Hospital 444
Chapter 229 - 20: Medical Consultation

Chapter 229: Chapter 20: Medical Consultation

Dai Lin suddenly heard Xie Chengjun’s tone of voice change drastically, and was immediately taken aback.

"You..."

"Concerning the things related to that apartment, it’s better you don’t know too much and not interact too much with Xia Li and Ying Ziye. Otherwise..."

"Otherwise?"

Dai Lin had never expected that when Xie Chengjun spoke, ellipses would actually appear???

If it had been before, indeed, Dai Lin would not have delved further. But now, he had acquired a Train of thought.

Han Ming had said that the apartment could easily eradicate any curse the hospital was unable to treat. In the hospital’s regulations, there was always a deep taboo concerning that apartment. However, a significant price had to be paid.

"Is that apartment about situations our hospital is completely unable to treat? But Director Xie, you said..."

"It’s better you don’t ask too many questions, Dai Lin."

Dai Lin?

Haven’t you always addressed me as... Xiao Dai?

"Alright, now, let’s start the training."

"Ah?"

What kind of training is it this time?

Dai Lin was still concerned about Dai Ming’s situation!

...

was nearing its end, and 2022 was about to arrive.

Today is the last day of 2021.

At the same time, it’s the day Dai Ming and Pan Yizhen were going to Hospital 444 for a consultation.

In the past few days, whenever Dai Lin asked Dai Ming for drawings, he was always put off. In the end, Dai Lin did not ask any further. After all, there hadn’t been any issues for so many years, Dai Lin planned to deal with Xie Chengjun’s training first.

When Dai Ming and Pan Yizhen met up, the latter asked, "Is it really said that they can pick us up from anywhere on Earth?"

"Yes, it was indeed said so."

Despite that, the two of them still arrived at a crossroads. There was convenient transportation nearby, with rarely any traffic jams, which should also make it easy for an ambulance to come and pick them up.

Under the influence of the business card, they had no worries about where the ambulance would take them.

"The time is almost up." Dai Ming looked at the time on his phone, looking around, but he didn’t see any ambulance at all.

"Will the ambulance really come?" Pan Yizhen was somewhat restless, "Shall we contact Hospital 444?"

"Hmm," Dai Ming nodded, "I’ll make a call. The card says, only by holding the card and dialing 44444444 can we get through."

Dai Ming took out his phone, and had just pressed a "4", when suddenly, Dai Ming and Pan Yizhen saw an ambulance mysteriously appear out of thin air on the road in front of them!

Dai Ming and Pan Yizhen were startled, they hadn’t expected the ambulance to appear in such a way?

"Is this Hospital 444’s ambulance? Hey, wait, why does it seem like there’s no one in the driver’s seat?"

Then, the ambulance sped towards them at an alarming rate!

"Oh my God!"

There were so many vehicles in front and behind the ambulance, with that speed! It was sure to cause a chain-reaction rear-end collision!

But what happened next was even more astonishing. The ambulance passed through the cars in front of them, heading straight for Dai Ming and Pan Yizhen!

It was coming straight at them!

Pan Yizhen was so scared that she turned pale, and Dai Ming quickly grabbed her hand and ran backwards!

However, the ambulance was too fast, and naturally, they couldn’t escape.

In the blink of an eye, the ambulance hit them head-on, and they found themselves inside the ambulance!

"This..."

Dai Ming was completely stunned.

Pan Yizhen then noticed that the view outside the window had turned into pitch black!

"You really guessed it right." Pan Yizhen still felt her head was in a fog, "Even the magical world of Harry Potter is nothing more than this."

Dai Ming, too, was closely watching the dark void outside the window, and said, "Even if you told me we were now on our way to Hogwarts, I would believe it."

About a few minutes later, the ambulance came to a stop.

At the same time, the door of the ambulance gently opened.

Outside... was a dark, damp hall filled with a sense of oppression.

In the distance... there was a sign that read "Registration."

Looking in another direction, there was a sign that read "Cursed Object Room."

The registration area had five windows, with people queuing at each.

At that moment, Dai Ming noticed, there was also an information desk in the hall with a few nurses sitting there.

Suddenly, an ambulance appeared out of the darkness, out of nowhere, and then stopped.

Immediately after... people began to emerge from the ambulance. Once they stepped out, the ambulance would disappear.

Dai Ming and Pan Yizhen also got out of the ambulance.

"This place is... Hospital 444?"

Staying within the dark and oppressive registration hall, Dai Ming didn’t know why, but he felt a sense of eeriness in his heart.

This place...

It felt as though it was as terrifying as a haunted house.

"Mr. Dai," Pan Yizhen instinctively grabbed Dai Ming’s hand and said, "Shall we... shall we go... to register first?"

"Yes, let’s go register first."

If it hadn’t been for the influence of the business card on their consciousness, under normal circumstances, they definitely wouldn’t dare to stay in such a place for too long.

Dai Ming and Pan Yizhen approached the registration windows, and while queuing, Dai Ming asked the person in front of him, "Excuse me, are you a patient who had a prior appointment?"

"Yes, I am. I’m here for a postoperative follow-up." The person in front said.

"Surgery?" Pan Yizhen asked in surprise, "This hospital performs surgeries?"

"Yes. I was cursed by a karmic ghost, and then I had it surgically removed. The doctor said I must return for a check-up once a month."

"Surgery... removal..."

These familiar terms sounded exceedingly bizarre to Dai Ming at the moment.

"This hospital is situated in an unknown alternate space," the patient added, "it seems not to be on Earth."

An alternate space?

"Who exactly are the doctors at this hospital?"

"I don’t know either. They seem to be humans, but at the same time, not quite."

Hearing this, Pan Yizhen couldn’t help but show a look of terror.

"And you said just now..." Dai Ming asked again, "A karmic ghost? What is that?"

"A type of evil spirit. The doctors told me it’s a relatively rare but very frightening Resentful Spirit."

Resentful Spirit...

Dai Ming suddenly thought of something.

"You said it was removed... does this mean the curse is inside us?"

"More precisely, it’s within our souls."

Dai Ming immediately, subconsciously, touched his own abdomen.

Could it be that there’s really something ghostly inside his body?

The female ghost he’d drawn, could she become real?

"Can it be cured with surgery?"

This was the question Dai Ming was most concerned with.

"It’s hard to say," the patient sighed, "It depends on the specific circumstances. After the surgery, the survival rate for one year must be observed. If one lives past a year, the chances of the curse recurring become much smaller. Of course, the doctor also said that clinically, nothing is absolute, it can only be said from a statistical perspective. Afterwards, a yearly check-up at the hospital is still required."

"Is that so?"

"Don’t worry too much. Surgery isn’t necessarily required; there are also internal medicine departments here. Less severe curses may be treated conservatively with cursed objects."

"Cursed objects... what are those?"

"They seem to be some sort of cursed items that can be controlled, using a poison against poison approach, to suppress the curse and treat the patient."

Using poison against poison?

That means there must be significant side effects, right?

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