Super Righteous Player
Chapter 57 - 56 Doctor Gerald_1

Chapter 57: Chapter 56 Doctor Gerald_1

Lin Yiyi now believed that it was the right choice not to go upstairs.

Even though she held no particular phobia of dentists... the eerie atmosphere of Gerald’s dental clinic made her somewhat ill at ease.

Objectively speaking, it was a rather tidy clinic. Although the walls were a bit yellowed, at least within the visible range, Lin Yiyi couldn’t see any garbage.

It appeared the owner was quite obsessive about cleanliness.

But for some reason, upon entering the clinic, she always felt a bit restless.

It was similar to the feeling of being summoned to the teacher’s office during school days; or the sense of anticipation when waiting for the results after a checkup at a hospital when feeling unwell.

Nervous, uneasy, apprehensive... and a bit of inexplicable excitement. There was a chill at the back of her neck, and she felt cold on her skin. Her arms felt a little like they were tingling with a cold, with a slight neuropathic pain to the touch.

...Quite peculiar.

Lin Yiyi felt uneasy and touched her own arms, sensing an unusual chill. She looked at her companion, but the child seemed completely unaware—instead, feeling Lin Yiyi’s gaze, he turned his head in confusion to meet her eyes.

"What’s the matter, Ms. Lin?"

"Nothing, it’s just..."

"—Are you two patients?"

At that moment, a very soothing and gentle male voice spoke up.

The voice was not loud but easily interrupted their conversation.

Only when she heard these words did Lin Yiyi realize that the friendly-smiling, ordinary-looking young man had been sitting across the stairs all along, watching her.

Before the young man spoke, Lin Yiyi had not noticed him at all.

Although she was clearly aware that this was very strange, it didn’t feel wrong to her at all, and she asked cheerfully, "Excuse me, are you Dr. Gerald? We are not patients, we have just come to deliver a letter."

"Which letter is that?"

Dr. Gerald asked kindly.

"It’s... from the slums. I heard it is a letter from the Viscount’s butler?"

Lin Yiyi responded without hesitation.

She turned her head towards the wandering child. After all, her companion had not revealed many details of the task to her.

The sweet-faced boy immediately followed up, "That’s right, I received the job from the Snakehead. It’s to deliver a letter from Mr. Justin Knecht to a ’reclusive heretic’ over here, and he gave me this address, which is your place."

"Oh?"

Dr. Gerald blinked, sporting a mild smile.

He stood up, picked up a small hammer, and walked over unhurriedly, asking, "So how did you know this letter was to be given to me by Mr. Knecht?"

"I held the letter up to the sun, using black paper rolled into a tube. The black paper would absorb light, and that way I can read parts of the letter through the sunlight that comes through."

The wandering child answered without any reservation.

"I see," Dr. Gerald nodded, "Did you see anything else?"

"Nothing more. The letter was folded and the name wasn’t very clear. It was mostly a guess."

The wandering child replied.

Dr. Gerald stepped behind him, asking kindly and with concern, "So are you curious about the contents of the letter?"

"Curious..."

The wandering child continued to answer without hesitation.

Then, Dr. Gerald lightly hit the back of his head with the small hammer in his hand.

One hit. Two hits. Three hits.

After three soft taps, it was as if nothing had happened.

Dr. Gerald then turned to Lin Yiyi, "How about you, sweet girl? Are you curious about this matter?"

"Not very curious."

Lin Yiyi answered honestly.

Dr. Gerald nodded, took out two shillings, and handed one to each of them. He then returned to sit in his chair.

He said gently, "You may go now. You have successfully delivered the letter to me, and I have received it. Little boy, you know you have an incurable disease, so arrange your final affairs tonight. Girl, you also know about this, remember to help him. Now, you two may leave."

"Yes, Dr. Gerald."

The two answered in unison.

Afterward, the two of them went straight down the stairs.

Dr. Gerald looked at their retreating figures with profound eyes and frowned slightly, "These two kids have good physical conditioning..."

But his frown quickly relaxed, and he tore open the envelope, muttering cheerfully, "Never mind, it doesn’t matter. They are just two ordinary people..."

Meanwhile, Gourmet Goose found it a bit odd to see the two come downstairs so quickly.

He quickly approached and asked in a low voice, "Did your task fail?"

"The task was successful."

Lin Yiyi answered as if it was a matter of course, "We have delivered the letter to Dr. Gerald. He even gave us four shillings... We are now going to arrange for the homeless child’s funeral."

"...Ah? What? What?"

Lin Yiyi’s three sentences made Gourmet Goose stunned three times over.

But he quickly recovered. His expression changed, he let go of the clothes he had grabbed, and let them leave.

It wasn’t until several minutes later that he pretended not to know the two and took a different route to leave.

Thirty minutes later, Gourmet Goose intercepted them outside Xiushui Street, pulling them into a nearby deserted alley:

"You two, do you still remember who you are?!"

He shook Lin Yiyi’s shoulders somewhat nervously, "Do you remember the forum? Did you check the forum? Do you remember our original agreement?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yiyi suddenly stopped in her tracks.

A visible struggle appeared on her face, as if she was wrestling with someone in place... And then her whole body shuddered, her pupils dilating to the extreme, drenching in sweat in an instant.

"...Fuck, this is insane!"

Lin Yiyi cursed out loud, her face still showing traces of fear, "I can’t believe I was also caught by a curse..."

While speaking, she grabbed the homeless child without hesitation and slapped his face repeatedly, all the while shouting, "Snap out of it, kid! Quickly revert to your original self—"

"...Stop hitting, I’m becoming dazed from the slaps!"

After three slaps, the child awoke, quickly covering his head and shouting, "Even if you yell like this, I’m not going to turn into a paper man!"

"Were you just mind-controlled?"

"...Yes. I didn’t even realize when I was controlled... It’s good that you didn’t follow."

Fear still showed on Lin Yiyi’s face.

She grabbed the child, "Quickly check your panel; you’ve just been hammered three times with a mallet by him! He also said you have an incurable disease!"

"No need to panic, maybe it’s just to get me to come over in the dead of night..."

The homeless child muttered while opening his own panel.

Three debuffs were glaringly marked on it:

[Curse Binding: Cardiac Paralysis (triggers at 16:22:31 or accompanying Curse Binding: Forgotten Secrets)]

[Curse Binding: Inhibited Speech (if the holder is attacked before finishing speaking, the attack will ignore all defenses)]

[Curse Binding: Forgotten Secrets (triggered by saying or writing down the words ’Knecht’, ’Viscount’, ’Gerald’, immediately forgetting what one originally wanted to say)]

He instantly covered his mouth, his whole body breaking out in a cold sweat.

He had almost said the word "Gerald" just moments ago...

Suddenly, he came to a realization.

He urgently started posting ’1’s on the forum to draw their attention and then pointed to his mouth and gestured with his hands, posting a screenshot of his three statuses in the thread.

After reading it, the two of them quickly understood.

"I think we need to go find the lord at once."

The child finally spoke, "This matter is of great importance."

"But you won’t make it back before you die..."

Lin Yiyi hesitated.

However, the homeless child had no hesitation, "Then we post for help!

"If I’m definitely going to die, then there’s no need for rescue... the task comes first! If we can’t make it back, let the players in Frostwater Harbor tell Tan Juan!

"—This matter must be personally notified to him, without any omissions!"

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