Ethan sighed. When he heard the young cop's footsteps, he had already felt something was off.

People have different height, weight, and ways of walking, so their footsteps sound a bit different.

This young cop's steps were much heavier than normal—just like the man who tried to kill him.

At first, Ethan thought it was just a coincidence. But when he asked the blonde nurse, he found out this cop had been waiting for him to wake up.

Normally, shouldn't he first question the people who woke up earlier?

The blonde nurse fell asleep before Ethan and woke up before him, so the others who fell asleep should have woken up too.

Maybe the young cop had teammates and they already questioned the other patients.

But he acted like Ethan had definitely seen the faces of those two men.

Ethan let out a quiet sigh. The real world was becoming more dangerous than Dawnfall Online.

The monster's handprint on the windowsill last night, and the sudden kidnapping today, made Ethan even more desperate to grow stronger in real life.

He didn't want to face danger again while unable to fight back.

Power. He needed enough power to protect himself.

Ethan slowly got up, left the bed, stood facing the young cop, and said in a low voice:

"Who are you, really?"

The young officer smiled and said casually: "You don't have the right to know. As a regular person, it's already pretty good that you figured out I came to kill you."

"But your attempt to fight back is just ridiculous."

"Even bullets can't hurt me. Do you think your fruit knife is better than a bullet? Hahahahaha."

The young officer laughed without any fear. The soundproofing in this luxurious single room was pretty good. If that nurse hadn't left just now, he would have been able to kill another person.

At that moment, Ethan was holding the fruit knife and slowly walking toward him.

The officer's eyes showed a hint of contempt. This kind of foolish move—trying to hit a stone with an egg—was too stupid.

Suddenly, the room went dark.

Ethan wasn't trying to fight the enemy head-on. He had left the bed to turn off the lights.

Even though the lights were off, there was still some light coming in from the door gap and the moon outside, so the room wasn't completely dark.

The officer blinked, trying to get used to the sudden darkness.

At that moment, Ethan had already moved from his spot and attacked.

"Clang!"

The fruit knife hit the officer's throat, making a clear, metallic sound, like it had hit steel.

The officer sneered and said: "You already knew who I was, so why are you still making such a stupid move?"

Ethan stayed silent. He was about to attack again, but the officer clenched his fist and hit Ethan right in the stomach.

Fast!

That punch was too fast!

Faster than even the quickest pro boxer — there was no way to fight back.

Ethan fell to the ground, feeling like his stomach had been pierced. His whole body bent up, and he couldn't control it.

A line of blood came out of his mouth and dripped onto the floor.

Ethan looked under the bed and then slowly stood up. He asked: "Do you think you'll die today?"

The young officer was surprised for a second. It was like he had heard the biggest joke of his life. His face showed a big, strange smile as he said:

"Me? You can't kill me, even if I just stand here."

Ethan stood up slowly, holding the fruit knife tightly. He shook his head and said: "It's not just me."

In the next second, a pair of pale green eyes suddenly appeared behind the young officer.

"Meow!"

The calico cat jumped quickly onto the officer's head. It used its sharp claws to scratch his face again and again.

But no matter how hard the cat tried, its claws only left white marks on the man's face. It couldn't hurt him at all.

But at that moment, Ethan was already right next to the officer.

The officer noticed Ethan's move, but he didn't take him seriously. Just like he said, even if he stood still and let Ethan attack, he wouldn't be hurt.

Ethan took a deep breath and didn't hesitate. He raised the fruit knife and swung it.

"Thud!"

In the dark, the sound of the knife cutting into flesh was heard.

The officer's smug smile disappeared. Pain made his face twist. He wanted to push Ethan away, but Ethan didn't let go of the chance.

He pulled the knife out of the officer's right eye and quickly stabbed it into his left one!

This time, the knife went in deeper and was much more deadly.

The young officer slowly knelt on the ground. He tried to say something, but blood and brain fluid were slowly flowing out of his bloody eye sockets.

A few seconds later, he stopped breathing completely. His face showed a look of anger and disbelief.

Ethan took a deep breath. He quickly pulled the bedsheet over the man's head, trying to stop the blood and brain fluid from flowing onto the floor.

He turned on the light. Then he saw the calico cat slowly walking toward his legs. He bent down and gently rubbed its head, saying:

"It seems the medicine not only made your body stronger, but also made you smarter a little bit."

When Ethan was lying on the bed, he heard a creaking sound under the bed. He immediately knew it was the cat waking up.

He hadn't expected it to be able to push open the iron bars of the cage and escape on its own.

At the moment Ethan fell to the ground, he saw the cat had already gotten out of the cage and was moving silently behind the young officer.

Without the cat, even if Ethan had noticed the enemy's weakness, it would have been hard to kill him so quickly.

When the hospital security guards started shooting, Ethan clearly saw the fake officer close his eyes right away.

At that moment, Ethan already realized that the enemy must have skin with super strong protection.

He remembered seeing a movie where someone used a strong electric shock to attack a nearly invisible person with high defense.

But there was no such equipment in the room. That's why Ethan asked the blonde nurse to get him a fruit knife.

As for calling the police or running away, Ethan didn't even think about it. If he made any strange move, the fake officer would definitely kill him and the nurse without hesitation.

"Meow~"

The calico cat stayed by Ethan's leg and gave a soft cry. Then it looked toward the door, as if telling Ethan that someone was coming.

Ethan looked at the cat, then quickly wrapped the body in the bedsheet and moved it to the bathroom. He locked the door.

But the room still had a faint smell of blood, and it wouldn't go away for a while.

Ethan thought for a moment, then without hesitation, he took off his gloves and pressed on his finger, which had started to heal a little.

Right away, the clean bandage was once again covered in blood.

Ethan patted the calico cat on the head and pointed to the window. He whispered: "Make some noise outside, okay?"

The cat seemed to understand him. It jumped onto the window and disappeared.

A second later, someone knocked on the door. The blonde nurse's voice came in: "Mr. Ethan, Mr. Ethan, you..."

She didn't finish her sentence. The door was kicked open right away.

A group of men in black suits stood at the door. They kept their hands behind their backs and looked around the room carefully.

Ethan sat on the bed, surprised. He quickly asked: "Who are you? What are you doing?"

The men in black didn't answer. Instead, they quickly walked toward the open window and looked outside carefully.

At that moment, a strange sound came from the darkness below the window.

One of the men said immediately: "Go after him! He's not far away!"

The others ran out right away. Only one man and one woman stayed behind in the room.

The man looked at Ethan and was about to say something, but then he suddenly stopped.

He sniffed the air, his nose moving up and down with curiosity.

Ethan moved a little, and the blood-stained bandage was now in the blonde nurse's view.

She gasped and said: "Mr. Ethan, what happened to you?"

"Your hand is hurt. Let me take care of it."

The man's eyes were on Ethan's hand. He asked: "Sir, what did that police officer say to you just now?"

Ethan looked careful and answered: "The police told me not to tell anyone. Who are you? Why did you kick the door open like that?"

At that moment, the woman in black pulled out an ID card and said to Ethan: "We work for a special government group. The police officer earlier was fake."

Ethan looked at the card for a while. He wasn't sure if it was real. His face showed clear hesitation.

The man in black got a little impatient. He kept looking around the room and finally stopped his eyes on the bathroom. It looked like he was going to use the toilet.