Hospital 444
Chapter 445 - 25 The Morgue Supervisor

Chapter 445: Chapter 25 The Morgue Supervisor

Mei Ge’s right eyelid suddenly began to bulge slightly.

Then, an insect that looked like a cockroach gruesomely burrowed its way out of her eyelid and flew into the palm of Mei Ge’s hand.

This was a newly born Nightmare Bug.

The Nightmare Bug’s back, as its wings unfolded, gradually took to the air.

At that moment, Mei Ge had an ominous premonition.

To be honest, if she were to bet from a completely objective standpoint on whether Mel could survive the night or not, she would have bet against her own survival.

In that case, no matter how cautiously she acted, it was never too much.

A Nightmare Bug, a type of obscure and side effect-prone cursed object, also had its advantages: it possessed a powerful means of saving one’s life. For the vast majority of paranormal doctors at Hospital 444, preserving their own lives always took precedence over the lives of their patients.

...

"Doctor Dai Lin. You know why you are here, don’t you?"

Dai Lin was sitting in a chair.

In front of him was a table, and behind the table sat three doctors.

Dai Lin did not recognize any of these three people; he had never seen them before.

The last time he faced a similar scenario was during a recruitment interview.

All Dai Lin could remember was that one of these three doctors appeared abruptly before him and then led him into this room. Afterwards, he found himself facing a situation akin to a tribune interrogation.

Dai Lin replied, "I do."

In the eyes of others, Dai Lin had surreptitiously taken the body of a patient out of the hospital and assisted the patient’s family in removing the corpse.

As for the Ghost Buddha of the Blood Lotus Temple, that was merely his own account—with no evidence, others could easily accuse him of fabrication and shirking responsibility.

"You must be aware of the hospital regulations that no doctor is allowed to remove the body of a patient from the hospital, especially a body that has not been sealed by the Demons Department. In terms of outcomes, the body of the patient Lin Qian, which you took out of the hospital, had been dead for over 24 hours. This is a violation of hospital regulations. According to the rules set by the dean, you must spend the next week on solitary duty in the morgue as punishment. You should count yourself lucky the punishment isn’t dismissal by the dean; otherwise, the ending waiting for you would involve being stripped of the cursed object and then dying."

"Wait, hold on a second..." Dai Lin had thought they would ask him why he did it, "The reason I did this..."

"We are only responsible for delivering this decision to you and have no interest in hearing your defense," the lead doctor among the three said. "We have only one question for you. Where did you take the body?"

"I do not know that matter..."

"We do not want to hear that answer here," the lead doctor said with dissatisfaction, shaking his head. "I will ask you again, where is the body...?"

Dai Lin began to feel that something was amiss.

What department were these three doctors from?

Given the networks behind him, even the doctors of the Demons Department would be cautious and had not laid hands on him since his return to Hospital 444, only daring to do so when he was stranded on the Azure Island where no other doctors from the hospital could intervene.

Indeed, he had violated the rules of Hospital 444, so everything had to be handled according to the regulations. However, these three people seemed intent on making a mountain out of a molehill.

What exactly did they mean by that?

Could it be...

"I will ask one more time," the doctor in front of him said coldly, "where is the body?"

Dai Lin began to sense that something was amiss.

"I don’t know either."

"Since you don’t know, we have trouble," the doctor in front of him said, "We have to resort to some special methods."

"I must explain to you, the situation was like this. The patient’s family claimed she was carrying the ghost Buddha head from the Blood Lotus Temple, and since my eyes can see through things, I could see that she indeed had the Blood Lotus Temple ghost Buddha on her..."

"So are you saying that out of fear of the cursed object, you heeded the patient’s family’s words and defied the director’s regulations, is that it?" the lead doctor sneered, "In that case, are you suggesting that from the very beginning, you did not take the director’s rules seriously at all?"

This aggressive line of questioning was like a heavy accusation thrust upon him.

And yet, frustratingly, Dai Lin couldn’t refute this logic.

After all, what kind of place was Hospital 444?

Dai Lin had long seen clearly that this was not a hospital at all. The relationship between all the doctors and the director was that of slaves and their master.

This, Damon Dailun saw very clearly.

As slaves, they naturally had to place their master’s rules above their own life and death. This seemed absurd, but the director, who could decide their fate as if they were gods or demons, had both the power and the right to control them like this.

So, whether Dai Lin was willing or not, he could only accept this outcome.

"Dr. Dai. First of all, you can rest assured that we will not torture you. However, if you do not disclose the whereabouts of the body, it will be difficult for us, and it will not be possible to set an example for other departments. Lastly, let me introduce myself, I am the head of the hospital’s underground mortuary, my name is Chen Chen. Remember my name. I believe you will not forget me in the future."

The head of the mortuary?

Dai Lin had never heard that there was a doctor responsible for the mortuary affairs.

"From now on, until you are sent to guard the mortuary, you cannot leave this place. Unless, we find the body. I hope you understand this, Dr. Dai."

Dai Lin looked at the doctor named Chen Chen before him, feeling a strong sense of unease beginning to build inside.

And the doctor to Chen Chen’s left also introduced himself, "My name is Tang Yan. I believe you will also remember my name, Dr. Dai."

And the doctor on the right said, "My name is Lu Ming. Dr. Dai, I look forward very much to the day when your body is brought into our mortuary. You may not know, but my role is to apply makeup to all the bodies."

An undertaker?

"Although our positions are also as doctors, we are not responsible for treating the living. Our job is to send the deceased off properly on their last journey. Oh, by the way, we can do makeup for the patients according to the wishes of their families, free of charge. If the family wants to hold a memorial service or a farewell ceremony for the body, we can also provide the venue. Of course, the premise is to manage the time well. Dr. Dai, let me think, if you were to die, what kind of makeup would suit you. Your skin is quite decent, it shouldn’t be too difficult to work with..."

"Lu Ming, you talk too much," said Chen Chen, though he only spoke after Lu Ming had finished his morbid fantasy, "Dr. Dai, you can speak whenever you want. But until then, you cannot leave this room!"

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.