There are two more people on the second floor, among them the female nurse on the fourth floor entered the room at 3 minutes and 43 seconds after the cycle started, and at that time Jenkins had just finished talking with the captain of the night watchman team in the courtyard, so they Did not see the female nurse.
Jenkins wanted to try to open that door, and maybe gain a teammate, but the boy who called himself "Lack Allan Poe" warned Jenkins not to do so:
"Although I don't know what you are, but I think you don't want to cause extra trouble when time is tight, right? This hospital is not as simple as you think. Apart from the 'mire' we are deeply trapped in, All the dangers held here will be a disaster once released. Rather than saying that this is the base for the organization to train mystic scholars, it is better to say that this is also a base for those out-of-control mystic scholars."
Little Lark admitted that he was a "patient" here, and briefly introduced his knowledge of [Biggs Hospital] to the other two. When Jenkins asked him why he didn't wonder why the corridor was empty when he was in a daze, the boy shook his head and said:
"Before you took the initiative to greet me, I always thought that the corridor was the same as usual. It wasn't until I was interrupted by you from thinking about the meaning of the world that I realized that my surroundings were different from my cognition."
Although he doesn't look very old, he is unexpectedly mature when he speaks. It's just that when thinking, the boy will get used to staring at the ground, which is quite weird.
The three of them came to the roof very quickly. Unsurprisingly, the rusted iron door leading to the roof was locked, but this made no difference to Jenkins.
At 8 minutes and 09 seconds, before the man on the rooftop began to write, the three of them came to him. This is a middle-aged man with a thin figure, obvious bags under the eyes, and half-bald hair. His depressed appearance makes it impossible to suspect whether he has a disease such as "depression".
He didn't know Jenkins and Miss Rose, of course, but he knew Boy Lark.
"Hello."
The man greeted him like this, and then looked at the other two strangers.
"Are you going to jump off?"
Jenkins asked.
"Yes... who are you?"
He doesn't trust strangers very much. Fortunately, the boy Lak proved that the two are not hospital staff, so the man is willing to introduce his situation:
"They said that I have the ability to perceive death. I spent my whole life thinking about what death is, and then I found that the most direct way to get the answer is actually to see it directly."
"How did you get here? Who is watching you?"
the boy Lark asked again.
These words were translated by Ms. Los to Jenkins. Her voice in Jenkins' heart was very clear. This is a woman with a considerable degree of higher education.
"They? Since I can see death, I can naturally bring about death. Today I successfully used my ability for the first time."
The man lowered his head and looked at his hand, which was covered with large and small wounds. His face was full of confusion and fear. Jenkins' eyes saw some decaying gray air flowing through his fingertips.
Jenkins originally thought that the middle-aged man on the roof turned into a powerful evil spirit because of the ritual in the basement that made everyone involved in the time loop. Looking at it now, it is clearly because of the man himself that the evil spirit that massacred [Biggs Hospital] appeared.
This man felt the power he possessed for the first time today, so he used this power to gain a short period of freedom for himself. But he was tired of being tortured and imprisoned, and he didn't have the strength to escape from this place, so he chose to use another way to get himself permanent freedom.
This kind of person who is naturally very sensitive to the power of death, if he commits suicide with resentment and turns into an evil spirit, it will be a catastrophic thing. But if this kind of person becomes a believer of Death God, he will also be a very capable gifter. Unfortunately, he did not meet the Church of the Righteous God, but was caught by an illegal organization.
"Uncle Robinson, we plan to escape from here together. Now there are some problems in this hospital, and there are very few guards left. Do you want to go with us?"
the boy Lark asked.
The middle-aged man named Robinson lingered on the rooftop for at least eight minutes because he was hesitant to commit suicide. Of course, such a person would not have too firm an idea before making up his mind. Now that he saw a more suitable way to get free, he naturally put aside the plan of jumping down, and was easily persuaded.
So far, within nine minutes of entering the time loop, Jenkins has seen all the "hospital aborigines" in the hospital except for the nurse who could not be rescued and the two people in the closed basement. At the same time, after stopping the thoughts of the man on the top of the building, it means that there is no need to worry about the powerful and terrifying evil spirit that appears at 10 minutes and 57 seconds.
In this way, except for the middle-aged female doctor who will turn into a ghoul on the first floor, and the possibility that the time loop may suddenly jump to the next time, there is no danger here. According to the plan discussed by the Church of the Twelve Righteous Gods, at this time, as long as Jenkins engraves the ritual of [Still Water] on the roof and activates it after the tenth minute of the cycle, it will be guaranteed that he and this time will be trapped in the [Biggs Hospital] The safety of everyone, and at the same time exile this weird thing.
Jenkins, of course, drew the ceremonial matrix, but did not immediately activate it. After taking back his chalk, he explained the meaning of the ceremony to his three companions, and said seriously:
"This time I will save everyone who is worth saving, including you."
So he gained three very trustworthy teammates.
Unlike the little boy Lark, the middle-aged Robinson lived in this nursing home for a longer period of time. According to him, he was most likely among the first to be "hospitalized".
Miss Rose and Lark Jr. couldn't figure out who the two men in the basement were based on Jenkins' description alone. But Mr. Robinson immediately guessed the identity of one of them after listening carefully to the general description of their appearance:
"It's Dr. Debye.
He was also a patient admitted here in the same batch as me, but was transferred soon. When I came back six months ago, I had already become an accomplice of that group of people. This man is a lunatic. When I first saw him, I knew he was a lunatic. He loves to try out the crazy ideas in his head, and since there are ladies I won't give examples here, but I wouldn't be surprised by anything this kind of guy can do. "
"Has he officially become a mystic?"
asked Miss Ross.
"Yes, I suppose it should be."
Mr. Robinson nodded uncertainly, so Jenkins asked the boy Lak again:
"With this information, can you 'see' anything related to Dr. Debye?"
The boy closed his eyes, but opened them quickly:
"I could feel him in the basement, but I couldn't see anything else."
After all, one is only talented, and has not yet become a formal transcendent under the system of this era. Being able to do this is quite remarkable.