The hospital was hushed at night. The fluorescent lights overhead cast a cold, faint reflection on the spotless floor tiles. The familiar silence made Nurse Asano in the duty room pull her clothes tighter around herself.
It was not just the eerie atmosphere of a hospital at night, but also her companion's vivid account of the supernatural incident that had occurred in the morgue that morning.
Night duty was terribly boring. Both of them had been playing on their phones, but one of them had started chatting, and somehow the conversation had turned to urban legends.
"The corpses in the morgue walked out of their isolation compartments and wandered around. A group of cornea thieves targeted the bodies in our hospital and sneaked inside, but when they went in and looked..."
"Don't talk about that in the middle of the night!"
The more experienced Nurse Asano shot the student nurse beside her a reproachful look. She knew this young relative of hers liked supernatural things, but talking about them this late at night was so thoughtless.
As for the incident in the morgue, Nurse Asano had heard a little about it too, despite the chief physician's gag order.
It was not entirely groundless. Truth and falsehood mingled together, making it seem all the more real. And since it had happened in the very hospital where she worked, it felt personal too, leaving Nurse Asano rather spooked.
"Fine, I'll stop." The student nurse shut her mouth sulkily, but soon grew excited again and held her phone in front of Nurse Asano.
"Sister Asano, look at this video of Buddha manifesting."
Watching the Wisdom King statue towering six or seven stories high in the video, Nurse Asano showed a little interest.
"These special effects look so realistic. Is this a trailer for