Frankenstein waved in the general direction Redfield had left, seeing off her new friend.
If she had not been a mechanical life-form with special bodily capabilities, she probably would not even have been able to see that direction.
Perhaps because he did not know how to part with a friend, Redfield had chosen this unusual method, disappearing immediately after leaving behind a single sentence.
"New friend."
Frankenstein tossed the slip of paper with the phone number into the trash. It was not because she had any particular thoughts about it; the paper simply had no meaning to her.
She only needed to look at it once to memorize the number completely. The paper was unnecessary to her.
She threw it into the trash so she would not litter.
While Frankenstein pondered her friendship, Oran was also examining a special patient in the hospital.
"His Majesty Oran, this is the special patient we encountered this time.
"The patient suffers intense burning pain both externally and in the internal organs, a bitter metallic taste in the mouth, white spots all over the body, and hair loss.
"There are also occasional comas and weakness throughout the body."
Outside a special ward, a doctor from Firefly Island was reporting the patient's condition to Oran.
"We tested him and found no traces of bacteria or viruses. However, we cannot rule out the possibility that this is a new disease caused by an unknown virus."
"Where does the patient normally live?"
Listening to the doctor's description, Oran noticed something was off.
"Flevance. Does that have something to do with this illness, His Majesty Oran?"
So it had already begun at this point.
Oran did not say those words aloud. There were many strange illnesses in these seas, but many were not naturally occurring. They were the