luo jia shan ju

Chapter 49 Sanatorium

  The mansion was equipped with the most advanced and secure security system. Zoey chose two of the largest and most comfortable guest rooms for them to rest in. Logically, the two should have been able to get a good night's sleep.

  Perhaps due to jet lag, both Fatty and Han Yu experienced some degree of insomnia that night.

  Early in the morning, the nanny arrived to clean up the mess from the previous night and prepare breakfast. Zoey and Han Yu were already up and eating.

  Fatty only came downstairs after finishing his morning routine just as Zoey and Han Yu were nearly done. He devoured his sandwich like a whirlwind, drank two glasses of oatmeal milk, and surprisingly finished his breakfast at the same time as Zoey and Han Yu.

  Zoey and Han Yu were amazed by Fatty's eating speed.

  Without delay, the three headed straight to their destination. Zoey drove her own car out of the garage. Fatty, upon seeing the nice car, considered driving it, but then remembered he didn't have an American driver's license and abandoned the idea.

  "Not bad, Miss Foreign, you've invested quite a bit in your car," Fatty said enviously.

  "Yeah, wasn't I stuck in cars until my butt was smoking when I was running away in China? Now that things are better, I have to enjoy myself."

  Fatty rarely heard such a playful tone from Zoey, thinking she was in a good mood today.

  Zoey drove the car, turning left and right in the wealthy neighborhood, but didn't seem to leave the area after driving for a while. Zoey adjusted the rearview mirror and said to Fatty and Han Yu, "That car behind us has been following us since we left. I've driven around this neighborhood several times, and it's still behind us."

  Unable to shake it off, Zoey drove directly to the company and switched to a car that had barely been driven in a hidden underground garage.

  This time, the car tracking Zoey and the others lost its target, and Zoey could finally set off in peace.

  Fatty joked, "Miss Foreign, are you still living in 'Mission: Impossible' every day since you came back to America? By the way, who are these people tracking and monitoring you?"

  "Who else could it be but Daniel's old subordinates?" Zoey said casually, gripping the steering wheel with both hands. "Some people simply don't believe the story we painstakingly concocted, which we thought was flawless. They think I killed Daniel and fabricated this story."

  Zoey leaned back in her seat, adjusting to a comfortable position. "They didn't give up and even went to Devil's Gulch to investigate privately. Although 'Water Drop' was gone, the avalanche completely covered the place with snow. They even tried to dig through the mountain and build tunnels to find a passage, but they found nothing."

  "At first, I was very worried that they would discover the underground palace, but the underground palace mysteriously disappeared. No matter how deeply they dug, it was all rocks and dirt, and they didn't even see those yellow substances, let alone anything else." Zoey sighed. "Hey, now I can't even be sure if the underground palace in the Himalayas and the Gak Ye Divine Kingdom really exist, or if all the previous experiences were just my illusions."

  Fatty said, "If it was an illusion, it was a collective illusion. Fatty here has a great memory. How can something I personally experienced be fake?"

  Zoey continued, "For a while, I seriously doubted my own memory, because those things we discovered before were never passed down to the world. There was almost no evidence that they ever existed. But…"

  Zoey paused and continued, "...but recently, a bizarre incident occurred in Charleston, USA. I don't know why the Z organization suddenly became particularly interested in this matter and specifically asked me to track and investigate it."

  "It wasn't until I met that survivor that I realized that this matter was not as simple as I thought."

  "If the Z organization discovers the secret, not just me, but all three of us will be finished."

  …

  Zoey revealed all the difficulties she was facing at once. Fatty and Han Yu were stunned, especially Fatty. He thought that everything had settled down after returning to China from Nepal, but he never expected that the three of them would be in such a crisis.

  "Damn it, one thing after another. Let's wipe out the Z organization," Fatty waved his fist in the air.

  Zoey was amused by Fatty and chuckled, saying, "The important parts and important figures of the Z organization have specially hired professional mercenaries from Blackwater to carry out security tasks, all with advanced military equipment. What are you going to fight them with?"

  Blackwater is a private military and security consulting company, born from the American military-industrial complex, with the black bear claw as its symbol. It is one of the three major private security companies cooperating with the U.S. government, founded in 1997 by several retired veterans of the U.S. Navy SEALs.

  Fatty had heard of Blackwater's reputation, but he stubbornly refused to admit defeat, insisting on winning back some face, "Let them come one by one. Fatty here is a free-fighting champion. When it comes to one-on-one fights, I'm not afraid of anyone."

  Zoey waved her hand at Fatty and said sharply, "If you can take on a rocket launcher one-on-one, I'll take you to the Z organization's branch right now and let you have a go."

  When Fatty heard that Zoey was serious, he immediately became honest. He glanced awkwardly at Han Yu and found that Han Yu's attention was not on him, which relieved his burden a lot.

  Han Yu pondered for a while and said, "Although it's incredible, I probably know who you're taking us to see."

  …

  The car sped along the wide road at nearly a hundred miles per hour, heading away from the city.

  After driving for about two hours, Zoey and the others arrived at their destination – a high-end sanatorium located in a remote suburb.

  Zoey had already arranged someone at the entrance. This person was none other than Li Decha. Li Decha guided the car to a hidden corner inside the sanatorium. After getting out of the car, they walked through a secluded corridor covered in green vines and came to a metal door with access control. Zoey first verified her fingerprint, then entered a series of passwords, and finally swiped a keycard before the access control opened.

  After seeing this series of complicated operations, Fatty couldn't help but complain, "Is the American President Bush locked up in here? If Bush is really locked up in here, I'll be your little brother from now on."

  At this time, Zoey wished she could transform into Hyuga Hinata of the Hyuga clan and use her Byakugan to kill Fatty. "Those who live here are basically vvvvvips. Ordinary people don't know about this place, and even if they do, they can't get in."

  Behind the metal door was only a downward staircase, guarded by a fully armed guard.

  Fatty muttered softly, "Is it necessary? It's so tightly guarded that even a fly can't fly in."

  After going down two flights of stairs, the group came to a long underground corridor. Although the lighting was sufficient and the floor and walls were decorated in a high-end manner, it still gave people a gloomy feeling.

  After passing through the corridor, they came to a fork in the road. One side was an upward staircase, also equipped with an elevator, leading directly to the ground, and the other side was a downward staircase without an elevator.

  Zoey pointed to the elevator and the upward staircase and said, "This is the way to visit the vvvvvips."

  After speaking, Zoey made a "follow me" gesture and walked towards the downward staircase that didn't know where it led.

  After going down two more floors, the group came to a metal door again. Zoey opened the door according to the previous three-step operation.

  Fatty couldn't help but complain again, "The owner of this sanatorium is really bored, with layers upon layers of security, built like a maze. I would believe it if you told me it was a prison for Saddam."

  At this time, Li Decha quietly said to Fatty, "The owner is Zoey."

  After being embarrassed, Fatty became honest, didn't say a word, and followed Zoey obediently.

  After walking for a while, the group came to an ordinary door. Zoey knocked on the door, and a voice inside said, "Come in."

  Zoey pushed the door open and entered.