Hospital 444
Chapter 339 - 26 The True Face of Yin Wuque

Chapter 339: Chapter 26 The True Face of Yin Wuque

"Ah, this red balloon... I’ve seen it before!"

In the surveillance room of Hospital 444.

Song Min, Gao Heyan, and Lin He were reviewing the surveillance video from the clinic of Jiang Licheng before his disappearance.

Generally, to protect patient privacy, there would be no surveillance in outpatient clinics. But at Hospital 444, such concerns were not considered, as spirits often appeared in the outpatient rooms.

And in Jiang Licheng’s clinic, that red balloon appeared incongruously. Instead, it said a sentence, "It came so quickly..."

Gao Heyan immediately remembered that back when she had entered the clinic, she had seen the teacher holding this red balloon.

After that, Jiang Licheng disappeared.

Jiang Licheng’s disappearance was a big deal for the Wraith Surgery Department. He was one of Hospital 444’s long-serving deputy chief physicians, and when Vice President Lu Yuan was still alive, he was the most loyal doctor of the administrative vice president’s faction. If not for his research on spatial curse items delaying his medical expertise, he totally had the ability to be promoted to chief physician. Even Yin Wuque himself was concerned about this matter and ordered an immediate investigation into Jiang Licheng’s whereabouts. Even Song Min’s cursed item could not determine Jiang Licheng’s current location.

The people of the Wraith Surgery Department judged that this was very likely related to Han Ming. But without evidence, they couldn’t rashly confront Han Ming. Moreover, the hospital director obviously wanted the factions to join forces to kill Milan Dailun and certainly did not want the doctors to have an internal conflict at this point.

"This red balloon is not found among the registered cursed items."

Song Min’s eyes stared intensively at the red balloon, faintly feeling an ominous premonition.

It was rare for her to have such feelings, as she was once a core doctor in the Department of Fierce Spirits, and there were very few evil spirits and curses that could trouble her. But this time...

"It reminds me of some unpleasant memories..."

As she spoke, she turned to look at Gao Heyan at her side.

She recalled the time when Jiang Licheng went on a medical visit to Edith Hotel, and saved the sisters Gao Menghua and Gao Heyan. The first time she saw the sisters, she had this feeling of foreboding.

Even now, the Edith Hotel was a place that could give Song Min a true understanding of bone-chilling terror. Even within the entire Hospital 444, very few doctors dared to mention these four words.

"What, unpleasant memories? Director Song?" Gao Heyan showed a look of expectation, "Could it be a clue to find the teacher? This red balloon... If it’s an unregistered cursed item, could it be... from that side?"

"Don’t say things that could affect unity. At least for now, it appears Jiang Licheng had anticipated the appearance of this cursed item," Song Min knew what Gao Heyan was thinking. After all, she was part of the hospital’s higher-ups and knew how sensitive the current period was, and that pointing fingers rashly would only give others leverage.

Jiang Licheng took an envelope off the red balloon’s string and then unfolded it. Regrettably, the back of the letter faced the camera, so there was no way to see the contents of the paper.

And after Jiang Licheng finished reading the contents of the letter, he said another sentence.

"As expected, I can still make wishes, just as I anticipated..."

Still can... continue... to make wishes???

The utterance of this sentence caused the complexions of Gao Heyan and Song Min to change dramatically.

"Did he just say... make a wish?"

Next, in the surveillance video, Gao Heyan came in.

She talked with Jiang Licheng about Feng Xiao for a while, and then Jiang Licheng left with the red balloon.

Combining subsequent surveillance, Jiang Licheng continued to carry the red balloon with him until he left work.

Song Min’s eyes locked onto the red balloon in the footage and said to the surveillance room staff, "Copy the surveillance video, and send it to me. I will personally deliver it to President Yin."

"Yes, Director Song. But should we contact the Department of Cursed Objects? Could it be a cursed item from the Curse Objects Center that hasn’t been registered..."

"This incident happened in the outpatient building. Whether to contact the Department of Cursed Objects is for the higher-ups to decide!"

Song Min kept thinking about the words "make a wish" that Jiang Licheng said.

"Heyan, come out for a moment."

Director Song took Gao Heyan out of the surveillance room and said to her, "You don’t need to get involved in this matter anymore. Dr. Jiang’s disappearance will be fully handled by me and Deputy Director Xie."

"Song..."

"I know what you’re thinking," Song Min understood Gao Heyan’s personality very well and continued, "Think carefully. Even now, even at this very minute, you and your sister are still suffering from the curse of the Edith Hotel, and also, that man’s curse."

Hearing "that man" made Gao Heyan subconsciously shudder.

Back then, unlike her mature sister, Gao Heyan didn’t understand why their parents chose to live in the Edith Hotel.

But for her, it was a nightmare she could never forget, one that permanently separated her from her parents. If not for that experience, she never would have chosen to become a paranormal doctor at Hospital 444 at such a young age.

"Are you saying that the teacher, like my parents, has also..."

"In any case, you should not get involved. You know what I mean. Just now, the Director has issued an order to execute Milan Dailun, requesting doctors from various departments to assist the Demonic Department Doctors in completing the task,"

"I’m a doctor, and I have little interest in killing people." Gao Heyann was now solely concerned about her missing teacher and had no mood to do anything else, "That red balloon, after all, I’ve seen it with my own eyes. Maybe I can help you guys out!"

"You’re not harboring any ulterior motives, are you? Like, upon hearing the words ’make a wish,’ you’re entertaining some thoughts you shouldn’t have?"

Song Min’s words pierced straight into Gao Heyann’s heart.

There were just too many wishes she wanted to come true.

Her sister in a coma... her parents who died at the Eden Hotel... the curse that still lingered over her and her sister...

"I, I didn’t think that way..."

Although she said this, Gao Heyann knew that even she did not believe those words.

"You need to think it through, He Yan," Song Min warned, "Don’t forget why your parents died."

...

"Red balloon?"

Han Ming picked up his coffee cup, listening to Huo Jialan in front of him relay the surveillance information they had gathered so far.

"Yes," Huo Jialan reported, "At the moment, it seems very likely that this is the reason for Dr. Jiang Licheng’s disappearance."

"Yin Wuque must think I’m behind this, right?" Han Ming leaned back slightly and asked, "What else did you find?"

"This is the surveillance footage, which I had someone copy for me. Vice Director Yin has probably seen it by now too."

"Good, play it for me."

After watching the surveillance footage from Jiang Licheng’s clinic, Han Ming’s right index finger tapped on his temple.

"Red balloon, red balloon..."

His spirit swiftly started invading the bodies of the people living near Jiang Licheng’s home address.

For him, as long as there was the slightest clue, spirit invasion was an easy matter.

But before long, Han Ming found that he had come up empty-handed.

"No one saw the red balloon..."

"No one?" Huo Jialan asked, "So how do we continue the investigation?"

"No, there is something!"

Immediately after, Han Ming said, "Clues are starting to emerge..."

What Song Min and the others did not realize was that Han Ming’s invasion of other people’s spirits could even allow him to read their past memories.

This terrifying ability, even capable of manipulating and splitting souls, was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

"Additionally..." Han Ming looked at Huo Jialan and said to her, "So far, I’ve been completely unable to locate Milan Dailun, as if she never existed in this world. This, this is a bit troublesome."

"The Demon Cursed Item will definitely end up in our hands," Huo Jialan confidently asserted.

"No." However, Han Ming shook his head, "We just have to find her. We don’t necessarily have to kill her."

"What... do you mean?"

"You don’t need to ask. I have my own plans."

Just as Huo Jialan had said, Yin Wuque was also watching that surveillance footage at this time.

In front of him stood Welf.

Welf looked at him coldly and said, "That balloon must be handed over to our Demons Department."

"Understood." Yin Wuque, despite being the Vice Director, stood before an ordinary doctor from the Demons Department as if he were a...

Subordinate!

And in Welf’s eyes... the Yin Wuque sitting in front of him hardly looked human at all.

In his vision, the "Yin Wuque" he saw was almost completely pale, devoid of color, and without any features on his face. And behind him was a highly decayed corpse, attached to him like a conjoined twin!