Chapter 3455: ()° Dalang, time to take your medicine (Part 1)
Inside the dim hall of the Discipline Institute, perhaps because it had served as the city lord's treatment room for so long, the air was as oppressive and foul as ever, thick with a stale, disinfectant-like smell.
It was also inevitably mixed with the scent of rust from the lighthouse itself.
After all, the entire lighthouse was made of steel. The Discipline Institute had undergone several major renovations, but no amount of remodeling could conceal the smell of rust.
But none of that mattered!
What mattered now was that the city lord, Charles, was slumped weakly in a chair on the hall's steps. A variety of medical equipment sat beside him, including the Scarlet Extractor.
At that moment, his single eye was half-closed, and he was panting heavily. He looked so frail that he could drop dead at any moment.
The patch over his right eye had been removed. The empty socket gave off waves of decay.
His left arm was long gone, and the skin not wrapped in bandages revealed faint, grotesque red veins. It was obvious that the Scarlet Substance was spreading through his body, steadily consuming him. His condition had grown severe.
Tap!
Tap, tap!
Just then, a light, brisk footstep broke the silence of the Discipline Institute hall, a place no one dared approach under normal circumstances.
The person who entered was none other than the Lampbearer Fanlü, who had left for Dragonbone Village that morning aboard one of those simple dragonfly aircraft.
"..."
She was carrying a delicate sandalwood box that gave off a faint, pleasant fragrance as she slowly walked in.
She had changed back into her sexy red-and-black qipao-like clerical uniform. Her face was still fresh and pretty, though a touch weary;