Chapter 101


    "You have evidence? Hmph, what evidence could you have!"


    The High Priest Holna, irritated, huffed and puffed like a pressure cooker desperately boiling water with a faulty valve. Garrett remained unfazed, gesturing outward.


    "Please!"


    Evidence, huh? Garrett led the way, and a group of people followed him into the rear hall with a mor. Evidence? He had long prepared for it. High Priest Holna hurried footsteps, looking like he wanted to catch Garrett and get rid of him immediately. Elder Elwin Wilkinson followed at a leisurely pace, looking confident.


    Bald Bishop nced ahead, then at Elder Elwin Wilkinson, his expression anxious, as if wanting to scratch his head.


    "Hey, what has your apprentice stirred up again? Didn''t he just finish messing with rabbits!"


    Elder Elwin Wilkinson gave him a mysterious smile.


    The rear hall of the Radiant Cathedral was at the deepest part of the church. Passing the altar and the statue of the Radiant Lord, there was a semi-circr hall behind. Three years ago, this was the lounge before the grand ceremony held by the main priest of the church, and also the ce where high-ranking priests gathered. The walls were decorated magnificently, thick and soft carpets covering the floor like a pit when stepped on.


    Now the room was filled with files, stacks of them, at least a few hundred. Arge mapy on the central long table, adorned with various small gs on it. When Garrett and the others entered, several priests were holding files, busy back and forth.


    "Patient record for bed 318!"


    "Received!  Fell ill two days ago! Lives on South Small Street, near George''s Uncle Bakery on East Cross Street!"


    "Patient record for bed 319!"


    "Received!  Fell ill yesterday, husband had diarrhea three days ago, recovered the next day! Lives on Kelvin Street, near Freya''s Tailor Shop!"


    The priests, with pale faces and trembling legs, had just finished using their healing spells for the day, thinking they could rest. Instead, Garrett threw them into new work  asking for medical histories, writing patient records,paring them with the narratives of the patients'' families, and organizing the onset conditions.


    Oh, and the format for writing patient records was something Garrett hastily provided to them  one at the entrance to the rear hall, one for severe cases, and one for mild cases. Paste them on therge wooden rack and copy them yourselves.


    If something was missing, they had to go back and rewrite it.


    Garrett nced at their disheveled appearance with a smirk. Asking for medical histories, writing patient records  which medical student hasn''t gone through this? Since they followed me to study anatomy and improved the effectiveness of healing spells using my methods, then let them be junior doctors for me!


    Hehehe...


    Feeling good!


    The priests rushed around, one by one reporting numbers, and one by one, gs were inserted onto the map. The bald bishop leaned over to look, and Garrett immediately followed, pointing to the side.


    "Red indicates those who fell ill today... yellow is yesterday, blue is the day before yesterday... ck? ck is from seven days ago, the earliest case found so far..."


    Obviously, the ck gs on the map were the sparsest. However, High Priest Holna, standing beside the map, looked at the scattered ck gs with a dark expression, wanting to curse.


    One or two gs weren''t obvious. With hundreds of gs together, anyone familiar with Harnd City could see at a nce: those ck gs formed a semicircle centered around the Spring Goddess''s temple, which was nourished by the clean water source for the entire city. And then, on the sixth day, fifth day, fourth day... they spread outward in rings.


    What''s worse, the first servant in the temple fell ill eight days ago...


    In front of the two leaders of the two religious factions, these ck gs, one by one, felt like ps on Holna''s face.


    This little guy is detestable!


    How did hee up with this method? If we don''t put up gs and just flip through records page by page, without even asking the patients, who knows who the first patient was!


    Garrett looked at the expression on the High Priest''s face, lowered his head, and rolled his eyes secretly.


    Investigating an epidemic is not easy for me! Investigating the source of infection, finding patient zero, is not easy for me!


    Wu wu wu, in my previous life, when a case appeared, there was a whole CDC, dozens of people surrounding him, and the trajectory was announced clearly within 24 hours. Now, investigating more than three hundred people alone!


    I am a clinical doctor!


    I am not the CDC!


    I am not someone from the Health Commission!


    Studying health administration, joining those people from the Health Commission, even practicing physicians don''t qualify!


    If High Priest Holna heard Garrett''s inner thoughts, he would definitely want to kill him on the spot. Unfortunately, he was a priest, not a mage, and hadn''t learned the magic of "thought detection." So, all he was thinking about was the current crisis:


    The gue started from the fountain; this is something that cannot be admitted! If people find out that the temple of the Spring Goddess, nourishing the entire city with clean water, is the source of this gue, the faith in the goddess will suffer a heavy blow!


    As High Priest Holna pondered, his face darkened:


    "Nonsense! These words are spoken by the patients themselves, how can they be taken as evidence! Those confused patients, their words can be used to use the temple? Are you trying to spheme the goddess by repeatedly using us!"


    "Holna!" Elder Elwin Wilkinson stepped forward, pulling his disciple behind him. However, Garrett, ungrateful, took a step forward, revealing half of himself behind Elder Elwin Wilkinson:


    "Your Excellency High Priest, I have no intention of questioning the temple, let alone spheming the goddess. All I''ve done is try to find the source of the gue and stop this disaster as soon as possible  believing in the mercy of the goddess, hoping that her people will not be disturbed by the disease."


    "Smooth talk!" The High Priest coldly snorted. Garrett turned around and pointed to the map:


    "The patient''s statement can indeed only be used as a preliminary reference and cannot be used to use the temple.


    But, you''ve seen the results of the rabbit experiment, and you''ve seen the process of patient spread.


    Should we temporarily refrain from allowing people to fetch water from the fountain at the temple entrance, what do you think?"


    High Priest Holna''s gaze was heavy. To be reasonable, both pieces of evidence were right in front of him. To be unreasonable, both the Radiant Church and the War God''s temple were this guy''s backers. He took a deep breath and flicked his sleeve:


    "Before, you said you had no intention of questioning the temple?"


    "Indeed!"


    "Fine!  Then prove to me that this gue has nothing to do with the temple!"


    What?


    With the temple?


    Now, with arge amount of evidence pointing to the Spring Goddess''s temple, you want me to fake evidence, making it difficult for me!


    Rest assured, if it is proven that the gue originated from the temple, I will definitely present irrefutable evidence!


    Garrett''s face suddenly became serious. He bowed gently, but his tone was firm and decisive:


    "I seek only the truth  always the truth. Since you are concerned about the origin of the gue, rest assured, I will present irrefutable evidence!"


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