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Chapter 319
Rick opened his eyes. They were completely flat and gray. He stepped back from the edge of the rusted bridge. He gripped his staff. He turned around. He was going to walk away into the dark. He was going to let them die to protect the greater good. It was the hardest, most terrible choice he had ever made.Down in the alley, Overseer Graves smiled. Graves dropped the screaming little girl into the mud next to her bleeding father. "Chain the brat," Graves ordered a silver guard.Then, Overseer Graves did something very strange. He did not look at the prisoners. He did not look at the fake doctor on the ground.Overseer Graves slowly tilted his head back. He looked straight up. He looked directly up at the tall, dark, rusted bridge hanging hundreds of feet in the air. He looked exactly at the spot where Rick was hiding in the shadows."I know you are up there, anomaly," Graves called out loudly. His cruel voice echoed through the deep scrap canyon, carrying perfectly up to the high bri
Chapter 318
From the thick yellow smog at both ends of the alley, heavy metal boots stomped into the mud. Clank. Clank. Clank.Fifty Hunter-Killers marched into the alley.They wore thick, gleaming silver armor. They carried massive red hand cannons that hummed with deadly electricity. Bright red laser sights shot out from their weapons, sweeping across the terrified crowd of sick people.Hovering in the air above the alley were three giant, black Surveillance Drones. Their massive red searchlights pinned the crowd in the dirt.The Night Line of thirty sick patients panicked. They screamed and tried to run."Nobody move!" a loud, robotic voice boomed from the silver guards. "By order of the Pharmaceutical Guild and Auditor Isaac, this area is completely surrounded!"The sick people froze. They dropped to their knees in the freezing mud, putting their hands on their heads. They were terrified. They were trapped.Rick watched from the high bridge. His breath caught in his throat. “A raid,” Rick re
Chapter 317
High above the dirty, twisting mountains of the junkyard, Rick crouched in the shadows. He sat on a rusted metal bridge. The bridge was broken and dangerous. It hung hundreds of feet in the air, right over Sector Nine of the scrap maze.Rick did not move. He breathed very slowly. His body was covered in dark purple bruises. His ribs ached with every breath. It had been three days since he escaped the bright, white tower of Auditor Isaac. He had exploded the silver Extraction Engine. He had shattered the thick glass cage. He had fallen back down into the dark, toxic mud of Rustgate to hide.Luna and Ash were safe. He had hidden them deep underground, far away from the city patrols. But Rick could not rest. A doctor cannot sleep when the city is bleeding.He looked down into the dark valley below him. The thick, yellow smog swirled slowly. It looked like a dirty, poisoned ocean.He pulled his new dark gray coat tightly around his shoulders. Luna had stitched the torn pieces of his old
Chapter 316
"You cannot take my magic," Rick challenged, gripping his fists. "It is tied to my soul.""I am an auditor," Isaac said coldly. "I can extract anything."Isaac pushed a large red button on his desk.The white marble ceiling above the glass cage suddenly opened up.A massive, terrifying machine lowered down into the cage. It looked like a giant silver spider. Dozens of long, sharp, silver needles hung from the belly of the machine. The needles hummed with bright, freezing blue electricity.This was the Extraction Engine. It was a torture device designed to rip the magical energy directly out of a person's veins."When those needles pierce your skin," Isaac explained smoothly, "they will drain your pure green Qi into my holding tanks. It will be incredibly painful. Your body will feel like it is burning from the inside out."The machine lowered closer to Rick's head. The silver needles sparked.Rick did not back away. He looked up at the terrifying machine."If you drain my magic," Ric
Chapter 315
Rick slowly lifted his head. He looked through the glass walls. He saw the spotless white marble room. He saw the bright, cold lights. He saw Doctor Vance cowering against the wall. And then, he saw the man in the perfect white suit.Rick’s dull, tired brown eyes locked onto Isaac’s icy, pale gray eyes.The two men stared at each other.It was a clash of absolute opposites. The messy, bleeding, compassionate healer trapped in the dirt. And the clean, cold, calculating auditor standing in the light."Welcome to the inner city, Ghost Doctor," Isaac said softly. His voice carried through small speakers built into the glass cage. "Please, forgive the violent transportation. But you are a very difficult man to invite to a meeting."Rick did not reply. He slowly pushed himself up until he was standing. He swayed dangerously, but he locked his knees. He stood tall.He reached out and placed his dirty, blood-stained glove against the clear glass wall. He left a dark, muddy handprint on the p
Chapter 314
The giant map of the junkyard suddenly drew thin, white lines connecting all the green dots.The lines formed a path."I tracked the green dots," Isaac said. "I looked at exactly when they appeared. The pattern was incredibly clever. The green dots never appeared during the day. They only appeared at midnight."Isaac pointed to a dark corner of the map. "Monday night. Thirty green dots appeared near an abandoned gear factory," Isaac said.He pointed to another corner."Tuesday night. Forty green dots appeared near a collapsed sewer pipe," Isaac continued.He pointed to the center of the map."And tonight. Over fifty green dots appeared inside the old subway station," Isaac concluded.Doctor Vance stared at the map. "He moves every night. He never stays in one place. He treats a line of patients at midnight, and then he vanishes.""Yes," Isaac nodded. "He created a mobile, underground hospital. It was a brilliant strategy to avoid our Hunter-Killers. But he made a mistake. He forgot t
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