Chapter 11 - Sungjin Mental Hospital
Sungjin Mental Hospital
Translator : Elizabeth
"Eh?"
What about my warm nest?
Looking at the huge text reading 'Sungjin Mental Hospital'.
「▶ The Anomaly in question seems to have a very big interest in your health. It seems not bad to see a medical examination just once.」
Once again, I stared at the despicable form of the status window floating float float in the air.
Where is the delicious rice?
Where is the luxurious life no different from a mansion?
"Ah, haha."
All of that disappeared like a mirage.
I let out an insane laugh snicker while sitting collapsed in place, then soon snapped back to my senses and took out my phone first.
"M, Mod."
I send a DM immediately.
**[↳ User: Mr. Mod.
↳ Yes?
↳ User: What do I do?
↳ ...Yes?
↳ User: I think I came to another Anomaly;;
↳ ......Yes?
↳ User: (Photo of Sungjin Mental Hospital building)
↳ User: What do I do with this...?
↳ No, wait a moment.
↳ Yes? No, yes?]**
Being flustered was the same for the Mod's side.
"Yeah!"
I understand! That panic?! I understand it all! Because right now I'm also flustered and dizzy!
So let's panic together and combine our strength?! Yeah?!
**[↳ How on earth did you go there?
↳ You were clearly in the Daycare...
↳ User: I don't know either!
↳ ?
↳ User: Something like a health checkup envelope came so I opened it, and when I came to, I was here?!
↳ Ah.]**
After that, there was no reply from the Mod for a while again.
I took the opportunity to examine the building side.
Sungjin Mental Hospital.
With the lowly status and authority of an F-Rank agent, it was an Anomaly name I was hearing for the first time.
[↳ ...That place, it's a C-Rank difficulty Anomaly.]
"C-Rank...?!"
My god, C-Rank.
It seemed like a situation much more serious than I expected.
**[↳ For now, I'll invite you to the gallery for the 'Sungjin Mental Hospital' side in the C-Rank tab.
↳ First collect necessary information from there.]**
Ohh!
As expected of a Mod, granting gallery rank permissions as they please.
**[↳ User: Are you allowed to do that?
↳ Since it's urgent, I'm granting it temporarily for now.
↳ Likewise, for comments or posts... I'll grant permission separately depending on the situation then.
↳ User: Oh.]**
[Gallery items have been changed.]
[C-Rank - You can view the Sungjin Mental Hospital tab.]
I immediately tapped the phone screen and accessed the newly connected gallery.
[Hey fuuuuuuck I'm fucked]
[I'm on the roof right now, anyone see me?]
[Fuckthereisanurseoutsidesoimscared]
[Savemesavemesavemesaveme]
[Fuck why did I come to such a shitty fucking place]
"Wow..."
What should I say.
Posts that seem more urgent and filled with malice than the F-Rank gallery I had been active in are lined up.
**[↳ It might be a bit dizzying when you first go in and look.
↳ Because everyone is busy sharing information.
↳ User: Seriously seems like everyone is filled with spite...?
↳ That's the average.]**
"....."
To find the core information among them, I looked for posts summarizing various information first.
It was decidedly among the posts that received the most recommendations in the corresponding gallery.
[Title: If there's any Ghost-bro entering 'Sungjin Mental Hospital' for the first time, read this first]
- Don't know how you got dispatched to such a shitty place, but our goal is probably the same.
So don't die a dog's death in a weird place for no reason, I'll give you various tips so figure out understanding them on your own or not.
1. First of all, in Sungjin Hospital, there are three types of entry conditions.
First is Patient, second is Visitor, and last is Intern.
Here, the status you must follow is Visitor. Why?
The moment you say you are a Patient, Anomaly bastards will take you to the ward, and in that state, it's an inescapable death ruling. RIP.
And Intern... well, if you want to work mixed among Anomalies, try it once.
You'll lose your mind in less than a week?]
"Status...?"
I did hear that in specific Anomalies, a special status or something is granted the moment you enter.
Is this what that meant?
"Visitor, Visitor."
Input into my head for now.
If I enter the hospital, unconditionally as a Visitor status...!
"Next is...?!"
I continued reading the post.
[- If you've followed this far, now is the turn to enter the hospital.
As soon as you enter, a nurse will approach and ask, at that time say you came as a Visitor, ok?
Don't do weird fucking bullshit for no reason and unconditionally say you're a Visitor. Or you die.
Once that happens, the parts to be careful about in the early stage are passed, so just split into various branches according to your goal.
↳ Nurse noonaaaa heu-eung...
↳ Author: Yep, try rubbing up like that once lol.
↳ Nurse sons of bitches fuck.
↳ What, what happened.
↳ Author: Just enter and you'll know everything yep lol.
↳ But doesn't everyone receive a manual assigned to them? Why give a lecture once more even here.
↳ Author: If there are bastards who don't even read that... Would you believe it?
↳ Eh, lie.]
For now, I read all the content in that post.
Next, information posts containing countless behavioral rules according to the purpose of visiting the hospital were listed.
Do not go down to Basement 3rd Floor, do not look at the patient in front of Room 208, do not go up to the Rooftop—etc.
Things that shouldn't be done were listed all the way.
Ding!
「A Quest has arrived.」
And just in time.
A new quest notification window floated in the air.
"...Ugh."
「▶ Enter 'Sungjin Mental Hospital' (Incomplete)」
Just like at the Daycare, a quest window of expected content was generated.
Vrr!
A new DM came from the Mod too.
**[↳ To escape from the hospital, various conditions are needed.
↳ Among them, the safest and easiest method is, after all, coming out of the hospital with a 'Patient' under the status of 'Visitor'.
↳ User: Patient? I'm alone though...?
↳ That has nothing to do with the initial number of personnel. Because anyway, to secure a patient, you must enter inside the hospital and complete the mission.
↳ User: Ah.]**
I have to secure a patient...?
But isn't a patient also an Anomaly eventually? Is it okay to go around with an Anomaly like that?
At the same time as such thoughts occurred, memories of the Crying Child who was only favorable to me throughout came to mind.
"Would there be a kind Anomaly on that side too...?"
Just because it's an Anomaly, one cannot assert that there are only sides that are hostile and attack humans.
"Phew..."
Got up from the seat for a moment and took a deep breath.
And looked at the dull building with the name of Sungjin Mental Hospital stuck on it again.
Right, staying still here won't do anything anyway...!
I missed the warm warmth of the Daycare facility, but even to return there again, I must move forward.
"Huu-woo."
Having composed my mind somehow, I decided to walk in front of the hospital for now.
.. ... ....
The appearance inside Sungjin Hospital was not much different from the appearance of a hospital in the real world.
Beyond the glass windows opening to both sides, the appearance of hospital officials moving busily.
A patient sitting blankly wearing a patient gown, or patients walking around holding IV poles.
"....."
But I won't be fooled.
This is strictly inside an Anomaly.
An Anomaly where it wouldn't be strange if anything happened the moment I opened the door and entered.
Rattle.
Pushing the glass door with force, it gently lets my existence inside.
And at that moment.
Ding!
「Quest complete.」
「▶ Enter 'Sungjin Mental Hospital' (Complete)」
Simultaneously with the window announcing the quest completion, the gazes of the members busily going here and there in the hospital headed toward me all at once.
Stop.
In that state, everyone started staring at me as if time stopped.
"Hic."
Clear rejection seemingly touching the bottom of instinct.
The space that resembled the appearance of an ordinary hospital until just a moment ago has now twisted very bizarrely.
Because of my existence.
"Wh, wh, what, bu, business."
An Anomaly wearing a nurse outfit approached before I knew it, shaking its head click click and asked me.
'Unconditionally Visitor.'
I opened my mouth based on the information in the gallery and the information the Mod conveyed.
"Uh, ah... I came as. A Visitor..."
"Ah."
Then, the action that was squirming until just now paused, and the Anomaly returned to the appearance of an ordinary nurse in an instant.
"Little kid, you came to visit~ Wait over there for a moment."
"Ah, y, yes."
I sat on a nearby chair while forcibly whipping my two trembling legs.
Feeling the touch on the cold chair, I glance stealthily at other places.
The gazes that were staring at me had disappeared before I knew it.
Again, the atmosphere started flowing as the ordinary appearance of a hospital.
**[↳ Before the nurse calls you, sit still and wait for your turn.
↳ And absolutely do not do anything that might buy their interest.
↳ User: ;; Yes.]**
As long as I follow the manual, there is no danger.
This is Sungjin Mental Hospital, C-Rank Anomaly.
I had to follow the rules valid only here absolutely.
"The kid who said came to visit earlier~"
"Ah, y, yes!"
Did I wait about 20 minutes? I stood up from the seat at the sound calling me from the lobby.
Tap, tap.
Next to the nurse typing on the monitor, the figure of a nurse standing fine and calling me is seen.
The skin was in a state of pale death.
[↳ If asked who you came to visit, say you have family in the patient ward. Then the nurse will guide you there.]
'Visit, Guide.'
Desperately recalling the information in my head, I waited for the nurse's next words.
"Why did you lie?"
"Ah... Yes?"
"You lied. Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie..."
"Eh?"
I examined the nurse's face belatedly.
Click, click.
The head was clicking again and shaking like an insect.
"Not a Visitor, not a Visitor, not a Visitor."
"Hic."
Why? Rather than questions like why, survival instinct conveys a warning.
That something has gone wrong.
The nurse brought her face close to me.
Red, very red bloodshot eyes headed toward me.
"...tern."
"U-woo, ah..."
"Th, is."
I received what she was handing over with trembling hands.
...Huh?
"Intern, over there."
The nurse pointed in one direction designating me.
What was held in my hand.
It was a nurse uniform that seemed like it would fit my body perfectly.