Note 28

Note #28 is the twenty-eighth collectable note that can be found in Dying Light. It requires progression of "The Shadow of the King" side quest, which in turn requires completion of the "Do You Believe?" side quest.

Location

The note is located in the noMesh hotel, located to the east of the Embers Tower's Safe Zone in Old Town. The note is located in room 101, which can be accessed by taking the appropriate keycard from behind the counter. The note is located in the bedroom connected to the main room, on a drawer.

Contents

From: Dr. Robert Lansing, Field Team Coordinator

To: Dr. Jonathan Barto, Sr. Asst. Administrator

GRE, Building #6 Pathogen Sciences Lab

Subject: Harran Outbreak, Patient Zero. 

I think we have a solid new candidate for Patient Zero.

The deceased, Mr. Baris Buruk was 37 years old. He was a white collar professional, who worked for a local public relations firm, called Best Face Forward. Their offices are in Old Town. His medical records are well-documented. His health was good. His co-workers (the ones who are still alive and could be interviewed) described him as intelligent ad even-tempered. 

The sudden violence he displayed at his work place—he killed two people and attacked six others—was not triggereed by any particular event. Witnesses said he was feeling unwell, and had closed the door of his office to rest. 30 minutes later, a disturbing clamor could be heard inside Mr. Buruk's office. A concerned woman who opened his door was immediately attacked and beaten to death by Mr. Buruk.

After several difficult minutes, he was subdued by workers, who held him down until the police arrived. At no time did Mr. Buruk cease to struggle, though he was reported to have uttered a few words that suggested fleeting moments of awareness. When the police arrived, Mr. Buruk could not be taken into custody peacefully. The responding officers used batons to further subdue him, but this resulted in lethal injuries, and Mr. Buruk was killed on the scene.

This event occurred a full three days before the attacks at the Seva Ashram, which we had considered to be the first recorded incident of infection-induced violece. I suspect the Buruk case was overlooked beause, despite the severe wounds Mr. Buruk inflicted on his victims, none of them developed Harran virus symptoms. Clearly, he had not reached the transmission-viable stage of this very unusual virus. 

Thus, we have a Patient Zero, who failed to produce any other infected victims. From this, we should deduce that the pathogen must have achieved multiple points of entry into the public simultaneously. An air or water contaminant seems unlikely, given the low numbers of early infected, so, I'm thinking food supply. With your permission, I'd like to pursue this.

Bob.