Hunchback of the Morgue Page #3

It's making me sick!

That corpse has been rotting

for two weeks.

It's almost rubbish!

- And we can't do anything.

- Of course we can!

We can put her in the acid!

But we should tell the Professor.

We would be doing the Professor a favor.

- He even hinted to it.

- Let's not think about it too much.

You two go and get her.

Ilse! Your flowers...

I brought some flowers for you.

You killed her. You killed her! Murderers!

You're crazy!

She's been dead for two weeks!

She was the only thing I had!

Damn you!

No, Gotho! I'm begging you! No!

It was them! No! Gotho! No!

I'm exhausted. It's been a terrible day.

Yes, but we are about to do it.

I've observed a sample on the microscope

and something worries me...

The fact that it's only one big cell.

I know. It is only one plasmodial cell.

All the nuclei are floating aimlessly

in the protoplasm.

And yet it's starting

to differentiate organs.

If it continues on like this,

the artificial pregnancy

will last for one more week.

Yes.

It is obvious we've reached

the most important point.

Undoubtedly.

I'm worried about Albert

and the other two's disappearance.

The police have interrogated Maria and me.

They think it was Gotho.

I don't know what to think.

We shouldn't care about them.

We don't need them any more.

The less witnesses, the better.

Our science is too complex

to care about other problems.

Maria's delay worries me.

She should be here already.

Gotho!

You shouldn't be scared, Doctor Meyer.

I will take you to the laboratory.

Please, follow me.

Do you see how stupid your doubts were?

We are just about to achieve

the biggest victory in history!

It's true. All the nuclei

are reproducing very fast.

The protoplasm is growing.

And the differentiation continues.

By my reckoning, the accelerated embryonic

process in the artificial system

will only last for two more days.

Soon it will have a defined shape.

Maybe... human.

So you mean you don't know

the final result of the experiment?

Then anything can be possible!

Even the most hideous thing.

Every scientific investigation

is unpredictable.

Don't be scared, Doctor Meyer.

Everything will be all right.

I don't know.

The soluble protein and carbohydrate

levels won't decrease.

If the creature rejects this food,

we will have to use something else

so that the cell growth won't stop.

We will use organic natural food, then.

We can try it right now.

What's the matter, Gotho?

I have been looking for you!

We have a lot of work, you know that!

Professor... I'm thankful for everything

you've done for me. But...

- But what? I don't understand you.

- Well...

- I don't want to be here.

- But you promised to help me.

It was for Ilse, Professor.

Only for her. And now...

she's dead.

You can't do this. The investigation

has progressed too much!

Gotho. Gotho, I can still help you!

I don't need it any more.

Thank you, Professor.

I've decided to turn myself in

to the police.

They will kill you, Gotho!

They're accusing you of the murders

of the porters!

So what?

Without Ilse, I don't care about anything.

You shouldn't be sad, Gotho.

You'll have a new Ilse.

I will make her for you.

Really, Professor? Will she look the same?

Of course, Gotho! Do you doubt me?

No. What should I do?

Trust me and help me.

Tonight you'll go to the morgue.

There's a fresh corpse.

I need its head.

Stop!

Stop!

What's going on?

Gotho, do you think it's OK

to come here at this hour?

Miss, I...

Police, open please!

Come on, get inside there and be quiet.

And close the door!

Open up!

- Good evening.

- Good evening.

I'm sorry to bother you.

We're after a dangerous murderer

that has escaped just outside here.

- Have you seen or heard anything?

- Nothing at all.

Close your windows.

The murderer can't be far.

I will. Anything else?

No, Miss. Just be careful.

Sure, don't worry.

- Good night.

- Good night.

Good night.

I don't know why you are helping me.

I'm a murderer. You heard them.

I know more things about you

than you can imagine.

And I know why you killed those men.

But I don't think you are a murderer.

If anyone loved me as you loved Ilse,

it would be wonderful.

You shouldn't say that. You shouldn't make

fun of a man like me.

No one can love me. Everyone laughs at me.

At my hunchback, at my ruined face!

I only scare people. Or disgust them.

No one, not even Ilse,

would have been happy by my side.

You're wrong, Gotho.

Sometimes kindness and love

mean more than beauty.

You are very kind to me, Miss Elke.

You did a good job, Gotho.

I should take out the brain, and then...

But I can't wait.

Will you need more corpses, Professor?

They almost caught me today.

Next time, we will be able

to get materials in an easier way.

I don't want you to take risks.

You're too important.

See, Gotho? See how the most

insignificant person

can be useful to science and humanity?

He just has to be directed

by a true leader.

Tauchner mustn't know about this.

He won't agree.

But you need a new Ilse.

And that requires fresh bodies.

Professor, I've finished.

Stop! Who's there? Professor Orla!

- You?

- Get him, don't let him leave!

I've killed him. He's dead!

I didn't want to do it! I didn't want to!

Yes, you've killed him.

There's nothing we can do. Hurry!

We'll take both corpses.

Cover the grave again

as if nothing had happened. Come on!

I didn't want to! I didn't want to! No!

No! The cell proliferation

has stopped again!

The creature is rejecting

all the dead cells.

We need to feed her living material.

Do you understand, Gotho? Living material.

Come in, please. Sit down.

The Professor will be here shortly.

I'm afraid this visit is useless.

I don't think so.

Doctor Orla was

the closest person to Gotho.

If we find him, we'll solve this mess.

I don't think the last disappearances

or the theft of those corpses

were the hunchback's idea.

I'm not so sure about that.

Perhaps it was only thieves

looking for jewelry.

But there's something that doesn't fit.

Good morning, gentlemen.

Sorry I have made you wait.

May I ask why you are here?

Strange events keep happening, Professor.

Someone recently opened some graves.

My colleague thinks that it's just

some thieves looking for jewelry.

But the bodies are gone, too.

Has anyone offered you corpses

for your dissections?

Of course not.

The university wouldn't agree to it.

Our supply comes from the hospital.

A trade like that is illegal, isn't it?

Sometimes, and my apologies, Doctor Orla,

scientists do not follow the law.

By the way,

how are your investigations going?

They are stopped at the moment.

Quickly, Gotho. It's about to transform.

We need to lock it up immediately.

Hurry up!

Get out, quickly!

It's broken the tray, Gotho!

It's broken it into pieces!

We have the creature, Gotho.

And I, Orla, am its creator.

Maria, you must understand it.

The experiment has been a success!

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