Hospital 444
Chapter 550 - 12: Immovable Skeleton?

Chapter 550: Chapter 12: Immovable Skeleton?

Hearing Dai Lin say this, Hai Yunlan immediately realized that the doctor might be about to examine her, so she quickly sat up straight and alert.

However, Dai Lin remained seated, and then Hai Yunlan noticed that his left pupil suddenly dilated at that moment, followed by the appearance of bizarre bloodshot veins around his eye socket.

What is this thing?

"Remember what I said, don’t move."

Hai Yunlan had no choice but to continue sitting still. She was quite nervous, given that Dai Lin’s current appearance was indeed quite terrifying.

After a while, Dai Lin continued, "There aren’t any signs of a curse on you. This is... a blessing in disguise."

It was a relief for a paranormal doctor when patients arrived at the hospital without yet being cursed. But conversely, if the patient wasn’t cursed, there was no way to treat them—only preventative measures could be taken.

Yet, the problem was, based solely on her account, Dai Lin was unable to determine the nature of the curse. If he was to travel to her current Southeast Asian country, he would have to go to the embassy for a visa, being a paranormal doctor who could only move between his current location and the hospital.

"Listen carefully, when you go back, try to get a strand of your mother’s hair for me," Dai Lin said after some thought. "Of course, if not hair, then fingernails, skin tissue, body fluids, or blood... anything is fine. As long as I get it, I can read her memories. Then I will know what exactly she has concealed from you and what else she knows about the happenings on the island."

"There’s something very important that I haven’t told you yet."

"Go on."

Dai Lin resumed typing on the keyboard, recording the content of Hai Yunlan’s story.

"Last night, I made an appointment with the Wraith Surgery Department, and then... I saw a black skull outside my window!"

Upon hearing this, Dai Lin immediately looked up.

"What? Then what happened?"

"At first, I was startled, and then I called my mother over. She too was surprised when she saw it."

As she said this, Hai Yunlan’s body began to tremble uncontrollably.

It was understandable, after all, for a girl who had lost her memory, such an experience was indeed far too terrifying.

"Then... I asked her what should be done, and she told me to draw the curtains and then act as if nothing had happened. She said to me..."

She began to recall last night’s experience.

Her first reaction at the time was to call the police, but Song Ran said, "No, you absolutely can’t call the police!"

"Why?"

Song Ran’s reaction left Hai Yunlan extremely astonished and confused.

"Don’t touch the black skull, don’t touch it at all!" Song Ran also particularly emphasised one point: "Not even once. Wherever it appears, it must be left there!"

"Does this mean... the skull will just remain there from now on?"

"Yes... Always. Even if five years or ten years pass, this black skull must be kept there."

"Why? Who exactly put this skull here?" Now, Hai Yunlan was utterly bewildered.

Upon hearing her speak to this point, even Dai Lin, who had been tapping on the keyboard, froze.

"Your mother... did she really say that?"

"Yes. That’s exactly what she said. She told me that whenever a new skeleton appears in the town, regardless of its location, it must always be left in its original place."

"Must be left in its original place... Earthbound Spirit?"

"Earthbound Spirit?"

"Earthbound Spirits are a type of Resentful Spirit. However, the tricky part about an Earthbound Spirit Curse is that the prognosis of the patient can vary greatly. But there’s one characteristic: the malevolent spirits of Earthbound Spirits tend to be bound to a specific area, and the deceased’s body of an Earthbound Spirit generally cannot be moved."

"Is this Earthbound Spirit very terrifying?"

"It’s hard to say. Clinically, the prognosis for an Earthbound Spirit Curse is generally okay, but there are a few cases..."

As he said this, Dai Lin’s hands, which had been typing on the keyboard, suddenly paused.

"No, that’s not right... The situation you’re describing, I haven’t come across in any clinical cases I know of. A black skeleton..."

After thinking for a moment, Dai Lin said, "If we could take the bones of the black skeleton to the hospital, we could send them for testing in the lab."

"But my mother repeatedly said we shouldn’t move the black skeleton... If we do, wouldn’t that subject us to the Earthbound Spirit Curse?"

"That’s why I’m also concerned about this."

Ultimately, what Dai Lin lacked most was clinical experience.

A small number of encounters with cases was the biggest barrier when he treated patients.

Dai Lin recalled that during his years at Yan Qing Medical College, the teachers often said that one should not blindly believe in textbooks and papers. The most important thing was the experience gained from a practical number of cases because, after all, patients do not get sick by the book. No matter what, you must combine the patient’s clinical presentation to diagnose and treat them.

Regarding the concept of Resentful Spirits, and even Earthbound Spirits, the cases Dai Lin encountered in clinical practice were far from enough. Most of his knowledge came from the papers published on the hospital’s website, which he read in his free time. Of course, with his access, he couldn’t read all the papers; for some, when his access wasn’t sufficient, he could use Spiritual Therapy Points to purchase and unlock them for reading.

If he were promoted to associate chief physician, then Dai Lin himself would have to start writing papers. Only after his papers passed the dean’s review and were published on the hospital’s official website could they count towards the qualifications for his promotion to chief physician. Of course, this was clearly not an easy task.

This case... if it was a Resentful Spirit Curse, then it might be a complicated case.

Unfortunately, with only Hai Yunlan, who had lost her memory, there was no way to obtain more information.

"You go back first, try to get your mother’s hair, and then book an appointment with me for tomorrow. If something special happens in the meantime, then..."

"Wait a minute, can’t you write me a prescription first? I saw the prescription the patient who just left was holding."

"In that case, I’ll write you a lab order. Go to the lab for a blood test first and then drop by the Radiant Shots Department. However, personally, I wouldn’t recommend you undergo these two tests because they’re not likely to reveal much, and it would just be a waste of Spiritual Therapy Points. Spiritual Therapy Points are not like money; if you lose them..."

Dai Lin recalled the horrible scene he had witnessed.

The doctor from the Demons Department, absorbing the patient’s soul...

Saving a bit of Spiritual Therapy Points for a patient is a bit after all.

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