Hospital 444
Chapter 364 - 17: Do Not Answer!

Chapter 364: Chapter 17: Do Not Answer!

Fang Zhou turned his head and glanced at his wife, Wen Xiaoshu, who was busy in the kitchen, before turning back.

In front of him was a piece of A4 paper.

He put his right index finger into his mouth and bit down hard.

Blood dripped down from his lips.

Then the blood splattered onto the paper before him.

In an instant, the wound on Fang Zhou’s finger healed completely, leaving no trace of injury.

"Done," Fang Zhou said, looking at the blood on the paper, his gaze fixed on the fluid as he spoke, "Dai Lin, watch closely now. Also, I need to be highly focused while using this technique, so if my wife or daughter comes by, cover this paper immediately. Don’t let them be frightened by the blood."

"Okay, understood."

The blood quickly began to spread across the paper and soon after, it started to outline a drawing!

A table with six young boys and girls sitting around it, and a woman standing in front of the table.

These were Lin Sunzhu and the Qin Family’s children... Hmm, why only six?

Pointing at the paper, Fang Zhou said, "Dai Lin, look carefully, do you see any special abnormalities?"

Dai Lin nodded and stared intently at the A4 paper.

The image revealed by the blood on the paper was not static, but dynamic; the characters on it occasionally moved. Clearly, it was a live broadcast.

Dai Lin was very aware of one thing: this was the Blood of the Vicious Spirit. Even a single drop of this blood was potent enough to kill dozens or even hundreds of ordinary intern doctors. If this blood escaped the seal imposed by the department responsible for cursed objects, every single person in this residential area would die.

Fang Zhou dared to release this blood in his own home, clearly having complete confidence in doing so. Nonetheless, Dai Lin was still somewhat nervous.

For him, the Resentful Spirit was still far too terrifying a presence.

Without a doubt, any Malevolent Spirits or Resentful Spirits in the room sketched by the blood would be captured. Even if it was a Vicious Spirit present, there would still be clues.

But no other shadows appeared.

Under such circumstances, two possibilities were generally considered.

First, there might be a Malevolent Ghost present. Malevolent Ghosts cannot be categorized within ghosts’ hierarchy, and the emergence of a Malevolent Ghost more fearsome than a Vicious Spirit is unlikely but theoretically possible.

Second, it could be a Curse Spirit, a condition surpassing the Vicious Spirit and deemed an incurable curse. If it truly were a Curse Spirit, then there would be no need to consider treatment, and the most a doctor could offer would be palliative care.

"Is it a... Malevolent Ghost?"

From a probability standpoint, Dai Lin felt the likelihood of a Malevolent Ghost was higher.

Moreover, if it were a Malevolent Ghost, there was at least hope for treatment. Although difficult, there remained the possibility of success.

"I don’t think so," Fang Zhou recalled the tone of the phone call with Han Ming, "A Malevolent Ghost wouldn’t cause such trouble, at worst Manager Han could just arrange for the Evil Ghost Department to take over. But a Curse Spirit... I don’t think it’s that either. If it were, he would have told me it was a Curse Spirit directly."

Dai Lin observed the scene and said, "Then, let’s contact Teacher Lin and ask her to find a way to get a strand of these children’s hair and then send it over. I can read their memories through the hair."

"I’d rather not do that for now," Fang Zhou shook his head slightly. "After all, we don’t know which of the people in Shady Manor are human and which are ghosts."

Differentiating between humans and ghosts has always been one of the great challenges at Hospital 444, with the most common misdiagnoses occurring in such cases.

To this day, no Paranormal Doctor can claim a one hundred percent accurate diagnosis.

Therefore, theoretically, these six students could all be ghosts. However, the inability of the Blood of the Vicious Spirit to detect them usually suggests a Malevolent Ghost or a Curse Spirit.

As he watched, Dai Lin noticed one of the figures and pointed at him.

"This person..."

Then, Dai Lin heard Milan speak to him in the space within his right eye, "He is in some sort of special state."

"Special state?"

"This situation..."

...

The person Dai Lin sensed as being off was indeed Qin Qingji.

There were about ten minutes left until the end of the class.

It was at this moment, Qin Qingji suddenly lifted his head and looked at the map on the projection screen.

Then, he suddenly began to speak.

"W... W City..."

Lin Sunzhu was startled when she heard this.

That tone of speaking...

So familiar!

It was just like a foreigner who had just started learning Chinese, with pronunciation far from accurate.

This strange accent, compared to the standard Mandarin of Qin Qingji before, made them seem like completely different people.

Lin Sunzhu turned her head and looked at him.

"The place... where we live... is called... W City?"

Upon hearing such a bizarre question, Lin Sunzhu felt goosebumps all over her body. She had the impression that the Qin Qingji before her had turned into someone else.

"Teacher Lin," Qin Bosheng immediately spoke up at this moment, "Quick, give an answer."

"Answer, Teacher Qin," Qin Liqun also immediately said.

Then, even the usually quiet Qin Yujuan joined in, "Quickly answer this question, Teacher Lin."

Only the always timid Qin Mi didn’t say much; she even picked up her notebook, covering her face, as if trying to avoid something.

And Qin Shenluo, who had almost never spoken and seemed like a god of death, still didn’t utter a word, maintaining his poker face.

Qin Qingji, on the other hand, was mechanically repeating the question he had asked earlier. Moreover, he added, "Is W City... on the map... here?"

He pointed at the map on the projection slide.

These were two questions as simple as one plus one equals two.

This is W City, is it really a question that needs to be seriously asked?

Anyone without a problem in their brain could answer it, right? But why were Qin Bosheng, Qin Liqun, and Qin Yujuan reacting like this?

However, something Lin Sunzhu could not have expected happened.

Something she could never have anticipated.

Qin Bosheng, who had always seemed gentlemanly, suddenly stood up, then in a few strides rushed to Lin Sunzhu, lifted his hand, and grabbed her collar.

Qin Bosheng glared at Lin Sunzhu like a vengeful ghost, bellowing, "Answer the question! Now, immediately!"

Lin Sunzhu was horrified by this scene as if not answering these two simple questions would lead to Qin Bosheng strangling her right away. Qin Bosheng’s dry eyes were filled with madness at that moment.

"Answer him! Quick!" Qin Yujuan also shouted out, "Faster! Otherwise, it will be too late!"

Just as Lin Sunzhu was about to answer, suddenly, a voice entered her mind.

It was Fang Zhou’s voice!

"Don’t answer! Don’t answer! Don’t answer!"