nycdaug Chapter 124 Percy* Escape from the Pure White Cage
Chapter 124 Percy* Escape from the Pure White Cage
While Nicholas and Ricard were asleep, Bai Yexiu went to the backyard to meet Vermouth, because he had another important matter to attend to on his trip.
……
The next morning, as soon as Nicholas and Ricard came downstairs, they saw Bai Yexiu standing in the middle of the living room, looking rather serious.
"Sir, what's wrong?" Nicholas asked first.
"I have a little surprise for you all today." After saying this, Bai Yexiu clapped his hands mysteriously.
Nicholas and Ricard exchanged a glance, both somewhat puzzled.
Until, a living person crawled out from under the living room table!
The scene was so sudden that Nicholas and Rickard instinctively reached for their guns, but then they spotted the familiar hospital gown...
“Passi??” Ricard was shocked.
"Lord Ricard!" Percy suddenly rushed forward and tackled Ricard to the ground: "I can now officially become your subordinate!"
"Get up! Percy!" Ricard shouted in a panic as he was tackled to the ground by a man for the first time.
"No, no, no~!" Percy rubbed against Ricard even more aggressively, immediately making Ricard blush and feel disgusted.
Vermouth arrived unnoticed and chuckled upon seeing the scene. Everyone except Percy and Ricard couldn't help but laugh, filling the room with a lighthearted and joyful atmosphere.
But soon, Bai Yexiu's smile vanished.
Because after Percy got up from Ricard, he pounced on Bai Yexiu.
"Lord Jundu, you are my great benefactor!"
Watching the human body moving rapidly toward him, Bai Yexiu's lips twitched. After being chased around the living room twice with a black line on his face, he resignedly let Percy hug him and rub against him.
At this moment, Percy was like an enthusiastic big dog, clinging to Bai Yexiu and rubbing against him. Bai Yexiu finally couldn't resist taking out a vial of anesthetic from his pocket and injecting it into his neck.
Looking at Percy collapsed on the ground, Bai Yexiu sighed and rubbed his forehead.
Oh no, I kind of regret getting Percy out of the mental hospital.
“Sir, has Percy joined our task force? But the doctor will find him…” Ricard voiced his concerns.
Although he really liked Percy, Percy was a mental patient who had killed several people. If he escaped from the hospital, he would definitely be wanted by the police, right?
Bai Yexiu said nothing and pressed the TV switch.
At that moment, a news report was playing on television—
"A small fire broke out at St. Belarus Mental Hospital in the early hours of last night. Preliminary investigations have revealed that the cause was a mental patient who set himself on fire in his ward. A charred male corpse, unrecognizable, was found at the scene. The source of the self-immolation device is still under investigation."
The news report also showed scenes of Parcy's attending physician and some nurses weeping.
“How could he? Percy was such a positive and kind person! So what if he was mentally ill… I’ve been with him for years, and before he even recovered… Waaah… I even made a promise with him that if he got better, he would study medicine and work with me…” Percy’s attending physician cried.
After reading the news, Ricard suddenly noticed the dark circles under Bai Yexiu's eyes and instantly understood what he had done last night.
“My lord, so you are…” Nicholas had clearly noticed Bai Yexiu’s condition as well, and his eyes showed more concern.
“Next, I will work with the research team here to perform plastic surgery on Percy, so that he can officially join us, and he will have a new codename—Jack Ross,” Bai Yexiu said.
The people present were all stunned for a moment.
Although the organization's codenames can be reused, wasn't Jack Ross the person Lord Cointreau was most upset about? How could the Lord give that codename to another person?
Seeing the group's stunned expressions, Bai Yexiu smiled and explained, "The matter is resolved, shouldn't we all let go of the past? The old Jason is dead and no longer Jack Ross. Now Percy is the new Jack Ross!"
A hint of joy flashed in Ricard's and Nicholas's eyes.
They knew Jason was a thorn in Bai Yeshou's side, and Bai Yeshou's transformation surprised and delighted them.
Bai Yexiu grabbed Paxi's ankle from the ground, made a phone call, and then dragged the unconscious Paxi toward the door.
The door slammed shut, and Ricard and Nicholas exchanged a glance, their eyes brimming with undisguised joy.
After all, they really liked Percy, but they had previously been unable to give him a code name to work with them because of his special status as a mental patient (Percy would be recognized wherever he went). Now their wish has come true, and Percy will live a completely new life.
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On the way to the hospital for the surgery, Percy, who had been sleeping halfway through the journey in the back seat of the car, woke up and saw Bai Yeshu sitting next to him with his arms crossed and his eyes closed, seemingly resting.
"woke up?"
The boy didn't open his eyes, but he clearly sensed the gaze that Percy was casting at him.
"I've been injected with sedatives and anesthetics so many times when I was in the hospital, I've developed a resistance to them," Percy said with a nonchalant smile as he sat up straight.
Percy now looked like a rational, normal person, completely unlike his crazy self in the safe house. Despite his messy hair and unshaven face, he looked like a composed 30-year-old man, even though he was only 24.
“If I’m not mistaken,” Bai Yeshu looked at Percy with a probing gaze, “you used to be a genius, didn’t you?”
"..." Percy paused for a moment, a hint of approval appearing in his eyes. He smiled and sighed, watching the scenery rushing past the window as he began to speak...
"When I was 17, I raised a seemingly absurd question, and I not only proved its validity but also made some contributions to it. However, my professor and classmates who were intellectually on par with me thought I was crazy."
"However, while they looked down on what I had researched, they were plotting how to get their hands on it."
"They succeeded because of their illustrious family background and abundant wealth. They divided up my research results and earned huge fortunes and social prestige. I, on the other hand, am just a child from an ordinary family. I simply cannot compete with those big shots from prominent families."
At this point, Percy clenched his fists in resentment, his eyes filled with grief and indignation.
"I tried to defend my rights, I tried to question them, I tried to reclaim what I had achieved, but it only further confirmed that I was insane. In one argument, they preemptively accused me, bribing the psychiatrist brought in by the police to falsify my test results, claiming I had severe schizophrenia."
As Percy finished speaking, he couldn't help but laugh, seemingly amused by the dramatic events he had experienced.
“I spent a year in the hospital and was later released. But I was unwilling to accept it, so I made some mistakes in a moment of impulse. This time I became an extremely dangerous patient and was kept in the intensive care unit for many years. Only I knew that I was not sick. However, being kept there for several years and subjected to forced treatment every day would have made me sick even if I wasn’t. In the end, I didn’t even know if I was a patient anymore.”
"I was surprised to find that the world inside the mental hospital was pure white, unpolluted by the black water outside. Many patients were very kind, and they all lived in their own world."
“My life was ruined the moment I was framed and sent to a mental hospital. So when I got my revenge and was sent back, I became increasingly indifferent, and going crazy was a common occurrence. Until one time I escaped and met Ricard and you…”
Bai Yexiu listened quietly the whole time.
There's a saying, "Genius is on the left, madness is on the right," and Percy is a genius who is constantly switching between the extremes of genius and madness due to the pressure of reality. Every time he goes crazy, he is venting his dissatisfaction with this dark world.
Now, Percy will no longer be imprisoned in that pure white world.
In the early hours of last night, in the stark white of the monitoring ward, Bai Yexiu asked him: "Are you willing to return to your original world with a new identity? Your past will die forever in this room where you were imprisoned for 6 years."
Percy, who was grinning foolishly at Bai Yeshu just a second ago, suddenly became expressionless.
“I hate this room. My past is a mess, and I wish I could bury it here forever. Sir, please take me away.”
Yes, for Percy, whose heart was numb, the hospital was a white cage, where his life and his talent were stifled.
He was both grateful to the cage for allowing him to discover the pure white world, and hated the cage for leaving him with nothing.
He would rather escape into the dark world again.
……
The car has arrived at its destination.
This remote pharmaceutical factory serves as a base for the research team on the British side.
Percy smelled the strong odor of alcohol in the operating room and a smile appeared on his face.
Despite his unshaven beard, the 24-year-old still exuded a youthful and untamed spirit.
A new life is about to begin for Percy O'Dore.
Percy was excited and smiling as the anesthetic took effect and he fell into a deep sleep.