Hospital 444
Chapter 186 - 13 Curse Item Unsealing State

Chapter 186: Chapter 13 Curse Item Unsealing State

Dai Lin’s mind flashed with countless thoughts in an instant!

Lu Wen, along with Song Min and Lu Shengran, had always been loyal to the faction of the Executive Deputy Dean; this was common knowledge in the hospital.

Among Liang Zhigao’s residual memories, there was one thing that Dai Lin found particularly striking: if a patient discovers a doctor with a black inverted cross on their forehead, they must find a way to reach the Executive Vice Dean immediately!

All signs could easily lead to one conclusion: the Executive Deputy Dean and the Executive Vice Dean were surely enemies, for behind them lay opposing mysterious cursed powers.

If the patients who could see the Patient Guidelines could seek help from the Executive Vice Dean, then to him, the Executive Deputy Dean could very well be the enemy! The same might be true for Lu Wen.

And then, Fang Zhou said something else, "However, Director Lu... seems to have entered the Curse Item Unsealing State. My past impression of him was that he was very amiable and spoke in a measured way, but just now, as he spoke, he suddenly entered that state."

"Curse Item Unsealing State?"

"At the level of chief physician, one can fully unleash the curse of the cursed item for a short period without worrying about the evil spirit reviving from the cursed item. But it’s really strange, even though the risk is very low for chief physicians to enter this state, they usually do so only during particularly difficult surgeries."

Dai Lin immediately realized... something was amiss!

"Then... are there any precedents of chief physicians releasing the curse of a cursed item in their daily practice?"

"Yes, but that’s not a good sign; it indicates that the evil spirit’s influence on a doctor’s will is gradually taking hold. However, it’s odd for Director Lu to encounter this... Fortunately, Director Lu has a special outpatient clinic this afternoon, and he’s added an appointment for Luo Ren at the last minute, so we’ll head to the hospital this afternoon."

At that moment, Fang Zhou revealed a solemn expression, "I’m afraid, Luo Ren will need to be hospitalized."

No way...

Without a doubt! Lu Wen had discovered it! He knew that Luo Ren was a doctor who could see the Patient Guidelines!

The evil spirit’s influence... started affecting the doctor’s will...

The seventh rule on the back of the patient card: Don’t tell any doctor that you can see these seven rules! So far, he had only told Dai Lin!

"Dr. Fang, did you tell Director Lu that we were in City W? Did you tell him the patient is my friend?"

"No."

No!

What a relief!

Although Lu Wen had sensed Luo Ren’s secret (even though it was unclear how he figured it out), he couldn’t just instantly teleport to City W. And coaxing Luo Ren into going to the hospital for registration was the best approach!

But... maybe he was still not certain? So, he deliberately asked Fang Zhou to probe Luo Ren? To get Luo Ren to check the patient card? Then what?

"Are you still insisting on not sending him to the hospital?" Seeing Dai Lin’s utterly conflicted expression, Fang Zhou became even less able to comprehend Dai Lin’s thoughts, "This is Director Lu we’re talking about! One of the doctors with the highest seniority in the hospital! He specifically added an appointment for your friend! It’s very hard for an ordinary patient to get an appointment with Director Lu!"

Dai Lin gave a wry smile inside his heart, how could Fang Zhou know the hidden turmoil? Moreover, he was increasingly convinced that the occurrence of the premonitory dreams was greatly linked to Luo Ren’s ability to see the rules on the back of the card!

He absolutely couldn’t let Luo Ren enter Hospital 444, nor could he allow any doctor from the Executive Deputy Dean’s faction to come in contact with him!

Of course, Lu Wen might be intending to actually treat Luo Ren; after all, as far as the hospital policies go, any patient registered for an outpatient clinic needed to be treated diligently by the doctor, but just as a vice dean might have special privileges, might a department head have unknown special privileges as well? Yet, Dai Lin dared not gamble on it!

At that moment, he thought... there might be just one way. Following the hidden Patient Guidelines, seeking help from Han Ming could be an option!

"Dr. Fang, I have a favor to ask of you," Dai Lin said with great earnestness, "don’t tell Director Lu about my relationship with this patient, and don’t give him any information about Luo Ren, especially his address!"

He couldn’t explain all this to Fang Zhou.

"Even if you ask me for the reason, I can’t say; I have my own difficulties."

Fang Zhou was now completely baffled.

"You’re a doctor that Vice Dean Yin particularly values, aren’t you? Did you ever offend Director Lu?"

"It’s not like that," Dai Lin shook his head and said, "Please, I’m begging you."

Fang Zhou could see that Dai Lin truly seemed to have some sort of compelling difficulty.

Could it be that he insisted on not sending the patient to Hospital 444 for some secret reason?

"I understand. I’ll talk to Director Lu later and ask about Luo Ren’s condition again."

At this moment, Luo Ren was diligently attending to his mother in the ward, accompanied by his stepfather, Lu Yuqing.

Just then, Dai Lin and Fang Zhou walked in.

"Dai Lin!"

Luo Ren immediately rushed toward him in three long strides, anxiously asking, "How is it going?"

Dai Lin grasped Luo Ren’s hand and said, "Let’s step outside to talk."

He led Luo Ren outside and solemnly said, "Listen carefully, Luo Ren. You trust me, right?"

"Of course, Dai Lin! I trust you one hundred percent, unconditionally!"

"Good!" Dai Lin lowered his voice and said, "Listen... do not go to Hospital 444 for treatment right now, you absolutely must not go! And those hidden patient rules you’ve seen, don’t tell any doctors about them! Of course, you’ve already told me, but other than me, don’t tell anyone else, not even Lu Yuqing!"

"But..."

"I know what you want to say, I’ll find another doctor you can trust for you."

"What about Doctor Fang? Isn’t he ok?"

"I’m afraid that is not Doctor Fang’s specialty. Don’t worry, I will definitely cure you and your mother! But right now, we cannot go to Hospital 444."

"Then..."

"I’ll be back very soon, wait for me! Stay here, don’t go anywhere else until I return!"

Afterward, Dai Lin vanished into thin air right in front of Luo Ren.

...

Looking at the materials for the year-end professional title examination in his hands, Han Ming’s attention was particularly fixated on the Oroñe Hotel on the Malay Peninsula.

The condition for passing the exam was to survive within the hotel during a specified time!

Yes, just surviving was enough!

Han Ming was one of the few in the hospital who knew that Li An had met his end in the Oroñe Hotel. And it was Li An’s death that led to the Ouyang Rui incident, causing Gao Menghua to be in a coma to this day and gave birth to the eyes that Dai Lin possessed. Ordinary doctors only knew that Li An died abroad, but they knew nothing of the details.

As the Executive Vice Director of the hospital, many details of the professional title examination were personally drafted by him.

While he was pondering, the phone on the desk rang.

Han Ming picked up the phone and said, "Hello?"

"Vice Director Han, Doctor Dai Lin from the Wraith Surgery Department would like to see you, should I grant him access to the twelfth floor permissions?"

Previously, when coming to the twelfth floor, it was Han Ming who had brought Dai Lin, but now that Dai Lin wanted to come, it required Han Ming’s approval.

"Let him come to me."

"Alright."

Han Ming hung up the phone, a suspicion stirring within him.

"Why is he coming to me directly? What has happened?"

He organized the materials on his desk and placed them in a drawer.

A little while later, a knock sounded from outside the office.

"Come in."

Without Han Ming’s approval, nobody could force their way into this office.

A doctor walked in escorting Dai Lin into the office of the Vice Director.

"Doctor Dai," Han Ming quickly stood up and said, "You’ve arrived rather early; I haven’t even had the chance to add your visit to the appointment list."

His words were meant to provide cover for Dai Lin’s visit.

"Yes, it was me who arrived early."

The doctor who opened the door said, "Then, Vice Director Han, I’ll be leaving now."

"Go ahead."

Then, the door closed.

Han Ming observed Dai Lin’s expression and swiftly speculated on his purpose for coming.

"Vice Director Han, there’s something I’d like to ask of you."

"Alright."