"About the fourth year after that incident, Quinn also joined the Bureau. I only remember that she was a thirteen-year-old girl when she first came to the Bureau, and she has grown so big in the blink of an eye."
Luo Wen opened a corner of the curtain, and the faintly shining stars were like a net, surrounding the moon disk. He stared at the cold starry sky with eyes as sharp as an eagle:
"She used to perform missions as if she was committing suicide - using her body to attract fire, using her arms to block incoming weapons, or struggling with the enemy and rolling down from a height of tens of meters, and then throwing herself Made it half-dead..."
"I'm afraid what you said hasn't changed much now." Ed agreed.
He had seen Quinn fighting. If it weren't for her miraculous self-healing ability, she would have died dozens of times.
"It was killing her to operate on her. It would take me hours each time to sort out shrapnel or arrowheads or whatever. Then a few days later it would be the same thing again. Operation."
As he said that, a smile appeared on the corner of Luo Wen's mouth.
"She was the only patient who dared to joke with me on the operating table. She pretended to be used to the pain, but in fact her acting skills were always terrible."
Ed's sigh suddenly disappeared in the sound of the carriage's wheels turning. He took off his gloves and put his hands on the cane. The simple silver cane was as pure white as snow in the moonlight.
"Quinn seems to hate Olivia...?" he continued to ask.
The reason for this speculation is that Quinn has always been reluctant to mention his last name. During the fight with Elder Isek, Miss Olivia's singing was even enough to make Quinn, who was in the animal form, give up attacking herself and chase her in her direction.
"It's a long story..." Rowan hesitated, but he continued, "Although Olivia and Quinn never talked about what happened that night, Eaton still saw that Some clues——"
"When we arrived at the scene, we found two people lying in a pool of blood. We only found a revolver that had been bitten and twisted out of shape, and the bullets in it had been empty."
"So Eaton speculated that when the two were in the secret room together, Olivia actually had a pistol in her hand for protection."
"After seeing Quinn's body mutate, Olivia raised her pistol to protect herself, but was always hesitant and failed to pull the trigger. When Quinn, in her animal form, saw the muzzle of the gun, she thought Olivia Via planned to hurt herself and jumped on Olivia."
"It wasn't until Quinn bit off her little finger that Olivia panicked and fired back. After being injured, Quinn became even more aggressive, which led to the tragedy."
Ed looked at Olivia's right hand. He remembered that under the black gloves, there was a metal finger replacing the original little finger. It turned out to be the scar left by Quinn.
"One of the bullets penetrated Quinn's skull and entered her brain. Even if the skull was sawed open, it would be difficult to find the specific location of the bullet. Even though I have been a surgeon for 37 years, I still have no confidence to complete such a task. Operation."
When he said this, Luo Wen lowered his head in shame.
Ed opened his lips slightly, but no sound came out. He wanted to say something, wondering if there was a way to repair their relationship. But eventually, these thoughts faded from my mind. He had to admit that some wounds would never heal.
"Since then, we have submitted relevant instructions to the Royal Society, hoping to find some scientific method to suppress Quinn's lycanthropy - or implement it as a last resort if necessary."
"...The President of the Royal Society and Chief Engineer Sir Leibovitz was very interested in Quinn's situation and provided him with a pair of "Electroshock Restraint Collar" designed by him personally. Once the wearer enters the animal state, the collar will It will generate strong currents and cause severe pain, preventing the onset of lycanthropy through conditioned reflexes.”
"...When the first stage of "suppression mode" fails and the wearer enters the beast-like state, the output power will be increased to 6.5 times and enter "paralysis mode". The purpose of the punishment mode is to completely paralyze the wearer with electric shock paralysis. If the wearer cannot recover from the animal form within three minutes, the restraint collar will enter the third stage of "terminal mode" - completely detonating its own electric shock array within 10 seconds. , killing the wearer. "
Kill the wearer...
A bone-chilling chill swam through Ed's body like a huge shadow in the deep sea.
"Is there any way to quickly recover Quinn from his animal state?" he asked.
"The only feasible way at the moment is to wait until it is completely paralyzed by the restraint collar, and then use a syringe with an insulated holder to inject it with 150-250 times the dose of sedative."
"What if I use a key to force the collar open?"
"This is an extremely risky approach - a strong electric current will be transmitted to your body when opening the lock, and even an extraordinary person would have a hard time withstanding it. Moreover, Quinn losing his mind is far more dangerous than the electric current on the collar."
"I understand. Is there only one key in total?"
"Two in total. In addition to Eaton's key, Olivia also has a spare set of keys in her hand. Ed, listen to me—"
Luo Wen's voice seemed to be much older for a moment, and he became more serious and thoughtful:
"Quinn has accepted her fate since she agreed to wear that collar. She is by no means the first agent from the Bureau to be sacrificed, and she won't be the last. Don't risk your own life. - This is not worthy and does not comply with the investigator's code of conduct."
"What if it were you? Would you use your own life to save Quinn or others?" Ed asked.
Luo Wen was silent for a long time, and finally answered honestly:
"I have lived long enough, and I will not suffer any loss if I live a younger life."
He is the oldest agent here, even though Eaton is much younger than him.
"Everyone who comes here has a past that they want to escape from, so we choose to join the never-ending killing without hesitation."
"...Death is the best ending I can think of."
