Chapter 0241 – Who is the President
The room was quiet, and the two people who liked to comment on other people’s stories the most also closed their mouths.
The atmosphere on both sides of the dining table was a bit eerie, ten black-robed men looked at each other, they seemed to be making eye contact.
”If it’s not enough, I have other stories.” Chen Ge was buying time for Zhang Ya, he wasn’t interested in other members, he came here today for one purpose, to catch the person suspected to be Zhu Xiu.
”You still have stories left to tell?”
The association members at the table became even more silent, the man sitting first on the right reached out and scratched his head as he looked at the fifth person on the left, “Number five, are all of this newcomer’s stories true?”
Several other people also all looked to that most mysterious number five.
The black robes shook gently, and under the mask came the more neutral voice of number five, “I can’t see any traces of lying from him.”
Five strange stories, all of which were true experiences, what kind of “wonderful” life was this?
”Looks like we’ll have to re-judge.” The first man on the left shifted his gaze to the other three newcomers, “Your stories are also wonderful, but unfortunately we can only keep three of you.”
He placed his left hand on the table and extended a finger, the second round of voting began.
The others quickly made their choices as well, with six of them all holding out a finger.
”Half the vote.” The man on the left looked to newcomer number one, “I’m sorry, number one, you may leave.”
”Leave?”
Panicked, Number One tried to say something, but was stopped by the first man on the left, “You’ll have another chance next Wednesday.”
The skeptical Number One was invited out of the room, the man wearing a bird’s beak mask outside the door had been waiting for a long time, and he was still a bit surprised when he realized that it wasn’t Chen Ge who came out.
”Come with me.” The bird-beaked man took Number One away and closed the door to the room.
As the security door closed, the first man on the left spoke the second half of his sentence, “Provided that you can still live until next Wednesday.”
As soon as his words left his mouth, a scream came from the hallway, followed by the sound of something heavy falling.
The second one’s calves trembled a little, four people had just chosen him, if there were two more votes, he would be the one going out now.
”Don’t be afraid, that newcomer is just a different form of existence.” The first person on the left’s voice eased up a lot, “Welcome to officially join the Weird Tales Association, the three of you are numbered eleven, twelve and thirteen.”
Chen Ge was the last to arrive, his number was thirteen.
The color of blood in the shadow behind him became more and more obvious, Chen Ge, who had survived a crisis, slowly relaxed.
The Weird Tales Association was a hidden quest in the third sickbay, possibly related to the world behind the door, and the reward for this quest would most likely be Men Nan’s Master Grid, a red coat that could control the switch of the “door”.
”I have a question.” The woman’s number was twelve, and her mood hadn’t been fluctuating much, “The flyer says that I can find relief from my pain here, may I ask what I have to do to relieve my pain?”
”Don’t worry, everyone here was in pain at one time or another. Everyone is a patient, and the point of the Weird Tales Society was established to help ease the pain and accomplish salvation.” The man on the right stared back at the girl standing in the center, “After you finish telling the three weird stories that really happened, we will help you according to your situation.”
Chen Ge listened silently from the side, he originally thought that the Weird Tales Association was just a bunch of crazy people entertaining themselves, but he never thought that they had found a deeper meaning for the association’s existence.
”How can real weird talks happen that easily?” The woman glanced at Chen Ge with some scorn as she said this.
”Weird talks have always existed, it’s just that you haven’t encountered them.” The man continued, “Every word on the flyer is true, and there are in fact quite a few members who have been saved with us. There was once a member who was abused by her adoptive father when she was a child, she was often whipped and pressed into the water, so it caused her to be particularly afraid of water, and then with our salvation, she was finally cured, and she no longer suffers from her fear of water.”
”How did you cure her?”
”Simple, we soaked her adoptive father in water so that she could destroy her fear herself.”
”Just like that?”
”As simple as that, each of us is a patient, only the cause and condition varies, so the solution will be customized for you in time as well.” The voice of the man on the right sounded calm and confident, his face under the mask must have been very mature.
”The conditions are the same, if you can tell enough of three weird stories of real occurrences, you can make a request to us or you can choose to leave.” The man laughed out loud, thinking he was being humorous, “It’s a real departure.”
”Three weird stories?”
The woman bowed her head in contemplation, and next to her, Chen Ge listened to their conversation, which became more and more wrong.
What kind of therapy was this? It was completely murder!
To be able to think of such a crazy treatment, I’m afraid that only a madman would be able to think of it.
Chen Ge swept his gaze over everyone at the table, and the patient who ran away from the third ward was probably among them!
Devil from ward ten, and Wu Fei from ward nine, these two were probably the founders of the Weird Tales Association.
They were patients themselves, and ward ten had even more pain written all over it that they had encountered, and no one could understand that feeling better than them.
The pain that medicine couldn’t treat, they treated it themselves, using the methods of the insane to redeem the insane.
”Each new member can ask a question.” The man looked at Number Two and Chen Ge, “Which one of you two will ask first?”
”I’ve recently run into some trouble and am being hunted.”
Number Two finished his sentence and looked up at the crowd, all of them had no reaction as if this was something they took for granted.
”I probably guessed your problem, another desperate man.” The man on the left leaned back in his chair, “We won’t be able to help you out with your troubles, nor do we have the ability to do so, but the Association can take you in, even forever.”
The second newcomer nodded, seemingly with some disappointment.
The gazes of everyone in the room refocused on Chen Ge again, “What is your problem?”
”My problem is relatively simple.” Chen Ge felt the tinge of coldness at his back, he didn’t expect that the monster behind the door and the patients in the third patient building would combine to come up with such a thing.
After thinking for half a day, he spoke directly, “I want to ask who the president of the association is?”
”President?”
The black-robed men on both sides of the table were once again silent as they looked at each other, and it was the first man on the left who finally opened his mouth, “Let’s change the question.”
”Can’t you say it?” The less the other party said, the more curious Chen Ge became.
”It’s not that it can’t be said.” The first man on the right took over, “We only know that the president is among the ten of us, but exactly who it is, we ourselves are not sure.”