Hospital 444
Chapter 87 - 28 Contracts

Chapter 87: Chapter 28 Contracts

The next day.

Dai Lin looked at his phone, his brows tightly furrowed.

The top news of the day was...

All members of the W city provincial special investigation team had collectively disappeared!

This was precisely the team investigating the death of An Minglu.

The team was dispatched from the provincial level, and to have everyone vanish overnight caused a major sensation, as one could imagine. Online, rumors sprang up, and digital media began extensive reporting on the so-called "Serial Turn-Head Murders." They pointed out that mysterious disappearances of involved personnel had occurred before, but due to the limited reach of the internet back then, the impact was also limited. Nowadays, with the proliferation of social media, even those wishing to suppress the news found it difficult. The incident, teeming with rumors, quickly fermented online, causing a national sensation. It became the hottest topic on all major social platforms.

Upon arriving at the hospital, Dai Lin found that his entire department had fallen into a very solemn state.

All along the way, nearly every doctor looked grave, while the nurses all seemed to be fearing for their safety.

He later learned that today’s clinic was temporarily canceled, but the emergency department was still open as usual.

The news of the collective disappearance of the special investigation team had also attracted the attention of the hospital administration.

Supernatural phenomena causing death were not uncommon.

But the sudden death of so many people in such a short time was another matter altogether.

The hospital had now admitted two patients related to the incident. Therefore, the hospital administration decided to suspend the clinic for one day and conduct a comprehensive check of both the outpatient and inpatient departments, to ensure that the curse had not further spread within the hospital, adversely affecting doctors and patients.

Around ten-thirty in the morning, in the conference hall on the twelfth floor of the outpatient department.

Besides Fang Shen, who rarely appeared, the other two deputy directors, Yin Wuque and Han Ming, also attended the meeting.

During the meeting, surveillance footage from the payment station was played.

The inability of Song Min to cope with the female ghost in the footage left all the doctors in horror.

Everyone knew how deep Song Min’s credentials ran within the hospital; she was a direct junior of the former deputy director Lu Yuan and one of the most formidable doctors in the hospital. In this hospital, there were only a handful of people whose abilities exceeded Song Min’s.

"The special investigation team only arrived in W city these past couple of days, so in such a short time, even a fierce spirit wouldn’t be able to kill so many people so easily," someone said.

Everyone was deeply shocked.

Indeed, fierce spirits were terrifying, but to curse someone to death would not happen so quickly. Unless it was a Resentful Spirit capable of easily forming a ghost domain, or... that apartment building in K city.

This was certainly not the work of a Resentful Spirit; if it were, there would have been fewer deaths. Inside the ghost domain of a Resentful Spirit, special rules form, ensuring that anyone cursed would perish, no matter how capable the doctor.

Similarly, it wasn’t that apartment building... which had been confirmed several times. In principle, doctors at the hospital do not treat patients related to the apartment, and if it were related to the apartment, the patient would definitely not have the hospital’s business card on them. The hospital and that cursed apartment had always kept to themselves. Should a doctor dare to treat a curse related to the apartment, it was all but certain they would perish, unless they abandoned the treatment.

"So..." at this point, Chen Jun, the director of the Ghost Surgery Department, said, "Do we need to first verify whether the female ghost is still lurking within the hospital?"

Yin Wuque then said, "It’s not just the female ghost that’s the most frightening, but the curse hidden behind her. Our hospital has always lacked effective treatment methods for Western demons’ curses, and the Demons Department won’t share their treatment methods with us."

Han Ming clenched his hands and said, "Deputy Director Yin, my recommendation is that, during this special period, we open a special clinic channel related to this case, to avoid affecting other doctors and patients. Unless it’s a special circumstance stipulated by the director, we have no way to turn away patients who can afford enough Spiritual Therapy Points."

Although Yin Wuque and Han Ming were adversaries, Yin knew that Han Ming had a valid point.

The other doctors also voiced their agreement with Han Ming’s suggestion.

At this time, Dai Lin, along with other doctors, was undergoing a comprehensive examination.

He had placed that fragment of the map in his right eye space, which, in Dai Lin’s opinion, was the safest place for it.

He tried calling Tang Li, but still couldn’t get through.

Dai Lin began to worry about Tang Li and informed Gao Heyann of the situation, but he didn’t mention the map fragment, merely that he couldn’t reach Tang Li.

When Gao Heyann found she couldn’t get through to Tang Li either, her face turned somewhat unsightly.

She then called the other doctors in the emergency department she knew and found out... Tang Li hadn’t come to work today!

Now Dai Lin was sure that something had happened to Tang Li.

It was because Tang Li knew in advance that he would run into trouble, so he had used such a roundabout method to hand over the map fragment.

As a result, Dai Lin decided to keep the matter secret.

After all, he didn’t know who had harmed Tang Li.

I’m afraid... it might not be a curse. If it were a curse, there would be no reason to keep it a secret from everyone.

By two o’clock in the afternoon, all the doctors of the Wraith Surgery Department had undergone a thorough examination.

After the examination ended, Director Song told everyone to go home for today and to listen to the hospital leaders’ meeting tomorrow to decide whether to come to work as normal.

Director Song reminded everyone that in these extraordinary times, one must be extremely careful and cautious.

Dai Lin returned to his home in W City, feeling increasingly uneasy.

He had heard that even Director Song Min was helpless in the face of the deceased An Minglu. So, the treatment for his brother...

Dai Lin recalled the agreement with Han Ming.

Now, he had no way to cure his brother.

This terrible curse, he also had no ability to confront.

By comparison, the agreement with Han Ming to retrieve cursed objects, facing ghosts, didn’t seem so frightening anymore.

The current Dai Lin, ghosts were like a walk in the park for him, even with resentful spirits, he had enough confidence to hold his own. But fierce ghosts were still an extremely terrifying existence for him.

Just then, his phone rang.

Dai Lin saw it was a call from An Zhiyuan.

He had previously given his mobile number to Han Ming.

Dai Lin answered the phone.

"Dr. Dai, according to our agreement, we will sign the contract tonight, and tomorrow your brother can be discharged from the hospital."

"Okay, then..."

"Tomorrow, we will sign the contract. The task of retrieving the Devil’s Cursed Object will trouble you, Dr. Dai. You don’t need to feel too much psychological burden, this time we are only retrieving the cursed object, it doesn’t mean we are going to be enemies with the fierce ghosts."

"I understand."

"The electronic version of the contract will be sent to you tonight. You print it out, sign it, then bring it to the hospital tomorrow to give it to me. This contract is notarized by the hospital director, the paper version and electronic version are both equally enforceable."

"After my brother is discharged, how often does he need to come back for a follow-up?"

"The doctors from the Demons Department will inform your brother. Dr. Dai, now just think about the task of retrieving the cursed object. This time, it won’t be easy for you."

Six o’clock in the evening.

The electronic version of the contract was sent over.

Dai Lin read it carefully.

The contract stipulated that if Dai Lin encountered insurmountable danger, he could teleport back to the hospital.

For whatever reason, if he ultimately failed to retrieve the Devil’s Cursed Object, Dai Lin would have to pay the price for breach of contract, which was, once his departmental rotation ended, when it came time to choose his specialization... he must choose either the Ghost Surgery Department or the Department of Fierce Spirits.

Clearly, Han Ming’s intention was to recruit Dai Lin!

The goal was to take the Devil’s Eye into his own hands!

Of course... if Dai Lin died at the hands of a fierce ghost, that would be even better. In this way, the Devil’s Eye wouldn’t be controlled by Yin Wuque, and staying with Vice Director Fang Shen, who didn’t participate in factional struggles, would be better for Han Ming.

Really, such shrewd calculations.

Dai Lin had to admit that Han Ming, the old fox, was truly frightening.

After confirming there were no issues, Dai Lin printed out the contract and then, he signed it.

"Dai Wei... the only thing your brother can do for you is this."

Then, he carefully looked at the contract.

The place he was going to was called the Dusk Building.

That place...

had become a terrifying land cursed with the habitation of fierce ghosts!

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