The Goddess Shines on America

The drizzle fell on the ground, the muddy soil exuded a fresh aroma, and the air was slightly humid. A rental car was driving slowly on the asphalt road after the rain. There are many mountains and forests, and crisp birdsong sounds from time to time in the lush woods. As the car drives deeper into the mountains, the feeling of being out of the world becomes stronger.

Alice opened the window and took a deep breath of air. In fact, the air pressure here is very low, and the air is not fresh, at least not suitable for morning exercisers, but for those who grew up in sunny California, this kind of weather is undoubtedly extremely fresh.

"Shiho, when I was in the UK, I often encountered this kind of weather. It rained lightly and then cleared after the rain. It's very similar to Seattle! Although I don't go there many times, how about you? Mother is British."

Miyano was looking down at the map, and said, "They still stay in Japan most of the time. Alright, Alice, drive carefully, we should not be far from our destination."

Don't look at last night's tossing until very late, the time for the two of them to wake up was still very early, and they set off immediately after washing and eating. The passenger record of the taxi company was easy to investigate, and within an hour, they learned the first steps of that Mr. Strack after leaving the hotel. At this time, it is not very convenient to take a taxi. Fortunately, Ito City can easily find a car rental company, and they drove towards their destination immediately.

The target is much closer than expected. The area where the Izu Peninsula connects with the main body of Honshu, south of Hakone, is their current destination. The distance between the two is really close. For the whole journey of 30 kilometers, even if there are complete mountains near the destination, it will not take much time. So soon, after a little distance into Hakone, Alice knew that they were very close to their goal.

"This is indeed a good place to build a nursing home."

Wishing to take off the roof of the car, Alice looked at the surrounding lush forests and said, "But Shiho, don't you think this is also a good place for forest ogres to come and go frequently? If there are any monster families mutated by nuclear radiation here Set up roadblocks, then cut us all down, rape first, then kill, then amputate and cook?"

Miyano still looked at the map silently: "Don't worry, I will definitely build a luxurious tomb for you after you escape, and you don't have to worry about the huge property being left unattended, I will inherit it."

"Well... that's really a big thank you."

After advancing layer by layer along the winding mountain road, and after spending another quarter of an hour, the two finally arrived at the destination of their trip, the South Hakone Sanatorium. It's really hard to imagine that Mr. Strucker would come to such a place by taxi. Could it be that he, who is very old, once met a dancing girl in the Izu Peninsula, but after the passage of time, the beauty is gone, so he chooses here For the rest of your life?

In theory it is very possible.

Because the building of the nursing home looks really old, at least it was built during the war, and the level of maintenance is limited. Of course there is a complete parking lot, but the strange thing is that there is not even a car parked here, and the gate of the iron fence is locked, as if no one lives at all.

When Alice parked the car, Miyano looked at the white building ahead and said, "I think we should be able to investigate the current ownership of this nursing home. If it belongs to an individual, maybe that Strucker put it As some kind of secret training base, or some kind of laboratory?"

Since even the Psychic S\u0026M plot was staged, Alice of course told Miyano everything she knew about this mysterious man. She made a lot of sense. Since she was a "middle-aged" declining nobleman who lived to be eighty or ninety years old, and was infected with a virus and passed it on to African orangutans, she bought a sanatorium in Japan to prepare for it secretly. What, it seems very likely, right?

This is really not a conspiracy theory. Although the actual evidence is limited, if the I virus in Caesar's body was undoubtedly created by the baron, then he must be a criminal, right?

After getting out of the car, Alice first yelled a few times towards the nursing home building, but there was no suspense in the result. Except for the echoes wafting all over the mountains and plains, she received no other results. Miyano stepped forward and tugged at the lock of the iron door. The brass lock was brand new and shiny, which contrasted sharply with the weather-beaten and rusty iron door.

"Because of the rain and time factors, we have been unable to observe any signs of taxis coming." She looked at the flat parking lot around her and said, "However, this place should still be a private property, and it has ceased operations. It's not neglected, but it's not seriously repaired either. Alice, what are you looking at?"

"Whether there are high-tech products such as surveillance probes, it seems that I am too worried."

Alice jumped directly onto the top of the wall, turned around and squatted down to look down at Miyano Road: "Look, we've been going all the way, and since we entered the mountains, we haven't seen a single car. Although the road will continue to extend farther away , but this sanatorium is located in a dead-end alley, that is to say, it is impossible for ordinary people to pass by here, and there is absolutely nothing to say about its concealment!"

Miyano looked back again. That's right, the winding mountain road stretches forward, and here is a fork in the road, not to mention the dead end, and you can't see the outside at all, so you can't see the nursing home from the outside, everything is covered by the winding road and the woods. If someone wants to hide something in secret, or do something shady, there is no better place than here.

"Then let's go in, but Alice, even if you don't plan to open the door, shouldn't you give me a hand?"

Alice smiled lightly, jumped down the high wall, patted her calf, and Princess Easy picked up Miyano, jumped and jumped easily, and landed inside the wall.

"If only I... ouch, I'd be as good as you." Miyano jumped out of her embrace, patted the windbreaker and said, "Then what's the next plan? Look at the purpose of that Strucker coming here." What is it? Do you have any idea what you will discover?"

"It's really hard to say, there are too many possibilities." Alice did not rush into the building, but looked at it carefully first: "The first thing we have to think about is why choose a ready-made nursing home? What is the unique advantage of an office building or any building, a nursing home? And what can this advantage be used for? From this perspective ... we can get a lot of results."

"Patients...medical experiments, American mental hospitals in the 1960s were indeed terrifying, and Alcatraz Island in San Francisco is also a product of the same era. If the fallen baron is really a person whose life is prolonged by a virus, as his adoptive daughter said, would he It's perfectly normal to delve into the medical field, but the question is, how will he study it?"

This question can only be answered by practical investigation, and Alice immediately tried to open the door to the pathogen. The door was of course locked, and the windows of the entire hospital building were closed, so breaking in by force would be easy to scare people away, but Alice was lucky to find that the door lock structure was obviously very old.

"Dear Shiho, do you have a card issued for me?"

It's also a girl, Alice really doesn't have this, and Miyano has a dozen in his purse, so he just took out one. The efficiency is very high. Alice just inserted the hairpin into the keyhole and twisted it seven or eight times, and the door lock opened.

"Hey, if I really give you a master key, even if the Alice building is crashed by a plane one day, you won't be able to find yourself."

"Well... I believe the skyscrapers in Manhattan are more dangerous..."

The entrance to the nursing home was exactly as expected, the empty and abandoned hall, the dusty floor, obviously no one had cleaned it for a long time. The yellowed and old lights, the rusty iron railings, and the cracked office chairs behind the front desk are reminders of the passage of time in this building. Even though Alice laughed at herself, if she wanted to make a movie about zombies one day, she would definitely come here to shoot scenes.

"Like "The Walking Dead" or something..."

The sanatorium is neither big nor small, enough for two headless flies to wander around for a long time. The first is to inspect the whole building. Facts have proved that there is no one here, whether it is the office, dormitory, cafeteria or storage room. At the same time, no obvious ** biochemical laboratory was found. Of course, Alice hadn't gone to the basement yet, but before that, she had to go to the dean's office.

"...Oh, it really is different here."

I noticed it as soon as I opened the door. Although the spacious dean's office, the floor, tables, chairs and benches are not spotless, they are definitely cleaned frequently.

"Look at the bookcase!"

Miyano directly opened the door of the cupboard, and there were thick and heavy books listed there. Eighty-eight out of eight of them were German versions. Miyano didn't know why, but Alice immediately translated the titles of these books sentence by sentence.

"Biology, virology, smallpox... sporobotany, these portfolios..."

From the drawer under the bookcase, Alice took out a series of heavy portfolios. These are definitely all experimental records. After opening the file and taking a glance at it, Alice can confirm this. As for the specific project...

"Wait a minute, Alice." Miyano interrupted her suddenly: "Do you have a creepy feeling?"

Alice raised her head and returned the document she had just taken out to the file bag: "Creepy? No, what do you mean creepy? This place is indeed a bit deserted, an abandoned sanatorium in the deep mountains and old forests... Hey, Shiho, are you scared?"

However, Miyano didn't take her ridicule to heart, instead he shook his body: "Actually, you should feel the most obvious about this... When I got off the car, I felt an awkward feeling of being spied on, like... It's like going into a haunted house. You know what I mean, a real haunted house, the kind where a ghost is sitting there waiting for me to step into a trap... the kind..."

Alice's expression was really unusual. She really didn't feel anything, but seeing the shocked expression on Miyano's face now, it definitely didn't look like she was joking.

Feel like walking into a haunted house?

What the hell is that?