Hospital 444
Chapter 389 - 6 The Same

Chapter 389: Chapter 6 The Same

"At that time, basically everyone who knew about it kept it from me,"

Milan said, looking out the window.

"Of the twelve passengers in that elevator, not one realized that a thirteenth person had appeared, nor did anyone think there was anything amiss about Mary Faust entering the elevator."

"But whoever it was, they all believed Rosa Medel was involved in some way."

Dai Lin was one hundred percent certain that the red masks carried by the doctors at 666 Hospital had something to do with the red-masked nurse he had seen before. He had nearly died at that nurse’s hands.

After Mary Faust entered the elevator, none of the surveillance cameras on other floors captured her exiting it. And the passengers who shared the elevator with her, if they tried to recall what happened after she entered, would fall into madness and become incurably insane.

Dai Lin also thought of the rule at Hospital 444: when climbing stairs, one must count the steps. If a thirteenth step appears, one must redo them until there are only twelve steps again.

These two regulations shared a startling similarity. And after sharing memories with Dai Lin, Milan naturally learned of this rule as well.

"What happens if you enter an elevator with a thirteenth person, or if you continue downstairs after walking up a staircase with thirteen steps?"

That was something Dai Lin didn’t know.

In the past, similar things had happened. When doctors chased after ghosts and failed to count the steps, they disappeared completely inside the hospital after climbing a staircase with thirteen steps.

Just like what happened to Mary Faust.

Dai Lin and Milan looked at each other.

"Could they have gone... to the same place?"

This was a shared question between Dai Lin and Milan.

"I always feel like the second brother knows something. Perhaps, the third brother knows something too, but he hasn’t told me."

...

"Third brother."

"I’d rather not take elevators anymore in the future."

Milan knew that Mary Faust had disappeared after taking an elevator.

"Don’t overthink it, Milan," Lumian comforted, "Elevators are generally safe."

The elevator doors opened.

Standing outside were Milan’s eldest brother and sister.

Milan’s eldest brother, Elmon, might as well have been the least noticeable member of the family. Although he was the eldest, his abilities ranked him firmly at the bottom among his siblings. And for that reason, the family had essentially given up on cultivating him, instead pouring all resources into the second brother, Damon.

And the eldest sister, Natalie... she was the presence in the family Milan detested the most. To put it simply, she was insane, certainly because of the curse within her. She had been implanted with an Abyssal Curse for the second time, and because her will was not strong enough, it greatly affected her character, making her utterly mad. Of course, she also became the second strongest in the family after the second brother.

Upon seeing Natalie, Milan immediately hid behind Lumian.

"Isn’t the second brother coming to meet up with you?"

No one knew where the Demons Department was located within the hospital, so it was always Damon who came to find them; they could never actively seek him out.

"Damon hasn’t contacted me yet," Elmon shook his head, "Maybe he will go directly home with Rosa."

"Is it appropriate for Rosa Medel to attend today’s event?" Natalie asked with a sneer, "Hasn’t the Faust Family already concluded she’s responsible for Mary Faust’s disappearance?"

As she said this, she looked towards Lumian: "Lumian, you haven’t really fallen for Alucia Faust, have you? She’s of Faust blood, after all. Ultimately, this marriage alliance is meaningless."

"I..." Lumian didn’t know what to say.

"I want to leave early," Milan suddenly felt stifled, "Can I go home first?"

She wished she could teleport home.

But Natalie looked at Milan and raised her hand, pointing at her.

At that moment, half of Natalie’s face showed numerous cracks in the skin, as if it would shatter completely at any time.

"If you dare to leave, Milan, I’ll make you suffer," Natalie threatened.

Shivering, Milan clung to Lumian’s back.

In the family, she and her eldest brother Elmon were definitely at the bottom, and Natalie, with the second-degree Abyssal Curse, could easily kill her. She was insane and could do anything unpredictable.

"Eldest sister," Lumian raised his hand to shield Milan, "Today is an important day for me, please, for my sake, don’t make it difficult for Milan."

"Such weaklings should die young," Natalie’s face continued to crack, "They’re nothing but a waste of the family’s resources."

"The second brother won’t be happy," Lumian clenched his teeth, standing firm, and told Milan, "You teleport back first, Milan. I will speak with the eldest sister..."

"You dare!" Natalie stepped closer, "If you dare to teleport away, I swear I’ll kill you right now! Milan! Just try! And Lumian, stop using Damon to pressure me! You’re not Damon! Do you really think I’m afraid of Damon?"

Crazy...

Totally crazy!

Milan didn’t provoke Natalie from the moment she entered the elevator, but with just a few words, she wanted to kill her! The family warned Natalie repeatedly, and Milan’s brothers always protected her; otherwise, she had no doubts she would have long since died at her eldest sister’s hands!

"Big sister..." Lumian gritted his teeth and said, "I may not compare to my second brother, but if you really hurt Milan, I can’t just sit back and do nothing. We’re family, and at a time like this, we can’t let the people of the Faust family see us as a joke, right? Milan, you go first! Rest assured, as long as I am here, nothing will happen to you!"

Deeply grateful, Milan cast a glance at her third brother and then teleported from the elevator back to her own room at home.

Even in her own room, she couldn’t stop herself from trembling uncontrollably.

It wasn’t just big sister Natalie... Riding in the elevator also terrified her. She always felt that her second brother knew what had happened inside the elevator, but he concealed everything.

It all started because of that woman.

That woman named Rosa Medel.

It was all because of her...

Milan had always felt that the woman was extremely dangerous. To some extent, she was even more dangerous than Natalie.

Approximately twenty minutes later, there was a knock on the door.

"Milan?"

It was Lumian’s voice.

"Third brother, I’m here."

Lumian opened the door and entered Milan’s room.

"Rest assured, big sister won’t come to threaten you anymore." Lumian patted Milan’s shoulder and said, "At tonight’s dinner, after toasting, you should leave."

"Third brother."

"Hmm?"

"Are you and second brother keeping something from me? I am very clear that you and he have one thing in common, and that is that you both are too stubborn. So stubborn that once you’ve made up your minds on something, no one can change it. Moreover, you are a very powerful Paranormal Doctor."

Lumian’s expression changed slightly.

"So for second brother, his plans... You are the most suitable person to assist him. I’ve read his paper from back then, which was written about the incident involving Rosa Medel. In it, he also listed your name."

"I just wanted to properly assist second brother, that’s all."

"How much are you two hiding from me?"

"Milan." Lumian stroked her head, "There are some things you don’t need to know."

"Mary Faust is a moderate of the Faust family, and it was she who actively facilitated your arranged marriage with Alucia Faust. She advocates for the two major families to achieve peace through marriage alliances, so indeed, she genuinely assisted second brother in his research within the Demons Department."

"Milan..."

"No, or perhaps I should say it’s Rosa Medel’s research, right? She seduced second brother to do her bidding, and then used Mary Faust as a guinea pig for her research, didn’t she?"

Lumian shook his head and said, "It’s not what you think."

"Then what is it really like, third brother? Where exactly did Mary Faust go?"

In the end, Lumian said this.

"Milan. Do you think we are ’doctors’?"

Milan was taken aback for a moment.

"Do you think that patients have regained their health through our hospital? Or... Milan, what do you think an Abyssal Curse is?"

"Abyssal Curse..."

How could Milan possibly understand the true nature of a curse.

"Why, as humans, can we use the power of ghosts? Why can a ghost’s curse heal those patients? Do you think that this is a cure, or a new kind of curse?"

"Is this what you and second brother are researching now? You want to analyze a curse?"

"We reviewed the follow-up data of patients from the past thirty years. Then we discovered something terrifying. There has never been any record of a patient’s soul after death. No patient who has died has ever become a ghost... This file has always been kept secret from the regular doctors."

"That’s impossible... Don’t all the dead patients go into the morgue..."

"Right. The ghosts of the patients only appear after they have been taken to the morgue. Do you think that’s reasonable?"

"That’s absolutely..."

"Milan. We are just cogs in an even more terrifying curse. The dean... he is the one who controls everything."

...

"We are just cogs in an even more terrifying curse, Dai Lin." Milan repeated the words that Lumian had said to her in the past, "And I’ve always been suspecting something."

Dai Lin, of course, knew what Milan suspected, and he had the same conjecture.

"The deans of our two hospitals..."

"Perhaps are the same ’person’!"

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