let her go on the count of three!" he warns,

The Infected intuitively tries to let Elan go.

"One."

Lin Ye pulls the trigger at the same time.

Bang

At this distance, there is no way for the Infected to dodge. The bullet punches a hole through his chest. As his blood spills out, he looks at Lin Ye, dumbfounded. He looks angry but more shocked. Then, he collapses onto the ground, following his camaraderie with the yellow-haired man into the afterlife.

Hope thy burn in hell.

The other rioters are shocked as well.

"Brother Lin!!!"

Elan takes the opportunity and runs towards Lin Ye. He grunts in pain but still hugs her tightly, making sure she is alright. Then turn to look at the other Infected.

"Don't ask me where two and three are." Lin Ye says, "Real men only need to remember one to live in this world godforsaken world."

{Rhodes Island's Psychologist}

Draft by Demosama

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