Hospital 444
Chapter 48 - 20 Dave

Chapter 48: Chapter 20 Dave

Hearing this sentence, Lin Sen was completely stunned, with even his brain going blank.

"You’ll know when you see it," Dai Lin continued.

Lin Sen took the business card and looked at it carefully.

"Hospital 444?"

Lin Sen’s expression grew uglier by the second; what the two hoodie-wearing men had said was true!

Mo Zhenzhen looked at the business card and said, "No, what kind of card is this... Ah, what does this say? Paranormal phenomena? Who are you people? Some sort of salesmen?"

Lin Sen looked at the business card and then seriously turned to Dai Lin, "Your hospital... can it cure curses?"

"Have you had any special strange encounters recently?" Dai Lin continued to ask.

He had already planned that if all else failed, he would forcibly take him to the hospital.

Looking at this business card, Lin Sen felt a strange sense of trust.

Mo Zhenzhen, on the other hand, snatched the business card, intending to give it back to Dai Lin, but as soon as she took it in her hands, her expression changed.

"You..."

As the only item that could be brought out from the hospital, once the business card was in hand, even people with firm materialistic beliefs would believe in the existence of Hospital 444. After that, even if they discarded the business card, they would no longer doubt the reality of the hospital.

The following steps would then be easy to handle.

...

"Auditory hallucinations?"

"Yes," Lin Sen said to Dai Lin as he looked at his wife feeding their child, "I heard it very clearly at the time; it sounded exactly like my own voice! What kind of curse is this?"

Dr. Dai’s left eye currently felt little for Lin Sen, "But what kind of curse you’re under still needs to be examined in the hospital."

"Then... will I be in any danger to my life?"

Dr. Dai couldn’t bear to tell Lin Sen about Jiang Han’s situation and could only say, "We’ll know after the checkup. Just trust us, we are all professional paranormal doctors at our hospital."

Hearing his own voice...

What exactly was going on?

But now was not the time to discuss this; first, they had to take him to the hospital.

As for Jiang Lan, listening to him, she finally understood the meaning behind Lu Junjun’s words. Without a doubt, by tomorrow, Lin Sen would face the same predicament as Lu Junjun!

Dai Lin continued to ask, "Aside from this, have you experienced anything unusual?"

Just as Lin Sen was about to say something, Mo Zhenzhen hurriedly said, "Could it be because you used to film at haunted locations, and then last year, your team members all disappeared collectively..."

Remembering the words of the two hoodie-wearing men, Lin Sen no longer dared to doubt.

He must not reveal the existence of the apartment!

Clenching his teeth, Lin Sen said, "Actually, I used to do social media work, setting up a team to shoot those kind of phony paranormal documentaries. Once, we went to K City’s He Yan Building to film. According to supernatural legends, if you carry an apple from the top floor to the bottom, round after round, and then one apple is missing, it means you have summoned an evil spirit. We conducted the experiment and actually encountered a ghost!"

Actually, this piece of the story was true.

"And then what happened?" Jiang Lan asked urgently from the side. In her memory, her father had never been to K City.

Lin Sen roughly recounted the experience, omitting anything about the apartment.

"After a power outage, once the lights came back on, everyone had disappeared, and only I and a temporary actor surnamed Xie survived."

"Do you still have contact information for that temporary actor surnamed Xie?"

"After that, we never contacted each other again."

At this moment, Mo Zhenzhen asked anxiously, "Doctor, can this really be cured?"

As a surgeon, Dai Lin was all too familiar with such inquiries. Especially from patients suffering from serious illnesses and their relatives, they all hoped that the doctor would act like a miraculous immortal, granting them a golden pill that would cure them instantly, leading to jubilation for all. But who could guarantee a certain cure for the patient?

"We are professionals, please trust us."

"But, you said that your treatment involves collecting what you call ’Spiritual Therapy Points’, right? That it’s an assessment for future life?" Mo Zhenzhen started to get anxious, "Then, going to the hospital for treatment could actually diminish one’s future life, how does that make sense?"

"As long as it isn’t a life-threatening condition, the fee is still very affordable."

"What if it is life-threatening... How many Spiritual Therapy Points would you charge then?"

"Without a definitive diagnosis, we can’t assess the fees."

"But if it doesn’t pose a threat to life, there’s no need to pay Spiritual Therapy Points, right?"

Dai Lin could only explain, "Conditions aren’t always constant, over time, even ghosts that don’t threaten human life can become Resentful Spirits. So, it’s better to get treated early and recover your health sooner."

If Jiang Han’s body showed no signs of a curse, Lin Sen could still be taken to Hospital 444 for examination, which should reveal some clues. From there, they could decide which department should handle his treatment. With so many doctors at the hospital and various kinds of cursed artifacts available, there had to be a way.

Then, the couple went into the bedroom to pack up their belongings and brief each other on their situation.

Dai Lin felt terrible inside, but he knew that, as an intern, there was only so much he could do.

After preparing some toiletries, Lin Sen came out.

Right now, Lin Sen hadn’t yet grasped the severity of the situation. In his eyes, Dai Lin, though called a doctor, was essentially equivalent to a ghost-catching celestial master, who simply had to declare, "I can see at a glance you’re not human, prepare to be exorcised," and all would be well.

Even though he had been a doctor for so long, Dai Lin still couldn’t harden his heart towards patients suffering from incurable diseases. He always hoped to save as many of his patients as possible from the clutches of the Grim Reaper.

Lin Sen patted his wife’s shoulder and said, "I’ve already requested leave from work, and I’ve asked my mom to come over these next few days to take care of you and our son. Once Dr. Dai has cured me, I’ll be back."

"Okay, I understand. Come back as soon as you can."

"I will."

The power of that business card was truly terrifying—all too capable of completely altering the couple’s cognition. This scene played out as if Lin Sen were simply going to the hospital for an appendectomy.

After leaving home, they reached a rather empty spot in the alleyway.

Dai Lin made a call to Gao Heyann first.

"Dr. Gao, I’ve brought the first patient out. Arrange for emergency admission tonight."

On the other end of the phone, Gao Heyann said, "Okay, let him listen to the phone for a moment while I process the admission."

Dai Lin handed the phone to Lin Sen, who was standing by.

"Mr. Lin," Gao Heyann got straight to the point, "before processing the emergency admission, I personally suggest you opt for an ICU intensive care ward. Staying in a regular ward, we can’t be certain you won’t encounter any life-threatening events beforehand."

After Lin Yan’s incident, Gao Heyann had also become much more vigilant.

"If all goes well, you’ll only need to stay for one day. Tomorrow, we can arrange your surgery urgently."

"Surgery? Wait, you’re planning to do surgery before I’m even admitted for an examination?"

"Your situation is very complicated, and by tomorrow night, you may be facing a life-threatening condition. Also, please register for emergency care; we’ll conduct an emergency check-up for you and then quickly prepare for surgery."

"Life-threatening? Register for emergency care?"

Lin Sen’s face suddenly turned pale.

"Are you guys for real?"

"We never joke around."

Once a patient has held the business card even once, they will never doubt the hospital. No matter how deep their skepticism, it disappears!

Meanwhile, at the other end of the alley, stood those two hooded men. However, Dai Lin couldn’t see them, and neither could Lin Sen at the moment.

"Speaking of which... Director Dai," one of the hooded men said, "what exactly is the curse afflicting Lin Sen?"

"The informant inside Hospital 444 has given us limited information; we could only determine that it’s unrelated to the apartment. The intelligence they’ve shared so far only mentions a connection with a sleepwalking patient who spoke Lin Sen’s name and predicted his death. It seems likely that it’s related to the opening of hell’s gate and ’her’ resurrection. That’s enough, let’s head back. Tomorrow, we have surgery to perform—removing the ghoul from inside a patient who came from London. It won’t be an easy task."

"Understood, Director Dai."