The dark water gently lapped against the shore, splashing up sprays of white.
Qin Manjiang and Doctor stepped off the boat and gazed at the island before them.
"The smell of blood."
Doctor spoke in a low voice.
He seemed extremely sensitive to that smell. Qin Manjiang wrinkled his nose, but apart from the mingled fragrance of flowers, he smelled no blood.
The fog on the island was somewhat thinner than over the water, though not by much. Visibility was around ten meters; anything farther away was little more than a blurry silhouette.
"Hello. Yan Xiao." At a time like this, Doctor suddenly introduced himself.
Qin Manjiang paused, then shook his hand. "Qin Manjiang."
He looked at Qin Manjiang. "I know. The impressive new player."
"Not really," Qin Manjiang said modestly. Then, as though something had suddenly occurred to him, he asked, "I heard someone important died on Butterfly Island?"
Yan Xiao tilted his head. "You could say that. The previous First Seat died here."
"Butterfly Island has the potential to become an ultimate game."
Qin Manjiang heard a new term from Yan Xiao.
"An ultimate game?"
He asked.
"Ping'an Hospital is one of the ultimate games."
Put that way, Qin Manjiang understood.
"Be careful. Don't become nourishment for it," Yan Xiao said.
Qin Manjiang nodded. So far, this player whose code name was Doctor and whose real name was Yan Xiao did not seem to have anything wrong with his head, as Zhong Xueran had claimed. He was perfectly normal.
"Let's find the others first and regroup."
Yan Xiao's tone sounded as though he was discussing it with Qin Manjiang.
Qin Manjiang naturally agreed.
The island's climate seemed somewhat different from that outside.
Although the fog was thick, when they looked up, they could actually see the sun.
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