The Shell... Stood Up!

"It seemed vaguely familiar, but I couldn't place where that feeling came from... Let me think, let me think..."

Gaia and Theus also gathered beside the shell to examine it.

The girl before them had blood-red hair, her eyes gently closed and her expression peaceful.

After watching for a while, Theus inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity as well. He turned to Gaia and asked, "Do you find her familiar?"

"No." Gaia answered without hesitation. "I have no impression of her at all."

Theus froze at that answer. Only Beatrice and he felt that sense of familiarity?

Why was that?

The doors to the testing ground were pushed open. Everyone turned around to see Gwen arriving, a chainsaw in hand.

"Where's the patient? The doctor's here!"

Theus and the others were fine, but Beatrice instinctively shrank back.

Castel's doctors had traumatized her. Monica alone was frightening enough—if some legendary doctor came to treat her too, she would be dead ten times over!

Fortunately, Gwen showed little interest in her and walked straight toward the shell.

"Isn't this Lina? Did you catch her, my lord?"

"Not exactly. This is only a shell."

Gwen circled Lina once, clicking her tongue in amazement. "She's exactly the same, even the feeling is identical...

"If she couldn't move, I really would've thought this was Lina."

As she spoke, she licked her lips and began gesturing with the chainsaw.

"Boss, how about I treat her? I have some special methods for waking patients..."

Theus glanced warily at the chainsaw in her hand. The method might not be exclusive, but it was definitely twisted...

"Strange, strange. Why does she feel familiar?" Beatrice frowned. "I've definitely never seen her before, let alone had any contact with her."

Theus agreed inwardly. Though Castel had clashed with Lina a few