The two men in the courtyard soon found their target: a half-grown goat.
Once caught, the little goat bleated incessantly, its cries miserable and desperate.
Tang Shiba's heart clenched. If she waited until tonight to come back, this goat would already be roast meat. She had to get inside now.
Tang Shiba dug the opening wider. Once the two men left, she carefully crawled through.
[Host, hurry, hurry, hurry! They're about to slaughter the little goat!]
After finally squeezing inside, she looked up at the courtyard and sucked in a sharp breath.
"Why are there so many animals? Some of them are already fully grown!"
There had to be over a hundred of them, big and small. How many years in prison would that warrant? They deserved a firing squad.
Seeing a stranger crawl inside, the frightened little animals huddled tightly together.
Who was this? Had she come to eat them?
Saving the goat came first. Tang Shiba had no time to check on the other animals.
Following the system's directions, she crossed the courtyard and reached the hospital's abandoned kitchen.
The kitchen door was tightly shut. The two men and the little goat were inside.
[Host, they're already sharpening their knives for the little goat!]
Tang Shiba knocked on the door, and the two men, who had been chatting and laughing, instantly fell silent.
Who would knock on their door at this hour? Surely it wasn't someone looking to mooch off them?
They hid the little goat and asked who was knocking.
Tang Shiba adjusted her voice. "Hey, it's me. The light bulb in the office has blown. Could you fix it for me?"
Wasn't that the voice of the little nurse from yesterday?
Her imitation was so convincing that the system gave her a