Chapter 47

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Translator: penny

Chapter: 47

Chapter Title: Unfair Hospital (5)

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It all happened so suddenly.

The moment I pulled out breakfast from my inventory...

"Chomp...!"

A baby monster had smashed through the window of my hospital room and looked up at me...

Then it crawled right over, snuggled into my arms, and fell asleep.

"?"

I froze, staring blankly down at the baby monster nestled in my embrace.

"??"

It's sleeping.

For real... it's actually sleeping.

Its limbs were stretched out all skinny and long like the nurse monsters', and its face was full of huge teeth, but...

It was curled up in my arms, sleeping peacefully without a care in the world.

"???"

I set aside the question of why a monster had burst into my room and dozed off.

Even if it was just a baby... I couldn't just let a monster live, right?

'Sorry, little one. But I've gotta survive too, you know?'

I was the one who had to conquer this place and make it out alive.

So I started carefully shoving stones into the mouth of the sleeping baby in my arms.

Crunch... Crunch...

100 stones...

200 stones...

300 stones...

'Good appetite.'

It was a bit creepy how eagerly the baby monster gobbled them up.

But it was still something I had to kill anyway, so by the time around 1,300 stones had gone down its throat...

"?"

The baby monster, which had been swallowing the stones without resistance...

"...Not eating anymore?"

Unlike the nurse monsters that devoured everything I gave them, it stopped chewing as if it was full.

It burrowed deeper into my arms and clamped its mouth shut tight.

'...So it won't die like this?'

My precious stones...!

I'd invested them trying to kill it and turn it into an item, and now it just ate them and went back to sleep?!

What kind of outrage...!

What a freeloader...!!

'No, no... my stones...'

I was a little dumbfounded by the monster dozing off in the arms of the very creature that tried to kill it.

'Guess I'll just shove it in my inventory.'

I couldn't keep it stuck to me like this, so I tossed the thing into my inventory.

Maybe because it was unconscious, it went in nice and quietly.

I set the baby monster aside and pulled out my breakfast to eat when...

"Hm?"

I heard footsteps approaching.

'...It's coming.'

The instant I heard them, I stashed my food back in my inventory.

I pulled the baby out and hugged it like nothing was wrong.

Just as a nurse from Unfair Hospital entered my room...

"..."

"..."

"..."

She stared at me silently.

'She here for a tip too?'

"Ah, here—"

She seemed like she wanted a tip too.

I reached out to force-feed her 2,000 stones—

Pat pat pat—

"?"

As I extended my hand with the stones...

The nurse monster bolted like a terrified herbivore fleeing for its life.

"Ah...!"

Realizing something was seriously wrong, I jumped off the bed and chased after her on my crutches, but...

'What the hell, so fast...!'

She was way too quick.

Even if my limbs were fine, I knew I couldn't keep up.

That's when I realized...

'Ah, shit...'

I'd broken Rule 8-1 of the Rulebook and stepped into the hallway.

I'd started pursuing her after realizing something was off from her fleeing, but...

That had violated the rules, so I needed to get my head straight from here on out—or so I thought when...

"..!"

The baby monster in my arms suddenly leaped out and...

"..?"

Chased after the fleeing nurse monster.

It dashed off in the direction she'd vanished.

"..What the?"

I'd watched the whole thing, feeling totally bewildered...

"..Should I head back?"

I decided to return to my hospital bed for now.

'..What the hell is even going on here...?'

…

After the baby monster went chasing the nurse...

Thankfully, it never came back to me.

And also.

"Sorry for being late."

Nurse monsters started showing up naturally again for their tips.

To get a read on the atmosphere here, I fed one an appropriate amount.

"By any chance, is it okay if I step out into the hallway now?"

Even with Rule 8-1, I subtly asked if a patient like me could leave the room.

"Yes, it's fine."

"But won't that violate Rule 8-1?"

"I don't know the reason, but the baby's full, so it's okay."

I got the answer that the baby's full tummy made it fine.

'Did feeding it my stones do that?'

Apparently.

Normally, when the baby got hungry and wailed weirdly, the hospital turned into a bloodbath all day.

But the 1,300 stones I'd given it a few hours ago seemed to have filled up the little one's belly nicely.

"Thank you for the info. This is my thanks for your hard work, Nurse."

"What, giving me all this?"

Squelch—

Like putting down a hunting dog past its use.

I didn't need more info from her, so she had to become a useful item.

I shamelessly crammed stones from my status window into the gaping maw of the nurse monster.

Season 2 Nurse Doll entry into the gallery~ ㅉㅉㅉㅉㅉㅉ

The Season 1 Nurse Doll I made yesterday? Turned it into an item already.

Tada~ See this white mask?!

True to nurse form, it got made into a mask ㅇㅇ.

And today, a bunch of stuff happened...

First off, regarding that baby monster post from this morning... something unbelievable went down.

The nurse monster saw the baby in my arms...

And suddenly bolted.

Then the baby monster chased after her.

And they both vanished ☆

ㅅ2ㅂ I have no idea what's going on either;

I'd fed the baby 1,300 stones to try killing it...

(I tried to kill this little shit, don't say bad stuff like that ㄴㄴㄴㄴㄴ)

But now the baby monster's full, so even regular patients like me can go out in the halls again.

About 3 hours left till danger time.

I'll write up the Unfair Hospital Day 2 exploration report soon.

Hit that rec button so Big Whale can survive Day 2 of Unfair Hospital chaos!

Unfair Hospital, Day 2.

Aside from the morning chaos, nothing special happened.

'Time to head back for real.'

I crutched my way naturally back to my room.

"It's ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠dead."

I placed my hand on the nurse monster's body, which had died without issue, and hit item creation.

The nurse monster turned into an item again... wait a sec.

'..Pink..?'

Why the hell... is this pink...?

"..Nah, ..no way? No way... Nah... Naaah..."

I suddenly wanted to take off the mask I'd been wearing fine—

Swish...

"!!!!"

Startled by a presence behind me, I whipped around...

And there...

"..Who are you?"

Was a creature with black hair hiding behind my bed...

"..Huh?"

Judging by the black hair, it was definitely the monster from Rule 12 of the Rulebook.

But unlike the nurse monsters, its face didn't have huge teeth all over...

It had normal human features...

"Could you be..!"

A human—

"Kyaeeeeeeeek!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"..! W-Wait a sec..!"

"Die!!! You fucking bastard!!!!!!"

"..!"

Thud!

"Wait.. please.. please.. no.. s-spare.. guh..!"

"Die.. die!!!"

"Please.. pleee..ase.. can't.. breathe.. please.."