I’m Really Scared
Chapter 194: The Video Tape from the Past

The video content was chaotic, and the quality wasn't great. To be honest, it even had a bit of a horror movie vibe.

It seemed to record a doctor's ward round on a certain day. It was unclear whether it was for internal display or for submission to a supervising authority.

According to Li Qiuqiu, the video was shot during the period when "Guan Shan" was hospitalized, so it was very likely to contain relevant clues.

The day of the video shoot was a rainy day, not just any rain but a torrential downpour. Even inside the hospital, the sound of raindrops hitting the windows could be heard clearly, and outside, it was pitch dark.

The hospital corridors were brightly lit, making them seem exceptionally quiet. Occasionally, a nurse pushing a cart would pass by.

The doctor smiled mechanically along the way, conducting daily inquiries and checking the condition of each patient under his care, from the first floor to the top floor.

It could be seen that the layout of Sacred Heart Hospital's building was almost identical to what Guan Shan had seen before. The historical preservation was quite impressive, though unfortunately, Guan Shan had already demolished it.

Among the patients, Guan Shan even recognized a few familiar faces...

Of course, it wasn't because he remembered something, but because those patients had been hospitalized at Sacred Heart Hospital for decades. Guan Shan had seen them during his undercover period.

These patients had essentially been abandoned by their families, and there were many more similar patients.

As a result, they were chosen by Xiang Wen as experimental subjects because as long as the internal affairs were ignored, there was no risk of exposure.

The entire video lasted about half an hour, repeating the same work over and over again, checking room by room.

But until the video ended, Guan Shan did not see the doctor check on the "Guan Shan" who was a patient six years ago.

"Did Dr. Lu make a mistake?"

Guan Shan frowned, put the tape back, and started watching from the beginning again. "Or is it that he wasn't among the patients being checked?"

This time, he focused on observing every passerby appearing in the video.

Finally, at the 24-minute mark, Guan Shan saw a figure flash past the dark corridor behind the camera.

Guan Shan pressed the pause button.

He squinted his eyes and rewound the video by a few seconds, carefully watching it several times.

With Guan Shan's current dynamic vision, he could easily capture the expressions and movements of the figure in an instant, frame by frame as if they were frozen.

It was a young boy, but he wasn't wearing a hospital gown. Instead, he wore regular clothes and had a yellow plastic raincoat draped over him, silently passing through the dark corridor without attracting anyone's attention.

Of course, the most important thing was that it seemed... it really was him? Although six years was a long time, and the boy's appearance in the video was quite blurry, Guan Shan could still recognize himself.

Moreover, just seeing the figure for an instant made Guan Shan's eyelid twitch wildly. A strong intuition told him—this is you! From this shot alone, he didn't look like a patient but rather like a family member who had just braved the rain to visit a patient.

If the premise was to find "Guan Shan" as a patient, then it would be impossible to find him.

Six years ago, he had indeed been to Sacred Heart Hospital... but it seemed he wasn't receiving treatment. At least, a mental patient undergoing treatment was unlikely to wander around the hospital.

Where was he heading?

Guan Shan closed his eyes and immediately recalled the specific location of the scene in Sacred Heart Hospital. The direction the boy was facing had no other wards, only the stairs.

He either went up or down.

And the raincoat obviously had no water stains, indicating he wasn't returning from outside, so he must have been going downstairs—to leave the hospital.

"If it really was as the medical record stated, he should have been a non-aggressive schizophrenic. The symptoms were only daze and babbling, but he wouldn't have the ability to take care of himself and should have been supervised at all times."

Guan Shan suspiciously watched the video version of himself, whose expression was rational and purposeful, making the situation even more mysterious.

Firstly, he had indeed received treatment at Sacred Heart Hospital.

Secondly, his video self didn't look sick, appeared to be able to freely come and go, and wasn't stopped by any caretakers.

Lastly, no one remembered this incident now, including himself.

"Phew... So, the key question seems to be, why did the 'me' in the video leave the hospital, and what was I going to do."

Guan Shan pondered and pressed the play button again.

The video continued, and by this time, the doctor was already on his way downstairs, introducing various facilities in the hospital. Soon, he reached the lobby of the inpatient building.

—Guan Shan was very familiar with this place. The luxurious and solemn stained glass windows and four marble pillars had been smashed by him personally.

The camera followed the doctor, but at a certain moment, it swept past the side door of the lobby.

The raincoat-clad boy left a full-body side view in this frame and quickly disappeared behind the door, merging into the dark rainy night.

This confirmed Guan Shan's suspicion. He really did leave the hospital.

"Wait... What is he holding in his hand?"

Guan Shan noticed that the raincoat's folds were obviously unusual, as if he was holding something, but due to the angle and the raincoat's cover, nothing could be seen.

"This isn't enough to analyze anything... More information is needed."

Guan Shan frowned and rummaged through the pile of documents beside him, which were all files of patients from the same period.

Based on the information in the video, the doctor and "Guan Shan" went downstairs at almost the same time. In the previous video, "Guan Shan" was not seen.

So, it was highly likely that the floor where "Guan Shan" appeared was the one where his ward was located.

"On the third floor!"

Guan Shan kept all the patient files with room numbers starting with 3 and removed those who had developed severe conditions or died accidentally. In the end, only two people remained.

"Cheng Yun from room 305 and Mu Anxian from room 311. Although the chances are slim, we can only take a chance now."

These two people were discharged in 2011 and 2014, respectively. Li Qiuqiu, of course, couldn't provide subsequent information.

Guan Shan had to find Lin Shuman and ask her to investigate these two people, claiming it was for future assignments from above.

After all, he needed to investigate the genetic industry chain behind Xiang Wen later, so using this reason wouldn't arouse suspicion. Moreover, after so many missions together, Xiao Transparent was trustworthy.

While waiting for the information, Guan Shan finally remembered the furnace he had locked in the warehouse in Boxiang Town.

He glanced at the [Mechanical Heart] and [Damaged Air Cannon] in his backpack.

"It looks like it's time to find a more reliable warehouse."

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