Hospital. In front of the emergency room were two elderly men, a middle-aged woman in her forties, and a young man in his twenties with a red handprint on his cheek that had not yet faded.

The four people were Mr. Drkov, Mr. Leighton, Mrs. Nenito, and Dalziel.

They had been here for a long time, about five hours, but the emergency room had not yet shown any signs of opening.

Mr. Leighton was worried, Mrs. Nenito was just feverish from waiting so long, Mr. Drkov frowned ...