Hospital 444
Chapter 623 - 43 Hunter

Chapter 623: Chapter 43 Hunter

Dai Lin stared at his younger brother, Dai Wei.

He was very nervous at the moment and wanted to connect with his brother through Han Ming’s inherited cursed object, but he hesitated. He wasn’t sure what had changed about his brother now, if he still recognized him as his older brother. It’s worth noting that in Nanmian Village, his younger brother, Dai Wei, had completely lost his memories of himself.

Besides, his brother was not very cunning. If he recognized him now, it might draw the attention of the Faust Family.

He also had to manage his expressions carefully to avoid revealing anything.

At the moment, Lelia looked towards Dai Lin, or more specifically, into his eyes.

Sixth-degree Abyss invasion cursed objects!

Demon cursed items!

Cursed objects of less than six degrees of depth are only Devil cursed objects. Those of one or two degrees of Abyss, which don’t even qualify as high-dimensional cursed objects.

How valuable are demon cursed items?

Back in 1995, the Dailun Family erupted into a bloody internal conflict over a demon cursed item, a bone.

It’s hard to imagine nowadays, but back then in the hospital, you could bump into someone with the surname Dailun just by walking with your eyes closed. At that time, the Dailun bloodline was full of talent, such as Berini Dailun from the Underworld Surgery, Indissa Dailun from the Dark Demon Surgery, Audrin Dailun from the Purgatory Surgery, Gomon Dailun from the Soul Binding Department, Rod Dailun from the Department of Cursed Objects, and the head of the Demons Department, Renice Dailun.

In that second civil war in the history of the Dailun family in 1995, about 80% of the hospital’s doctors died, triggered by a dispute over the demon cursed item between Deputy Dean Samael and his sister, Renice. The hospital turned into a river of blood, and to this day, many recall that battle with lingering fear.

The battle eventually ended with Samael’s victory, but at a very heavy cost. That war led to the decline of the Dailun family. At the turn of the century, they were ultimately outmaneuvered by Mephisto Faust, who became the new deputy dean in the 21st century.

One demon cursed object nearly led to the Dailun Family’s downfall, so its value is unquestionably immense. Lelia had no mood to worry about Aluga’s wedding; she needed to confirm the surgical details immediately!

This was a major surgery to extract the demon cursed object and then implant it into Virgil’s body!

Even for Lelia, conducting such surgery was daunting. The key was that the surgery was based on the late head of the Department of Cursed Objects, Rod Dailun, who had managed to perform the miracle of successfully implanting a demon cursed item into a paranormal doctor and ensuring that the rejection reaction could be suppressed. Following his technique, she couldn’t be completely sure of successfully transplanting Dai Lin’s Devil’s Eye to Virgil.

But having inherited her mother’s bloodline, she was very proud.

Her mother, Ophelia, was a "Hunter" back in the day.

Yes, a Hunter. A special medical profession, present in every department. It generally takes nearly ten years to train a Hunter in any department. Her mother, Ophelia, was one of the finest Hunters, which was why her father had chosen to marry her.

The important task of a Hunter... was to hunt demons. Of course, this term wasn’t entirely accurate; more precisely, it was to capture devils and even demon cursed items. Every Hunter intensely desired such achievements.

Now... their family had finally captured a sixth-degree Abyss invasion cursed object! Her experiment had finally succeeded!

Everything was worth it!

Back when that experiment was conducted, she hadn’t even told Klein or Virgil.

When Virgil entered the ICU and told her that he had seen the paranormal doctor named Li An, she knew she had won.

She had succeeded in something even her ace Hunter mother had not!

"Dr. Dai."

She suddenly said to Dai Lin, "I have a few questions for you. Just a few simple ones."

"You may ask," Dai Lin cautiously replied.

Virgil, hearing his wife’s tone, knew she still felt uneasy about Dai Lin as their prey.

She needed to confirm... that the prey was securely locked in the iron cage, with no possibility of escape.

"Dr. Dai, what comes to your mind when you hear ’Hospital 444’?"

If the prey was indeed fully caged...

Dai Lin would be assimilated into this temporal layer. His physical body would be purely transformed, he would have an actual past in this world, born in Nanmian Village and become a paranormal doctor just like Dai Wei. He had always been a villager of Nanmian Village, never having been a doctor in Hospital 444. Even in the temporal plane of Hospital 444, any trace and past ties he had left will diminish, as if thoracic surgeon Dai Lin had never existed. His spiritual therapy points would be offset by the dark soul points he possessed.

His only impression of Hospital 444 would stem from the hospital’s regulations.

Nothing more.

His soul would only respond to matters within this temporal layer, transforming into a new life, and with the stability of the black cross on his forehead, he’d become one of their kin, a pure demon host.

"I remember it being mentioned in the hospital regulations," Dai Lin responded.

He immediately realized Lelia had her suspicions about him.

Upon hearing this, Lelia nodded and lifted her vodka.

"You’re right. The regulations state that Hospital 444 does not exist, Dai Lin."

Soon, the temporal plane of Hospital 444’s existence will also cease to exist.

All humanity will be fully assimilated with the Abyss.

The physical bodies of humans in three-dimensional space will no longer exist, becoming entities only in the form of sophisticated soul structures... that is, evil spirits.

All humanity will turn into evil spirits.

But for Lelia, this didn’t matter, as the Faust family, being demon hosts, would continue to exist. They themselves would become high-dimensional beings, invulnerable whether their material physical bodies in this temporal plane perished or not.

In time, only the cursed object fused within them would define the essence of their souls.

They would truly become immortal, existing alongside the dean.

Lelia then asked Dai Lin another question, "Now, can you recite the seven major regulations of the hotel for me again? I’d like to hear them properly. Please recite them in one breath, and if you can, you can transfer 1000 dark soul points to me."

Dark soul points, as opposed to spiritual therapy points, are better fewer; all members of the Faust family had negative dark soul points.

"1000 dark soul points?"

"Yes, Dr. Dai," Lelia offered as she poured wine for Dai Lin, "No problem, right? Today is your brother’s wedding. I assume you wouldn’t refuse my request."

As long as Lelia had the slightest doubt, she would immediately take action against Dai Lin.

"I understand."

Dai Lin squeezed his forehead.

The regulations of this plane were entirely different from those he originally knew.

Had the regulations Dr. Gao Menghua knew been contaminated by the Abyss?

It seemed probable that Dr. Gao Menghua might turn into a doctor at Hospital 666 in the future.

Dai Lin then said, "The first regulation..."

He recited fluently.

But just then, Lelia suddenly said,

"Then, Dr. Dai, smile for me."

Dai Lin hesitated.

"A smile, no problem, right? After all, the regulations don’t forbid you from laughing."

While saying this, Lelia monitored all of Dai Lin’s micro-expressions.

She wanted to see if there was any possibility that Dai Lin was lying.

She wanted to assess if there was any hesitation or concern.

Lelia Faust...

Dai Lin realized she was an exceptionally formidable opponent!

Dai Lin was observing Lelia all the same.

The Devil’s Eye almost allowed him to see through the woman’s soul in front of him.

And because of this, he could clearly see one thing.

Lelia’s soul structure was entirely different from that of a normal person. It wasn’t made up of three souls and seven spirits, nor was it a soul deficit. Her soul structure had a new spirit implanted.

She had implanted a complete devil within her!

Her soul had been completely transformed.

She could no longer be considered human.

"Dr. Dai, could you smile for me?"