Chapter 50

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Translator: penny

Chapter: 50

Chapter Title: Unfair Hospital (8)

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Knock knock knock.

"..."

Knock knock knock.

"..."

Knock knock knock knock.

"I-I'm in the m-middle of s-surgery..."

Knock knock knock knock knock.

The doctor monster's patience finally wore thin after the relentless knocking, and it flung open the door to the operating room.

"Who the hell-?!"

But the doctor monster's furious outburst cut off there.

'Mental attack.'

Stab-

What could the doctor do when, the moment the door opened, I unleashed Apathy Mental Attack, Knuckle Punch, and Craft Combo in sequence?

Nothing but turn nicely into pills, that's what.

This made the third time I'd repeated the process.

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'Already full, huh.'

I'd secured three Universal Cure Pills and six insanely sharp scalpels.

My inventory was now completely packed.

'Time to make some masks.'

With seven craft uses left, I decided to make masks and left the operating room floor behind, a pang of regret in my heart.

'The others need items too.'

My top priority right now was restoring my total Sanity.

If I took off even a few of the items I was wearing, my total Sanity would plunge straight into the negatives.

I had to use the Camera's buffs to restore it as quickly as possible.

'Gotta recover it fast before the items break.'

From my earlier brush with that JH guy, I'd realized my items weren't indestructible.

I needed to prepare for the day they all shattered—to prevent the nightmare of my total Sanity hitting negative.

'Bribes are the way to go for that.'

The fastest way to restore total Sanity? Get others to cooperate.

During exchange time, hand out items to everyone gathered, ask them to use the Camera buffs on me just a bit...

I could gain 70-80 total Sanity per week.

'Once I get out of here, I'll tackle the next ghost story after hitting 1,000 total Sanity.'

"Hello, Nurse."

"H-Hello th-there."

"I have a favor to ask. Oh, first, here's a tip."

"Und-ders-stood."

"This... ahem... it's a bit embarrassing to show others, so... could we go somewhere secluded, just you and me?"

"...Wh-what favor are you a-asking?"

"Ahaha... you know... it's just... ahem... kinda embarrassing..."

"We work here to ca-care for pa-patients-"

"Couldn't you... just this once? You're so beautiful, Nurse..."

"...J-Just once."

"?"

Holy shit...

'It worked?'

"Wh-where to?"

"Room 403 might be too scary, right?"

"A bit... y-yeah."

"To the bathroom, then."

"Und-ders-stood."

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I jolted at Anonymous 1's comment and glanced around.

"...How'd you know...?"

How did they guess I was holding a yellow mask?

'Gotta kill these guys quick and get back.'

Anyway.

With only six craft uses left now.

I just needed to process the six nurse dolls in the last bathroom stall the same way and escape.

'They're sensitive to blood smell, so finish the rest quick and bail before they come.'

Stab- Stab- Stab- Stab-

I punched six times in a row, killing the frozen nurse monsters.

Then placed my hand on each corpse to craft them into items.

And done.

'Phew, all finished.'

White mask.

Pink mask.

Yellow mask.

Leopard print mask.

Black mask.

Mesh mask.. wait..? What effect does a mesh mask even have..?

Red mask.

White mask... with beads embedded here and there...

'...They say people are all the same, but it applies to monsters too, huh...?'

Feeling a strange sense of kinship, I slipped all the masks onto my arm and was about to head back to the safe zone when a thought flashed through my mind.

'If I write "Deceased" on a room, does that patient die?'

The surgery result sheet had four outcomes.

Circle "Cured" and all illnesses vanish...

So if I circle "Deceased"?

'...Death Note?'

The idea of remotely killing monsters thrilled me—I could sleep one more night here and craft—

Click-

"?"

I turned at the sound of the bathroom door locking.

I'd wedged a wooden stick to keep it unlocked, but it was snapped...

'Ah, the eye surgery side effect guy.'

Seems the monster suffering eye surgery complications had come here.

And sure enough.

'Nurses can't open the door for him.'

A massive figure waited right outside the locked bathroom door, its clothes reading...

I wrote the patient's info from beyond the glass door at the bathroom entrance on the sheet and circled "Deceased."

Thud...

"?"

The eye surgery side effect monster suddenly slammed its head into the entrance...

Its empty eye sockets glaringly visible...

Thump.

It collapsed.

At that moment.

'Dead? It's really dead?'

Seeing the monster drop like it had a heart attack, I realized.

I'd...

'Become this hospital's god.'

Become the god of the new world... wait a sec.

'...If I can write on this, does that mean another doctor monster could write my room and mark me Deceased...?'

The instant I realized this Death Note wasn't exclusive to me,

I wrote my room on the sheet without hesitation and circled "Cured."

My vision blurred white the moment the cure registered, confirming my escape.

'Kinda bummed I didn't clear it.'

A twinge of regret at not clearing the hospital,

But my vision normalized, and I was back in the safe zone.

'She's asleep.'

Mina was sleeping, so safe zone time must be late.

I planned to post my survival on the community and recap hospital events... hold up.

"Oh..."

I was still holding the stack of surgery result sheets and a pen.

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Ahh~ Who to kill~

Still over 10 rooms left in Dong wing, wonder who gives the most stones~~

As Anonymous 1 said.

Each time I wrote a room on the surgery sheet and marked Deceased,

I got anywhere from 300-500 stones up to 6,000.

I'd racked up tons from the hospital...

...even more than when I entered.

'Who to kill for max stones...'

Of course, two sheets left.

Wondering which room would net the most,

'Ha... if only I could wipe the hospital...'

Still regretting not clearing Unfair Hospital,

'...This work?'

"If this works, it'd be total BS."

Skeptically, I wrote "Unfair Hospital" code as patient room.

'Whoa???'

Feels like I did one thing but confirm pls?

Pls ㅃㄹ.

"It actually worked..."

Half-joking post, but it really cleared.

'Now I can even see skin tones.'

With Unfair Hospital ghost story cleared by sheer luck,

I looked at sleeping Choi Mina—her skin tone normal now.

Now we could clearly see each other... wait.

"...No way?"

For real check this.

Return uses at 4 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ