Hospital 444
Chapter 340 - 27 Host

Chapter 340: Chapter 27 Host

Three days flew by in the blink of an eye.

For Gao Peipei, every minute and second could be described as torture.

All she wanted to know now was, what was the price she had to pay?

Yet unexpectedly, the red balloon did not appear in the following three days.

The same three days were also extremely unbearable for Yueyin. Surprisingly, however, no strange conditions occurred again, and no one around her had died.

Everything seemed like the calm before the storm.

Even Dai Lin found it very strange.

There were no anomalies during these three days, and the red balloon did not appear again.

But as time passed, Dai Lin’s left eye started to feel something.

It was a premonition of danger.

This wasn’t the first time the left eye had relayed a premonition of danger, but this time it was different for Dai Lin.

There was a strong sense of impending danger, yet at the same time, there was also the will that made Dai Lin wait here. It seemed like an opportunity for the Devil’s Eye to become stronger.

"Could it be that I’m supposed to devour that red balloon?"

As soon as Dai Lin had this thought, it was immediately denied by the will of the left eye.

It wasn’t the red balloon that the left eye craved, but rather something else it desired even more.

Of course, with it came immense danger.

But even now, Milan still did not give Dai Lin any more specific information, saying that she would tell him when the time came.

To be honest, Dai Lin was very annoyed with this woman’s constant riddles, but there was nothing he could do, as the Devil’s Eye was of no use in front of Milan.

"You still won’t tell me anything today, will you?"

That evening, during dinner, as Dai Lin observed Yueyin and Peipei at the next table, he said to Milan, "Or maybe I can try guessing?"

"Whatever you want, but I won’t tell you whether you’re right or wrong."

Dai Lin realized he was completely powerless in front of Milan. No matter what he said, this woman was impenetrable.

Theoretically, the two were allies, but this alliance was so fragile. Dai Lin had no trust in her, which was why over the past few days, he hadn’t closed his eyes to sleep, always on guard against Milan.

"When the time comes, whatever it is that arrives, if I can engage with it and try to capture it into my right..."

"I knew you would think that way," Milan said as she took a bite of her food. Although she didn’t say much, Dai Lin felt as if she might as well be saying to herself: You’ve got it completely wrong.

"So my thought is..."

"Humans always believe that in this world, justice and evil are like purified crystals, extremely pure entities. It’s as if, from the beginning, justice and evil could be objectively existent and eternally unchanging."

Dai Lin had gotten used to Milan’s way of speaking.

"Of course, there is no absolute justice or evil in this world."

"No," Milan shook her head. "There is only what humans consider to be justice and evil in this world. There is nothing that is just to everyone. But because of this, humans created the religious myths of angels and demons, heaven and hell."

Upon hearing this, Dai Lin couldn’t help but become serious.

"Do you really think that the two of them are completely unaware of the consequences their wishes may bring? Starting with the most basic, the tiniest bit of malice can satisfy their desires. Do they really not know what price they will pay for their wishes?"

After thinking it over, Dai Lin said, "I think they must be aware."

"So, what then is the concept of a demon to humans? It’s simple: it is the malice projected by humans for their own desires. For what they consider just causes, they contribute a will judged by themselves as evil. And as a result, demons are born. Dr. Dai, in this world, the greatest catastrophe is not brought by so-called evil, but by those who are convinced of their own righteousness. You must have heard many similar sayings, right? ’The price that can be sacrificed for the sake of righteousness,’ ’The enemy that dies is a good enemy,’ ’Heretics who desecrate God deserve to die,’ ’The necessary evil for emperors and generals,’ ’Sin for a moment, merit for eternity’... As long as it brings benefits, people are never short of flowery rhetoric to embellish their actions. Just like the two girls next door, their pain comes from paying too high a price, not from the act of making a wish itself. If they truly realized the mistake, they shouldn’t continue making wishes. It’s not too late to stop when the price is still bearable. Now, it’s too late."

"I understand this. So, I won’t make any wishes. Nor will I... seek ’your’ help."

When he said "your," Dai Lin’s tone was very firm.

"Is that so?"

Milan said this, offering a faint smile.

"In this world, there’s nothing more terrifying than being convinced that you’re the embodiment of justice."

Suddenly, Dai Lin stood up abruptly.

"There... over there... the balloon is coming!"

A red balloon floated in from outside the window!

Peipei rushed to the balloon immediately, untying the envelope tied to it, and then took out the letter from inside.

At that moment, Peipei’s heart was in her throat, the anxiety of checking her college entrance exam results was nothing compared to this moment, not even one percent.

She stared at the letter in front of her, eyes widening as she read the contents.

"The price, the price, the price is..."

The price required to eradicate the entire city’s Corona was...

"No, no, no!"

Just looking at the price written on the paper nearly drove Peipei mad.

The content of the letter was close to twenty lines long.

The content was so cruel it was shocking, so insane it was enough to be censored immediately upon writing.

Bloodthirsty, perverse, insane... these twenty lines of text, if Peipei did even a tenth of it, it meant immediate execution of the death sentence, with no chance for clemency.

"This is asking me to become a serial killer!" Peipei threw the paper fiercely onto the ground, looked at Yueyin, and said, "Now we are in the same boat. Let’s see what comes looking for you in three days."

"This... this thing..." Yueyin picked up the letter to look, and listed on it were at least twenty individuals Peipei was instructed to kill directly, along with countless more perverse methods only heard of in serial killer cases, almost enough to compile an entire Kindaichi Case Files novel.

"What the hell is this balloon?" Peipei looked at the red balloon, and at that moment, she finally realized how terrifying the balloon truly was.

Dai Lin stared at the red balloon; he had also seen clearly what the price written on the letter was.

There were three days left until Yueyin’s final deadline.

"Three days..."

Next...

The two women began to visit various places outside, including temples, churches, and everywhere else, but they could not find a solution. Dai Lin wouldn’t give them his business card either; otherwise, going to the hospital would have them dragged to the Demons Department.

Just like that...

The evening before Yueyin’s final deadline arrived.

Tomorrow would be the last time limit.

If Yueyin didn’t kill her own mother, she would have to pay the price.

"I didn’t expect these days to actually be so calm." This calmness was obviously beyond Milan’s expectations too; she had thought that more people would die over these days.

Looking at it now...

The man whose eye was pierced by the steak was the last warning to Yueyin.

"Aren’t you going to tell me what I should do tomorrow?" Dai Lin asked.

"You will know what to do, Doctor Dai."

"I will... know? What does that mean?"

"That eye will tell you, Doctor Dai. Your eye... from the beginning, it has been something that shouldn’t exist in this world. Just like me, I also shouldn’t exist in this world, because the Darren Family doesn’t belong to the space that this world occupies."

Dai Lin realized something.

"This Devil’s Eye will eventually guide you to obtain the ’other parts’ of a Demon. Just like me. We..."

"Are all vessels for a Demon!"