The Cyanided Heart

Hayes hummed a ditty and sorted the metal instruments and medicines on the cart.Today's work is still the same as usual, but the lamb to be slaughtered has changed.

"You'd better pay attention, Leia."

If only then... he took Orphen's warning to heart.

Leia's eyelashes trembled slightly, and the blinding white light of the shadowless lamp tried to open her eyelids.The pungent smell of disinfectant in the air flooded into the nostrils.

Operating room... huh?

There was a tiny thump of the rope overhead as Leia twisted her wrists, and presumably her ankles.The shadowless lamp was like an eye, which made her feel uncomfortable.

The sound of rusty wheels interrupted her thoughts.Leia looked at the door, and a familiar figure pushing the cart appeared at the door.It was Hayes, with a trace of cruelty on his usual smiling face.

"Are you awake?"

"You're crazy." Leia gritted her teeth, "...let me go."

"Pfft, you're really cold." Hayes crossed his arms, "I still want to see you panicked, well...but it's not bad now, what do you think?"

"..."

"You never thought that you would be lying here one day, right? Before, you killed many people on this operating table."

"What are you going to do?"

"By the way... I was so busy chatting, I forgot to talk about the business." Hayes smiled, "I often wonder if I am not capable enough, otherwise, with my strength, I am good enough to be the director of the experiment."

"..."

"All roads should be opened for me, otherwise I will be sorry for those wasted happy childhood." Hayes' expression became a little grim, "I have always been responding to other people's expectations, and finally...God It also gave me the opportunity to kill you who has been blocking me."

"Stop sophistry, Hayes Funktor, it only adds to your crime."

"Do you still remember that cremator?" Hayes wiped the scalpel, "I've already thought about it, and I wrote an accident report... saying that you died of an accidental infection, and then threw it in there. Can't find it."

Leia's pupils quivered.

"You bastard... is a complete lunatic!"

"Okay, okay, don't move around." Hayes frowned, "I also want you to die decently, but you are ungrateful. But I don't want extravagantly, the final experimental report is up to me Can you write it for me?"

Leia felt a pair of cold hands move around her neck, finally pressing on the lymph nodes.

"Let me see...the inside of the submental triangle..." Hayes smeared it with cotton soaked in alcohol, "cut this out first, and then... let you experience the virus you have studied..."

...

Leia's eyes snapped open.He was lying on the ground with red blood dripping from the knife marks on his neck, which seemed to have dried up.The lymph in the neck seemed to be fine, and Leia sighed.

Surgical instruments were scattered on the ground, and a person in white lay not far away.

It's Hayes.

what happened.Leia stood up slowly, only feeling a mess in her mind.After briefly disinfecting the wound, Leia probably bandaged it, and took a white coat from the cabinet and put it on.

The heavy sense of déjà vu hits the brain, and I can't help feeling a little dizzy.

...I remembered.

I still have unfinished business, if I die here like this, I really feel sorry for myself.Saying that you don't care about life...are all false.

Leia reached for the knot in the rope until it loosened, and with a little push she felt her hands free.

"Hey... you bastard!" Hayes was thrown to the ground by the sudden impact.Leia cut the rope on her foot with a scalpel and fell off the operating table.

Hayes tightly strangled Leia's neck, regardless of the difficulty of breathing, Leia grabbed her by the collar and slammed it towards the cabinet next to her.

After the loud noise, Hayes fell to the ground. ...was motionless and appeared to have passed out.

A little... dizzy.Leia held her head, this guy... How much anesthesia did he give himself at that time?It's really hard to start.

...

The most important thing now is to get out of here as soon as possible.Leia turned to leave, accidentally knocking the alcohol off the table.

"Don't even think about leaving here, Leia." She didn't know if the loud noise woke Hayes up, and she raised the gun at Leia with difficulty.There was only a loud gunshot, and the alcohol beside him was ignited, and the flames quickly sealed the door.

"You can die here with me." Hayes said with gritted teeth while holding the gun.

...

"Please come in."

Leia pushed open the door, and Hayes was sitting opposite the glass, scratching the table with his fingernails in boredom.

After that, Hayes received a three-day "review" for violating the regulations and maliciously destroying the research facility—that is, restricting his actions. As for the specific truth, Leia didn't say much.

"Why is it you again?" Hayes glanced at Leia angrily, "I know you hate me, but wouldn't it be better to be out of sight and out of mind?"

"..."

"Ah... Really, it doesn't feel good to be looked at like a clown." Hayes sighed heavily.

"yes."

"Don't be a fool, Leia." Hayes seemed a little impatient, "Don't waste our time."

"Hayes Funktor, you're a doctor. You were, anyway." Leia leaned closer. "I find it pathetic. In this crazy place, the life-saving people are the first to raise their knives and slash at Those defenseless weaklings...it's really embarrassing."

"The development of medicine is continuous, and development requires sacrifice." Hayes frowned, "Don't you understand such a simple truth?"

"Someone said the same thing to me once, and in the end, I realized it was just a lie."

"Oh? It seems that I guessed it right... Do you really want to protect those experimental subjects?" Hayes' eyes revealed a fierce light, "You traitor, Leia Logos."

"I think this kind of incorrect and meaningless thing...should stop."

"So what!" Hayes gritted his teeth, "Whether they are dead or alive...has nothing to do with me! Leia, I hate a hypocrite like you the most..."

"I don't care, hypocrisy is hypocrisy, I just don't want to hurt anyone anymore." Leia stared at the ground, "If you only want to kill, you should think about it carefully."

"whispering sound…"

Hayes seems to have been poked where it hurts.

"Did I said wrong thing?"

"...Why are you doing this?"

"That reason is too selfish, you don't need to know." Leia sighed, "Yes, we can kill people, but our duty is to save people. I hope you can understand, and not use the position to satisfy killing of…"

"That's enough, it's really annoying." Hayes closed his eyes, "...Also, don't come to see me tomorrow, it's a shame."

"..."

Hayes sighed heavily.

"Leia... want to hear about my past?"