48 Hours a Day Chapter 1256
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Chapter 1233: Chapter 1233 – Old Friend
Chapter 1233 Old Friend
The Nuuk art museum was ablaze with lights, but strangely, there was no one in the exhibition hall.
Until the sound of hurried footsteps came from the door, and a figure stumbled in from the outside. He went straight through the empty exhibition hall, turning a blind eye to the priceless oil paintings on the wall, he did not touch the gold articles and ornaments on the counter. He just ran all the way to the west side of the exhibition hall where the Inuit handicrafts were hung on the wall.
He reached out and grabbed a wooden sculpture at the top. The wooden sculpture was a mask. It was exquisitely made and looked quite mysterious. However, the person did not care about it at all. He crudely stuffed it into his handbag, then, he turned around and ran outside.
However, just as he turned around, a voice suddenly came from not far away. “It’s rare for you to come back. Are you in such a hurry to Leave?”
Hearing this, the person’s body stiffened, but his feet did not stop. He continued to run towards the main door. His car was parked in the museum’s parking lot. He only needed to run through the door and run another twenty meters before he arrived.
However, the next moment, he heard a gunshot, followed by a sharp pain in his leg. The man fell to the ground, and the handbag containing the wooden carving also fell to the ground.
“TSK TSK TSK, we are all old friends. I don’t want to do this, but you took my things and wanted to leave without saying a word. isn’t this a little impolite?”The voice continued.
The person on the ground didn’t say anything. He just struggled to crawl in front of his handbag and took out the wooden mask from inside. Then, he put his finger into the mouth of the mask and pressed down. The forehead of the wooden sculpture opened immediately, a small oval-shaped stone rolled out from inside.
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There was a five-pointed star carved on it, and in the middle of the five-pointed star was an eye. The person raised the stone and spoke to the person on the second floor.
“Oh, Old Seal, really? “You actually hid the old seal in my museum. I have to say that this move is quite impressive. Previously, I sent people to search your clinic and the school’s office more than once, but they were unable to find it. I didn’t expect this thing to actually be right under my nose.”The person who spoke walked down the stairs step by step with a cane.
A look of despair appeared in the intruder’s eyes. He held the stone that was called the old seal tightly in his hand, as if it was his life-saving straw.
However, after that, he heard the man with the walking stick tease him, “Don’t be silly, doctor. This thing might be useful against those divers and Kun Yang, and it can also help you sleep well. However, I’m just an ordinary person like you. This thing is of no use to me at all.”
The person who had barged into the art museum was none other than Dr. Baker, whom Zhang Heng and Songjia had visited before. He lowered his hand in frustration, but he still held the old seal in his hand.
“We’ve known each other for more than 20 years, right? Not counting that Chinese couple, you’re the bravest and most determined person I’ve ever met. Even to this day, I still can’t believe that you would choose to submit to that monster.”
“What? Are you planning to use your eloquent mouth to influence me?”The person with the crutch asked, “Don’t think of me as one of those stupid fanatics. My Mind is very clear. There has to be someone who understands the overall situation. This is the agreement between me and that great existence.”
“Agreement, or is it your own delusion?”? That monster did not seem to be the type to make agreements with others. Moreover, you know your own situation. If there is really nothing wrong with your mental state, why did you come to my clinic frequently for psychological counseling after the Scientific Research Expedition?”The Doctor panted heavily, the intense pain in his legs made his forehead full of sweat.
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The person on crutches fell silent upon hearing this. After a moment, he spoke again, “In any case, in the end, we will all fall into eternal happiness. It’s just a matter of one day earlier and one day later. There’s not much difference. I’ve only figured this out recently. All these years, in order to prevent myself from falling into greater madness, I’ve been following your instructions to stay in seclusion. I’ve cut off the Internet, I don’t read the newspapers, and I don’t interact with anyone outside. But how long can we last? I’ve heard that outside, its name is already becoming a household name. It’s only in a place like Greenland that’s isolated from the rest of the world that you and I can last until now.”
The person on crutches paused for a moment before continuing, “I regret participating in that scientific research expedition every moment. I see that your situation isn’t very good either. Although you’ve closed the clinic, you’re still working part-time at the school. There are even foreign students at your school. Your life must be very difficult.”
“It’s alright. If I really can’t do it, I’ll stuff cotton balls into my ears. I’ve also stopped surfing the Internet, “Dr. Baker said, “In fact, we should be glad that we didn’t read any books about it before we met it, nor have we heard its name. Otherwise, we would have gone crazy at the first sight of it, and we would have completely lost our rationality as fanatics.”
“The more you know, the closer you get to madness. The person who came up with this setting is really a F* cking genius, “the person on the crutches muttered. “This way, sober people will never know the truth.”
Probably because they shared the same fate, after saying this, the two people in the hall fell into silence again.
But soon, the person on crutches spoke again, “Doctor, ask yourself, have I taken care of you enough these years? Those fanatics wanted to take you in, but I was the one who stopped them. You refused to hand over the old seal, so I went with you. Recently, you have been very close to our enemies, the shamans of the Inuit tribe, and I have been turning a blind eye to it. So why do you keep testing my bottom line?
“That’s right. I can restrain those fanatics to a certain extent, but if they find out that you took away the old seal from me, both of us will be in big trouble. You and I have both seen the scene of those people going crazy. I don’t want to become like that, so I can only let you down.”The man with the cane said as he raised the shotgun in his hand.
“Wait.”The Doctor raised an arm in front of his face, “I didn’t mean to steal the old seal when the fanatics aren’t here. Although I admit that I have such considerations, we have experienced such things before. Earthquakes, Red Aurora, and these abnormal weather disasters will also become more frequent. With our current state, we might not be able to survive. Moreover, this time is different from the last time. Just three days ago, I had a very scary dream. I dreamed that it ran out of the palace below. When that time comes, the entire world will be destroyed. We need to do something before everything becomes too late.”
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