Hospital 444
Chapter 570 - 32 The Cost

Chapter 570: Chapter 32 The Cost

But Lin Yan still felt that uncovering the Faceless Leader’s identity was too difficult.

How could they achieve what even the police couldn’t?

"I don’t know if my plan will certainly succeed, but I must do this," Hai Yunlan continued. "My father’s remains, that black skeleton... it’s still hanging from that banyan tree..."

"It’s said that the black skeletons don’t have any human DNA, so technically they are not our relatives. About fifteen years ago, there was a person whose left leg was amputated who turned into a black skeleton, yet the skeleton of the left leg was complete."

"I know... but at least it gives me something to hold onto. At the very least, it means that my father has left behind bones in this world."

Hai Yunlan didn’t want to discuss this topic further.

"The thing I am doing is very dangerous. If things go wrong, my family can also be implicated. My mother must denounce me as a criminal, just like everyone else, to survive."

"Then you..."

"Some things must be done by someone. It’s been fifty years, and anyone born here is bound to have a spirit appear behind them at the age of eighteen. This trend will continue to spread... If we can strip off the masks of Wumianhui, we can solve everything."

After that, she looked at Lin Yan and spoke these words.

"There is one thing that has been confirmed early on. That is... we can tell our own names to the female ghost behind us. We can commit suicide this way. So, if someone demonstrates the Black Herald Spots by committing suicide in front of a Wumianhui member, it means the spirit behind them has been exhausted. A person whose spirit has been exhausted and is about to die, especially if they have a very plausible motive for suicide, can greatly lower the guard of a Wumianhui executive in their presence."

Lin Yan suddenly understood.

Her disease was incurable.

Compared to dying from the torture of cancer, dying by suicide through the female ghost would be much easier. Those cursed to death never screamed when they turned into black skeletons; it was almost instantaneous, the living turning into skeletons. This was far better than the physical torment of late-stage cancer. If Lin Yan chose this method of suicide, it would be extremely plausible. Only she could see the spirit behind her, which naturally became the best way to convince others that her spirit had been exhausted, posing no further threat to them.

In Delivito Country, there were no laws regarding euthanasia, so... to be honest, under normal circumstances, as Lin Yan’s illness progressed, she was very likely to choose this method of suicide, or to ask someone else to curse her to death this way.

"But even so, would the other side reveal their face to me, and then tell me their name? There are still many flaws in this plan."

"If it were so easy to devise a flawless plan, how could Wumianhui have tyrannized for decades? I can only try to come up with a plan that might lure information out of a Wumianhui executive. As long as the person knows the identity of the Faceless Leader, it might be possible to use that to threaten them to reveal the identities of all Wumianhui members."

"That sounds wildly imaginative..."

"That’s why it is a huge gamble... the hope of succeeding in the end is actually less than 10 percent."

In truth, Hai Yunlan was quite aware that it might be less than a 1% chance, but it was still better than doing nothing.

Even if she failed, as long as the oppression of Wumianhui continued, more people like her would emerge, one after another, trying to confront Wumianhui and send them all to hell!

Meeting Lin Yan was unplanned.

All her family members had died, and she herself was terminally ill; one could say she had no concerns to hold her back.

From the first moment she saw Lin Yan, and thinking of her friend Qiao Qiao’s profession, Hai Yunlan immediately had this idea.

Lin Yan might be sick, but she looked very young and beautiful, with a much better figure than her own. With proper makeup and dress, she would not at all appear to be someone with a terminal disease.

"Since I said it’s a gamble..." Hai Yunlan pointed at the map with black X’s and red X’s, "you pick a place. At one of these places, perhaps the behind-the-scenes manager might be a confidant who knows the identity of the Faceless Leader. It’s hard for me to narrow the scope further, so I’m giving you the chance to choose."

"Even if you let me choose..."

"You have to be psychologically prepared. What I’m asking you to do is akin to what Wang Yun had Diao Chan do back then."

Lin Yan looked at the map in front of her, her brows furrowed.

"Nearly all of the Wumianhui’s high-ranking members are men, and for them, seeking women is a common affair," Hai Yunlan continued. "Not everyone will die at the hands of Lü Bu over a woman like Dong Zhuo did. But now I have no better way..."

Actually, this method was very despicable; she was, in effect, exploiting Lin Yan.

But she could not think of a better way.

Women sent to serve the higher-ups would have their identities checked. Her status as a "criminal’s" daughter would never allow her to get close to the high-ranking officers. Otherwise, she wouldn’t mind sacrificing her body to uncover the identity of the Faceless Leader.

"With your looks and education, as long as you get inside, if you offer yourself willingly, there’s a good chance you’ll be assigned to..."

As Hai Yunlan spoke, she felt increasingly guilty, and her voice got lower and lower.

"They value education as well?"

"Yes. It appeals to their twisted psyches."

"By then you could say that you only took the job at such a place to treat an illness, making it seem less suspicious."

"And then? I commit suicide in front of him, show him the black herald patch emerging on my body, and even if he lets his guard down around me, would he really show me his face, tell me his real name?"

Even high-ranking officials wouldn’t be that naive, would they?

"Of course, that’s impossible. So... All I want is one thing. Something that could reveal his identity."

"Like what?"

"Hair, something he’s touched, his skin tissue, his bodily fluids... As long as you can lower his guard and hand them over to me, that’s enough."

The members of Wumianhui are not just about covering their faces.

They usually wear long sleeves and gloves throughout the seasons and even wear protective umbrellas during sexual assaults to avoid leaving any evidence that could be used to identify them. However, sometimes the shedding of hair or the remnant of bodily fluids is inevitable.

Of course, even with these, it does not mean one can ascertain the other’s identity. Even if one obtained his DNA or fingerprints, so what? One would have to match them against the database one by one. Moreover, ordinary people don’t have access to submit hair and fingerprints for comparison at the database, and even for police, it’s not an easy task.

"I have a friend, her name is Qiao Qiao. She works for... the forensic division of the police department. I can hand these things over to her... There are police officers with a sense of justice inside the department who want to investigate the identities of Wumianhui members. If we’re lucky, maybe we’ll find out..."

Lin Yan fell silent.

It seemed a dim hope.

Women arranged for high-ranking officials were certain to be subjected to rigorous physical examinations. They couldn’t bring anything in, nor could they take anything out. Even if one were to lower the other party’s guard, was there any way to carry out his hair, fingerprints, bodily fluids, etc.?

"If it’s bodily fluids... maybe there’s a way..."

Lin Yan suddenly said.

"Hmm... If given a choice, I’d rather you not use this method."

"So... I have to choose suicide in front of him?"

"You can say, you want to have a good... time before you die. By choosing to commit suicide, the other party might let their guard down. Otherwise, there’s no chance you’d be able to get their fingerprints, bodily fluids, anything."

...

When Hai Yunlan recalled these events, her first reaction was a strong feeling of nausea.

She did not want to remember in detail how Lin Yan helped her achieve their goal. In any case, they were lucky to have succeeded. And after that, Lin Yan found a place and turned into a black skeleton.

Hai Yunlan did not tell Qiao Qiao how she had obtained the other’s hair and bodily fluids...

The cost was just too great, far too great.

In any case, she handed it over so that Qiao Qiao could help her by comparing the DNA against some suspected Wumianhui officers through the police station. Afterwards, Qiao Qiao gave her the answer she wanted.

"This person’s name is Dan Cha..."

And seeing the report Qiao Qiao handed to her, Hai Yunlan’s hands shook with excitement.

Finally, she had information on a high-ranking Wumianhui officer!

She remembered when she returned home with amnesia, Qiao Qiao had called her. She knew she would be undertaking something extremely dangerous, and her loss of contact with Qiao Qiao after the amnesia must have caused Qiao Qiao immense worry.

And Qiao Qiao, just like that on the beach, became a black skeleton right in front of her, even though she no longer remembered her!

And before she died, she used her back spirit to kill that beast Lu Ningyuan!

But she actually had completely forgotten about Qiao Qiao... She had completely forgotten!

Then, she looked towards the bar.

That bar...

It was a place Dan Cha frequented most! He kept more than a dozen bottles of foreign liquor there!

Therefore, the bar became an important clue for her suspicion that it might be related to the Faceless Leader!

Her real plan thus commenced!

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