Hospital 444
Chapter 451 - 31 Long Night (5)

Chapter 451: Chapter 31 Long Night (5)

"What exactly is going on here?"

Mei Ge became increasingly confused.

She had thought that the duty room was already invaded by ghosts, so she was ready to use a cursed object to deal with it. However, the final result was: nothing happened, the cursed object simply did not respond.

"Could it be my illusion?"

Mei Ge grabbed her hair, touching the black inverted cross on her forehead.

For the Paranormal Doctor, a ghost’s presence before appearing is always more oppressive than when it shows up in front of you.

After brushing her hair aside, she sat down in the chair and slowly leaned her head against the wall.

"Have I become so frightened that I’m imagining things and even my senses are wrong?"

Actually, Mei Ge truly didn’t want to accept that she had become so weak.

But it seemed that this was the truth. She wasn’t as tough as she appeared on the surface; her stubbornness was always masking her fragility.

More than once, she had thought—really, more than once...about how she would die one day. Being a Paranormal Doctor is a profession with a high mortality rate; often, colleagues might no longer show up by your side, maybe because they were devoured by cursed objects and turned into real ghosts, or maybe because they simply disappeared from this world after a night shift in the morgue...

Therefore, relations between departments in the hospital, and amongst colleagues, are quite indifferent. Everyone is well aware that they might die one day. Perhaps one day a colleague could become an enemy.

So... Mei Ge, bolstered by a powerful department head as her uncle, was directly parachuted into her position and was inherently disliked by her peers. Coupled with the fact that her medical skills were subpar, yet she had potent cursed objects for protection, she had survival methods far superior to an average doctor, often letting others take her place in surgery death quotas. Not to mention that the Nightmare Bug inside her could cause significant harm to the doctors’ lives and property.

However, these people did not know that Mei Ge did not enjoy all this with a clear conscience. Therefore, Mei Ge never used dark souls points to extend her life. She only wanted to live as long as an ordinary person, thinking that someone like her, who strengthened cursed objects by harming others, didn’t deserve to live longer than the average person. Of course, she wouldn’t give up the Nightmare Bug, and it’s not like she could remove the cursed object that was implanted in her body.

She didn’t want to make friends, didn’t want to confide in anyone, had no intention of dating, and certainly had no plans for marriage or a desire for a long life. If one day, she faced certain death like the other colleagues in her department, then so be it—she would die, as it would be her just deserts. Just like now, after she passed away, there wouldn’t be anyone to mourn her. Even George would probably forget her soon.

It’s just that she hadn’t expected... Did she actually fear death that much? So much that her fear led to hallucinations?

"People really are contradictory to the extreme."

Mei Ge started to mock herself.

She had come prepared to face death, but, when death truly approached, she was this scared.

"Why don’t you go die! Your existence only brings harm to the people around you!"

Alice Gale was the only one who dared to scold her with righteous indignation; the others feared her uncle Kafka and stayed away, but she was bold enough to confront Mei Ge directly.

It was said her mother was a Spaniard, and Alice inherited the Spaniard’s proud and unrestrained nature. Unlike Mei Ge, most people in the department liked Alice, even to the point where some learned Flamenco just to dance with her.

"Mel Mo, you’re a Paranormal Doctor! As a doctor, don’t you feel the slightest guilt? Don’t you have any empathy for others? Do you think, just because you’re about to marry into the Faust Family and become the vice president’s granddaughter-in-law, that I, Alice Gale, wouldn’t dare say this to your face? Do you think I don’t know? I’m telling you, it’s Helena Linman I’m talking about! Helena was sent to watch over the morgue because you told your uncle she spoke ill of you behind your back, and she ended up dying there! You really think I don’t know?"

Mei Ge actually never said bad things to her uncle Kafka about Helena. Helena Linman was once a colleague in the inpatient department, and as an emergency department doctor, she was very capable. Moreover, unlike Mei Ge, she loved the profession of being a doctor and even had a strong sense of mission.

"I never told my uncle..."

"I know everything! Mel! Don’t think you can lie to me to my face!"

Mei Ge rubbed her eyes.

It was time for the night rounds.

She picked up her paperwork and walked out.

To this day, she still did not know whether Helena’s assignment to the morgue was truly her uncle’s doing.

Helena was extremely stubborn, and so naturally, she and Mei Ge would clash quite easily. Even though Helena knew about Mei Ge’s background and that Director Kafka was highly regarded by the vice president, she never spared Mei Ge, and after several arguments, their relationship deteriorated.

But Mei Ge had never intended to kill Helena. She indeed complained to one or two doctors, but that was all. Thinking back, maybe they were arranged by her uncle. If her uncle could ally himself with Damon Dailun in secret and remain undetected, then it’s possible that he had people secretly installed in various departments. If her uncle sent Helena to the morgue on duty, it wasn’t beyond the realm of possibility.

Alice, being very popular, had people in every department who would pass her messages and intelligence, allowing her to be the first to know about the developments among the hospital’s higher-ups. She and Helena were ordinary friends with a general relationship; if her uncle had a hand in this, it’s not impossible that she picked up on some clues. Of course, in her eyes, it was naturally instigated by Mei Ge with the encouragement of Director Kafka. So, in Alice’s eyes now, she might believe it was a case of reaping what she had sown.

Maybe she really did cause Helena’s death. But now that her uncle is gone, so... Mei Ge no longer had any way to confirm this with him. The doctor who had helped him arrange this would also never admit to it.

Mei Ge once again checked the condition of each corpse.

Comparing the bodies to the photographs, there still wasn’t much of an anomaly.

Going through them one by one...

Only one body was left.

Alex Layton.

The patient for whom Alice was responsible for the surgery, and who wrote the death certificate and took photos of the corpse.

The patient had undergone two surgeries.

His first surgery was performed three years ago. According to the records, the surgeon was Helena Linman. After her death, Alice took over his treatment.

In fact, Mei Ge was now beginning to remember. This patient named Alex had been very grateful to Helena, the surgeon who operated on him, and there were even rumors that he had fallen for her. Of course, as a matter of professional ethics, Helena naturally wouldn’t have had any special relationship with a patient, but it was evident that she took her responsibility towards her patients very seriously.

Mei Ge scrutinized the body of patient Alex in front of her very carefully, not daring to miss anything.

"Hm?"

Suddenly, she noticed that the light from her flashlight was starting to become unstable.

"Battery... change the battery..."

Mei Ge immediately took out the batteries she carried with her and carefully checked them for any traces of blood. After confirming they were clean, she inserted the new batteries into the flashlight.

"Whew..."

Mei Ge felt a subconscious nervousness.

The flashlight, she had clearly just changed to new batteries.

Could the hospital’s batteries also be of poor quality?

When she finished installing the batteries and the flashlight lit up once again...

Mei Ge gasped in shock.

Because the spot where Alex Layton had just been lying was now empty!

"This..."

Sudden corpse movement was fairly common. But the issue was... that was too fast!

How long had she been changing the batteries?

Mei Ge looked around in horror.

Alex Layton, Helena’s former patient.

Suddenly, she thought... Could he, now turned into an evil spirit, be coming for her?

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