Chapter 49
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 49
Chapter Title: Unfair Hospital (7)
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Thanks to JH, who'd carried the doctor—bound tight with rope in my place—we were able to reach the top floor of the building, the seventh, with the sleeping doctor monster in tow.
And so...
"It must've been heavy. Thank you so much."
When I walked toward the operating room door—which had never opened before, not when I'd come alone or even with a nurse—while dragging the sleeping doctor monster along...
"...It opened."
For the first time.
I watched as the operating room's automatic door slowly slid open.
"...Are you planning to go inside...?"
"Eventually... I need information."
To escape this place, we needed as much intel as possible.
It'd be great if it was as simple as 'Just take out this doctor!' to clear the Unfair Hospital legend.
But what if eliminating the doctor wasn't the way to beat it?
Rule 18 banned access to Room 403, and if that included the doctor, I could end up trapped here forever, never able to look away from his face...
"...I'll follow your lead to the end, sir."
"Thank you."
This was our chance to enter the operating room, reserved for doctors only.
We had to squeeze every bit of info we could from this place.
And so...
"Let's go in."
We stepped into the bizarre space where identical doors faced each other in a straight line.
Weeeeng—
Thud— Thud— Thud—
It really sounded like surgeries were underway...
Chilling noises echoed from inside each room, suggesting...
'...Are there more doctors beyond those closed doors?'
Probably.
With doors closed behind the others, it seemed doctors lurked there too.
Unfair Ward had a total of 14 operating rooms... so maybe 14 doctors.
'Is killing all the doctors here the clear condition?'
Just as that thought crossed my mind...
Screeech...
One of the closed operating room doors suddenly swung open.
"..."
"..."
JH froze instinctively at the sight.
I tapped his shoulder twice to snap him out of it.
Even if a doctor emerged, I figured a preemptive strike would secure victory.
'...What the?'
But after about five minutes, nothing—not even an ant—emerged from the open room.
'...It's empty...?'
Peeking inside revealed...
A perfectly ordinary operating room, devoid of any lifeforms.
'Did it open to invite us in?'
Seemed like the door opened automatically when the assigned doctor approached within range.
"Mind taking the doctor a bit farther away and coming back?"
"Sure...!"
I asked JH to carry the sleeping doctor monster away from the area.
And sure enough...
Screeech...
The door slowly closed again, confirming it.
The operating room doors opened automatically when their assigned doctor came within a certain distance.
"Shall we go in?"
"I'll follow..."
Now knowing this sleeping doctor monster belonged to that room, we cautiously stepped inside, undeterred from exploring the unknown.
"Let's see what's here."
The soundproofing wasn't great.
Machinery whirring from the rooms on either side sent chills down our spines.
But with no lifeforms in sight, I scanned the area with relative ease when...
'...What's this?'
A stack of documents, somewhat out of place in the sterile room, sat atop the operating table.
"...Huh?"
Like the payment form the reception monster had given me when I first arrived.
Were the doctors here demanding payment from patients post-surgery too? Checking the papers...
"...Surgery results?"
The document was titled 'Surgery Result Sheet,' and...
Patient Room:
Surgery Result: Cured / Improved / Worsened / Deceased
It had fields to record the patient's surgery outcome.
At that moment...
Escaping the hospital without the doctor's permission is forbidden.
Thoughts of Rule 9 flooded my mind.
'To escape... I probably need to be discharged...'
No escape without the 'doctor's' 'permission.'
So when would a doctor permit discharge?
When there's no reason for the patient to stay—upon a 'Cured' verdict, right?
'Maybe clearing Unfair Hospital means getting surgery from a doctor and a clean bill of health.'
I grabbed the pen beside the surgical tools and started filling in JH's room number on the sheet.
"Ward A... Room 305—"
The hospital gown he wore had "305" embroidered on the upper right, making it easy to spot—
"...Who the hell are you?"
"Huh?"
"This is... an operating room?"
"Oh...!"
Apparently, JH's amnesia wasn't a daily reset.
It erased memories randomly.
Whatever the case...
"It's fine. Calm down."
"M-monster...!"
"I'll get you out of here right—"
Just as I was about to evacuate him—
Thud!
"Fuck...!"
He lunged at me suddenly, slamming me against the wall like our first meeting.
"Sh-shit... What the hell are you trying to do...?"
"It's not like that...!"
Facing a monster for the first time in his fractured memory...
I got his panic, but...
"Let... let go...!"
I just needed to circle one more option to finish.
But as I moved my hand toward the paper—
"Don't move!!!"
Stab—
"...Huh?"
Even as he choked me, trying to act...
JH, deeming me a monster, snatched a scalpel from the table and plunged it into my lower abdomen.
More than pain, a insane scorching heat surged from the wound...
"Wha...t...?"
Seeing my blood—indistinguishable from a normal human's—JH paled, kicked open the door, and fled.
"Hah... Fuck... Please..."
Adrenaline pumping wildly dulled the stab pain for now.
I finished the form first...
"...!! Ah, my... my eyes...! My vision...!!"
'Escape achieved.'
The moment I circled 'Cured' for JH, he started freaking out about his sight blurring...
Clearing the hospital might be another story, but this was definitely the escape method.
And so...
"Guh... Fuck... Better if I hadn't known... might not hurt..."
Gritting through the mounting pain, I filled in my room number on the next sheet when...
"Ah... I'm fucked..."
I realized.
This wasn't mere flesh-tearing pain.
The scalpel had shredded my organs...
Which meant...
"No way... I'm wearing armor... Piercing this... is bullshit... fuck..."
Even if I escaped, I'd die in front of Choi Mi-na anyway.
"Hey... Wake up... Quick..."
I tried rousing the sleeping doctor monster for any last hope.
Shoving the result sheet into my inventory, hoping for surgery to survive...
"Come on... Wake up..."
Why was it sleeping so deeply...?
No matter how I shook it, no sign of stirring.
"Armor... shouldn't... pierce..."
Breathing grew ragged.
Terror of death filled my vision, everything blurring in panic.
"So damn thorough... fuck..."
True to the operating room theme.
This place's scalpels pierced anything—resentment boiled as I thought that.
Suddenly.
"...Hey, you... you...!"
Last hope dawning, I smashed my fist into the doctor monster's head with all my might.
"Craft..."
The moment the knuckleduster's needle killed it, I hit craft...
"Please... please... save me... I beg you... please..."
[Miracle Cure Pill]
A pill crafted from a creature with advanced medical knowledge.
Consuming it reduces max Sanity by 150 but heals all injuries.
"Yes...! Fuck yeah! This is it...!"
Heaven's luck.
True luck.
Sanity max drops 150? Who cares.
Surviving came first.
"Ugh... Hah... Ha..."
I popped the pill from inventory without hesitation and swallowed.
"Grrraaagh...!"
Overwhelming agony hit— I blacked out.
[Ah... Fuck, this is insane...]
It's a monster, right? Hard to pretend to be human?
Are you the Anon 1 I know?
Yeah, it's me. The 'right-hand man' of the strongest human. That's Anon 1.
That guy, right? The cocky one who loves getting tied up with ropes?
Who dis?
It's me. The JH you always mess with by changing names...!
??????????? Wait, for real? Big Whale succeeded in extracting you?
Kyahaha!! Shit!! This is it!!! God Big Whale!! Truly the greatest!!!
Ah, that guy...! Fuck... insane...
Why? What happened?
Suddenly feeling uneasy about JH... What happened?
...We're screwed. Before I left, I stabbed that guy in the gut...
...Huh?
...?
Mod, this fucker's a monster for sure.
????
No, fuck, that doesn't add up. I know for a fact no human can pierce Big Whale's armor. I stake my arm on it. This fucker's no human. Ban him quick.
I'm really human...! Big Whale got me out of Unfair Hospital...! It's just...
Shut the fuck up, you bastard. Don't threaten humanity with your bullshit.
Ah... For real, it's true...
Calm down. Just checked the IP. It's the same as JH's.
I'll need to hear more about stabbing Big Whale.
So... I went into the operating room with Big Whale... but my memory wiped right there... Suddenly this scary monster's in front of me... My mental broke... It broke...
I stabbed him in the gut with the scalpel there... Full force, meant to rip open his belly... But it hit something hard, so just a stab...?
I'll contact Big Whale now and report back.
...Can't even speak... fuck...
...This is a lie, right? Mental corruption symptoms...?
...
Hah... fuck, I'm heading in now. Where's the operating room?
No no no, you psycho, why go there?
Got to save Big Whale.
You get a random disease on entry. How you gonna save him...?
Fuck, I'll chop off a hand if I have to.
Cold hard truth... Heart attack or something? You're dead meat. Calm down.
How can I calm down, fuck?!
Anon 1, get a grip. Just trust and hold out.
Trust and hold what??
Like always... Big Whale'll come back like it's nothing. Trust and endure.
Endure?? Endure??? Guy took a knife to the gut—how?!
Anon 1, please calm down. Big Whale's community ID hasn't been deleted, so he's definitely alive.
Not dead means getting eaten by a monster right now, fuck... Ah, damn. What was the code...?
Getting info via PM from JH now. I'll enter depending on severity, so Anon 1, calm down.
Tell me when you go. I'm coming too.
Got it.
[Unfamiliar ceiling...]
(Photo)
Phew; close call on dying;
Damn... these scalpels are OP.
Piercing monster-hide armor?;
Gonna grab a few next time.
They say 50 scalpels fused make an Excalibur that cuts anything?!?!?!?
LOL all monsters fucked.
Tonight... Big Whale hunts!!
Big Whale?
Shit-ji Language Korean, but hot art in other langs ok? NTR is dogshit taste. Yeah. Alive. Human.
ROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL Ah fuck you Big Whale bastard!! You scared me shitless!!!!
Not Kang... And the swearing's a bit much...
ROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL Big Whale really knows how to fuck with hearts lololol
Not Jeon... What happened?
So much shit went down.
...?
Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou
Big Whale I prayed so hard ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
...Why's everyone like this? Why? What...?
Hueeeeng ㅠㅠ you bad bastard ㅠㅠㅠㅠ just die you dog fucker ㅠㅠ
What... Too harsh... I barely survived...? Why's everyone doing this...?
NTR's tasty tho.
This fucker's a real monster. Mod ban quick.
ROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL
How are you alive?
Was I not supposed to survive...?
Scammer who cheered when Big Whale died! Now you're the one dying!
I'll stick here one more day to grind recovery. Scam fuck straight to surgery~
Truly sorry, Big Whale... Sincerely sorry... I wasn't in my right mind...
All good. Survived anyway. Max Sanity down 150, but alive.
...Pardon?
??????????????? Max Sanity dropped 150? Why??
Heading out to hunt nurse monsters now. Talk later. Gotta catch 'em before shift end. Limbs intact, time to kill 'em all.
ROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL This is Big Whale.
Take it slow. Don't die.
"...What? Why's everyone reacting like that?"
No clue how long I was out.
But upon waking, the wound on my abdomen was gone, healed clean.
My legs moved normally too.
'Armor ain't invincible. Gotta be careful.'
My total Sanity had plummeted to the 150s, so I needed recovery...
'Only 10 crafts left. Sigh... Better prioritize the doctors first.'
I decided to take out the surgeons in the adjacent rooms first.