Before heading to Marley's Research Department to see Mogwin, Chen Si first stopped by the Eldia Military Hospital.
Chen Si entered the hospital and made a circuit of the grounds, but he found no sign of Eren.
"Hello, could you tell me which room Mr. Kruger is in?" Chen Si asked a nurse.
The nurse looked Chen Si up and down. Seeing his handsome face, striking bearing, and expensive clothes, she replied very politely, "Mr. Kruger is in room 0211, but I think he's gone out for a walk. Would you like me to find him for you?"
"No, thank you." Understanding the situation, Chen Si turned to leave.
"Sir, may I ask your surname? Could you leave me a mailing address?" The nurse shyly offered him a sheet of paper and a pen.
Chen Si gave her a polite smile, wrote an address on the paper, and handed it back.
The nurse thanked him ecstatically and left. Once she had ducked around a corner, she carefully unfolded the paper.
"Huh? Isn't this our hospital's address?"
"Angela! Come quickly! That old man named Yeager is having another episode!"
Angela's spirits sank. Hearing her colleague call, she went off dejectedly to care for the patient.
Chen Si reached room 0211 and found the door open. He glanced inside, but Eren was nowhere to be seen.
"Not here?"
Chen Si did not linger and headed for the hospital entrance, only to be surrounded by the same crowd of patients as last time. His lips twitched. Remembering that he had to keep up appearances, he forced a professional smile, gave several of them a few acupuncture treatments, and cured a few patients of their limps.
Then, claiming that he had overexerted himself for the day and exhausted his supply of medicinal ingredients, he