Hospital No. 444.

Chapter 640: Forced and Disobedient

"Listen, this car can't be driven anymore."

Dai Lin told Alex what he had just seen.

"It's very similar to the previous situation..."

Alex is actually under a lot of pressure.

After all, the last time, the ghost appeared when he and Melty were about to meet. But this time it was different. He hadn't even approached Washington, D.C., but had already encountered this situation in Baltimore.

"I'm afraid there will be many different scenarios that will happen next."

Alex touched his chest. In order to prevent any possible situation, he had prepared a pistol in advance. After all, he had encountered a gunfight when he went to Detroit before.

Dai Lin then said to him: "Are you ready? In the worst case, we may have to walk to Washington."

"Well...I am prepared."

Alex's expression was extremely resolute, without any wavering.

Frankly speaking, Dai Lin really admired Alex and Melty. Most people couldn't be so strong-willed.

"No matter what, I will meet them and their daughter. No one can stop us."

When he said this, Alex's eyes almost spewed fire.

Surprisingly, there was not a trace of fear.

"Let's find a place to have a meal first, and then discuss...the next plan."

Unless it was absolutely necessary, he certainly didn't want to walk to Washington, as that was too difficult. Dai Lin thought that he could still discuss a perfect plan with Alex.

……

"What exactly is the curse of causality?"

In an Italian restaurant, Dai Lin and Alex were chatting.

Alex himself still finds it difficult to truly understand the curse of causality.

"Why can't Melty and I meet each other after this curse? I don't understand what Dr. Green explained to me before."

"It's normal if you don't understand."

The causal curse is an extremely complex concept, and it can be said to be a curse that is close to unsolvable. For Hospital 444, it is also a very difficult problem. There are not many doctors who can study this problem clearly.

Dai Lin had searched the hospital's official website in the past and could not find many papers on the curse of causality. There was no academic misconduct within the hospital, which meant that papers that could be published on the hospital's official website were of high quality. The dean would not defend you, and being able to publish your paper proved that the arguments in the paper were solid. And it was difficult for Dai Lin to fully understand these papers.

"For example, when Melty and I went to Detroit, we encountered a gang shootout. Later I investigated...they were two gangs that had been feuding for decades. At that time, Melty and I were not even born yet."

"Yes, this is the curse of karma."

“I still find it hard to understand…”

Apparently, the causal curse was harder for Alex to understand than the ghosts themselves.

"Therefore, it is even more difficult to research a spell that can master this law."

"Doctor Dai," Alex asked uneasily, "Is that... still with us now?"

He didn't dare to utter the word "ghost".

  Just as he uttered this sentence, suddenly, a bullet passed by his cheek, and then instantly shot a man who was dining two meters behind him in the head!

At this moment, everyone realized that someone was shot in the restaurant!

Everyone was so frightened that Alex didn't even have the first reaction to draw his gun.

Dai Lin pounced on Alex and pinned him under him.

  A bald man holding two revolvers began to kill indiscriminately in the restaurant!

"It's really free America, shootings happen every day!"

Dai Lin immediately looked at the man with the gun, ready to kill him in anger.

With Dai Lin's current strength, killing an ordinary person is no different from crushing an ant.

  In the past, he had to extract the opponent’s soul, but now, Dai Lin can annihilate their soul in an instant!

The moment the bald man saw Dai Lin, he immediately fell to the ground and died!

Dai Lin helped up the trembling Alex, who looked at the dead person in horror.

"Are you...are you kidding me?"

Dead people.

Someone really died this time!

This curse of causality can really kill people!

"I, I...I..."

Alex lost consciousness and fainted.

The restaurant was in chaos and most people fled. Dai Lin didn't want to get into trouble when the police arrived, so he helped the unconscious Alex out.

In the United States, it is not uncommon for murderers to shoot and kill indiscriminately.

But this is undoubtedly not a coincidence.

Dai Lin was very puzzled at this time. Why did this happen?

This causal curse can take a person's life. Since it can do this, then if Alex is killed directly, he and Melty will naturally not be able to meet.

The only explanation is that... the curse requires that "Alex and Melty cannot meet each other while both are alive."

This kind of thing...

It seems outrageous no matter how you think about it.

Curses, evil spirits... they only have malice towards living beings, but this kind of torture that does not cause physical harm but purely kills people and destroys their souls is incomprehensible.

When Alex woke up, he was on a park bench.

"You're fine." Dai Lin is a surgeon himself, and his eyes are now comparable to CT machines, so he can see Alex's condition clearly.

"I, I..." Alex recalled the bullet that almost grazed his cheek, and the people who died behind him.

  dead!

Someone is dead!

One of the most important reasons why he was so persistent and kept meeting with Melty was that this curse would never cause any casualties to him, Melty, or innocent people.

The gang shooting doesn't count. They were all gang criminals. In Alex's opinion, the more deaths the better.

But now, an innocent person died because he was implicated!

"How could this happen... In the past, no innocent people were implicated." Alex began to speak incoherently, "How could someone die... What exactly is the purpose of this curse... Is it just to force Melty and I not to meet??" Alex has always felt that this curse is not that scary after all, and there is always a way to solve it. After all, there are many powerful curse cases in Hospital 666 that have killed dozens of people. And a curse like his, even if the dead are gangsters, but not directly killed by ghosts, is rare.

"What on earth should I do..."

Alex began to get scared, because it meant that if he continued to go to Washington, he might be the next person to die.

Even if he doesn't die, someone else might die!

In any case, public transportation is out of the question. Driving is also out of the question, because if the car breaks down, someone will die!

"Calm down first," Dai Lin advised, "After all, you just saw someone..."

"Doctor Dai, forget it," Alex finally made up his mind, "Let's postpone the meeting in Washington. I... I can't let innocent people get involved and die just because I want to meet Melty! Wouldn't that be too selfish of me?"

"I'm sorry... If it was before, whether you met or not would not matter to the hospital. But now, the nature of the matter has changed."

"Now?"

"At present, the only person who can possibly meet Melty is you who has the curse implanted. And no doctor can get in touch with Natsume Kakuji who is following Melty closely. Lelia Faust will bring Natsume Kakuji back to the hospital at all costs, so if you decide not to go now..."

Although Dai Lin and Lelia Faust had only met a few times, he already knew her style of doing things.

This woman would never care about the lives of anyone outside the Faust family. As long as she could achieve her goal, she would never blink an eye at sacrificing more innocent people. What's more, Natsume Kakajima has almost become the top priority of Hospital No. 666.

After Dai Lin explained the situation to Alex, the latter was stunned: "This...this has nothing to do with me, right?"

"I'm sorry... You are the only one who has a chance to meet her now. There is no point in sending ordinary people to contact Natsume Kakuro. As long as you say you don't want to meet her, a doctor will be sent over and forcibly escort you to Washington. Even if you don't want to meet her now, you can't."

"Why is this happening?"

"The hospital is not really a hospital whose purpose is to save lives and heal the wounded."

Alex was frightened.

"If we continue to get closer to Washington, won't more people die?"

  The most important thing is...the one most likely to die is himself!

That bullet just now almost took his life!

Just at this time, the hospital called again.

This time...

Finally, it was Lelia Faust herself who called.

"Dr. Dai, has Mr. Alex decided not to go to Washington?"

Dai Lin was suddenly shocked.

How could she know?

Is there a bug on me?

  Or is this her cursed ability?

Before Dai Lin could answer, she continued, "Persuade him to continue going to Washington, Dr. Dai. If he refuses, then you can use any means to take him to Washington. No matter what, please bring Natsume Kakujiu back. As long as this causal curse is broken, I will have a way to bring Natsume Kakujiu back." "An innocent restaurant guest has already been caught in the curse and died..."

"so what?"

Lelia simply said, "So."

"Did I kill him?"

"What I mean is, if we force them to continue to meet, innocent people might be involved, and even Alex himself might die..."

"Then please ask Dr. Dai to protect him with all your strength and don't let anyone hurt Alex."

"I……"

"Take him to Washington, meet Melty, and bring back Natsume Kakaruga. If you can do this, I can agree to any condition you ask, Doctor Dai. If you can't do this, you should know my character, Lelia Faust. I always keep my word."

Then he hung up the phone.

From beginning to end, the tone was completely imperative.

After she hung up the phone, she glanced at Virgil, who was sitting next to her.

"I'm afraid you'll have to go and help Dr. Dai. I don't want this matter to go wrong again. The causal spell must be in my hands, in the hands of our Faust family. The sisters Natsume Kakujiu and Natsume Ibis will marry into our family in the future."

"Marriage…Who should she marry? Silas or George?"

"As long as it's an alliance with the Faust family, it'll be fine. We don't have any children, so we can only consider other unmarried family members." Lelia suddenly saw Virgil still sitting on the sofa motionless, and said, "I seemed to be telling you just now... I need you to take action, right?"

"I heard it, and I heard it loud and clear."

"I'm under the impression that usually when I say this, you'll act immediately, Virgil."

"I just heard the voice of Dr. Dai on the other end of the line. If this continues, more innocent people will be involved, and the patient, Mr. Alex, may also die."

"You don't want to talk to me about some issues related to human morality, do you?" Lelia's cold face was full of teasing: "Virgil Faust, you have been married into our family for so many years, and now you suddenly have a sense of justice? Do I need to emphasize the meaning of the sentence 'If you ask us for help, you are guilty of the same crime as us'?"

"But there is no need..."

"Without Natsume Kakujima, there would be no need. I have no interest in whether the couple can meet. And now, the causal curse legacy left by Natsume Heisuke is finally about to bear fruit. For this, any sacrifice is acceptable."

Virgil looked at Lelia coldly.

This "any sacrifice" obviously includes Virgil.

From the beginning to now... for Lelia Faust, her only value is to be just a host of the devil's curse.

Although he had always known this, he now felt it more strongly.

"I'm not going. Please send someone else."

"I don't want to lose the backbone of the department. I'm worried if other people go."

"I am expendable, right?" Virgil's voice became even colder.

"If you go, you will definitely come back alive." Lelia became more and more dissatisfied. Why did Virgil, who was usually as obedient as a loyal dog, start talking to her in this tone today?

"Just because I forgot how your father died? Just for such a small matter?"

"This...little thing?"

"Our family will rule the hospital forever. In the future, we will be assimilated with the abyss and become an eternal existence. Does it matter how the dead died? What matters is our future."

It is "your" future.

Virgil answered firmly: "I will not go. If you are dissatisfied, just kill me!"

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