George Stacy and Arthur Stacy's hospital beds were in the same room.
After Dr. Stephen Strange successfully rescued them, George and Arthur spent their first day in the intensive care unit, and only on the second day, which was today, were they transferred from the intensive care unit to a regular ward.
New Amsterdam Hospital, considering the special identities of George and Arthur, plus the overwhelming number of police officers crowding the corridor, simply cleared out the twenty-third floor, which was originally a flexible floor, specifically for George and Arthur.
When Detective Beckett arrived at the ward, she happened to see George on the bed attempting to get up.
"Slow down."
Kate quickly stepped forward, helping Helen support George, who wanted to sit up: "The Doctor said if the bullet had shifted up even a little, you wouldn't have been so lucky."
This was what Dr. Stephen Strange said after he came out yesterday.
As Kate spoke, her curiosity deepened even further.
First, there was the Fugu Toxin bullet that could make people appear dead.
Then, there was the bullet's impact point.
If the Fugu Toxin bullet was a coincidence, then what about the bullet's impact point?
That couldn't still be a coincidence, could it?
Although Killer King had been famous for less than three years, Kate had seen the data; Killer King's marksmanship was excessively good.
So...
No doubt.
George and Arthur's survival was not an accident, but Killer King's deliberate act.
But...
Why?
This was something Kate couldn't understand no matter how much she thought about it, and at the same time, it was another purpose for Kate to visit George today.
No.
Kate had another purpose for visiting George today.
George's wife, Helen Stacy, was a very intelligent woman; after helping Kate support her husband George, she merely glanced at Kate's expression and immediately knew they wanted to talk.
"I'll step out for a moment."
"Okay."
Kate watched Helen leave the ward, then turned her gaze to George, who was sitting up: "The Department of Homeland Security took Alex Wylanck's body."
George was slightly stunned.
"When?"
"At night."
This was also something Kate only found out this morning; last night, three agents claiming to be from the Department of Homeland Security, armed with documents from the Department of Justice, took away Alex Wylanck's body, which had turned a vibrant green for unknown reasons.
As Kate spoke, she took out her phone from her pocket, tapped it twice, found a photo, and showed the phone screen to George: "You must have seen this person too, right?"
George looked at the phone screen in Kate's hand.
The photo on the screen was a screenshot from the forensic office's surveillance video; in the screenshot, there was a middle-aged man wearing black sunglasses, a black suit, and even a bit of a receding hairline.
Phil Coulson.
George nodded, took Kate's phone, and carefully looked at Phil Coulson in the photo: "I saw this person's ID, Agent Coulson, from the Department of Homeland Security. At the time, he used the reason of a biochemical leak potentially endangering national security, along with Department of Justice documents, to take away the Butcher's body."
"This time, they took Alex Wylanck's body for the same reason."
Kate shrugged, but her tone seemed very relaxed; she turned her head to look at the ward door, ensuring no one was coming in, then looked at George and said: "Yesterday, I asked Dr. Morgan to perform an autopsy, sample collection, and analysis on the body overnight. So, even if the Department of Homeland Security took the body, we can still find out what exactly happened."
He was a person when he was alive.
But after he died, he directly turned into a green monster.
"Is it related to the two monsters that caused trouble in New York City last year?"
"Very likely."
If there was anything green that left a deep impression, then the Hulk versus Abomination battle that took place in New York City last year was undoubtedly it.
"However..."
George frowned, returning the phone to Kate: "If it's related to those two monsters from last year, then it should involve the Military's secret experiments. Logically speaking, the Department of Homeland Security shouldn't need to get involved."
After the Hulk versus Abomination battle last year, the Military took the blame. So, if these two green bodies are related to the Military this time, then it should be the Military who sends people.
Kate shook her head: "We'll know tomorrow after Dr. Morgan's lab results come out. Compared to that, I'm more curious why Killer King didn't target you, George, and Arthur. Wasn't Alex Wylanck his employer?"
George was completely baffled by the green body, and even more so by this question: "I don't know."
"Did Killer King say anything to you?"
"No."
George shook his head, thinking about what happened in an instant yesterday: "From Killer King entering the room to firing, it took less than five seconds. His gun was very fast."
At the New York Police Department, George held the record for drawing his gun in one second and emptying a clip in another second.
But yesterday...
Killer King drew his gun faster than him, and even emptied the clip faster than him.
"And..."
George looked down at the gauze wrapped around his chest, below his heart. To be able to draw a gun in one second and accurately aim in an instant: "His marksmanship is terrifying."
Kate was noncommittal: "We've already investigated thoroughly. Killer King disguised himself as an officer from another precinct, used anesthetic to incapacitate the guards in the interrogation corridor, then used the same anesthetic darts to deal with our colleagues in the observation room. After that, he went to the interrogation room. It took him less than two minutes from entering the interrogation corridor to reaching the interrogation room. Although the surveillance in the interrogation room was destroyed, from the corridor surveillance, he stayed in the interrogation room for five minutes before coming out."
If what George said was true, then at least four and a half minutes in the interrogation room were blank.
"But that's not right."
Kate frowned, thinking: "If Killer King talked to Alex Wylanck and then, unhappily, pretended to kill you and Arthur, that's understandable, but..."
George continued Kate's words: "So you think Killer King is someone we know."
"No!"
Kate shook her head, looking at George: "Not someone we know."
George looked at Kate.
Kate said in a deep voice: "When did Killer King appear?"
George's head snapped up, looking at Kate.
Kate didn't speak.
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