Chapter 4 The Eye of the Demon
Although he had anticipated the possibility, Dai Lin still felt a tightness in his chest upon hearing this.
So it really... was a ghost!
"Yesterday, when I asked the nurses to check on the wards, they said everything was normal!"
"Yeah, we found it strange, too. The doctor on duty couldn't understand it either. Judging from the condition of the body, it indeed had died at the time of the check..."
Dai Lin suddenly realized...
It was the handiwork of that esteemed Dean.
Indeed, a being who was known as a "demon god."
Grinding his teeth, Dai Lin said, "Dr. Zhao, I've decided... to resign."
"Huh? Dr. Dai, I didn't mishear you, did I?"
"I need to leave this month, and the outpatient appointments will have to be canceled, I'm afraid."
"Dr. Dai, you're not planning to set up your own practice and open a private clinic, are you?"
"I mean it, the resignation letter will be written right away."
"..."
After daybreak, Dai Lin drafted a resignation letter and, leaving the Resentful Spirit Department Attending Physician bewildered, went home.
No matter how the hospital tried to retain him, it was impossible for him to stay.
Although Dai Lin was a local from W City, he lived alone. After getting into medical school, he hadn't taken a penny from his family and had always lived on his own, while his parents lived with his younger brother who was still in high school.
Once home, he washed up briefly, set his alarm, and as soon as he hit the pillow, he fell asleep immediately.
He woke up at nine in the morning.
He immediately took a shower, thinking about his next move while washing.
According to the contract, the consequence of breach was death.
He had to strictly follow the hospital's code of conduct for doctors, otherwise, the price would be his life. Dai Lin had no intention of gambling with his life to test such incredible supernatural forces.
The key now was to successfully control the cursed object implanted in him by the hospital—these eyes. As Yin Wuque had said, ghosts cannot be killed; they can only be restrained to some extent by cursed objects. Doctors, too, can only treat patients by such means. Most doctors are at a disadvantage when facing ghosts, and even the most accomplished doctors are often helpless against the most horrific spirits.
A doctor's medical skill is closely linked to their cursed object.
So, Dai Lin had to find a way to unlock the capabilities of these eyes.
Whether as a doctor or in any other role, he would spare no effort in honing his medical skills.
In the past, medical skills were only a means to save more patients, but now they also represented a doctor's ability to stay alive.
And he felt that, after devouring those ghostly hands, his eyes had gained a new power.
He looked at the shower gel in the shower, widening his right eye.
Then... he saw fingers appearing behind the shower gel!
At the same time, Dai Lin felt his breathing quicken, his entire brain seemed about to split apart. Moreover, those fingers made him feel a strong threat. One wrong move and it could backfire on him!
He immediately narrowed his eyes, and then, the fingers quickly withdrew! The discomfort in his body vanished as well.
"As expected... I really did absorb some of the ghost's power..."
But clearly, it was not an easy power to control, and it put a considerable strain on his body.
After the shower, Dai Lin felt much more refreshed.
Next, he began taking out a notebook to record all the clues he had gathered so far.
Firstly, he had to find out if the changes in his eyes were harmful to his body and go to a professional ophthalmology hospital for another examination.
Then, he couldn't just take Yin Wuque and the others' word for it—he had to confirm whether that contract could really control his life and death. Otherwise, he would be completely at their mercy.
He had once tried to take things from inside the hospital, but after teleporting, he found that he couldn't bring anything with him—except for a business card that Dr. Gao had given him. It seemed that either it was impossible to take things out, or... with his current abilities, he still couldn't manage to do it.
After finishing the notes, Dai Lin pressed the pen against the words "contract book" written on the page.
A typical contract would have a penalty clause for breach, usually just a fine. But this contract was different; the price of breaching it was one word, death. Moreover, typical contracts come in two copies, but there was only one copy of this contract.
Being able to manipulate and control life and death, Hospital 444 definitely had the capability to make him die.
But Dai Lin was unwilling to accept his life being controlled by others.
"The terms of the contract are set very stringently, making it hard to find any loopholes," Dai Lin still clearly remembered the terms of the contract, "The key lies in the fact that the final interpretation of the contract clauses belongs to the hospital..."
In the end, Dai Lin decided to play it by ear and paid this month's rent to the landlord, indicating his intention to terminate the lease.
He had become an associate chief physician at a young age, but now had been demoted to an intern. Since the internship required frequent shifts, it was obviously not feasible to keep renting an apartment, all the more so because the initial reason for renting this place was its proximity to the hospital.
Afterward, he went online to search for "life insurance."
He then visited a life insurance company and inquired about a cost-effective personal safety insurance policy.
This job was far more dangerous than that of a regular doctor, so he wanted to be prepared just in case.
After the consultation, Dai Lin walked out of the entrance of the insurance company.
At that moment, he noticed a woman with a sorrowful face and eyes filled with panic and distress.
In an instant, Dai Lin's left eye suddenly felt a surge of intense pain!
The woman walked past him, but due to her preoccupied state, she actually bumped into Dai Lin.
"I... I'm sorry..." The woman quickly waved her hand, apologizing.
"It's okay," Dai Lin waved his hand and looked over the woman.
She was quite beautiful and dignified, with a tall figure, but her cheeks were sunken, and her eyes were filled with terror.
"Sir?"
Dai Lin took out a business card that Dr. Gao had given him after the job fair and handed it to her, saying, "If you need help, come here."
The woman was stunned for a moment, then took the card. Since Dai Lin had come out of the insurance company, she subconsciously thought it was a business card from an insurance company employee.
After Dai Lin left, she looked at the card and was taken aback.
"What... what is this?"
The crimson card featured a pitch-black skull with a black cross above it.
Beneath it was a line of text: "Hospital 444's Department of Resentful Spirits Attending Physician, Gao He Yan."
She looked up and suddenly discovered...
The area around the insurance company's entrance, which was originally bustling with people, had become eerily quiet, with only two or three people passing by occasionally!
"It's... it's happening again!" Her face instantly turned very pale.