The Gentleman at the End

Chapter 77: Chapter 76 Reward

Yi Chen laid out all the information gleaned within his brain, presenting it like pages from a book to his retinas, and began his statement:

“The core ingredient used by the Twilight Clinic to make ‘Dusk thin silver liquid’

is a special secretion produced in the brains of patients under extreme physical and mental torture, using all kinds of cruel and inhumane torture devices. In the clinic, this substance is known as ‘Illness Death Factor’.

Not every patient can regularly and quantitatively produce ‘Illness Death Factor’,

and even if they can produce it, the yield is not high.

It often takes 2 to 3 patients, tortured continuously for a month, to produce the ingredients needed for one bottle of secret medicine.

Since the clinic is required to deliver a sufficient quantity of secret medicine to the organization every quarter and ensure its quality,

such stringent demands indirectly led to the subsequent pathological development of the Twilight Clinic.”

Surprisingly, Yi Chen’s initial remarks pointed some of the blame at the organization,

which made the expressions on the faces of the supervisors somewhat unsightly; however, Doctor Visari did not react, instead finding even more interest in what was to come.

“The scale of the Twilight Clinic is quite average; although I am not clear on its scale of operation, preliminary estimates suggest it is a medium-small, or even just a small-sized clinic.

Their internal staff is not numerous, and the number of patients hunted down by apprentices is far from sufficient.

In order to ensure the normal operation of the clinic and to continue receiving support from the organization, to gradually expand and strengthen the clinic… Doctor Macaul made a decision that breached not only the integrity of a gentleman but also the very foundations of human nature.

‘Artificial Patients’

Every month, they conduct random surveys among the citizens,

targeting unregistered homeless people, refugees,

criminals sentenced to more than three months, critically ill patients in hospitals,

and some civilians who wish to leave Viner City and relocate to other places, all became direct targets of the clinic.

These humans were brought to the underground area of the Secret Medicine Tower, where they were directly injected with pathogens collected from patients, and appropriately induced to undergo pathological changes.

When this group of humans survived and successfully transformed into patients, they would then collect ‘Illness Death Factor’ from them.

With the help of artificial patients, the production of ‘Dusk thin silver liquid’ drastically increased, and the organization even raised the clinic’s funding and provided additional apprentice slots.

However,

before such evil and despicable acts were exposed, problems had already arisen within the clinic.

A young man named Lorrian, who was born with albinism and basal-cell carcinoma, resulting in ulceration and black necrotic scabs on his skin, was abandoned by the local hospital.

He was soon taken to the clinic and injected with the pathogen.

However,

the pathogen that flowed into the young man’s body combined with his own illness, fundamentally transforming the pathogenicity… His white hair was also tinged with a layer of silver, and his eyes similarly turned silver.

This was the first case of ‘Silverized Patient’ recorded by the clinic and marked the onset of Moon Transformation Disease.

As the physical defects caused by albinism vanished, the young Lorrian quickly became a patient,

or more precisely, he became ‘Patient Zero’ who retained absolute self-awareness and was unaffected by the pathological change.

However,

the clinic’s approach remained unchanged, subjecting Lorrian to inhumane torture and collecting raw materials.

The ‘Illness Death Factor’ produced by Lorrian was more than three times that of an ordinary patient and could be reused in a cycle.

As long as he was given enough time and food supplements to recover, raw material extraction could resume.

Gradually,

Lorrian grew further in the process of such torment, combining on a deeper level with the pathogen.

Until one day he successfully escaped the clinic, using his special pathological traits to conceal himself in the city and lay low to continue growing.

Until he metamorphosed into an ‘Open Source Patient’, mastering the rare and unusual pathological attribute- ‘Moon’.

In the end, the ‘False Moon Incident’ he orchestrated erupted in Viner City, turning the whole city into ruins.

According to the current intelligence,

Moon Scar – Lorrian was of a ‘Dizygotic’ structure, and only one of the two died during the False Moon Incident… While the other body, by chance, encountered us, and so the story goes.”

As Yi Chen finished his narration, the expressions of the managers in attendance varied greatly.

It was hard to imagine how a newcomer had managed to investigate the truth behind the Twilight Clinic to such an extent in just four days.

Doctor Visari was the first to raise a question:

“I’m a bit curious on a personal level, based on your previous description of the events, there wasn’t much time to investigate the truth behind the clinic.

The gentleman who was transformed by the disease – Mr. Lee, didn’t seem to say much before he just started the battle with you.”

“How did you manage to obtain such detailed information?”

“As long as the patient’s brain is sufficiently intact and fresh, my professional characteristics allow me to read the information within.

However, in most cases, they are just fragments of memories, which need to be organized and completed based on a sufficient amount of investigative groundwork.”

“Hm… Not a bad trait.”

The more Doctor Visari looked at Yi Chen, the more pleasing he found him. Such a special professional characteristic even aroused some self-interest in him.

Following that,

The supervisors present also asked some detailed questions, including the specifics of how everyone killed Mr. Lee and the exact situation when facing “Moon Scar – Lorrian”.

After the questioning was over, the meeting came to the last part, “Evaluation and Reward”.

Generally speaking,

For missions involving new gentlemen, one only needs to submit at the counter in the ground floor lobby, and the staff will verify its accuracy. The rewards specified in the reward list will be given within 0-3 working days.

Such on-site evaluations and reward adjustment tasks were a first encounter for Edmund and the others,

Even though the wounds they still carried were faintly painful, their hearts were still excited.

After all, no one could preserve themselves in such a world state, even high-rank gentlemen may permanently lose the ability to move after an exploration mission.

After consolidating their opinions, supervisors present, Professor Qian Bosen, and Doctor Visari left it to Supervisor Aiji to announce everyone’s rewards.

“Based on your perfect performance in this mission, the difficulty level of “Secret Medicine Recovery” has been adjusted to ★★★★☆. Your personal files will especially record the completion of this mission.

The rewards are as follows:

1. Each person will receive 3,000 silver coins.

2. Each person will receive an old-world charmed “Gentleman’s Skin” measuring 20cm×20cm.

3. Task points (rare) +1

4. One tumor-like crystal from “Moon Night Rat – Jesmin Lee”.

5. Each person will receive 5ml of “Dusk Thin Silver Liquid”. Afterward, some characteristics of this secret medicine will be briefly explained. If it does not match your personal trait, you may apply to exchange it for other rewards.”

Such rewards made everyone’s eyes widen.

The initial expected reward was only one piece of Gentleman’s Skin. Now it changed to one for each person! The amount was more than what Edmund had earned from his previous five missions combined.

This meant that all members could now modify and upgrade their clothing.

Additionally, the quantity of Dusk Thin Silver Liquid changed from a drop to 5ml.

Just as Supervisor Aiji finished reading out the rewards,

Doctor Visari suddenly interjected. He had just had a brief exchange with Professor Qian Bosen by his side and was also holding a file on Yi Chen’s gentleman profile.

“Wait a minute—William Behrens, although it’s not recorded on your file, do you have a ‘Death Attribute’ that has yet to be developed?

And when you made your letter selection, there was also a black letter related to death, correct?”

“Yes,” Yi Chen nodded immediately.

“In that case, your compatibility with ‘Dusk Thin Silver Liquid’ should be very high.

I personally suggest altering your reward, cutting some of the basic ones, like the number of silver coins, and changing the quantity of ‘Dusk Thin Silver Liquid’ from 5ml to one bottle.

You could use it at crucial moments, for example during an ‘Extreme Breakthrough’, to perhaps stimulate the death trait hidden in your body ahead of time.”

Upon hearing this, Supervisor Aiji was stunned!

The whole matter of the Twilight Clinic was completely sealed up,

and during the execution of Doctor Macaul, his brain was deliberately preserved because the quality of ‘Dusk Thin Silver Liquid’ in the secret medicine room was among the top.

This precious secret medicine was hard to come by even for high-ranked gentlemen, @@novelbin@@

And now an entire bottle was being awarded to a new gentleman.

However,

Since it was Doctor Visari himself, responsible for the secret medicine review, speaking, there was no need for procedural review.

Yi Chen did not show much excitement, but nodded ordinarily.

“If you have any confusion about the use of the secret medicine later on, you can come to the Hippocrates Hospital to ask me.”

After saying this,

Doctor Visari took out a business card from inside his white coat,

and, using the smooth conference table surface, he slid it precisely in front of Yi Chen.