Hospital 444
Chapter 197 - 24 Devil

Chapter 197: Chapter 24 Devil

Lu Yuqing’s cursed object allowed her to know clearly which periods of the day she would encounter ghosts in the future.

Of course, it couldn’t be completely accurate, but that was referring to very powerful evil spirits. As for the apparitions... precisely how many times she would come across them in a day, she could sense it clearly, accurate to the minute and second.

During this time period...

She was not supposed to come face-to-face with an apparition!

But how could an apparition avoid her perception?

Unless the apparition was being driven by a more powerful evil spirit, or perhaps there was another doctor like her, behind this apparition’s actions, possessing the same kind of causal series cursed objects.

Lu Yuqing felt a chill down her spine.

Whichever possibility it was, Luo Ren was likely in danger!

Originally, dealing with a mere apparition was insignificant for Lu Yuqing, the attending physician, as there were plenty of ways to handle it. But if there indeed was a stronger curse force behind this apparition, then that would be troublesome!

Naturally, if a Paranormal Doctor was behind it, that would be problematic too. Lu Yuqing was no fool; from Dai Lin’s repeated reluctance to send Luo Ren to the hospital, she could tell... there was a problem inside the hospital! And she was one of the doctors who knew about some dark aspects of the hospital!

She immediately pressed herself against the wall, avoiding the apparition, swiftly bypassing the corridor in front of her, and ran towards Luo Ren’s ward!

If the curse targeted Luo Ren and his mother, then this place was dangerous. However, Dai Lin had instructed over and over again that Luo Ren and his mother must absolutely not be taken to Hospital 444!

Absolutely not!

Lu Yuqing vaguely guessed why Dai Lin was so averse to it; perhaps... he had awakened some memories inside the Sunset Building? Lu Yuqing knew very well what a terrifying place Hospital 444 was.

She made it to the ward, where Luo Ren’s mother had gone to sleep, and Luo Ren was keeping her company.

"Luo Ren!"

Lu Yuqing ran up and said in a hushed voice, "Outside the ward there’s... a ghost!"

Hearing the word "ghost," Luo Ren’s complexion turned very ugly.

"So... what should I do?"

He could leave, but what about his mother?

"Listen to me..." Lu Yuqing glanced behind her and said, "I’ll buy you some time first. You help your aunt get dressed... no, forget it, the clothes aren’t important. Anyway, I’ll hold off that apparition for you guys! Be quick!"

...

Lin De Theater.

Raymond Harland’s performance was quite successful, and he returned to the dressing room to prepare for the next act.

At this moment, Jiang Lan, Dai Lin, and Fang Zhou had already been waiting for him for a long time, accompanied by Raymond Harland’s agent.

"Ah, it’s you, Dr. Gao," Raymond spotted Fang Zhou right away and smiled, "It seems you really enjoy my magic shows."

"Harland," the agent said to him, "This is Ms. Jiang Lan, the manager from Xinghai Entertainment Company, our sponsor for the tour in China. She came especially to watch your performance."

"Mr. Harland, your show was spectacular." Jiang Lan approached and offered him a bouquet of flowers, "I still love the cabinet magic trick the most."

"My pleasure." Raymond took the flowers, glanced at Dai Lin and Fang Zhou, and asked, "So, the two of you are also with Xinghai Entertainment?"

"No." Fang Zhou took out a Hospital 444 business card and handed it to Raymond Harland, "This is my card, Mr. Harland. I’m sorry for giving you a false name just now."

When handing over the business card, Fang Zhou was no longer concerned about revealing his real name. After all, it wasn’t during a magic performance anymore.

Raymond took the card and looked at it, then, his expression changed.

"444..."

Doctors from Hospital 444 wouldn’t carry any business cards in English, but it was enough to make it immediately understandable to anyone of any native language.

"My apologies," Raymond raised his head with a shocked expression, "Please take a seat. Meiya, Xiao, could you step out for a moment?"

Meiya was the agent, and Xiao... clearly referred to the blond assistant who was always by Raymond’s side.

Since these two were brought by the sponsors, the agent had no objections. But Xiao, the blond woman, said something in German to Raymond that Dai Lin couldn’t understand at all.

After a few more words with his assistant, she reluctantly nodded and left the dressing room along with the agent.

"Miss Jiang," Dai Lin looked apologetic as he said to Jiang Lan, "I hope you would excuse us, too. We are dealing with a terrible curse, so... it’s better if you don’t hear anything."

"Well then... okay, Dr. Dai, if anything comes up, call me on my cell phone."

After Jiang Lan left, Raymond locked the door of the dressing room.

"Time is of the essence, so I’ll get straight to the point." Fang Zhou took his card back and said, "Mr. Harland, we wanted to explain some special circumstances to you. Uh..."

"Is this about my father? Miss Jiang just mentioned the cabinet magic trick. I don’t think it’s a coincidence."

"Indeed," seeing how straightforward the other party was, Dai Lin decided to speak candidly as well, "Your father..."

"Let me show you a photo."

The magic of the business card indeed was horrifying, enough to instill complete trust in these strangers before his eyes.

The photo he took out was that of his father, Edward Harland. Dai Lin had seen Edward’s photo countless times, so he recognized it at a glance.

"Look at this photo."

In the photo... Dai Lin saw Edward standing on the left side, eerily, his left hand was raised, his arm parallel to the ground and his elbow bent.

"This..."

The photo looked very sinister.

There was clearly only Edward in the photo, yet why was he making such a gesture, and why was he not centered but rather on the left side?

It was as if...

There originally was someone on the right side of the photo!

Dai Lin looked at the photo and then at Raymond.

"This photo was taken and printed in the early ’80s, way before Photoshop was invented," Raymond continued to explain. "But you must also find the photo strange, right?"

The photo seemed... like there should have been another person there.

Dai Lin asked in confusion, "Do you think... there was supposed to be another person in the photo...?"

Raymond nodded his head.

"Exactly."

Fang Zhou also began to scrutinize the photo.

"What is this photo all about..."

Dai Lin thought for a moment, then said, "Wait a second."

He took out his cellphone, snapped a picture of the photo, and sent it to Li Bolin.

At that moment, Dai Lin was still hoping that Li Bolin could help him. That was also a major reason why he accepted the letter.

Li Bolin’s reply came much quicker than Dai Lin had expected.

"Listen to me, Dr. Dai. Really, don’t go on with this anymore. I’ve already deleted the photo, and don’t send me stuff like this again in the future, I want to live a little longer."

Dai Lin had never imagined that the photo would provoke such intense fear in Li Bolin.

This?

Then, he received another message.

"Dr. Dai. One last piece of advice for you. Absolutely do not show this photo to your friend, Luo Ren. I can guess why you refused to take him to see Dr. Yin Wuque. Don’t let him see this photo, absolutely not!"

Dai Lin sent another message, but found out...

Li Bolin had removed him from his list of friends.

Dai Lin handed the cellphone to Fang Zhou with a bewildered look on his face and asked, "Dr. Fang, this?"

After reading Li Bolin’s message, Fang Zhou instantly remembered the foreign woman who bore a striking resemblance to Edward and the red-masked nurse who took her away.

Fang Zhou vaguely began to guess that Li Bolin knew some deeper secrets, probably told to him by Yin Wuque.

"Dr. Dai," Fang Zhou handed the cell phone back to Dai Lin and said, "Actually, my thoughts align with Director Li’s."

"Dr. Fang, you?"

Dai Lin immediately thought of something.

"You previously asked me to examine your forehead..."

Dai Lin began to realize something.

It was the same reason why Li Bolin ultimately backed out.

Pointing at the photo, Raymond said, "While alive, my father was always said to be mentally unstable, but... only I know he was haunted by a devil, a devil from the darkness!"

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