Hospital 444
Chapter 164 - 13: Entering the Village

Chapter 164: Chapter 13: Entering the Village

Dai Lin was particularly worried... they would not be able to reach Black Marsh Village.

Just like the situation with the Gao family villa.

However, Gao Heyann said there was no need to worry about this.

Gu Yanan had been admitted into Hospital 444 via an ambulance near Black Marsh Village.

If an ambulance could come and go, then they could also navigate and arrive again!

"I didn’t see any standing goats..."

On the ambulance ride to Black Marsh Village, Dai Lin was actually very anxious.

Just one look back, and upon looking again...

Gu Yanan had disappeared.

A patient, in the outpatient clinic of a hospital, taken away by a ghost!

Of course, this wasn’t unprecedented, but it was certainly not an everyday occurrence.

But now, the patient was gone. The hospital, in cases where it could not recover the body, would not compel the doctors to retrieve the body and place it in the underground morgue, even if the patient died within the hospital.

In such cases, most doctors would simply wash their hands of it. The patient was likely dead, and without the possibility of earning Spiritual Therapy Points, they generally wouldn’t make a house call.

But Dai Lin and Gao Heyann were exceptions.

Having taken the Hippocratic Oath, Dai Lin had decided to abide by it for life.

Gu Yanan might not be dead, so he had to come to Black Marsh Village to find her!

Dai Lin didn’t have the chance to ask Gu Yanan when she had gotten the hospital’s business card or under what circumstances she came to the hospital.

At that time... he really should have asked for a strand of her hair!

...

Black Marsh Village was indeed exactly as Gu Yanan had described.

"Sheep..."

Gao Heyann looked at the sheep pens at the entrance of every house in the village, while Dai Lin widened his eyes to look at the goats.

"This is..."

Right.

This is what "goats" are.

Dai Lin realized that he must have also been affected by the curse within the hospital! How could he have thought that goats were those creatures with a pair of horns and covered in white fur?

"Doctor Gao, it seems I have been cursed as well," Dai Lin said quietly to Gao Heyann, "but why have I come to my senses now?"

But as soon as he spoke, Dai Lin suddenly realized something.

Was he really... lucid now?

Meanwhile, Gao Heyann had a very strange feeling.

"I’m starting to regret coming here with you, Dai Lin."

Here, Gao Heyann began to recall some memories of her past that she desperately wanted to forget.

"Dai Lin," Gao Heyann reminded him in a low voice, "If necessary, we might have to... kill someone."

"I know."

Dai Lin certainly wouldn’t be like those doctors in medical dramas, stubbornly politically correct, refusing to take a life at all costs.

With this thought in mind, Dai Lin began to observe the "goats" in the sheep pen more carefully.

Before long, the two arrived in front of the village inn.

This inn, built against the mountain, looked like a manor from a period drama, and the scenery was indeed quite beautiful.

When Dai Lin and Gao Heyann entered the inn, Dai Lin suddenly said to Gao Heyann, "Doctor Gao, try it first. Before you go in, make sure you can teleport back to the hospital, right?"

This point was very important.

Gao Heyann understood.

Then, she began to attempt teleportation.

As expected...

The teleportation failed!

"The ambulance can get here, but teleportation doesn’t work..."

"Madam Manager, I’ve brought you some guests!"

What happened next matched Gu Yanan’s description without divergence.

The manager looked at the two new guests with joy, asking, "Do the two of you want one room or two?"

Before Dai Lin could speak, Gao Heyann had already taken the initiative, "One room will suffice."

Dai Lin immediately understood Gao Heyann’s intention. In this inn, two rooms at a close distance allowed for convenient mutual assistance, to fight the enemy together.

No one knew when the "standing goats" would appear.

After paying for the room and receiving the key, the landlady immediately issued her piece of advice.

"You two, according to the customs of our village, tomorrow morning, no matter what time you wake up, do not look in the mirror within the first hour of awakening."

Here it came!

Exactly as Gu Yanan had said.

Dai Lin immediately feigned an utterly confused expression and asked, "Why... why is that?"

"It’s a rule of our village. It’s better for you two to follow the local customs."

The landlady still had a pleasant smile.

But to Dai Lin’s eyes, it seemed even more despicable than a demon.

According to the plan...

Gao Heyann was getting ready to approach the landlady, take a hair from her, and then hand it to Dai Lin, who would read the memory.

Taking this opportunity to get close to the landlady, she said, "I need to wash my face and my hair when I wake up in the morning. Does the water surface count as a mirror?"

"Of course, it counts."

Gao Heyann took the chance to get closer to her. As the ghost face tattoo on her arm activated, she was about to pluck a hair when...

The ghost face tattoo warned Gao Heyann!

This caused her to immediately stop what she was doing.

"What kind of ridiculous rule is this..." Gao Heyann deliberately expressed her dissatisfaction with this bizarre regulation to lower the other party’s guard.

"I’ll have Ah Lu take you to your room. Please try to be understanding, and I hope you enjoy your stay here."

Dai Lin was well aware that any joy here would be a real surprise.

Ah Lu was a man whose appearance was just as grotesquely ugly as Gu Yanan had described.

His personality was also as Gu Yanan had described—he was silent and taciturn. On their way to the guesthouse on the mountainside, he cautioned Dai Lin and Gao Heyann again, "Remember, follow what the landlady said. After waking up tomorrow, do not look in the mirror within the first hour!"

After that, he left.

As Gao Heyann watched him go, a corner of the dark memories within her was stirred.

"Please, no matter what, remember to follow the rules of the Eden Hotel."

That sentence once again floated through Gao Heyann’s mind.

If it hadn’t been for that hotel...

The Gao family would never have had any dealings with Hospital 444.

Upon entering, Gao Heyann quickly closed the door. Then she began checking for any hidden bugs or surveillance equipment. Although Dai Lin had already confirmed with his sight, Gao Heyann, meticulous as ever, wanted to verify personally.

After ensuring there were none of these things, Gao Heyann drew the curtains shut.

"Why? Doctor Gao?" Dai Lin asked, puzzled, "Why didn’t you take the hair..."

"The ghost face tattoo warned me. If I had done that, I might have alerted them to our presence. As for whether the ’snake’ is a villager or that mysterious black blood ancestress, it’s yet unknown."

Indeed, as Gu Yanan had said, there was not a single mirror to be found inside the room.

"After Wei Zhengxian looked in the mirror, did he become more lucid or did he go insane?"

Dai Lin now even had to consider:

What should a real goat look like?

"Either is possible." Gao Heyann could only answer, "Currently, it’s uncertain whether the people in the village are friends or foes. But I lean towards them being enemies."

Dai Lin noticed something was off with Gao Heyann.

Although Gao Heyann was typically reserved, right now she seemed to be in an extremely sensitive psychological state. Dai Lin had seen her hugging her chest with her hands multiple times, which psychologically speaking, was a self-defense mechanism, indicative of a profound lack of a sense of security.

This state of hers...

Had started after meeting with the Curse Affairs Deputy Dean, Fang Shen.

"Dai Lin," Gao Heyann reminded him, "our main purpose for coming here is to rescue the patient Gu Yanan. We should set aside other concerns for now. I can’t be certain what exactly this so-called black blood ancestress is..."

The black blood ancestress was obviously the origin of all the curses.

She had encountered similar demons created by dark arts in her clinical practice, but never anything as terrifying as the cases from Hei Marsh Village. However, Tang Li had faced a similar situation before, and that curse eventually became her cursed item.

But then Gao Heyann noticed a sudden, drastic change in Dai Lin’s eyes!

Immediately, he said, "Doctor Gao, outside the window... there’s a goat right now!"

Gao Heyann instantly turned her head!

Even though the curtains were drawn, they couldn’t block Dai Lin’s eyes.

"A goat? How far away is it?"

"Less than ten meters... and..."

"And what?"

"It’s a black goat!"

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