Chapter 22 Children

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These eyes possessed their own will, desiring to grow stronger by relying on their host. And this was closely linked to the host's own will to survive; the stronger the will, the more it could stimulate their abilities.

As for the right eye, it could devour curses that it could certainly seal, but not necessarily absorb successfully. If it was capable of devouring, upon approaching the curse, the eye would transform into a black hole under the influence of its own will. And as long as it successfully devoured, even if the curse grew stronger within the right eye, it could not escape its shackles, only serving to enhance the left eye's perception detection and curse attack capabilities.

Another important point was: these ghostly eyes could no longer easily threaten Dai Lin's actions through cursing. The best opportunity for them to backlash against Dai Lin was during his time in the hospital's ward. Now, since the Karmic Curse had been absorbed, it not only strengthened the ghost eyes' sealing abilities but also created a balance of power with the ghost eyes' own curse, making it difficult to backlash against Dai Lin. In other words, Dai Lin could be considered one of the doctors in Hospital 444 who needed to worry the least about curse backlash.

Of course... the premise is, do not recklessly devour the bodies of spirits that the ghostly eyes cannot absorb. Otherwise, in the event of a failed absorption, the curse would have the potential to break through the seal.

Just then, the door behind him opened.

Jiang Licheng, looking at Dai Lin who was still standing in front of the body, muttered to himself in a voice only he could hear, "Quite courageous, is it because of those eyes? Ouyang Rui, how exactly did you come by these ghostly eyes?"

Following that, he walked in and said, "Let's continue with today's teaching. Next, I'll teach you how to identify ordinary Resentful Spirit Curses."

Time passed very quickly.

Although one couldn't feel the sun rising and setting within Hospital 444, Lin Yan in the ICU ward on the twelfth floor was still trembling all over.

She pressed the nurse call button once again.

"What is it now?"

The door to the ward was pushed open, and an extremely irritable nurse walked in.

Lin Yan wrapped herself in her blanket, shaking like a sieve.

"She's coming... She will come... That female ghost! She's going to kill me! Tonight, she will come!"

The nurse, holding her forehead, said, "How about I give you a sedative? We have sedatives here too. Miss Lin, this is the seventh time you've pressed the call button! Do you know how busy we are in the intensive care unit? You're in a deep folded space; there's a whole bunch of doctors constantly doing rounds outside, and the place is full of cursed objects! Even if that Resentful Spirit had the ability to reach the heavens, she couldn't possibly sneak in here undetected and kill you, right? Even a malevolent spirit couldn't do that!"

"No, that's not right!" Lin Yan shook her head and said, "She will definitely come tonight! I can sense it! She will come to kill me at all costs, come to kill me! Please, just do the surgery for me, can't it be done tonight?"

Lin Yan didn't feel a shred of safety staying here.

She knew that the Resentful Spirit would come soon! To claim her life!

It definitely would!

Ever since a week ago, when she saw the female ghost through the peephole, she had established some kind of strange mental connection with it!

She will surely break in!

"You killed my mom... You killed my dad... And now, you won't even spare me! Why? Why? What did our family ever do to you that you have to eradicate us!"

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Eight o'clock in the evening, the night outpatient session.

After finishing Dr. Jiang's training course, Dai Lin continued his internship in Gao He Yan's outpatient room.

"Patient number 14, Liang Yueyue, please come to consultation room number 7."

As the broadcast notification outside went off, the outpatient room door opened, and the new patient walked in.

It was a middle-aged woman with a girl, probably no more than ten years old.

"Dr. Gao..." the middle-aged woman sat down and said, "I'm here for my daughter's follow-up. I've been giving her the cursed object you prescribed last time during our visit on schedule..."

"I remember you, tell me, what's the situation with the child?"

Dai Lin wasn't surprised to see the child; the hospital didn't have a pediatric outpatient department. After all, ghosts didn't differentiate between children and adults when casting curses, and the treatment methods were exactly the same.

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Undoubtedly… the medical expenses were naturally to be paid by the parents for their child. The child, naïve and unaware of the ways of the world, wouldn't know that the price of their treatment was their parents' future.

"Did you bring the outpatient medical record booklet?"

"I did…" The middle-aged woman swiftly took out the outpatient booklet.

Gao Heyann opened the outpatient booklet and looked at the medical history recorded.

"Are the symptoms still the same as before?"

"Yes, yes, at night, the child suddenly starts to levitate off the ground, but after taking the cursed item, the duration has started to shorten. However, recently the child has become unable to speak! Would it be better to arrange for hospital treatment?"

"Can't speak anymore? Okay, let's do another ultrasound check. I'll write an ultrasound order for you now. Don't worry, this is a typical process of a Resentful Spirit possession. Rest assured, the process of a child being possessed by a Resentful Spirit is very slow, and as long as you take the curse-containing medication I prescribe on time, the curse will be contained."

"Doctor, could you give her another examination?"

"Ultrasound is more accurate than my examination."

"Please, doctor, I'm afraid I won't be able to get an ultrasound appointment today."

"Alright then, Dai Lin, help me hold her!"

"Okay…"

Dai Lin approached the girl, and at that moment, he found that his eyes felt absolutely nothing.

Why was there no sensation?

He gripped the girl's body, and then Gao Heyann turned on a flashlight and checked the girl's pupils.

Under the bright light, the girl's pupils showed no reaction whatsoever.

Dai Lin knew that this was no ordinary flashlight.

Moreover, he noticed that when he looked at the flashlight, his pupils also did not react at all, without any sensation of the light being strong.

"Child, can you speak?"

However, the child showed no response.

Gao Heyann had no choice but to say, "Alright, I will now ask you questions. If what I say is right, nod your head; if not, shake your head. First…"

As Dai Lin held the little girl's hand, he always felt that her hand was trembling quite severely.

Just at that moment, the girl's finger suddenly pressed against the palm of Dai Lin's right hand and began to move across it.

"Doctor Gao…"

"Don't speak yet!" Gao Heyann immediately interrupted Dai Lin, "I will listen to you after I finish examining her. Child, listen to me, how is your sleep at night now?"

The girl's finger continued to move across the palm of Dai Lin's hand.

Dai Lin gradually realized… she was writing on his palm!

What was she writing?

Dai Lin felt it… and soon his eyes suddenly widened as he looked towards the girl's mother beside him!

Because… the words the girl had written were—"She's not my mom"!