The Good Doctor

**The Good Doctor** is the third case in *Murderworlds: Crimson County*. It takes place in Wellington Bay, and Alessio assists in the investigation.

## The Good Doctor

### Partner(s)

Alessio Amato  (All Chapters)
 Alyssa Santos  (1 Task In Chapter 3; Beginnings By The Sea 2)

## Plot

A week after the events of the previous case, Alessio and the player arrive outside the Gustave Mink Memorial Hospital for some secret surveillance of the location, as Alessio rattles on about how the hospital was where the first uterine transplant took place, and specialises in all sorts, including reproductive health, orthopaedics and oncology. Alessio and the player then decide to stop messing around and speak to the hospital's Chief Of Staff, Dr. Anton Szymanska, as they head to his office on the fifth floor, only to find him dead with a gunshot wound to the head, therefore commencing a murder investigation upon Chief Bane being informed.

Mid-investigation, Jae-hyun Cho panicked when one of the hospital's RoboDocs, SUSIE-Q, attempted to perform emergency surgery on the victim's body, while Alessio and the player were forced to break up an argument between Dr. Kai Hekekeia and Dr. Aniya Kahn. Even later on, Gordon Ustinovas turned up at the station holding the gun that killed Szymanska, as Alessio and the player later discovered him to be the killer.

Upon being apprehended, Gordon denied the accusations repeatedly before cracking and confessing to the murder. He admitted that in the last year, he had grown addicted to pharmaceutical substances provided to him under the table by Szymanska in order to hide his knowledge regarding Szymanska's unsafe practices on a numerous amount of unknown patients. However, when Szymanska ended his unsavoury practices after his fellow doctors found out, Gordon was no longer able to feed his addiction, and so decided to try and force Szymanska into giving him drugs by holding him at gunpoint. However, Szymanska blatantly ignored Gordon as he spoke to him, which pushed Gordon over the edge, as he then shot Szymanska in the head, killing him. Surprised by the honesty of Gordon's account, Judge Freeman sentenced him to 15 years in prison for the murder.

Following the closing of the murder investigation, Alyssa approached the player, asking whether she could join them in speaking to SUSIE-Q, since she wanted to get an idea of how the robots worked. Upon speaking to the robot, it revealed that it was made alongside nine hundred and ninety nine brothers and sisters, meaning that there were at least one thousand robots being used across Wellington Bay, which proved worrying for the team. Upon investigating the RoboDoc charging station, the psychologist then discovered an inscription in Korean on the side of a charging port, which, per Jae-hyun, was identified to be the Korean word for 'peacemaker', which just so happened to be the term for the medication Gordon had become addicted to, as Alyssa and the player soon realised that Project Mercury was only part of a plan to take down the people of Wellington Bay.

Meanwhile, Dee summoned Alessio and the player to her lab, whispering to them that she was worried about Joaquin, who appeared to be overworking himself to the point of exhaustion, as Alessio and the player searched Szymanska's office and found a pamphlet on sleep deprivation in his drawer, which they handed to Joaquin, as he annoyedly said that he didn't need it, before the pair consulted Skie, as she resolved to look after Joaquin once and for all, else he would face the wrath of their mother. Alessio and the player then report back to Dee, as she thanks them for their help and gives them both cookies, which they leave to enjoy.

After all of the events, the team gather in headquarters, bar Joaquin and Skie, as Chief Bane says that Project Mercury seems more dangerous than ever, and it must be examined with a closer eye. He then points out that, despite this, there are other murders that need solving around the area, and Judge Peake finds it problematic that they are putting some of them to the side in favour of Project Mercury. Chief Bane informs the team that, while still keeping an eye on Project Mercury, it would be best to lay off it for a bit, as he suggests that the player and Jae-hyun find some activities to do that can acquaint them with the island.

## Summary

#### Victim

* **Anton Szymanska** (shot in the head at point blank range)

## Suspects

* Dr. Kai Hekekeia - Cardiothoracic Surgeon - The suspect uses hand sanitiser, reads *The Wellington Warble*, speaks Polish and is male.
* SUSIE-Q - Robotic Healthcare Assistant - The suspect uses hand sanitiser, reads *The Wellington Warble*, speaks Polish and wears pink.
* Gordon Ustinovas - Koh Corp. CEO - The suspect uses hand sanitiser, reads *The Wellington Warble*, speaks Polish, wears pink and is male.
* Dr. Aniya Kahn - Geneticist - The suspect uses hand sanitiser and wears pink.
* Vincent Forsyth - Technology Professor - The suspect reads *The Wellington Warble*, speaks Polish and is male.

## Quasi-Suspects

* Dee Banbury - Lab Chief
* Skie Blackwater - Partner
* Lazarus Bane - Police Chief

## Killer's Profile

* The killer uses hand sanitiser.
* The killer reads *The Wellington Warble*.
* The killer speaks Polish.
* The killer wears pink.
* The killer is male.

## Crime Scenes

 Charging Station
 Break Room

## Notes

* The name of the case comes from the term "The Good Doctor", referring to 'a*n honorific for a doctor, especially for a doctor of medicine*'.
* This is the first instance in Crimson County where a suspect appears again.
	+ This also happens to be the first instance where a suspect reappears, and turns out to be the killer.
* This is the first ever case to have a non-human suspect: SUSIE-Q, the robot.