Hospital 444
Chapter 654 - 22 The 3rd Possibility

Chapter 654: Chapter 22 The 3rd Possibility

Natsume Bandove immediately sensed something was amiss.

But after all, she had altered her own past and escaped to the United States, such a defy-nature operation caused the Causality Curse Object within her to enter a sort of "cooling" phase, where it could only produce some instinctual responses.

In other words, it became very difficult for her to sense others’ pasts and futures.

After all, the Causality Curse Object was still experimental, and the defy-nature effects it induced could lead to unknown rebound effects in the future—effects even Natsume Bandove was unaware of. This was precisely why Laila Faust had initiated the cursed object experiments with the Bandove sisters; if the object’s retributive effects could be shared between them, they would be significantly weakened. Should the curse become unbalanced in one sister, the other could ensure it remained under control, and they could make the curse’s unlocked state reversible. If not for this reason, Bandove was not sure if her actions would have been successful.

Perhaps a new wave of rebound effects would come soon enough. But even so, she had made her choice without looking back.

So...

What kind of significant person was Dai Lin for her future self?

However...

She looked carefully at Melias before her.

"Why did you just say that?"

But Melias chose not to say more, pursing her lips instead.

Why couldn’t she speak? Did she not know, or was she unable to tell?

"You... seem..."

Her hand caressed Melias’s cheek, looking intently at her.

The residual sensation from the Causality Curse Object was vague, but she still faintly sensed something. However, she couldn’t be sure whether this ephemeral feeling was real.

"You... could it be..."

She leaned close to Melias’s ear and asked a question.

Upon hearing it, Melias immediately nodded.

Natsume Bandove thought quickly and asked another question.

"Why would you..."

This time, Melias remained silent.

"Alright..." Natsume Bandove thought for a moment and said, "If you don’t know, blink once. If you are unable to tell, blink twice, and if it is..."

She leaned in and whispered something else in Melias’s ear.

"Then blink three times."

Melias immediately began to blink, and she...

Blinked three times!

To be honest, Natsume Bandove was quite shocked.

She had thought it was most likely the first or second scenario, but it turned out to be the third.

The last possibility was something she had asked on a whim, just in case.

"You..."

She looked at Melias, stroking her forehead.

"This is a bit complicated..."

She had not expected this turn of events.

"As for the Causal Law Curse... at first, I wasn’t very afraid. After all, I was implanted with the Causality Curse Object, but now it seems..."

Research on curses was a compulsory subject for Paranormal Doctors. Within 666 Hospital, there were surgical knives capable of opening the soul and excising curses directly from patients’ bodies. Only these hospital-customized knives allowed Paranormal Doctors to truly come into contact with visual forms of curses.

But ultimately... there were limits to the hospital’s control over curses. Some curses could not be excised with a scalpel, nor could they be visualized.

Even now, she could only communicate with herself by blinking.

The problem was, Natsume Bandove couldn’t convey this information to anyone else.

...

"You can look up the information online now."

Dai Lin held his mobile phone, checking the news about the recent shooting at the restaurant.

After all, the murder had just occurred, and in the United States, a genuine shooting wasn’t particularly headline-grabbing. However, the news suggested that the perpetrator might have been a drug addict, so the reporter speculated that the reason was simply a drug-induced craze.

"High on drugs..." Looking at the news on his phone, Alex’s expression remained somewhat vacant, "No, could this be the Causal Law Curse?"

"It’s also possible it was a coincidence," Dai Lin reassured him, "You must realize, shootings in... your country, aren’t exactly uncommon."

"A coincidence?"

"If it’s simply a coincidence, then it makes more sense. It actually has nothing to do with a curse, otherwise, why wouldn’t they have just shot you directly, right?"

Alex still shook his head.

"No matter how common it is, it’s not something you can just casually encounter while eating at a restaurant. Moreover, this was indiscriminate slaughter."

Fortunately, Dai Lin had acted quickly, and only one person had died, with no further casualties. The deceased’s identity was still not released.

For Alex at that moment, what he found most unbearable was that the victim had died because of him.

As Dai Lin was considering how to continue persuading him, suddenly, his phone rang again.

"Hello?"

"Doctor Dai Lin, when are you leaving for Washington?"

"Um... Director Faust, Alex is very shaken right now, please allow him some time to settle his emotions..."

"Do you think traveling from Baltimore to Washington D.C. is as simple as going for a stroll?"

"Director Faust, at least..." Dai Lin’s dislike for this woman grew stronger.

"There’s no ’at least’, the Causality Curse Object is critically important, and there must be no mistakes. So, you’re concerned about more innocent people dying, right?"

Dai Lin asked, "Do you, Director Faust, have a solution?"

"Turn on the speakerphone."

Dai Lin then activated the speakerphone.

"Alex, I am Laila Faust, head of the Demons Department at 666 Hospital. Can you hear my voice?"

Alex nodded.

"Twenty meters to your left, there’s a man eating a hamburger, do you see him?"

Alex looked and immediately saw the man.

The man was quite heavyset, holding a hamburger that appeared to have been just bought from McDonald’s, eating as he walked.

"I can see him... Director Faust, are you nearby?"

"Good. You’re worried about innocent bystanders dying, so..."

Suddenly, the man eating the hamburger began to scream. Then, the blood vessels in his face burst one by one, and his head expanded to twice its size—before completely exploding!

Watching the headless corpse, both Dai Lin and Alex gasped.

"Head to Washington D.C. immediately, and at the fastest speed... If you dare delay, I will choose someone at random around you to kill. If you leave now, there may not be additional innocent deaths, but if you don’t, I’ll continue killing people. Understand?"

"You!" Alex roared furiously, "Aren’t you supposed to be a doctor???"

"Why are there always people who respond irrelevantly, wasting words with me? I’m communicating with you in English; can’t you understand what I’m saying?" Laila said coldly, "Leave immediately... I don’t want to hear any more answers that I don’t like. I have an endless list of targets I can kill."