There were four beds in the ward. Bed 4, on the far right, was empty.
A ghost lay in each of the other three beds.
The first to catch his eye was bed 2 in the middle. A mummy ghost lay there, wrapped entirely in bandages with only its mouth exposed.
Its sawlike teeth were covered in blood.
It must have been the mummy ghost that had bitten off that person's hand earlier.
An elderly woman lay in bed 3. At first glance, nothing seemed unusual about her, but a closer look revealed that her face was merely decorative. A mouth grew on the back of her head, letting out strange cackles from time to time. This old woman was the patient Liu Yanyan would have to deal with.
Lin Luo turned his gaze toward bed 1 by the window. His task was to change the dressing for the ghost in that bed.
A man like a mountain of flesh lay there, his body covered in stitched wounds. On closer inspection, his limbs had been pieced together from various corpses.
One arm was as thick as a beast's and covered in yellow fur, while the other was an infant's arm, dangling limply.
His two legs were completely out of proportion to his torso, each only as thick as an ordinary person's wrist, looking as though the slightest force would snap them.
"You filthy bug! Get in here and change my dressing already!"
The fat ghost glared at Lin Luo and roared.
Suppressing his revulsion, Lin Luo walked toward the fat ghost's bed.
As a medical student, Lin Luo spotted the fat ghost's injury at a glance.
The bandages around his waist clearly covered a fresh wound.
All the other stitched wounds were old.
But the crucial question was whether humans and ghosts were the same.
Was the area beneath the bandages around his waist really where Lin Luo needed to change the dressing?
Lin Luo quickly scanned the area for the fat ghost's medical chart.
He had to confirm where the fat ghost's injury was before he could begin.
He soon found the medical chart, but the fat ghost had deliberately blocked it from view.
When Lin Luo looked toward the obscured chart at the head of the bed, a mocking smile appeared on the fat ghost's face.
He was making things difficult without even trying to hide it.
"What are you waiting for? Are you trying to let me die in pain?"
The fat ghost suddenly roared.
At the same time, his beastlike arm shot out toward Lin Luo.
"Hello, sir. Caregiver 9527 will change your dressing now!"
A fake, professional smile appeared on Lin Luo's face.
He did not dodge the fat ghost's attack.
Once they put on these uniforms, they were employees of Yellow Springs Hospital.
No matter how much the ghosts looked down on them or despised them, they would not dare attack them rashly unless they broke the rules.
Here in Yellow Springs Hospital, the hospital's rules took precedence over everything.
Seeing Lin Luo move, the fat ghost withdrew his arm, but the cold gleam in his eyes grew even icier.
Lin Luo took medical supplies from the nearby trolley and moved to the fat ghost's wound.
The instant he gripped the medical scissors, his mind settled.
In medical school, he had far surpassed his classmates in both theory and practical work. He simply disliked showing off, which was why he had such little presence in class.
Whenever he picked up a medical instrument, Lin Luo's attention immediately narrowed to a single point. It was the result of years of training.
Then Lin Luo raised the medical scissors to remove the bandages from the fat ghost's body.
The fat ghost's eyes followed Lin Luo's every movement, his gaze fixed on him.
"Grrrr..."
The sound of churning intestines rang out.
The moment Lin Luo approached the fat ghost, the ghost's stomach began to rumble.
It was hunger.
And hunger meant wanting food.
What did ghosts eat?
The answer was obvious.
Humans!
Anyone would have felt afraid in this situation.
Lin Luo was no exception.
The composure he had just regained instantly began to waver.
Although he was not looking at the fat ghost, he could clearly feel the burning intensity of the ghost's gaze, as though he were looking at a feast.
It made his skin crawl.
His instincts urged him to flee.
Lin Luo knew he had to overcome that instinctive fear.
Clenching his fist and slowly calming himself, Lin Luo steadied his mind again.
When the fat ghost saw the scissors in the filthy bug's hand touch the bandages around his waist, a sinister smile instantly appeared on his face.
It was true that, as long as the hospital employees followed the rules, the ghosts could do nothing to them.
But if those employees did anything outside their assigned tasks, that counted as breaking the rules.
Then the hospital would not object, no matter what the ghosts did to them.
The fat ghost licked his lips, the smile on his greasy face growing wider.
He had lost weight lately. It really was time to replenish himself.
Meanwhile, he had already raised his beastlike arm. All he had to do was wait for this filthy bug to make a mistake.
Now the scissors in Lin Luo's hand were only a centimeter from the bandages around the fat ghost's waist. The ghost's arm had also stretched out, hovering silently above Lin Luo's head.
At the next instant, Lin Luo abruptly changed the scissors' direction, moving straight toward the fat ghost's abdomen and cutting open a filthy bandage that had long since begun to rot.
Just as the fat ghost was about to strike, the sight made his arm freeze in place.
This filthy bug actually knows where my injury is?
Without any distractions, Lin Luo moved smoothly and swiftly, replacing the fat ghost's bandages.
When the fat ghost deliberately concealed his medical chart, Lin Luo had known he would have to find another way.
So the instant he approached the fat ghost, he used Crimson Demon Finger and obtained some of the ghost's memories.
That confirmed which wound needed its dressing changed.
With his scheme thwarted, the fat ghost's face filled with fury.
Seeing Lin Luo stand up with the same smile still on his face, he wanted nothing more than to crush this filthy bug to death.
His eyes rolled, and another idea came to him.
"Oh, it hurts like hell!"
"You filthy bug! You must have put something else in my bandages! You're trying to hurt me! I'm definitely giving you a bad review!"
The fat ghost glared viciously at Lin Luo as he spoke.
Before you continue