Hospital 444
Chapter 651 - 20: Coercion and Disobedience

Chapter 651: Chapter 20: Coercion and Disobedience

"Listen, this car can’t keep going."

Dai Lin told Alex what he had just seen.

"It’s very similar to what happened last time..."

Actually, Alex was still under a lot of pressure.

After all, last time, it was right when he and Melody were about to meet that the ghosts appeared. But this time was different, they hadn’t even got close to Washington, D.C., they were just in Baltimore when this happened.

"There might be many more incidents to come."

Alex touched his chest, and to prepare for any possible situation, he had already prepared a handgun. After all, the last time they went to Detroit, they had encountered a gunfight.

Dai Lin then said to him, "Are you prepared? In the worst case, we might have to walk to Washington."

"Yes... I’m prepared."

Alex looked incredibly determined, without any sign of faltering.

Honestly, Dai Lin really admired Alex and Melody’s resilience; ordinary people couldn’t manage that.

"Anyway, I have to meet her and her daughter. No one can stop us."

When he said these words, Alex’s eyes almost shot flames.

There was not a trace of fear visible.

"Let’s find someplace to eat, then discuss... our next steps."

Naturally, they didn’t want to walk to Washington unless absolutely necessary; it would be an extremely difficult task. Dai Lin felt that he could come up with a solid plan together with Alex.

...

"What exactly is the Causal Law Curse?"

Inside an Italian restaurant, Dai Lin and Alex were talking.

Alex himself found it difficult to truly understand the Causal Law Curse.

"Why, when under this curse, can Melody and I never meet? I couldn’t understand the explanation given by Dr. Green either."

"It’s normal not to understand."

The Causal Law Curse is an extremely complex concept, almost an insolvable curse, and a big challenge even for Hospital 444. There are few doctors who can truly clear up this problem.

In the past, Dai Lin found only a few papers about the Causal Law Curse on the hospital’s official website. There is no academic misconduct within the hospital, meaning the papers published on the website are all of high quality. The dean wouldn’t debate with you; if a paper gets published, it means its arguments are solid. And Dai Lin found these papers difficult to comprehend thoroughly.

"For example, the time Melody and I went to Detroit, we encountered a gang shootout. I investigated later... it was between two gangs that had been enemies for decades. At that time, Melody and I weren’t even born yet."

"Yes, that’s the Causal Law Curse."

"I still find it hard to understand..."

Clearly, the Causal Law Curse was harder for Alex to grasp than the ghosts themselves.

"So, researching and mastering the cursed object that controls this law is even more challenging."

"Dr. Dai," Alex asked anxiously, "is that thing... still around us?"

He dared not say the word "ghost."

Just as he spoke this, suddenly, a bullet whizzed past his cheek, and then, headshot a man sitting about two meters behind him instantaneously!

It took a moment for everyone to realize someone had been shot inside the restaurant!

Everyone was terrified, with souls scattered; Alex didn’t even react immediately to pull his gun.

Dai Lin lunged towards Alex, pushing him down.

A bald man with two revolvers began indiscriminate shooting inside the restaurant!

"Guess it is the free America, a shooting every day!"

Dai Lin immediately looked at the gunman, furiously prepared to kill him.

With Dai Lin’s current abilities, killing a normal person was no more difficult than crushing an ant.

Before, it was about extracting the soul, but now, Dai Lin could annihilate a soul in an instant!

The bald man saw Dai Lin and immediately fell to the ground, dead!

Dai Lin helped the trembling Alex to his feet; the latter was terrified looking at the dead.

"What... What kind of joke is this?"

A man was dead.

A man had really died this time!

The Causal Law Curse had truly killed someone!

"I, I... I..."

Alex completely lost consciousness and fainted.

The restaurant descended into chaos, with most people fleeing. Dai Lin, not wanting to wait around for the police and get into trouble, also helped the unconscious Alex out.

In America, a perpetrator shooting indiscriminately wasn’t something unusual.

But undoubtedly, this was no coincidence.

Dai Lin was puzzled about why this had happened?

The Causal Law Curse could take lives. If it could do that, then killing Alex directly would naturally prevent him from meeting Melody.

The only explanation was... this curse needed to ensure the condition "Alex and Melody cannot meet while both are alive."

This...

All seemed too absurd.

Curses, evil spirits... existed only to harbor malice against the living, but this type of torture that takes lives without causing physical harm was incomprehensible.

When Alex woke up, he was on a park bench.