Chapter 640 - Secret of the Hospital [2 in 1] (1/2)

Translator: Lonelytree  Editor: Millman97

Chen Ge’s words resonated greatly with Scissors. He had grown up at an orphanage. He was a loner that preferred his own company, and the only friend that he had ever had was his older brother. When he was bullied, when he was treated unfairly, when he could not find the meaning to live caught in a web of pain and despair, his elder brother would step forth to lend him a hand, to shield him from the ravages of life.

For Scissors, his older brother was the most special person in his life, and it was due to the connection that they shared that after his older brother disappeared, Scissors would stop at nothing to come and investigate.

Looking at Chen Ge, who was wandering away, Scissors was reminded of how Chen Ge had appeared when he was forced into the corner by those things inside the hospital, when he was at the brink of giving up. That warm and kind voice had pulled him up from hell right into heaven. It was such a roller-coaster ride of emotions. Even though Scissors did not voice it out, internally, his heart was gushing with appreciation.

Due to the appearance that he needed to maintain, he did not openly thank Chen Ge, but he made a promise to himself that should he survive this ordeal, he would stop at nothing to repay the man’s kindness.

Those who appeared distant on the surface often had a blazing heart. Since their warmth was normally encased within a thick layer of ice, only when that layer of ice cracked would they reveal their real emotions.

Licking the wound of his face lightly, Scissors turned around to spit out the black dog’s blood on his lips. He followed behind Chen Ge, and for a moment, he saw his older brother’s shadow overlap over his savior.

I should calm down; he still might be a real murderer. It’ll be better if I don’t stay too close to him, but I should be there to lend a hand should he get into any trouble.

Scissors’ impression of Chen Ge had changed drastically. He silently moved to follow behind Chen Ge.

Realizing that Scissors had become more honest, Chen Ge’s lips curled into a grin. From his perspective, Scissors was quite a hard to find talent. It was fine that he was in reality a coward—the most important thing was that he had the courage and determination to put everything on the line should the situation call for it.

Chen Ge turned his head around to ask Scissors, “By the way, I spotted different types of footprints downstairs. Other than yourself, there should be other passengers trapped inside this hospital. Did you see them earlier?”

“I came in here alone.” Scissors grumbled internally, What is this about footprints?

When he entered the hospital, he had not paid attention to that at all, but since Chen Ge had brought it up, to maintain his appearance, he could only follow the thread of conversation. “I’ve noticed the footprints that you mentioned… Yes, if I’m not mistaken, when I was caught in a deathly bout with the monsters on the third floor, I heard echoes of footsteps coming from the second-floor security corridor. So, they might have run down that direction earlier.”

Chen Ge nodded as he stared at Scissors, giving him a once-over.

“What are you looking at?” Scissors quivered under Chen Ge’s incisive gaze.

“The pair of red high heels on the bus disappeared. I remember distinctly that there were two echoes of footsteps whenever you moved, so that thing should be following you.” The other reason Chen Ge valued Scissors was due to the pair of red high heels. Even the smiling man had to be cautious around the pair of heels, which was a sign that it was at the very least a Red Specter.

“When I entered the left corridor, the sound disappeared. She probably sensed the danger and escaped.” Scissors lifted the pair of scissors in his hand, staring at the sharp edge of the blade. “It’s obvious that she was afraid. She was a coward, too frightened of my presence.”

Chen Ge really wanted to lurch forward to clamp his hand over Scissors’ lips. There should be a limit to the act that he was putting on. If his words fell into the ears of the pair of red high heels, he probably would not even know how he died.

“Alright then, consider I’ve not asked that question. Let’s go find the other passengers first.” Chen Ge led Scissors out of the toilet. The drunkard and the doctor were waiting for them in the corridor. When the two of them saw Scissors, who was covered in blood, they were so scared that they did not dare move one step closer to the supposed serial killer. In their eyes, Scissors’ whole persona fitted their traditional idea of a murderer perfectly. He was covered in blood and carried a crazed smile on his face. He partook in the pleasure of pain as if only pain and murder could give him the only sense of joy in his life.

“Somehow it feels like I’ve fallen into the wolves’ den.” The drunkard stood at the edge of the group alone. His face was blanched and staring at the blood trail underneath his feet; he felt like vomiting. Of everyone that he had come across so far, he was the only one who appeared relatively like a normal person.

“You fought the monsters alone for so long—you must be drained. Leave the clean-up work to me then.” Chen Ge very kindly helped find an excuse for Scissors before he started to explore the rooms one by one.

The hospital was only three stories tall; it was not that big, but since Chen Ge’s exploration was detailed, they took half an hour before they managed to finish a tour of the place. They found the footprints for the family of three and the pair of shoes for a boy at the second-floor security corridor. The footprints trailed down the security corridor, heading toward the other side of the hospital.

The family of three happened to cross Chen Ge’s group by. When Chen Ge crashed through the door, they slipped down the stairs on the other side of the hospital and slithered away.

“These few people sure are something else. We came to save them, but they fled without even leaving a message for us. They only care of themselves, how selfish can they be?” The drunkard placed himself in the shoes of Chen Ge. He felt like if he was Chen Ge, he would not have been such a busybody.

“This is hardly their fault. It is simply human nature to choose to escape when faced with fear.”

“You sure have an open-minded attitude about everything.” The drunkard thought that Chen Ge had a positive outlook on life. Following their interaction, he realized that Chen Ge was a good ol’ man with no cunning in his heart. “Since the people that we’re here to save have already left, isn’t it time for us to leave this place as well?”

“There’s no need to hurry. We’ve circled around the hospital at least once already, and there are three locations that we need to pay close attention to.” Chen Ge stood where he was to think for a while. “In the first room on the left after turning up the stairs on the second floor, there’s a diary. It recorded how a patient was forced to the brink of insanity by the ghosts inside the hospital before becoming a ghost himself. That should not be an isolated case.”

Naturally, Chen Ge knew that was not an isolated case. The poor spirit whose legs were encased in plaster and had his eye poked blind was currently residing inside Yan Danian’s comic. With the guidance from Scissors, he had rushed toward the dresser once he stepped into the sickroom, and it did not take long for Chen Ge to locate the spirit that possessed the diary.

“But what does that have to do with us?” The drunkard had a bad feeling about the hospital. It felt like it was more dangerous than the ‘doghouse’ that he had stayed in earlier.

“If the patient decides to play the game of hide-and-seek, they will be trapped inside the hospital, becoming a part of the game after they die. However, have you ever considered this question—who was the first person who started this game of hide-and-seek?” Chen Ge turned to look at the other passengers. “There has to be a person who came up with the idea of the game, only then would the string of ghost patients follow.”

The few passengers looked at one another; this question naturally had not crossed their mind before. Chen Ge gave up completely on asking for their opinions. The perspectives that they adopted were completely different. The way that they viewed this strange world was too different to reconcile.

“Like I said earlier, there are three locations inside this hospital worth noting. The first location is the room where the diary was found, and the second room will be the filing room. Just now, I’ve looked through the information regarding the problematic sickroom roughly, and I noticed something weird. Basically, any patient that stayed in that room would encounter a less than peaceful ending, and because of that reason, that sickroom—Room 201—became the room that should be avoided among the doctors and nurses.”

Ignoring the response of the other people, Chen Ge continued his analysis. “The files recorded very clearly that the first case in Room 201 happened five years ago, and coincidentally enough, it was within that same year that this private hospital accepted a patient that was transferred over from another hospital.”