514 Eyes
The fire danced in the black room, it shone on Han Fei and Ugly Scar’s face. “You are a man of justice, I know you’ll come if I ask you to.” Ugly Scar looked at the one fire in the room. “No one believes me and if this continues, I will die.”
“So you found me, do you really think I would agree to your strange request?” Han Fei noticed many people misunderstood him. He was helping the police to survive in the cryptic world, to help his neighbors.
“I know you are very interested in the incidents that happened in the past. I can tell you the real secret.” Ugly Scar gritted his teeth and after long hesitation, he said, “This is related to Immortal Pharma.”
“Immortal Pharma?”
“I have a feeling that woman would come tonight. As long as you stay in the same room as I am until midnight, I will share with you all the secrets.” Pleading appeared on Ugly Scar’s face. “Money, truth, and all the secrets about Immortal Pharma are you not intrigued?”
“I can stay with you and even help you but you have to listen to my orders and follow my directions.” Han Fei didn’t plan to leave in the first place, especially after the man mentioned Immortal Pharma.
“Okay, you have to deal!” To show his sincerity, Ugly Scar decided to tell Han Fei some things first to prove that he was not lying, “Immortal Pharma is not as innocent as it appears. Currently, they are behind Xin Lu’s largest private plastic surgery hospital. They not only provide physical plastic surgery but also a manipulation of the patient’s personality.”
“I already know how that but I’m curious how did you know these things?” Han Fei’s gaze cut through the flame to stare at Ugly Scar. The two stared at each other for a long time. Ugly Scar seemed to know he couldn’t lie to Han Fei so he decided to tell the truth. “I was a very good doctor but I was also working for Immortal Pharma. I was one of the managers at the plastic surgery hospital in the countryside. I witnessed for myself how everyone turned from white angels into demons with white coats.” Ugly Scar reached out his left hand, there was a piece of flesh that had been gouged out. “The contract we signed was in the form of a tattoo. If you have investigated that hospital, you’d know that the managers of the hospital would wear around something their wrists for the purpose of identification.”
Han Fei signaled for the man to continue. “Actually at first, the highest decision-maker at Immortal Pharma was not the dead CEO but someone else.” Ugly Scar massaged his temple. “Strangely enough, I cannot remember his name anymore but I know that he existed.” Ugly Scar’s statement drew Han Fei’s attention. Everyone in real life seemed to have forgotten Fu Sheng. “No worry, try to think about it.”
“There were two top decision-makers at first. They would come to different decisions based on the same issue. I remember clearly that Immortal Pharma’s board of directors had approved two core proposals, one was called Immortality and the other black box. They would be handled by 2 people but now everyone only remembers Immortality but no one knew of the black box.”
When Ugly Scar said that, he didn’t notice the chill that crossed Han Fei’s eyes.
“The two decision-makers had wildly different personalities and would argue over everything.” Ugly Scar’s temples pulsed with a green vein. He pounded on his head like something was trying to get out of his brain.
“Go into details.” Han Fei had a feeling Ugly Scar was talking about Fu Sheng, he wanted to know more about the man.
“We’ll have to go back to when Immortal Pharma was born. It is now the leading expert in neuroscience but do you know how it got there?” The scar on the man’s face trembled, he was scared when he said these things. “They performed experiments on humans of different ages, brain experiments to be precise! You won’t see any problem with the patients’ physical appearance so no one knew what they had really been through,” Ugly Scar’s voice lowered. “First, they experimented on mental patients using the excuse of providing them with treatment, but really they were attempting different things. They achieved success. Then they started to experiment on orphans, they wanted to explore the limitation of the spirit. It was then that the two decision-makers had a total falling out. I have this memory but I cannot remember who the other decision-maker was.”
Han Fei just wanted to investigate the faceless woman but it had drawn out a bigger secret.
“The plastic surgery hospital belonged to the other decision-maker but he had disappeared so the former CEO of Immortal Pharma took over. He turned the place into Xin Lu’s most high-end and classified plastic surgery hospital. They said they serve only the most exclusive clients but they were actually covering up for their sponsors who wanted to create the perfect human.
“I thought they have lost their mind. They picked 30 children from many orphanages and performed experiments on them. They cultivated the children based on fixed personalities and they kept intervening in the children’s life. They applied despair and pain to the children in an attempt to find out the mental limit of a personality. I remember the first batch of 30 children has died. You can’t imagine it. They look perfectly unharmed on the surface but they are mentally dead.
“Then, they started the second batch of experiments. They brought another 30 children but this time, their experiment was less drastic…”
“Wait a minute!” Han Fei interrupted, “You said the first batch of 30 children is all dead?”
“Yes, all 30 children are mentally dead.”
“And they only chose 30 children for the second batch?” Han Fei stared at Ugly Scar, “You sure you didn’t remember the wrong number?”
“Absolutely not. Each number represents a human life, how can I ever get that wrong?” Ugly Scar said confidently.
‘Then this is strange, why is Seaglass Cat’s number 031?’ Han Fei thought to himself. He then remembered the additional conversation in his mind. Blood Red Night was a taboo among the inner members of Immortal Pharma. Only one child survived that night. ‘Am I one of the children from the first batch? Because I am the extra one so Seaglass Cat became 031?’ Han Fei could only speculate.
“I don’t know much about the 1st batch of children but I do know that among the 2nd batch of children, most of them are still alive. Some are insane, some are in a coma, some are dummies and some died in the basement of the hospital. According to rumors, the dead children are still wandering the halls of the hospital wearing the white shoes given to them by their orphanage.”
Ugly Scar revealed yet another piece of important information to Han Fei. One of the Pure Hatreds at the hospital was a pair of white shoes. He was once an orphan like Seaglass Cat so they should be from the same batch.
“The perfect persona is one side of the experiment. They also wanted to create the perfect appearance and body. Most of the thing I told you last time is real. I didn’t reveal its connection to Immortal Pharma because if I did, would you guys dare to make it into a movie?” Ugly Scar received an ugly smile.
“CEO Lee just wanted to earn money to save his company but you want him to die.” Movies were the best promotional tools, like how Han Fei had used Twin Flowers to remind everyone to be careful of the Butterfly.
“The faceless woman is real. I wasn’t lying about that. I have no idea why I can see her. Her appearance has turned my understanding of the world upside down. But my biggest confusion is that only people who have entered the plastic surgery hospital like me can see her.” Ugly Scar shivered. “A beautiful face is more immediately attractive than a perfect personality. Perhaps as people’s desire for beauty increased, they wanted to create a face that can satisfy everyone’s imagination. As one of the main doctors of that project, I believe I am facing my karma.” Ugly Scar wanted to add more firewood to the flame. Whenever he talked about the woman, he would be chilled. He tried to stand up but his legs were numb. Perhaps he was sitting for too long. “Why is it suddenly so cold?” Ugly Scar was confused. He turned to Han Fei and noticed Han Fei was staring at his face. “What’s wrong?”
“The faceless woman is here.” Han Fei looked at Ugly Scar’s eyeballs. “Now I understand why she can still find you when you talk about her at night even when there is not one reflective item in your room.”
The fire flickered and a faceless woman appeared in Ugly Scar’s eyes. It was unknown when the woman appeared. It felt like she had always been there but Ugly Scar didn’t notice it.
“Ugly Scar, I have one last question. Before this, when you sensed the woman was about to appear, would you find another person to stay in the room with you, like now?” Han Fei’s tone was sharp.
Ugly Scar nodded mechanically. “What’s wrong?”
“The woman has been living in your eyes.” When Han Fei said that, Ugly Scar’s lips curved upwards. He was ugly but his mannerism was turning feminine. Be it actions or eyes, Ugly Scar was rapidly changing. There was no mirror in the room, the only place where the woman could hide was the man’s eyes.
Ugly Scar raised his arms. He smiled coquettishly at Han Fei and then plunged his hands into the still-burning fireplace!
Han Fei stood up and swiped at Ugly Scar’s ankle. Ugly Scar fell to the ground but he didn’t seem to feel pain. He laughed shrilly and climbed up from the ground. Han Fei aimed another kick at Ugly Scar’s shoulder. He didn’t hold back and incapacitate one of the Ugly Scar’s arms. Collapsed on the ground, Ugly Scar giggled. Like a fish, he slithered towards the fireplace. The flame burst in his eyes. Ugly Face laughed louder as he came closer to the fire.
Han Fei stepped on Ugly Scar’s body and dragged him out of the room. “Looks like I can’t hold back.” To prevent Ugly Scar from harming himself, Han Fei snapped Ugly Scar’s limbs. He tried to only break the man’s wrists but even with his wrists broken, the man would crawl on his elbows. It was quite a scary sight.
“Have he killed the others who had stayed in the room with him before?” Han Fei stepped on Ugly Scar. He picked up the thickest firewood and lit it up. The light brightened the room but it brought Han Fei no warmth. Other than them, there were other people in the basement.
“The 3 Pure Hatreds will appear together. The faceless woman is in Ugly Scar’s eyes, where are the other two?” Han Fei waved the firewood around as he dragged Ugly Scar outside. If Ugly Scar acted strangely, he would punch the man. As they reached the place where their phones were placed, Ugly Scar was basically an invalid already. Han Fei grabbed his stuff and dragged Ugly Scar out of the basement. Ugly Scar couldn’t resist anymore but a woman’s laugh kept coming out of his lips.
Han Fei dragged him to the staircase and he noticed that the corridor had changed. Someone had painted a red window on the staircase. Outside the window was a bleeding city and the city was filled with ghosts. Han Fei tried not to look at the window as he made his way upwards. Eventually, he heard the footsteps. Han Fei turned back to look and found a pair of white shoes at the bottom of the stairs. The shoes felt familiar to Han Fei like he had worn them before.
Worried that Ugly Scar might be killed by the woman, Han Fei sped up. But when he walked past the painted window, a hand reached out of it!
Han Fei reacted quickly and used Ugly Scar’s face to block. Han Fei had a feeling that if he was dragged into the window, something very bad would happen. The arm was not interested in Ugly Scar, the window appeared to affect only one person. Seeing the arm moving away from Ugly Scar, Han Fei stopped hesitating and ran as fast as he could.
When he left the building, the strange giggle from Ugly Scar finally stopped.
Han Fei turned back to look. The light in the darkness was slowly going out. Using the last bit of light, Han Fei saw a man with a red paint can and a boy in white shoes staring at him quietly.
“Han Fei, are you done?” Bai Xian exited the car. When he saw Han Fei didn’t move, he walked carefully towards Han Fei. “What are you looking at? Is there something on the staircase?”
