Brain Eater (II)

These conditions...

The sudden task made Fu Qian's brow furrow even more.

There were four patients and four doses of sedatives. In other words, the key to the task was "delivering them in the correct order"?

But if that was all, wasn't the difficulty a little too low?

After all, it was an extremely simple permutation problem. There were only twenty-four possible combinations to try.

Which meant that even without thinking at all, he'd clear the task after twenty-four tries at most, no matter how unlucky he was.

That seemed a little out of character for the Warehouse.

"Yes, sedatives."

Faced with Fu Qian's question, Dr. Kelly answered with certainty.

"They're meant to treat the patients and protect others. Since the patients have consistently failed to attend their follow-up appointments on time, their condition is very unstable."

Unstable, so just knock them out, then?

However he looked at it, this seemed unreliable!

Suppressing his urge to complain, Fu Qian took the four paper bags, along with a list Kelly handed him.

It was strange, but since that was what the task required, he might as well do as the locals did.

The list was a simple table with the names and addresses of four patients, and nothing else.

The good news was that they all seemed to live fairly close by.

"So I should deliver them one by one in the order on the list?"

Fu Qian thought for a moment, then asked.

"Just deliver them as soon as you can. I'd appreciate it."

Kelly seemed not to have picked up on Fu Qian's implied question at all. After entrusting him with the task, she politely thanked him, then turned back to the pile of medical records on her desk.

She seemed quite efficient, just as she'd said.

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