Hospital 444
Chapter 524 - 26 Living Beings and Karma Force

Chapter 524: Chapter 26 Living Beings and Karma Force

The Evil Ghost Department can be said to be the bloodiest and most terrifying of all the surgical departments.

Admittance to the Evil Ghost Department for treatment meant immediate hospitalization in a specialized ward. Patients could display a wide variety of clinical symptoms, and the complexity of the surgeries required extremely high standards.

For this reason, the staff of the Evil Ghost Department consisted exclusively of men, without a single woman. After all, surgeries in the Evil Ghost Department demanded a great deal of physical and mental strength, often consuming more than a dozen hours at a time.

"Director Mei?" At that moment, a doctor came walking over and asked, "What brings you to our Evil Ghost Department? You know this place can be very dangerous."

The patients received by the Evil Ghost Department could be affected by all sorts of curses. Each doctor there had to prepare themselves for adversaries beyond their imagination. Typically, doctors from other departments wouldn’t make special trips to the Evil Ghost Department without a compelling reason.

"I’m sorry, but I have some urgent business, I need to see Director Lu," Mei Quzhen looked back at An Xiunian and continued, "I want him to take a look at a patient."

"This..."

"I know it’s not quite proper, but it’s a big help. This is very important."

Mei Quzhen was one of the top cardiac surgeons in the hospital; in her presence, most doctors wouldn’t dare show the slightest disrespect.

"Director Lu is currently seeing patients in the outpatient clinic. Well, since it’s Doctor Mei, I’ll arrange to squeeze in an extra appointment."

Jumping the queue like this wasn’t exactly proper, but as long as it wasn’t explicitly prohibited by the hospital director, it wasn’t something that couldn’t be managed.

"Thank you for the trouble."

"It’s no trouble."

At that moment, An Xiunian asked, "Can this Director Lu treat my current condition?"

"He is the most outstanding doctor in our hospital’s Evil Ghost Department."

There was absolutely no exaggeration in that statement.

Director Lu Wen had been a true prodigy in the history of the Evil Ghost Department. With just one glance from his eyes, he could determine with one hundred percent certainty whether a person was possessed by a malevolent spirit, even more accurately than scanning with instruments.

Just then, An Xiunian suddenly heard a scream. She quickly turned around and saw a woman in the waiting area of the outpatient clinic screaming as she fell to the ground.

As the woman screamed, a hand actually extended out of her mouth!

"Ah!"

"A ghost, the ghost possessing her is coming out!"

Mei Quzhen was slightly surprised; this was the outpatient area of the Evil Ghost Department, which was equipped with many curse items specifically designed to deal with spirit possessions. Under such circumstances, a malevolent spirit could still emerge?

Suddenly, the door to one of the outpatient rooms burst open, and a young male doctor rushed out.

He quickly covered the distance to the afflicted woman in a few strides and, faced with the ghost trying to break free, he swiftly reached out and grabbed the ghostly hand!

"Beast!" At that moment, as he tightly grasped the hand, he roared, "Get back in there!"

An Xiunian watched, dumbfounded.

Meanwhile, Mei Quzhen quickly said to An Xiunian, "That’s Director Lu!"

An Xiunian was startled. Was this man the director?

Why were all the directors of this hospital so young?

Of course, she didn’t know that as long as Spiritual Therapy Points existed, doctors could stay eternally young. Therefore, one couldn’t guess the age of a Paranormal Doctor by their appearance.

Then, the hand that touched Lu Wen’s became transparent in an instant and then disappeared.

Lu Wen, looking at his own hand, said, "Signs of Karma Force are already appearing. You guys let her go for a blood test first, and then have her bring the test report to me. If this continues, she might become a Karma Obstacle Ghost."

Karma Obstacle Ghost!

Hearing this, An Xiunian immediately felt a stir in her heart and asked, "The Karma Obstacle Ghost he mentioned, isn’t that...?"

"Right. A Karma Obstacle Ghost can transform into a Malevolent Ghost. A portion of Karma Obstacle Ghosts can possess a patient before Karma Force manifests. Once completely transformed into a Karma Obstacle Ghost, the host will die."

The terrifying Karma Obstacle Ghost!

However, if a Karma Obstacle Ghost is discovered while still in its initial phase and treated immediately, even though the Spiritual Therapy Points treatment is quite expensive, there’s still a considerable chance of cure since the hospital has accumulated plenty of experience with clinical removal of Karma Obstacle Ghosts, and generally, the prognosis is also relatively optimistic.

The patient in question was quite lucky to have come to the hospital before transforming into a Karma Obstacle Ghost.

"Director Lu." Mei Quzhen quickly pulled An Xiunian up to Lu Wen and said, "Director Lu, excuse me, could you do me a favor?"

It was then that Lu Wen noticed Mei Quzhen and was taken aback.

"Director Mei, what brings you to the Evil Ghost Department?"

Mei Quzhen no longer had the time for small talk with Lu Wen. Pushing An Xiunian forward, she said, "Director Lu, it’s like this. Please take a look at this patient first. She claims her soul has possessed someone else’s body. Can you confirm... that her soul doesn’t belong to this body?"

Lu Wen studied An Xiunian carefully. Since it was a request from Mei Quzhen, he naturally had to oblige. After all, the director of the Evil Ghost Department was a significant figure in the whole hospital.

He gazed intently at An Xiunian and after a long look, said, "This... this..."

Then he turned to Mei Quzhen and said, "Director Mei, her soul indeed does not belong to this body. However, the soul within her is not a deceased spirit but a living one. Such a case is indeed rare."

"So, it really is a living soul possession."

Mei Quzhen scrutinized An Xiunian. Now, with Director Lu’s diagnosis, there was no doubt that An Xiunian’s claim of soul possession was true.

Next, she had to undergo further examination to identify the key aspects related to the Seed Ghost, soul sacrifice, and Malevolent Spirit Curse Logic.

Afterward, she arranged for An Xiunian to undergo the examination.

Outside the diagnostic room of the Spiritual Therapy Division, Lu Wen had just finished his outpatient clinic and came to Mei Quzhen’s side, saying, "Director Mei, there’s something I feel I must discuss with you."

"Director Lu, do you have additional findings?"

"Yes." Lu Wen nodded and said, "This is not simply a case of living soul possession. In all my time working in the Spiritual Diagnosis Department, this is the first time I’ve encountered such a situation. In fact, deep within her soul, I saw something that resembles the presence of Karma Force."

"Karma Force... within her body?"

"Yes. But the fact that Karma Force has contaminated a living soul and yet maintains balance is genuinely absurd. So, once her test results are out, I want to study them thoroughly. This new case could expand my clinical research. I am considering using this case as the basis for writing a new paper!"