Hospital 444
Chapter 135 - 12 Disappearance

Chapter 135: Chapter 12 Disappearance

Lu Yuqing finished her night clinic for the day.

As she stepped out of the Ghost Surgery Department and arrived at the time clock, she suddenly realized she seemed to be the last one out.

She took out her attendance card, and as she clocked out, she subconsciously moved her neck.

In theory, a Paranormal Doctor’s cervical spine should not have problems, but she still often felt such an illusion.

Lu Yuqing had long detested working night shifts.

This place became more dangerous as the night wore on.

But she could not refuse the arrangements made by the department head.

It was at this moment that she saw a nurse walking toward her.

"Doctor Lu," the nurse timidly approached Lu Yuqing and said, "Could you walk me downstairs? I was assigned to the morgue today..."

Looking at the nurse, who was on the verge of tears, Lu Yuqing knew how terrified she was by now.

Nurses sent to guard the morgue would often disappear—one or two out of ten by the end of the week. However, if they were assigned to the morgue, there was no refusing the task. Compared to doctors, nurses at Hospital 444 were almost indistinguishable from slaves and often found themselves in a state of despair when faced with evil spirits more powerful than ghosts.

"Go by yourself," Lu Yuqing refused without hesitation: "The morgue is just as dangerous for anyone."

The nurse pleaded, "But, but you are the chief surgeon..."

"Good luck."

Lu Yuqing was not in the mood for further conversation. She had finished clocking out and could go home.

Just as she was about to teleport away, the nurse suddenly said, "Doctor Lu! I—I have something to tell you!"

Lu Yuqing looked at her with increasing impatience.

"You have ten seconds."

All she wanted was to get home, take a nice bath, and then sleep comfortably.

Staying in this hospital at night always set one on edge.

"A few hours ago, the registration desk contacted me, saying someone made a call, the patient seemed to have your business card, and wanted to consult. But suddenly, there were screams of terror on the other end of the phone, and then the call was cut off."

Lu Yuqing frowned slightly upon hearing this and said, "My business card?"

"Yes, I mean... maybe one of your patients..."

Usually, Hospital 444 would automatically match different patients with doctors. The key was, the patient being attacked while on the call could very well mean they were dead.

"Probably dead. Did the registration desk try calling back?"

"That’s where the problem is." The nurse, seeing Lu Yuqing’s interest, hesitated to continue.

Clearly, she hoped that Lu Yuqing would take the risk to escort her to the morgue and then she would tell Lu Yuqing the truth.

Lu Yuqing, as if not understanding the nurse’s implications, said, "Continue."

"Doctor Lu..."

"If you don’t want to tell me, that’s fine, I am in a hurry to get off work."

"The registration desk tried to call back, and when they couldn’t get through, they decided to locate the cellphone number and send an ambulance, but they couldn’t find the source of the cellphone’s location! This is rare! Even with a curse, like the case with the Mu Yang Building, we could usually trace it back to the space."

Lu Yuqing’s interest was finally piqued.

"Looks like it’s not an ordinary patient."

"Yes, yes... Doctor Lu, I’ve told you everything, could you please..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Lu Yuqing vanished without a trace in front of the nurse.

Lu Yuqing returned to her home and then took out her cell phone, intending to call her department head, Chen Jun.

But when she looked at her phone, she discovered there was a missed call from Gao Heyann.

She had set her phone to silent while seeing patients, which is why she only noticed now.

She hadn’t expected Gao Heyann to contact her?

What had happened?

After she made the call, Gao Heyann quickly picked up.

"What’s up, He Yan?"

"Dai Lin has disappeared. I called you earlier because I wanted to know if something like the Mu Yang Building incident had happened again at your end."

"Dr. Dai has disappeared?"

Lu Yuqing was slightly surprised.

"When did this happen?"

"This afternoon. He didn’t come to the outpatient clinic after lunch break, and he didn’t appear for lunch either. We contacted his brother, but he hasn’t been home."

An incident?

Lu Yuqing didn’t care about Dai Lin’s safety, but his circumstances—to disappear within the hospital without reason?

"I can assure you, I know nothing about it."

"Regarding this, I have already spoken to Vice President Yin, and it seems unlikely to be your doing. According to the surveillance footage, he may have teleported away from the hospital during the lunch break."

"May have?"

"Between two adjacent surveillance cameras, one captured him heading towards the location of the other camera, but the other camera never captured him at all."

Evil spirits are almost incapable of doing such a thing. The most reasonable explanation was that Dai Lin had teleported away voluntarily.

"But the most crucial part is, we tried calling him and couldn’t get through, then attempted to locate his cellphone... The phone he’s using now was given to him by me, designed specifically for use by doctors within the hospital. Yet, we can’t locate it! It’s as if this phone doesn’t exist in this world!"

Hearing this, Lu Yuqing’s mind was stirred.

She recalled what the nurse had said earlier—the patient who had called, the registration desk had tried to locate the cellphone, but couldn’t succeed.

This situation was quite baffling.

"Let’s video call, He Yan." Lu Yuqing didn’t care about Dai Lin’s wellbeing, but she could tell that Gao Heyann was very worried.

"Do you have any clues...?"

Lu Yuqing slowly walked to the window and gazed at the night scene outside, saying, "He came by my coffee shop two days ago after being discharged early. Then, he took two coffee cups from my shop and left..."

Lu Yuqing recalled that among the two women there at that time, one seemed to be called "Yun Ran."

After Lu Yuqing had recounted the story from start to finish (excluding the part about the surveillance), Gao Heyann asked, "He hasn’t contacted you since then?"

"No. But the key point is..."

She told Gao Heyann what the nurse had said earlier.

Hearing Lu Yuqing’s explanation, Gao Heyann felt utterly perplexed.

"Our hospital performed a cellphone location tracking but couldn’t find the spatial position from which the phone call was made. This kind of situation..."

"Although there have been precedents for this kind of situation, whenever it happens, it’s always a major event. Hence, it’s hard to believe it’s a coincidence."

"Come to W City tomorrow," Gao Heyann said without hesitation, "I am booking the fastest flight right now."

Originally very tired, Lu Yuqing immediately suppressed her desire to sleep, left her home, and headed straight for the coffee shop.

At this time, the coffee shop had already closed.

Lu Yuqing walked up to the entrance of the coffee shop.

That day, Dai Lin had left shortly after the two women.

And she had placed her business card inside the coat of the woman named Yun Ran.

Dai Lin may have been caught up in the curse that afflicted the woman named Yun Ran, which would explain his current predicament. But now, knowing only the name "Yun Ran," without even knowing how to write it, where could she find her?

Her hand gently caressed the glass of the coffee shop; through her senses, she could determine that there would be no ghosts appearing in the vicinity for the past and the next twenty-four hours.

Of course, her sense came from a cursed object she possessed and couldn’t serve as evidence for a diagnosis.

"If the woman called Yun Ran has already died, then what would become of Dr. Dai’s situation?"

Han Ming had warned her, keeping an eye on this matter; it seemed that reporting to Director Chen would not suffice, and she might need to report directly to Han Ming himself.

"Tomorrow I have to ask the nurses at the registration desk, listen to the recording of the call made for the appointment. Doing so, perhaps some clues can be found..."

Meanwhile.

Having booked the fastest flight, Gao Heyann hurriedly took a car to the airport, ready to head for W City.

This time, she had decided that once in W City, if she could successfully save Dai Lin, she would temporarily rent a house to stay there, or it wouldn’t matter if she shared a rental with Dai Lin.

Ever since coming back from the Sunset Tower Building, according to her brother-in-law, Dai Lin had long surpassed a resident doctor.

Given time, he would soon be able to become a specialist surgeon who could see patients independently!

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