Hospital 444
Chapter 648 - 17: The Ultimate Cursed Object

Chapter 648: Chapter 17: The Ultimate Cursed Object

Laila Faust was regarded by almost all doctors as someone who remained unperturbed by honor or disgrace and whose emotions never showed on her face. That’s why her extreme loss of composure upon hearing of Natsume Bandove shocked everyone.

Her first reaction was to demand the immediate execution of those directly responsible.

She didn’t leave any room for mercy; when she ordered an execution, it meant just that. And if anyone tried to persuade her otherwise, she demanded their execution as well.

"This is a Causality Curse Object! You didn’t even realize that they could now directly manipulate the past timeline autonomously!" she furiously exclaimed, "It’s just short of them altering our collective memories too!"

In fact, it wasn’t an alteration.

It was a complete revision of the past timeline.

Laila Faust had always dreamed of possessing an object that could modify timelines, powerful enough to influence the High-dimensional Abyss. Yet, Natsume Bandove had escaped.

Logically, she was destined to become a doctor; there wasn’t much of a place for her to escape to.

But... for someone possessing a Causality Curse Object, she couldn’t guarantee what astonishing things they might be capable of.

...

"Director..."

After a long time, someone dared to speak to Laila: "We’ve arranged for her pursuit, rest assured, we’ll capture her as soon as possible."

Laila coldly responded, "Keep a strict watch on Natsume Tsubame. Monitor her around the clock, even if she goes to the bathroom, don’t let her out of your sight!"

As a Demonic Department Doctor, her body was trembling.

What did the Causality Curse Object mean?

It meant that her own past could also be modified.

The other did not need to physically do anything, they could change the past of this stable material, forward-fixed timeline of the three-dimensional world with just their will.

The past that had already occurred, in a materially stable three-dimensional world, was absolute history; no one could change what had already occurred. Only a demon cursed object involving higher dimensions could alter this law. But now, Natsume Tsubame had become an exception. From this moment on, she no longer had any safety to speak of.

Logically, Laila knew that Natsume Bandove’s will could not whimsically alter the past timeline, even minor changes within a few days could come at a huge cost. However, she was capable of growth. And for someone with a Causality Curse Object, she wasn’t confident enough to capture her.

...

"Natsume Bandove?"

Dai Lin had just received a call from Director Green.

"Yes. The situation has completely exceeded my expectations," Green was extremely anxious, "Now, even Miss Laila has started paying attention to this matter."

Nowadays, as the head of the Demonic Department, Laila in the entire hospital was a feared existence. Although the heir of the Faust Family was Klein, everyone knew that Laila was much more formidable than Klein; the only thing she lost to Klein was her gender.

This was simply a great humiliation for Laila.

The experiment with the Causality Curse Object for the Natsume sisters was the most important project she had been advancing. If successful, the implications were immense. Accordingly, if it failed, the impact on her status was undeniable.

"The two doctors directly responsible have already been executed, including one who pleaded for them. Now the whole hospital is in disarray... This is the first causality curse object that our hospital has truly succeeded in developing."

Dai Lin was indeed very interested in the Causality Curse Object.

If he could come into contact with one, with the ability of the Devil’s Eye, perhaps he too could have the capability of a Causality Curse Object from now on, and even if he returned to Hospital 444, he wouldn’t have to fear Yin Wuque anymore.

However, that being said, this was just a theoretical statement. Such an object could also potentially pose a threat to himself.

"Anyway, I just want to remind you, if... Miss Natsume comes to find you..."

"Why would she come to find me?" Dai Lin was puzzled, he didn’t even know this person.

"She escaped after watching the video you posted. Moreover, according to the surveillance on her, her expression changed significantly after watching the video. So, it’s inferred that she might come to find you."

Come to find him?

Dai Lin thought of something.

He had already been "assimilated" into this layer of the world. That is to say, he had a completely different past in this world, so it wasn’t impossible that he had some connection with this person named Natsume Bandove in this world’s past.

Dai Lin hadn’t expected that, inexplicably, he would suddenly attract the attention of a seemingly dangerous person. He was wary of anyone in the hospital, as all the Paranormal Doctors here were dangerous Demon Hosts, all dogs of the director.

...

Currently, Natsume Bandove could not confirm what her future involvement with Dai Lin might entail.

But from the parts of the future timeline she could observe, it could broadly be deduced...that the involvement was likely...to be very personal.

Most crucially, the thoughts and emotions of her future self in the timeline would somewhat affect her present self. This was also a side effect brought about by the cursed object; she couldn’t be sure if her current experiences were influenced by her future self’s will. Once the Causality Curse Object grew to a certain extent, everything she was experiencing now could be what her future self desired, rather than what she would have originally experienced.

This was ultimately what her father had hoped to develop with the cursed object.

"People’s suffering lies in their inability to predict the future or change the past," her father had once said.

As a child, Natsume Bandove didn’t quite understand this statement, but now... she deeply empathized with it.

"If we could decide our past and future according to our own wishes, then our lives could truly be complete," her father continued, "Don’t you think that would be wonderful, Bandove?"

Her mother always thought her father’s ideas were too insane. After all, the material of the three-dimensional world is stable, the past that has already occurred cannot be changed, and the future also has countless possibilities. But if there is some cursed object that could truly modify the past and the present, the three-dimensional space would no longer be three-dimensional, instead, it might truly be corrupted by high-dimensional pollution.

Beyond three dimensions, there is no division between time and space, the high-dimensional world is uniformly referred to as the "Abyss." As such, this has always been considered an untouchable taboo and an unattainable ultimate path for cursed objects!