A corpse. Do you detect an aura?” The doctor didn’t waver in the slightest. The leader fell silent. The aura detector showed nothing at all. That face was nothing more than a beautiful mask. He’d known it from the start, and was only trying to get back at the doctor for showing him up before. “Sure, it’s a dead body. But what’s it doing here?” “I brought it with me.” “You what?” “The poor thing died of an unusual disease,” he said, gently patting the pale face. “I meant to examine him more thoroughly at my hospital, but ran out of time. I was afraid if I just let him be, the rampaging bacteria would leave me nothing to work with.” “You talking about an infectious disease?” scowled the leader. “Let’s get going,” said one of his men, moving toward the door. “Hold on a second.”
