Hospital 444
Chapter 452 - 32: The Long Night (Part 6)

Chapter 452: Chapter 32: The Long Night (Part 6)

Dai Lin had finished inspecting all the corpses.

Afterwards, he returned to the duty room.

Originally, the duty room had become quite "dangerous," however, after some thought, Dai Lin concluded that, overall, the duty room was still the safest place. Staying outside was actually more dangerous.

For example, the duty regulations mentioned that when the black cat cried out, the doctor must immediately flee back to the duty room. Doctors who followed this rule and successfully made it to the duty room generally survived. From this perspective, the duty room was relatively safe.

Of course, except for the restroom within the duty room. The regulations’ description of the restroom was truly hair-raising. Fortunately, this rule was not hard to follow, so it wasn’t a big problem.

But when Dai Lin entered the duty room, his first reaction was...

"That ’person’ is no longer here."

Hearing Dai Lin say this, Milan breathed a sigh of relief.

"That’s good."

"Now, we’re not hoping for there to be no ghosts, just that the ghosts aren’t too strong."

Milan breathed a sigh of relief, then she looked back at the duty regulations. Now, the seventh rule was no longer visible, and Dai Lin’s blood had also vanished without a trace.

"I feel... that it wasn’t a ghost."

"Ah?"

Hearing Dai Lin say this, Milan was stunned.

Not a ghost?

Dai Lin then swept his gaze over the duty room again and said, "It might sound a bit... but I have this intuition."

"As a man, don’t talk to me about intuition..." Milan snorted dismissively: "We’re dealing with matters of life and death here, there’s no room for intuition. Don’t you have any clear... evidence?"

If it’s not a ghost, but a person?

Could it be the Paranormal Doctor?

If that were the case, Milan felt an even greater headache. She was well aware that sometimes, people could be more troublesome than ghosts. Besides, in her view, Paranormal Doctors could also be considered a type of ghost.

Unlike Hospital 444, doctors at 666 Hospital frequently suffered from curse backlash, turning from human to complete ghost. This was related to the number of times the doctors used cursed objects, the frequency, and the doctors’ own abilities. Even with regular check-ups and reinforcing the sealing of cursed objects, this issue was difficult to completely resolve. Imagine a doctor performing surgery on a patient halfway through when the doctor turns into a ghost...

The solution to this issue usually entailed implanting a new cursed object, creating a balance between curses. However, this balance was unstable and, over time, would still pose the risk of further backlash. Therefore, the best way for a doctor to ensure long-term stable use of cursed objects was to withdraw more Dark Soul Points. The more Dark Soul Points withdrawn, the lesser the risk of curse backlash.

Milan found the notion that Paranormal Doctors were essentially ghosts difficult to understand. After all, the level of the Department of Cursed Objects at Hospital 444 was astonishing to her. Although they fell behind in the development of spatial cursed objects, they were far superior to 666 Hospital in terms of the stability of cursed objects, such that since Dai Lin had joined the hospital, he had never seen a doctor turn into a ghost due to curse backlash, nor did doctors have to rely on repeatedly implanting cursed objects to enhance the balance of curses.

"No evidence," Dai Lin shook his head: "It’s just... an intuition. It was a person."

"Actually... if it’s a person, that might be even more troublesome," Milan said seriously to Dai Lin: "That means there’s a Paranormal Doctor lurking here, who has witnessed me, a wanted Paranormal Doctor, appearing by your side."

"That’s true. But if it’s a Paranormal Doctor, that seems somewhat perplexing. Usually, Paranormal Doctors steer clear of morgues. If..."

"Could it be a Demonic Department Doctor?" This was Milan’s first thought: "A Demonic Department Doctor looking to take advantage of this environment to assassinate you, ensuring they cover all their bases?"

Dai Lin and Milan looked at each other, and for a moment, they became vigilant.

To tell the truth.

The threat from Demonic Department Doctors was even greater than that of ordinary ghosts.

On this point, both of them were in agreement.

"The Demonic Department Doctor plotted against us only to leave us isolated and eventually enter the morgue, wanting to use the morgue to kill me, and then steal my eyes for the use of the Demons Department... This is entirely possible. If that’s the case, then this must be a Demonic Department Doctor with an exceptionally strong ability to hide. On this point, we must remain extremely vigilant."

If that was the case, Dai Lin had to keep considering an issue, which was how to deal with a doctor from the Demons Department. If this Demonic Department Doctor really possessed such strong concealing abilities, there was no guarantee that he wasn’t in the duty room right now. Perhaps he was lying in wait, looking for an opportunity to stab Dai Lin and Milan in the back.

"No," suddenly, Dai Lin felt something was amiss, "That’s not right! It can’t be the Paranormal Doctor!"

"Hm?" Milan became puzzled, "Why do you say that?"

"According to hospital regulations, a doctor who has improperly managed a body must watch over the morgue alone. This regulation is a punishment for the Paranormal Doctor, which means that no one is allowed to assist him on duty at this time. Precisely because of this, the various departments can’t find out the true content of the seventh duty regulation. This is a rule established by the Dean, which even the Demons Department should adhere to."

"Right... I overlooked that. A doctor from the Demons Department couldn’t possibly be here. Not to mention, this department is absolutely loyal to the Dean, and those four are all in human form, driven by the Dean’s command... evil spirits!"

It wasn’t a doctor from the Demonic Department, so Dai Lin was quite relieved. As long as it wasn’t them, there were always more strategies to deal with people or ghosts.

Milan walked to one side, picked up two disposable cups, opened the water dispenser, poured some water, and then handed one to Dai Lin, saying, "Do you want to drink some water first?"

"Forget it, I’d prefer to reduce the number of trips to the bathroom." Dai Lin glanced at the door of the nearby restroom, saying, "That place, it’s better not to go if possible."

After that, Dai Lin picked up a flashlight and checked the batteries inside again, ensuring that no additional bloodstains had appeared on them.

Dai Lin had the Devil’s Eye, and in fact, didn’t need a flashlight, but considering Milan, it was still better to bring it along.

Suddenly...

The light bulb above Dai Lin’s head began to flicker ominously!

This shocked Dai Lin!

"No, can’t be???"

Could it be that the light was going out???

The first rule of morgue duty was that at least one power source must be kept on.

If this light went out, the consequences were unthinkable!

Dai Lin heard from Gao Heyann, in the past, duty doctors tried to turn on more lights to lessen the sense of fear. However, later no doctor dared to do so anymore. They found that if more than two power sources were turned on, the probability of a light malfunctioning was extremely high, and a power outage was likely to occur. And once there was a total power outage in the morgue, there was no precedent of any duty doctors surviving!

"Why, I only turned on one light, didn’t I?"

At that moment, Dai Lin was caught in a dilemma.

If he turned on another light, maybe both lights would go out completely, leading to a total power outage. What then? But if the current light went out, it would violate the first rule of the duty regulations, and no one knew what might happen, as those who knew could no longer speak.

Ultimately, Dai Lin clenched his teeth and decided to turn on another light, then immediately switch off the flickering one! If it was for such a short time, it probably wouldn’t go out suddenly.

So, Dai Lin immediately rushed towards the location of the light switches.

But...

It was too late!

The light bulb above his head went out instantly! And when Dai Lin reached the light switches, no matter which switch he pressed, the duty room was pitch black!

What was crucial was... even his Devil’s Eye was engulfed in darkness, unable to see a thing!

The morgue... had a power outage!