Hospital 444
Chapter 520 - 22: Planting... Ghosts?

Chapter 520: Chapter 22: Planting... Ghosts?

Wen Xiaoshu looked at the bedroom door in front of her with a hint of confusion.

It was the first time she had seen Fang Zhou show such a grave expression.

"The moment he heard that phone call, his expression changed..."

In Wen Xiaoshu’s memory, only on very few occasions involving major surgeries did Fang Zhou ever wear such an expression.

At that moment, she didn’t notice that Xiao Meng behind her was walking in the opposite direction, heading towards the kitchen...

Inside the bedroom.

Fang Zhou’s head was leaning against the wall, his left hand raised to his forehead, his right hand clutching the phone tightly, and he said, "So, to put it simply, it’s..."

"Fang Zhou, you’ve worked in the Evil Ghost Department before. You should be very clear... it’s preposterous to categorize malevolent ghosts as so-called variants of vengeful spirits."

Coming from the other end of the phone was Mei Quzhen’s voice.

"Yes," Fang Zhou immediately nodded in agreement, "Just as you’ve said..."

"The hospital completely seals off all knowledge regarding the Abyss’s invasion, leaving only the Demons Department responsible for treatment. We cannot communicate with the Demons Department at all. As for the Evil Ghost Department, it wouldn’t exist if I hadn’t insisted on it."

The Abyss invasion, a forbidden research field within the hospital.

Only a very few high-level doctors had the clearance to know and learn about this concept. And for most people, they could only know the Sign of the Devil, which Han Ming had risked his life to introduce into regular clinical practice.

Following Han Ming, only radiology department doctors could learn about the Sign of the Devil.

"The so-called Sign of the Devil is a sign of a high-level Abyss invasion. But even so, the report sheets from the Spiritual Therapy Points department are only allowed to show the words ’Sign of the Devil.’ And because the assessment of the Sign of the Devil is extremely difficult, so..."

Assessing the Sign of the Devil was also a challenging issue for doctors in the Spiritual Therapy Points department. Clinically, misdiagnosis was too common. It wasn’t until Director Fan took over that the accurate diagnosis rate significantly increased.

Fang Zhou could not help but feel distressed about this.

So...

"Mommy."

Outside the bedroom, Wen Xiaoshu, who was knitting a sweater, suddenly heard Xiao Meng’s voice.

"Xiao Meng?"

Fang Zhou’s wife had been his patient first.

Hospital 444 does not forbid romantic relationships between doctors and patients, although, for doctors, it is something rather taboo.

Fang Zhou had cured his wife back then.

So when his wife was cursed again, he judged it to be a recurrence of the vengeful spirit curse. However, the Demons Department believed that she should be treated by a Demons Department doctor.

"From the beginning, the hospital has sealed off all clinical medical concepts related to the Demons Department, thus the Evil Ghost Department also faced difficulties in treatment... This should change. As you know, I’ve always hoped you would join the Evil Ghost Department. In fact, if you transfer here, I can immediately step down and let you take over as the head of the department."

"The incident with the number 34 bus..." Fang Zhou knew, however, that Mei Quzhen wouldn’t just call to recruit him for the Evil Ghost Department, "It’s confirmed to be a Malevolent Ghost curse, right?"

"If it were merely a Malevolent Ghost curse, I wouldn’t be this serious. But this is different, this curse... it’s a man-made ’Seed Ghost’!"

Upon hearing the words "Seed Ghost," Fang Zhou gasped in shock.

This was no joke!

Seed Ghost!

"Are you certain?"

"I am certain."

Mei Quzhen didn’t beat around the bush and continued, "I need your help. On the hospital’s end, I could never truly research and understand the curse rationale for transitioning from karmic ghosts to malevolent ghosts! Therefore, treating a Malevolent Ghost curse has always been extremely difficult!"

A good cook cannot do anything without rice!

Even Hua Tuo would need to treat according to the symptoms. When it comes to curses from malevolent ghosts, conservative treatment has been the general approach over the years, and if surgery is performed, it is really difficult to guarantee the complete removal of the curse. Even after removal and sending it to the Curse Object Department, very few can fully analyze the curse logic, let alone create curse objects.

The Evil Ghost Department has been able to maintain its existence until today, almost entirely dependent on the annual funding allocated by the dean. Clearly, the dean wants the Evil Ghost Department to continue, but another force behind the hospital does not allow the Evil Ghost Department to truly understand how to treat the curse of the malevolent ghost.

"Seed Ghost means that the person behind this curse understands how a malevolent ghost is created!"

The creation of a malevolent ghost is fundamentally based on a karma-obstructed ghost!

But how does a resentful spirit become a karma-obstructed ghost?

And how does a karma-obstructed ghost further transform into a malevolent ghost?

Why is the power of a malevolent ghost’s curse so irregular, with the weakest equivalent to a resentful spirit and the strongest comparable to a cursed spirit?

All of this... has no answer!

But now, there is hope! There’s hope to find the answers!

The person behind the Seed Ghost has successfully created a malevolent ghost!

As long as they are caught, we can find out...

The curse logic of the malevolent ghost!

This is also why she gave her personal cell phone number directly to "Yan Xin", hoping to make contact outside of the hospital.

Calling Fang Zhou was also because she felt that Fang Zhou was the only doctor willing and able to help her.

"I’ll help you. But you’re hoping to avoid involving the hospital in the entire process, right?"

"Yes."

"I’m afraid the hospital..."

"I don’t take any other compensation or spiritual therapy points from the other party, so it doesn’t count as taking private work. My only aim is to understand how to effectively treat the curse of the malevolent ghost and how to successfully perform surgery on it!"

All of this is what Mei Quzhen truly wants to do. However, there is a force within the hospital that will hinder her.

"I will help you. However, you need to be psychologically prepared that our enemy will be terrifying."

Even for sorcerers in Southeast Asia who can perform sorcery, or wizards in South America who can create voodoo dolls, those are not truly terrifying enemies for them.

But this time, it’s different.

Paranormal doctors are not invincible.

Non-paranormal humans have the ability to kill paranormal doctors.

More so as this time we cannot openly rely on the hospital’s power.

"That woman called Yan Xin, and the Lanxin Group behind her, I find them very odd. She had absolutely no reason to ride bus number 34 that day, her injuries healed so quickly that it’s irrational, and she was discharged without the need for observation. If there is a mastermind behind the Seed Ghost, then she is at least an accomplice of this mastermind. The bus accident itself might have been caused by her. Facing such an unknown enemy, we must be completely ready. And we can’t even rule out the possibility that they know about the existence of our hospital."

"Yes, we must not take anything lightly!"

At this moment, outside the bedroom door.

Wen Xiaoshu looked at Xiaomeng in horror and asked, "What did you just say?"

"Mommy, mommy." Xiaomeng pointed towards the kitchen, "Mommy is over there."

Wen Xiaoshu said in alarm, "What... what are you talking about, I am your mommy, Xiaomeng..."

"You are not my mommy," Xiaomeng shook her head, suddenly pointing behind Wen Xiaoshu, "Mommy, she’s behind you right now."