Dr. Wang's notes
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March 15, 2024, 7:20 p.m.
The lights in the morgue flickered on and off. Gu Yuwen checked Wang Desheng's relics, and suddenly found a miniature notepad hidden in his watch sandwich.
"The last page." Chen Mingyuan opened the yellowed notes, "It was written early this morning."
[Notes from March 15]
"They think I don't know the truth... Ridiculous.
Zhang Yuxuan is not the first, nor will she be the last.
Project Sequoia never stopped. It just changed its name.
The real "scavenger" is on the board...
Tonight's meeting in Room 404 is a trap, but compared to the 'new plan' prepared by Dai Jianguo, death is a relief..."
The note stopped abruptly, and the ink darkened into black.
"Team leader." Xiao Li ran with the tablet, "Got it! Dai Jianguo's son also lived in Room 404 seven years ago!"
An encrypted medical record appears on the screen:
Patient: Dai Xiangyang
Admission date: March 10, 2017
Attending: Wang Desheng
Special record: Subject 0, perfect sample...
'Wait! Gu Yuwen pointed to the medical record, "Why his discharge date is March 17, and Zhang Yuxuan..."
Before he could say anything, the forensic assistant rushed in: "Wang Desheng still has something in his stomach!"
A special capsule containing a micro USB flash drive and a yellowed photo: a group photo of Room 404, with Dai Xiangyang in the middle of the front row and Wang Desheng and Wang Desheng in the back row. Dai Jianguo.
The back of the photo reads:
"My son's 'treatment' was successful and now he is the perfect fighter.
But the dead kids, their parents, and that meddling military investigator...
These things need to be erased.
-- Dai Jianguo 2017.3.17"
There's only one video on the flash drive:
[Monitoring on March 17, 2017]
Kevin Zhang's father stopped a black car at the back door of the hospital.
Dai Jianguo rolled down the window. "That's enough for the investigation, Colonel."
"What did you do to those children?" Zhang Fu shouted angrily.
"Just make them perfect." Dai Jianguo smiled, "Just like my son."
"You're crazy! I must..."
The picture suddenly cut out. Three hours later, Father Zhang's car crashed at the same place.
Chen Mingyuan's mobile phone vibrates:
"See? Those missing records, they're all hidden in one place.
The safe in room 404, the password is Dai Xiangyang's birthday.
You need to hurry. The chairman's getting ready to destroy the evidence.
But... Do you ever wonder why I know so much?
- The scavenger."
"Found something!" The tech team got word, "There's a note in Wang Desheng's notebook, written in special ink."
Under ultraviolet light, the writing appears:
"There are two 'scavengers' on the board.
One wants revenge, the other wants atonement.
Tonight, it's finally going to be a winner.
Sunny, I'm sorry..."
Gu Yuwen suddenly grabbed Chen Mingyuan's hand: "Do you remember who Dai Xiangyang's attending doctor is?"
"Wang Desheng and..." Chen Mingyuan looked at the medical record, the pupil suddenly contracted, "Zhang Kaiwen!"
On the screen in the monitoring room, Dai Jianguo is entering the password for the safe. Behind him, in the shadows, a figure wearing a mask approached.
The clock points to 8:00 p.m.
The light in room 404 is on.
- Writer
