Hospital 444

The following day.

Virgil vomited once again into the trash can.

He had just finished a Ghoul dissection class.

The instructor was Doctor William.

Klein arranged for Virgil to be placed in the Dark Demon Surgery department. And in this department, Ghoul dissection class was an essential foundation.

Of course, no one laughed at Virgil; most interns found it challenging to get through this part. Seeing William expertly slice open a Ghoul and disembowel it was enough to make anyone’s stomach churn, especially when he pulled out human limbs from inside.

"Are you alright?"

William approached Virgil, handing him a glass of water to rinse his mouth.

"I’m, I’m okay..."

The residue of vomit in his mouth made Virgil feel extremely uncomfortable, and as he took the cup to start rinsing, William added, "You’re very lucky to have caught Miss Lailiya’s favor. She’s recognized by everyone as the most beautiful doctor at 666 Hospital."

After rinsing a few times and looking in the mirror at William’s decidedly sour expression behind him, Virgil said, "I... I also feel like it’s all so surreal."

In his college days, Lailiya was a goddess out of his reach. To be with her? It was something Virgil wouldn’t even dare to dream of, let alone actually achieve.

"This afternoon we have a history class," continued William. "Director Dave will be teaching it personally."

"History class? I hadn’t heard we had to take that? And my knowledge of European history is still..."

"Who told you it’s about European history? We are Paranormal Doctors; when have we ever needed to learn history. Of course... it’s the history of 666 Hospital."

The hospital’s history?

Virgil quickly asked, "When was this hospital first established?"

"That’s something that can’t be verified. Because 500 years ago, the hospital went through a complete catastrophe, all the doctors died out. We only have access to the history within these 500 years."

"It has been around for at least 500 years?"

"Five hundred years might seem long to ordinary people, but in the grand scheme of history, it’s just a drop in the ocean."

Virgil rinsed his mouth once more, saying, "However, there’s one thing that baffles me the most."

"What’s that?"

"It’s about our hospital’s... charging policies. The patients that come to our hospital don’t have to pay any money, but the price they pay is... they must accept a certain number of points called dark soul points."

"Yes, that’s right."

"And it’s the same for us doctors; our salary is essentially deducted from the dark soul points we already have. Klein has explained this dark soul point system to me, but I don’t quite understand..."

"Put simply, a person’s life is full of fortuitous and unfortunate events. A person’s entire collection of misfortunes and bad luck, such as losing loved ones, love disappointments, career failures, and contracting diseases, are called dark soul points. For example, around 10 dark soul points might equate to the misfortune of spraining an ankle from a fall. You can roughly imagine what it might mean if someone has thousands, or even tens of thousands of dark soul points."

To treat a Ghoul curse without surgery, one generally had to accept nearly a thousand dark soul points. If opting for surgery, the cost would be at least several thousand dark soul points.

"So the patients might face continuous misfortune in the future?"

"Yes, that’s basically the situation. If you undergo the treatment, you must accept the Dark Soul Points. In the future, it could be anything from your wife having an affair, betrayal by a close friend, company bankruptcy, a house fire, to even developing cancer. The misfortunes caused by Dark Soul Points are random, but they will certainly occur."

"It doesn’t seem much different from the curse itself..."

Listening to all this made Virgil feel desolate.

"It would be better just to take their money."

"The director doesn’t need money. If you don’t want to extract Dark Soul Points, you can also exchange them for the corresponding amount of money, and dollars are exchanged at the real-time exchange rate. By the way, I usually exchange some dollars every month."

Dark Soul Points... Virgil felt terrified just thinking about them; the inevitable misfortune in the future, when it will occur, what severity of misfortune—none of it can be predicted. It’s impossible to work normally, date, or even cross the street without fear, and getting medical check-ups is nerve-wracking... Such a life is horrifying to contemplate.

Why would the director do such a thing? To torment and abuse these patients, what benefit does it bring him?

Afternoon.

The history class began.

Virgil, following Klein’s advice, paid close attention to each doctor, especially their foreheads.

Director Dave arrived early.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today we will continue discussing the history of the hospital. First and foremost, we cannot omit... The Sargenic Blood Covenant of five hundred years ago."

He gestured, and the PPT presentation appeared behind him, along with the large English letters spelling "Sargenic."

"As everyone knows... Our hospital’s history can only be traced back to the 16th century. The Sargenic Blood Covenant event was the reason for the complete death of all doctors at the time, causing a gap in historical records. The history before the Sargenic Blood Covenant event is completely blank."

Virgil listened attentively; he truly wanted to understand—the past of this hospital.

At that moment, Virgil overheard someone whispering behind him.

"I’ve heard that this was one of two major events in the history of the hospital when many doctors died."

"Yes, the other was about a few decades ago, during the Darren Family infighting incident when about eighty percent of the hospital’s doctors died, and the progeny of the Darren Family were greatly reduced. That’s why now we have only two lines remaining, and today’s deputy director is none other than Lord Mephisto Faust."

"The Sargenic Blood Covenant is something from five hundred years ago, not very interesting. Tell me about the Darren Family’s infighting incident back then."

"As far as I know, that was the heyday of the Darren Family; seventy percent of all departments in the hospital had people surnamed Darren. Golini, Belen, Audrin, Indissa, and so on, were all pivotal members of the Darren Family who had lived for over a hundred years. Without their deaths, it wouldn’t be the time for the Faust Family to rise to power. Back then, in a fight over the position of the deputy director, the Darren Family erupted into infighting, turning the entire 666 Hospital into a sea of blood..."

"That bad?"

"Indeed."

"Tell me the details?"

"If we’re talking details... Besides the battle for the deputy director’s throne, it seemed to be related to the ownership of a cursed object."

"A cursed object?"

"Yes. Initially, to seize that cursed object, so many doctors got dragged in. The final victor won at a terrible cost."

"What kind of cursed object causes such..."

"It all began with the name of an Easterner. I remember his name was... Han Ming!"