american horror story

Even though it was already past lights-out, a nursing home wouldn't usually be completely dark, especially since Americans are known for their love of wasting things, with regular households often leaving lights on until dawn.

The situation before them made Roy and Wade feel a little strange, but they still stopped the car and walked into the Gospel Nursing Home.

What struck them as odd was that the reception area was also pitch black and completely deserted.

Even if there was a power outage, shouldn't someone be on duty at the entrance?

Roy felt like something was seriously wrong.

"Wade, call your cousin right now!"

Wade had also sensed that something was off, and his hands were shaking as he pulled out his phone.

He quickly redialed the number, but the call connected and was immediately hung up.

"My cousin hung up!"

Just as he finished speaking, Roy and Wade simultaneously heard a woman's scream coming from inside the nursing home.

"Something's happened!"

Roy immediately pulled out his Smith & Wesson M625 revolver.

"Whoa, Roy, you really do carry a gun everywhere!"

Roy glared at Wade. Was this really the time for that?

"America's so dangerous, you think you can go out without a gun?"

Wade nodded repeatedly.

"You're absolutely right, I'm definitely buying a gun when we get back! Roy, what do we do now?"

"I have to get that zopiclone tonight. Do you know where the pharmacy is in this nursing home?"

"Yeah, my cousin took me a few times. But if there aren't any lights, we probably won't be able to see the labels on the medicine."

Wade was still pretty loyal. Hearing what Roy said, he didn't bring up the idea of running away.

"You're right, let's go back to the car and get a flashlight."

Roy led Wade back to the beat-up yellow Chevrolet Camaro, took two flashlights from the trunk, and also quietly conjured up his Remington M870 from his inventory.

"Uh, Roy, you've got two guns now, could you maybe give me one?"

"Do you even know how to use a gun?"

"I went hunting with my dad once when I was little."

Roy rolled his eyes.

"With your skills, I'm more worried you'll accidentally shoot me! Stop talking nonsense and just take me to the pharmacy!"

Roy didn't know what had happened at the Gospel Nursing Home, but he was sure it wasn't anything good. To avoid getting caught up in whatever was going on, he planned to grab the medicine and leave.

Deeper inside the nursing home, Roy and Wade found the hallways in disarray, and they even saw bloodstains.

It looked like there had been a fight here, but the strange thing was that Roy hadn't seen anyone in the several patient rooms they passed.

What on earth had happened here?

"How much further?"

"It's just around the next corner."

At that moment, Roy heard the sound of something being chopped.

"Is someone chopping down a door?"

Rounding the corner, Roy saw a burly man using a short-handled axe to hack at a wooden door.

The guy was covered in bloodstains, which was clearly not normal.

"He's chopping at the pharmacy door!"

Wade's voice caught the strongman's attention. The man stopped swinging the axe and looked at Roy and Wade.

Only then did Roy get a clear look at the strongman's face. It was truly hideous.

"Ugh! How can someone be so ugly! The stuff I get when I have diarrhea is prettier than this guy!"

Wade habitually made a rude comment, but Roy had to admit, the guy had a point.

The strongman's face was absolutely repulsive.

Wade's words seemed to have enraged the deformed strongman, who raised his short-handled axe and charged towards them.

Without a word, Roy raised his Remington M870 and pulled the trigger.

Texas has a "stand your ground" law, meaning that people don't have to retreat when confronted by someone else and can use deadly force if they believe their life is in danger. In such cases, killing someone is considered self-defense.

Bang!

The muzzle flash from the shotgun briefly illuminated the dark hallway. Most of the buckshot hit the deformed giant's body.

However, to Wade's great surprise, the deformed giant on the other side only staggered slightly before continuing to charge towards them.

Roy wasn't too surprised. Having been in the American Horror Story world for a few months, he had already seen too many monsters with high physical stats. Clearly, this deformed person was one of them.

He just didn't know which horror movie this guy was from.

"R-R-Roy, what do we do?"

Watching the deformed giant getting closer and closer, Wade started to panic.

If Roy hadn't been standing calmly in front of him, he probably would have bolted already.

"Hmph, let's just wing it!"

Facing the deformed giant who had rushed right up to him, Roy showed no fear. He ducked under the incoming axe, then swept his leg, directly tripping the man.

After all, this wasn't a boxing match. Roy didn't need to follow any boxing rules. He just needed to take the guy down as quickly as possible.

The deformed giant fell backward, completely unprepared, and was instantly stunned.

Roy quickly snatched the short-handled axe from his hand and tossed it to Wade, then pressed the muzzle of the Remington M870 against the man's forehead and pulled the trigger repeatedly.

Firing a shotgun at point-blank range like that could blast through thin steel plates. Even if the deformed giant was much tougher than an ordinary person, his head was still blown apart like a watermelon.

White brain matter mixed with blood splattered all over the floor.

"Ugh! Roy, how can you be so calm?"

"If you had defeated several perverted killers like I have, you wouldn't panic either."

Hearing this, Wade's face lit up with anticipation. What boy doesn't dream of being a hero?

"Really? Can I do it too?"

"No, you'd just get killed by a perverted killer."

Wade, feeling deflated, was speechless. But Roy had already started walking towards the pharmacy, so he had no choice but to follow.

The pharmacy was probably one of the most important places in the hospital. So, while the other rooms had wooden doors, the pharmacy had two doors: an iron door on the outside and a wooden door on the inside.

That's why the deformed giant hadn't been able to break through the door even after hacking at it for so long with the short-handled axe.

"Why was that deformed guy chopping at the pharmacy door? Did he want to get some drugs to get high?"

Wade's mouth had only been quiet for a moment before it started moving again.

Roy could roughly guess what the deformed man's purpose was, but he didn't say it out loud.

"Stand back, I'm going to break down the door!"

With that, Roy fired his Remington M870 at the lock of the iron door.

The deformed giant had hacked at the door for ages with his short-handled axe without opening it, but Roy had taken care of it with just one shot. That was the power of technology.

Actually, Roy could have picked the lock, but he didn't think it was necessary to show off that skill, and using the shotgun to open the door was faster anyway.

Then, Roy did the same thing, using the shotgun to open the lock of the wooden door inside, and kicked the pharmacy door open.

"Ah—"

Suddenly, someone inside the pharmacy attacked Roy with a glass bottle. Roy instinctively raised his foot and kicked out, sending the person flying backward.

"Wait, that's my cousin Seth!"

"Cough, cough, cough! Wade? Is that you?"

Earlier, Roy had guessed that there might be someone hiding in the pharmacy, which was why he had attracted the deformed man's attack. But he hadn't expected that person to be Wade's cousin, Seth.

"Why wouldn't it be me? We agreed to come get the medicine!"

Seth slapped himself in the face.

"You're right, I guess I was just a little freaked out."

Wade helped Seth up.

"Cousin Seth, what exactly happened at the nursing home?"

"I'm not sure either. After I got your call tonight, I came to the pharmacy to start getting things ready. Then, for some reason, the nursing home suddenly lost power. I left the pharmacy to see what was going on, and I saw those deformed people who were originally locked up in the cells starting to kill everyone!

Phew, luckily I ran fast and got back to the pharmacy to lock the door, otherwise you wouldn't have seen me! Oh, right, someone called me just now, which caused me to be noticed by the deformed person outside. Was that you who called?"

Seth looked at Wade, whose expression was a bit awkward.

"Yeah, I did make the call, but we also took care of that deformed guy at the door!"

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Wade shamelessly included himself in the ranks of those who had killed the deformed person, even more brazen than someone claiming to have scored 83 points in total.

"Alright, let's not talk about useless things. Is the zopiclone I need ready?"

"Of course, I've already divided it into portions."

At this point, Wade's eyes darted around.

"Cousin Seth, besides you, how many other people are still alive in the nursing home?"

"I don't know, maybe everyone else is dead. Wait, are you thinking...?"

Seth noticed Wade's expression and immediately understood what he was getting at.

"Hehe, why not? All these drugs would be worth a lot of money if we sold them!"

As expected of Mr. Wild Card, Wade had come up with a great idea to make some money.

Medicine in America is very expensive, especially for those who don't have health insurance.

If they could take the drugs from the pharmacy out, they could easily make at least a hundred thousand US dollars.

Hearing this, Seth hesitated. The crime they were considering was vastly different from secretly selling drugs before.

They could end up in prison for decades, ruining their bright futures.

But the sight of all those greenbacks was just too tempting for Seth to resist.

"What if the Amalgamated company behind Gospel Nursing Home investigates?"

Roy, who hadn't spoken until now, finally said something.

"I think we should do it. If Amalgamated really investigates, someone will help us cover it up. They just need to inflate the value of the lost drugs tenfold."

Seth looked at Roy in shock. He hadn't expected him to say something like that, but he had to admit that the master of balancing the books would definitely not miss this opportunity.

After thinking for a long time, Seth finally decided to go for it.

"Okay, I'm in."

"Cousin Seth, hurry up and pick out the valuable drugs. Roy's Chevrolet Camaro can't hold that much stuff!"

"I know, I definitely won't be stuffing any saline solution in there!"

Seth and Wade immediately started busying themselves, while Roy was left with nothing to do.

There was no way around it. Seth was a doctor and knew a lot about medicine, and Wade was a drug dealer who also knew something about the value of drugs. Only Roy knew nothing.

However, since Roy was going to get a share of the money, he couldn't just stand around doing nothing. His job was to ensure the safety of Seth and Wade.

"Someone's coming!"

Roy heard some movement and guessed that the sound of the shotgun earlier had attracted someone.

Hearing this, Seth panicked a little.

"What do we do? Should we run now?"

Roy saw that the bags next to Seth and Wade weren't full yet, so he asked, "How much longer until you guys are done?"

Wade answered Roy, even while quickly stuffing drugs into bags.

"Ten minutes, give us ten more minutes and we can go!"

"Okay, I'll give you ten minutes."

With that, Roy walked out of the pharmacy and closed the door behind him.

Seth looked at this scene in shock and stammered as he asked his cousin, "Wade, isn't your friend afraid of death?"

Wade glared at his cousin.

"Roy's not an idiot. He's really strong in a fight. He must be confident to go out there! Instead of worrying about him, you should hurry up and work! If we're not done in ten minutes, Roy will definitely beat us up! He can knock down a cow with one punch!"

Hearing this, Seth shivered and quickly focused on his work.

Roy didn't know that he was seen as so terrifying by Wade. When he walked out of the pharmacy, he saw four or five deformed people surrounding it.

These guys, both male and female, were all burly and hideous-looking. They held various weapons in their hands and looked at Roy with a kind of greedy gaze, like they were looking at food.

"Hmph! I hate the way you're looking at me! Take a closer look!"

Roy released the power of the Shadow of Fear, and a terrifying wave of fear surged forth.

In an instant, all five deformed people were plunged into terror. Although their ugly, deformed faces made it impossible to discern their emotions, Roy could confirm their current state through the feedback of fear he received.

Now's the time!

These deformed people were very resistant to bullets, so Roy didn't waste time and money using the shotgun. After all, 12-gauge shotgun shells cost money.

He took the chainsaw sword out of his inventory. Even without the enhancement from the Son of the Devil transformation, this weapon could easily saw through flesh.

"Die!"

Easily bisecting the nearest deformed person at the waist, Roy then walked towards the second deformed person.

However, at this moment, the remaining four deformed people had already broken free from the effects of Roy's Shadow of Fear. The ability to use Shadow of Fear consecutively had a chance of failure.

Fortunately, Roy also had the ability of the Shadow of Desire. He hadn't tested this ability yet, so today was a good opportunity to try it out.

He released the Shadow of Desire towards the two deformed people furthest away. However, as soon as he used it, Roy began to regret it.

Because after those two hulking figures paused for a moment, they dropped their weapons and started passionately kissing each other. Can you imagine how impactful that scene was?

Two strong men around two meters tall, and incredibly ugly to boot. Roy almost threw up when he saw it.

Those two were even starting to tear each other's clothes off!

Roy realized for the first time that his own skills could actually harm him.

He quickly turned his face away before his stomach felt any worse.

At this moment, the remaining two deformed people, one male and one female, had already rushed in front of him. One was swinging a crude mace, while the other was attacking with a long drill bit they had found somewhere.

Roy easily cut through the two deformed people's weapons with his chainsaw sword, and then sawed off their heads.

After glancing at the appearance of the two deformed people in the distance, Roy dry-heaved again.

"Fuck! Looks like the Shadow of Desire is powerful, but I can't just use it randomly! Dammit, just die!"

(End of this chapter)