Chapter 14
Chapter 14
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 14
Chapter Title: Cheongak Mary Hospital # 5
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*Slide!*
The van door flew open, and Management Bureau agents poured out. All of them in black suits, wearing sunglasses, armed with submachine guns.
*Thud!*
The agents formed up in combat formation, aiming their guns at the hospital.
And then.
"Is this the place?"
Unlike the other agents.
A man with a katana at his waist stepped out last, pulling a cigarette from his mouth.
His rolled-up sleeves were striking. Veins bulged on forearms ready to burst, his face covered in scars. His white hair tied back in a ponytail honestly looked badass.
"Yes! This is it! Section Chief Lee Do-hyung!"
Section Chief?
*Exhale.*
Section Chief Lee Do-hyung blew out smoke and tossed the butt.
"So these anomalies sniffed out our intel."
"Looks like it!"
"Here. They said there was zero info?"
"Yes!"
"Can't be helped. We'll settle it with brute force."
Brute force?
"Move in."
At Section Chief Lee Do-hyung's chin flick.
"Entry begins!"
"Entry begins!"
One agent pulled a bazooka from the van, dropped to one knee, shouldered it, and—
*Beeeeeep!*
Fired at the hospital's front gate!
*Boom!*
The gate exploded into pieces.
I could only gape at the insane sight.
No way, is this for real?
Just blasting those monster bastards with artillery?
Unloading bazookas like that?
This is the Management Bureau's power!
They were my enemies, blood-sworn foes, but right now my fists clenched tight!
Come on, wreck this hospital!
"Foreign entities appearing!"
An agent shouted.
From the collapsed entrance, patients with eyes and mouths sewn shut started crawling out. Or could you even call it appearing? Like the hospital was a massive hive spilling larvae, they swarmed out in droves.
"Exterminate."
*Thud!*
At Section Chief Lee Do-hyung's order, agents raised guns, and submachine guns blazed.
*Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat!*
*Rat-tat-tat!*
*Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta!*
The patients shredded in seconds. No matter the monster, a hail of bullets was too much.
No blood sprayed. The blown-apart patients just collapsed. New ones advanced over the debris, and agents kept firing.
"Singapore for anomalies."
The chief muttered, hand on his sword hilt, watching.
I nodded at his words, savoring the intense thrill.
This is it...!
Exactly this!
Seeing Management Bureau trash those stitched monsters sent dopamine surging. Not some zerg rush bullshit—these agents mowed them down on sight. Human power overwhelming monsters right now!
"Long live the Management Bureau!"
"For humanity!"
Agents cheered as they continued the purge. The moment I was sure they'd wipe out every monster bastard.
*Flash!*
Nurses in uniform appeared from inside. They moved differently from patients. Specifically, fleshy tentacles sprouted from all over their bodies, then—
*Slash!*
Swept away the shooting agents!
Crazy right flank!
"Arrrgh!"
"Aaack!"
Over five agents hit the dirt in chunks instantly.
No way they get taken out here?
And it wasn't just one or two.
Nurses kept coming endlessly!
"Chief! High-level foreign entities!"
"Yeah."
Only then did Section Chief Lee Do-hyung step up.
*Shing.*
Drew his long katana, swung it to shake off dust, and advanced slowly.
Dozens of nurses already outside.
And.
*Flash!*
Section Chief Lee Do-hyung vanished briefly.
When he reappeared.
*Slash!*
All dozens of nurses lay in pieces...!
No fucking way!
A superhuman like that exists!
"Boring. Too easy."
His movements were a blur!
Sliced those monsters with a sword!
Not just me—even agents marveled as more nurses crawled out.
"These aren't worth my time."
Section Chief Lee Do-hyung kicked off again.
*Whoosh!*
Movement beyond human limits. The chief dashed with godlike skill, swinging his blade, every arc felling nurses in chunks.
Ten, twenty—over dozens diced up. Section Chief Lee Do-hyung's mouth grinned. Like he enjoyed the slaughter.
A massacre in seconds.
With a superhuman like that, wiping monsters would be nothing... This world is mysterious. Monsters exist, so superhumans do too.
"Strong reaction detected. Chief, be careful."
"Yeah, the anomaly owner showing up?"
Owner?
I flinched but didn't panic. No monster could stand against our Section Chief Lee Do-hyung. These vermin wouldn't beat Heavenly Demon Section Chief Lee Do-hyung? Never. He'd kill them all!
"Finally, some fun."
Grinning, the chief fell back. Then a doctor-uniformed one emerged from inside. Didn't crawl—pushed debris aside with unknown force. Eyes and mouth sewn shut too.
"Hey, Doc. If you're a doctor, save people. What're you doing here?"
The chief bantered as he approached.
Right after.
*Whoosh!*
The chief vanished. Reappeared above the doctor's head, slashing down like beheading.
*Shlurp!*
"No!"
Tentacles burst from the doctor's body, grabbing the chief!
"Chief!"
"I'm fine!"
*Crunch.*
"I'll rip you apart! Wait, what?"
Huh?
*Rip!*
Section Chief Lee Do-hyung tore in half sideways.
"Chief!"
"Ch-Chief!"
Guts spilled with crimson blood.
Torn bones visible in the corpse's cross-section.
No.
No.
What the hell.
That powerhouse Management Bureau chief.
Dies like this...?
*Clunk.*
Sword dropped from the chief's hand. His bisected face expressionless. Lifeless eyes stared at me.
"..."
The doctor silently picked up the sword.
Then tentacles exploded from its body.
"Fall back! Everyone retreat!"
"Section Chief! Can't get out of the fog!"
"Damn it! Engage!"
What followed... was pure slaughter.
"Arrrgh!"
"Aaack!"
"N-No! Nooooo!"
The doctor dismantled agents in incomprehensible ways. Nurses appeared, chopping them up.
"Uwaaaaaah!"
I swallowed rising vomit.
Agents screamed.
Limbs severed alive, skin peeled, guts ripped out.
"Eeek!"
"Eek! Eeeeek!"
Heads and hollow torsos left, screaming undead. Twitching like me back then, sans limbs.
Nurses approached agents, shoved surgical tools in, sewing eyes and mouths shut.
"Mmph! Mmph!"
"Mmph-mmph!"
Processed agents boxed in black boxes. Doctor gone long ago. More nurses from hospital, cleaning up.
Somehow the front gate pristine again.
Agents boxed, dragged inside.
With that announcement...
I blacked out.
* * *
Nothing seemed to have happened.
I was still in the car.
"..."
The hospital.
Perfectly fine.
"Fuck."
You Management Bureau psychos!
No, you bastards slaughter people fine but get dog-walked by monsters? No dumber fucks exist! Thought it was action not horror when bazookas fired!
Believed the Bureau would handle it. Seemed they'd crush with force—then total wipe.
End was pathetic. Terrifying agents chopped alive, dragged off. Katana-wielding Section Chief Lee Do-hyung bisected for "resuscitation surgery."
And those boxes!
Never imagined the guard-collected black boxes held that shit!
"Fucking horrific."
So horrific, but my mind more broken than thought—no mental collapse. This carnage felt familiar. Kinda satisfying. Bureau agents getting wrecked.
"Sigh."
A sigh escaped.
Even superhuman Section Chief Lee Do-hyung went down like that. In this hidden world, one slip and you're done. Stepped up bold, sliced some monsters—then gone.
If superhumans die like that, what about normies like me?
Flee beyond the fog?
Staring at pure white mist, thought crossed mind.
No. Pointless—strange ending only.
"..."
Gotta finish guard duty normal to end this. Resolved, entered guard room.
"Rulebook."
Room had the rulebook.
Hadn't started shift yet. Time to memorize. Recited it all.
"Damn."
No matter how read, contradictory parts baffled. Memorized every rule, steeled for any situation.
Entered hospital.
"..."
Prediction... off a bit?
Like last loop, empty inside.
Fought Bureau agents, yet no signs.
Reset?
Then what was that war?
Dealt zero damage to monster hospital, pointless?
Faint groan from warehouse ignored. Bureau my enemies... nothing I could do.
*Ring ring ring!*
As expected, desk phone rang. Call up, probably. Waited couple rings, answered.
- Come to 9th floor office. Now.
That guy.
The skinned one.
"Got it."
This time, make it work. Bureau useless confirmed—find way myself.
Headed to 9th floor.
Mind prepped, opened office door. Flayed skin greeted, but somehow felt like "Hug me." Not "hug me," but "human hug me."
*Creeak.*
Inner door opened, red human walked out.
"Don't freak. Please. No time."
"..."
"Huh...? Not shaken?"
Stared him down—he flustered. Confirmed here: not hospital monster. Victim like me.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Dr. Kim Seonghan, no— not time for intros! This ain't normal hospital!"
"I know. Doc. How do I survive?"
"Y-You... no time. Want live? Follow rulebook strict. You're guard here. Got it?"
Rulebook.
"Time, no time. Emergency surgery, no chat. Rulebook only, please! Somehow!"
"Understood."
Wanted details, but no time.
Asked key thing.
"But rulebook weird, Doc! Lots contradictions!"
"Huh...? Oh, right. Got it. Reprint. Back to guard room—fax coming. Time's up! Go now! Right now!"
Jumped up no hesitation.
This guy's human, sure.
Doc... trying save folks like me in this horror. All efforts.
Even like that.
"Thanks! I'll survive!"
"Y-Yes...! That's it! Live, please!"
"Got it!"
Bolted out office.
Down to guard room, got fax.
Compared old rulebook.
"Yeah. Rulebook wrong? Talk to staff. Common sense."
Contradictions struck through.
This way... I live...!