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Chapter 3 - chapter 3 : sacrifice of heart

Lakshu stops in his tracks for a moment when he sees him standing in front of him. But then Lakshu gives him a small wave and says hello. After that, Lakshu looks toward his brother and, feeling disappointed, continues taking care of him, deliberately turning his attention away from the girl sitting across from him

After taking care of Rishab, Lakshu leaves him there and heads to his own room to rest.

Later that night, Rishab suddenly wakes up to the sound of something coming from outside. He ignores it at first, but then notices something strange—this time, he doesn't feel any pain at all.

Curious, Rishab slowly gets to his feet and checks his body. The injuries he had suffered earlier are no longer causing him any pain. Looking closely, he realizes that, aside from the marks left behind by his injuries, the rest of his body seems to have completely healed.

After that, Rishab gets up to go to the bathroom. Since he doesn't want to disturb the other people staying in the hospital, he decides to go alone, quietly making his way through the darkness.

Once inside, he washes his hands. But just as he is about to leave, his clothes get caught on the faucet.

Because the bathroom lights are broken, Rishab has to deal with everything in complete darkness. Using the flashlight on his phone, he carefully tries to free the fabric. Ten minutes pass as he struggles to get it unstuck.

Rishab is especially careful because if he tears the clothes, his brother would have to pay for the damage. Thinking about that, he patiently works at the fabric until he finally manages to free it.

He switches off his phone's flashlight and quietly returns to his place.

As he lies down, Rishab thinks that, starting tomorrow, he might finally be able to return to school. Yet one question still lingers in his mind—how had he recovered so quickly?

Unable to find an answer, Rishab eventually stops thinking about it and falls asleep.

The next morning, when Rishab wakes up, he gets out of bed and pulls the curtain aside, intending to step outside.

As he looks ahead, he notices that the floor feels strangely wet beneath his feet. When he looks down properly, he freezes—the floor is covered in blood.

His eyes slowly follow the trail, and he realizes that it is coming from the beds of several patients around him.

For a couple of seconds, Rishab can only stare, completely confused by what he is seeing. Everything feels unreal, almost like a horrible nightmare.

Overwhelmed and not fully aware of what he is doing, Rishab moves toward the window in a daze.

Just then, Lakshu rushes in and stops him before he can do anything dangerous.

Lakshu : "Rishab!"

Lakshu scolds Rishab and tells him to snap out of it. Only then does Rishab finally regain his senses.

"Brother… what is happening here?" Rishab asks, still confused.

"We need to get out of here before the police arrive," Lakshu replies.

This only leaves Rishab even more confused. As Lakshu leads him away, he explains, "If the police come here, we'll have to answer their questions too. We can't stay here."

Lakshu then hands his brother a piece of cloth.

"Cover your face with this. We need to avoid being recognized by the CCTV cameras."

Keeping their faces covered, the two of them manage to leave the hospital without being noticed.

It is around 5:00 a.m. when they finally get away.

Later, at 10:25 a.m., the police arrive at the hospital and begin investigating the scene. However, when they check the CCTV room, they find that the entire system has been damaged.

Even more strangely, all of the footage from the previous night has already been deleted.

Someone had erased it before the police ever arrived.

The police are unable to determine who was responsible for the deaths of the 34 people.

Mr. Mayank Bagesh, a police officer investigating the case, finds the entire situation extremely strange. How could someone kill so many people inside a hospital in a single night—and in such a horrifying manner?

"This couldn't have been the work of just one person," Mayank thinks. "And even if it was someone mentally unstable, there's no reason that would explain why they would kill so many people without any apparent motive."

Meanwhile, Lakshu and Rishab finally make it back home. Both of them are completely exhausted after everything that happened.

Without discussing it any further, they settle down and get some much-needed rest.

Later, the two brothers sit facing each other and begin talking about everything that happened at the hospital.

As they go over the events of the previous night, Lakshu suddenly remembers the girl he had seen there. He had noticed her beside her grandfather's bed, taking care of him. But by the time Lakshu saw her, she was already dead.

The memory leaves Lakshu with a strange feeling, almost as if he has lost something important. He doesn't understand why he is thinking about her so much when they had only met once.

But then, one detail catches their attention.

The girl had been lying on the bed right beside Rishab's.

"So how did you survive?" Lakshu asks.

Rishab doesn't know either. After thinking for a moment, he says, "Maybe… I survived because I had gone to the bathroom when it happened."

Then Rishab turns the question toward Lakshu.

"And what about you? How did you survive?"

Lakshu pauses before answering.

"I was on the rooftop, smoking a cigarette. We weren't supposed to go up there, so when I heard someone coming, I hid."

Rishab looks at him carefully.

"So the person who came to the rooftop…"

Lakshu's expression turns serious.

"Yeah. It must have been the killer."

After the person left the rooftop, Lakshu eventually returned to his bedroom, unaware of what was happening elsewhere in the hospital.

Lakshu had eventually gone to sleep, but he had never seen who the person on the rooftop actually was.

Still, one thing was certain—the person he had seen was alone. Whoever it was had somehow managed to kill all those people in the hospital.

Beyond that, Lakshu couldn't figure out anything else. With no more clues to discuss, the brothers finally ended their conversation.

Before going to rest, Lakshu tells Rishab that he should return to school starting tomorrow.

But then, another thought suddenly crosses his mind.

"If the police somehow find out that we were at the hospital that night, we could get caught too."

After thinking it over, Lakshu decides that they should find a new house where they can live peacefully without attracting attention.

Rishab agrees with him.

For now, that seems like their safest choice.

Suddenly, a man appeared in front of Lakshu and Rishab. It was the same man Lakshu had seen earlier. He looked completely disturbed. His hands were covered in blood, and he was holding a knife.

" I didn't do it... I swear, I didn't do it," he kept repeating.

Rishab barely paid attention to his words. Instead, his eyes were fixed on the man's condition. The blood covering his hands made him extremely nervous.

As soon as the man started moving towards them, Lakshu quickly stepped forward and attacked him. Using his skills, he grabbed the man's knife-holding arm and quickly dislocated it, forcing him to lose control of the weapon.

But the man wasn't ready to give up. He fought back, trying to stop Lakshu, and suddenly bit him.

Lakshu reacted by punching him repeatedly in the face until the man finally let go.

The moment the man released him and covered his face in pain, Lakshu grabbed Rishab and ran away with him.

The disturbed man was left standing there. He looked even more agitated than before. After a moment, he slowly turned around and began walking away.

Next week

After leaving Jaisalmer, Lakshu and Rishab moved to Jaipur, hoping to start a new life together.

Lakshu quickly found a job at a local store. With a stable income, he started making arrangements for Rishab's education. Soon, Rishab got the opportunity to attend school for the first time in his life.

He was genuinely excited. Everything was new to him, and he looked forward to meeting new people and experiencing school life.

However, beneath that excitement, Rishab had something troubling his mind.

He still remembered the girl Lakshu had noticed during their stay at the hospital in Jaisalmer. The very next day, she had been found dead on the hospital floor, right in front of Rishab. Both her hands and her neck had been cut.

Rishab couldn't get that memory out of his head. But there was something else bothering him too.

He felt that Lakshu might have had something to say to that girl, something he never got the chance to express. Perhaps his brother had unknowingly sacrificed his own feelings without even realizing it.

Rishab thought about bringing it up with Lakshu, but then changed his mind.

I don't want to remind him of those memories again. Maybe it's better if we both forget everything and move forward. Perhaps I'm just thinking too much about it.

For now, Rishab decided to leave the past behind and focus on the new life waiting for him in Jaipur.

The next morning, Rishab was on his way to school, thinking about what his new life in Jaipur might be like.

As he walked down the street, he noticed five boys around his age playing football in a nearby alley. Suddenly, one of them kicked the ball directly towards Rishab's face.

Before he could react, the ball hit him.

The boys came closer to retrieve their ball, but then they noticed something unusual about his eye. Ever since the accident, one of Rishab's eyes had looked strange. Although it appeared different, it was still functioning.

The boys started laughing at him.

"Look! A one-eyed poor guy!" one of them shouted.

The others joined in, making fun of his appearance.

Rishab didn't like their comments. He knew that both his eyes were still working, and he didn't understand why they were making fun of him. However, he couldn't do much against five boys on his own.

The boys approached him and grabbed him by his arms. Before Rishab could do anything, they dragged him towards a nearby bushy area filled with garbage. He tried to resist, but they wouldn't let him go.

Once they reached there, they continued holding him while surrounding him.

"Now, let's see what we can do with you to make things interesting," one of them said.

Another boy looked at Rishab and asked, "Have you ever eaten dirt?"

Rishab shook his head, refusing.

The boys looked at each other and began discussing what to do next. They decided to make a game out of it. Their plan was to find as many strange and disgusting things as possible and make Rishab try them.

Whoever came up with something that made Rishab struggle the most to get away would be declared the winner among the five.

To them, it was just a game.

But for Rishab, it was turning into a terrible morning.

Rishab couldn't understand how he had ended up in such a situation. He hadn't said anything to those boys or done anything to them. So why were they treating him this way?

He looked at each of them, hoping someone would change their mind, but none of them seemed interested in letting him go.

Just then, one of the boys bent down and took off his shoe. He pulled out his sock and held it up in front of Rishab with a mischievous grin.

"Let's see if you've ever tasted something like this," he said.

Rishab stared at the sock, immediately realizing what the boy was planning to do. He tried to move away, but the other boys were still holding him tightly.

"You're poor anyway. You probably eat garbage just to fill your stomach, so what's the difference?" the boy said with a cruel smile.

Rishab looked at him in disgust and tried desperately to pull away, but the other boys held him tightly. The boy slowly brought the dirty sock closer to his mouth.

"Stay still!" You new guy

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