Chapter 15 - Doctor
Doctor
Translator : Elizabeth
"....."
"I apologize, Nurse. I will receive treatment quietly."
The patient with a rather terrible appearance, seemingly coming to their senses after being scolded once, went into the place where Shin Hae-in was until just now and lay down quietly.
Shin Hae-in, who was staring at that scene blankly, looked back at me with a dumbfounded face.
"Th, This really..."
Nod!
I did super well, right. This is seriously something no one else can do, yeah?
The sensation of repaying the debt after only receiving help with information in the Daycare—
Made me feel fluttering and good emotions to the point my shoulders trembled unknowingly.
Now then, next part.
I must arrange an escape route from this 'Sungjin Mental Hospital' together with Shin Hae-in who became free.
"Ne, Next is now..."
The most basic escape route in Sungjin Mental Hospital.
The hospital permits leaving this place limited to targets who no longer need 'treatment'.
Then how do you make that treatment completion state?
By receiving approval from the Nurse Anomaly in the lobby.
"'Prescription' has been acquired in advance."
"Do you have any needed places!"
"...So, now I need the status of a visit target."
You need other help...!
To that, I pointed at my chest poke poke with a finger along with rising confidence.
"....!"
Whether she noticed the meaning, hopeful emotion dwelled in Shin Hae-in's eyes.
"Fi, First. Now I need a patient with 'Discharge Approval' status."
Discharge Approval?
This hospital tries to keep historical accuracy in quite weird places.
Of course, this wasn't just here, but something I experienced similarly in the Daycare I passed through.
Because there, one had to become a 'Donor' status by putting a coin in the donation box.
To rush into Sungjin Mental Hospital at the very beginning, one must unconditionally choose one of the three statuses.
'Visitor'.
So, Shin Hae-in, currently a Visitor status, needed a patient to take along.
[Title: Ghost-bro trapped in Room 208 earlier here]
Nickname: SafeToday
- (Photo of me fidgeting in front)
This kid suddenly helped me in many ways so I lived yep;
Earlier even another nurse came and I almost died but she covered for me.
What on earth is it? Is it a new type of peculiar Anomaly?]
[↳ Wow lolololol
↳ Kyaaaaaaaah
↳ Loli-oooooooooh lolololol
↳ No seriously what is it? Was that a real existing nurse?
↳ Isn't it too much to make her work as a nurse looking like that?
↳ Heu-eung... Protect baby nurse]
"....!"
When did she take a picture again and move it to the gallery...?!
I looked at Shin Hae-in with a burning face.
I thought she was searching for information earlier, but she posted my picture as she pleased...!
Whether she knows my gaze and feelings or not, Shin Hae-in continued gallery-ing with a noticeably looser mouth corner than before.
[↳ Author: Don't know what kind of Anomaly it is, but seriously want to lift and kiss warararara so bad.
↳ Author: When I first saw her earlier I thought I was dead for sure, don't know how many times I've saved my life.
↳ An Anomaly helped? Seriously don't bullshit.
↳ Not all Anomalies just rush at you blindly. Then what about Anomalies locked up in the Administration Bureau getting sucked dry.
↳ Yep if you keep their own rules well, there are surprisingly many Anomalies you can use.
↳ That... I also want that Anomaly though.
↳ Ghost-bros wanting to use Nurse Noona Anomaly seriously upvote lol.
↳ Fucking upvote fuck.
↳ Please go out and hold your breath for 5 minutes and jump off.
↳ Author: Augh;]
[↳ SafeToday: So for now I'm trying to go through escape procedures again.
↳ SafeToday: Is there any patient worth taking out in the 2nd floor area right now?
↳ Idk.
↳ Earlier seemed like someone took one out, probably none on 2nd floor at least?
↳ SafeToday: Fuck.
↳ But if the Anomaly next to you is somewhat on the favorable side, can't you use that authority and go out together?]
I hid behind the curtain and saw the same screen Shin Hae-in was looking at.
Authority, Nurse's authority.
Meaning! If I use my 'Formal Nurse' authority right now, wouldn't I be able to safely create an escape route for SafeToday...?
"...."
But leaving that aside, is it okay for Shin Hae-in to just escape from here empty-handed?
Usually speaking of agents, I know they rush into Anomalies receiving special missions and orders from the Administration Bureau like in my case.
So it was clear she had her own mission.
[↳ SafeToday: The civilians I met earlier also all scattered, so don't know what happened to them;
↳ Scattered?
↳ Then they're all dead simply put.
↳ Probability of surviving in Sungjin Mental Hospital knowing nothing = Natural death.
↳ Me knowing that future = -_-
↳ SafeToday: ;;;;]
"Haa..."
Beyond the curtain.
I felt the presence of Shin Hae-in sighing deeply enough to sink the ground.
Swish!
"Uh, uh."
I flipped the curtain dividing us wide open and looked at Shin Hae-in.
At the sudden situation I caused, the B-Rank Awakener and Agent staring at me blankly frozen in place.
"Why..."
Grab.
Holding that wrist, looking once with a gaze containing straight will.
Sent a signal to go outside.
Let's go! I'll just do everything full course for you!
Civilians, what about them! I'll find them too! I am, huh? Not just an Intern Nurse, huh?! Now a full-fledged Formal Nurse, a Nurse...!
"Let's go out...?"
"Do you have any uncomfortable places!"
"B, But."
At the agent's hesitating appearance, I continued to show a confident appearance.
The initiative for this situation is entirely with me. Therefore, to stabilize the relatively weaker Shin Hae-in, me continuing to show a confident attitude is the key point...!
'Director, look at me!'
I will definitely walk out of this Anomaly proudly, eat warm rice with hot water, and spend a completely relaxed life.
While repaying the kindness to the high-level nickname user 'SafeToday' as a bonus.
"...Right. Even if I stay here continuously, nothing will change."
"...!"
"Don't know when the Anomaly of Room 208 will harbor a different mind again, moving is the right answer as expected."
Eventually, together with Shin Hae-in who harbored the same mind as me, we two came out to the hallway carefully.
Gulp...
Swallowing saliva nervously from the side was heard.
Don't worry, it's a proven state that you won't be attacked by nurses if you are with me...!
Click. Click.
"....!"
Just in time, discovered a nurse walking this way from afar.
"Hello, it's the rookie~"
The gaze greeting me gladly heads to Shin Hae-in next to me.
"Is it your charge patient?"
"Ah, yes, yeees..."
"You're working hard~ The patient will definitely get better and become healthy too."
"Yep...!"
The nurse, who was walking away as if business was done like that, paused for a moment.
"Ah, right."
Crack!
"...Hic."
Breaking her neck backward as is in the posture looking forward, she looks at me.
The unique flexibility of Nurse Anomalies roaming this place...!
It's a level where admiration comes out every time I see it.
"Soon 'Doctor' will preside over a public surgery. It's a scene of education that nurses like us cannot easily see, so make sure to attend~"
"...Ah, yes."
"Then."
Snap!
The nurse who straightened her head again walks away forward gently.
In that series of processes, Shin Hae-in, who was holding her breath due to tension, corrected her breathing.
"Phew...!"
"Do you have any uncomfortable places?"
"I, I'm okay."
Still, the expression is better than earlier.
Seems she became certain about my ability now compared to when she was full of suspicion.
"B, By the way. Just now what on earth..."
Shin Hae-in, speaking up to there, looked at my face then blurred her words.
"...Never mind. Sorry for asking weird things for no reason, let's go."
"?"
Ah, was the conversation earlier not audible to Shin Hae-in?
Might be because it's a behavior pattern outside the manual.
Coming out to the hallway, we walked blindly toward the next destination.
Since there is no need to keep nurses we encounter in check, we advance smoothly toward the next destination without blockage.
'There are 'patients' similar to me trapped here. Can you help those people go out properly?'
To Shin Hae-in's words requesting so, I nodded my head vigorously willingly.
Because it's work to live safely and together, there was nothing I couldn't help with.
.. ... ....
"Don't run away, I'm an agent...!"
Rising to the 3rd floor now, Shin Hae-in and I discovered a civilian survivor trembling under a patient bed just in time.
"Hmm, mmmph...?"
Seeing my appearance, the thing trying to scream struggling was silenced by Shin Hae-in next to me freaking out and covering the mouth.
"...Ah."
And at that appearance, I received quite a shock.
I, I... was that bad? Will other people react like that too...?
I anticipated it inwardly, but experiencing it directly with my skin, it felt like something sank thud inside my chest.
"...It's not that."
"....?"
Turning my head at the sensation of holding my shoulder gently, eyes met with Shin Hae-in.
"You aren't like that. Everyone, just because they are confused."
"Ah..."
"I always think thankfully toward you. That... much kinder than other nurses, and also cu... cute too."
"....!"
What do I do... I think tears are coming out...?
Comfort received from a target I built internal intimacy with, the trusted high-level user, was something too sweet...!
It's weird that my heart becomes fluffy at the word cute while being an Anomaly, and don't know why I am feeling such emotions either...!
Just for now, like walking on clouds, I felt cozy and comforted after a long time.
"C, Crying?"
Who is crying...! This is just like a conditioned reflex caused by the changed body.
Because I react too sensitively to external stimuli, yeah.
I wiped the stinging eye corners once swish and looked at the civilians still trembling.
"Now just have to send these people out of the hospital..."
"....!"
I nodded my head to that, expressing the intention to help willingly.
Returning to the hospital lobby leading the civilians like that, gazes landing from here and there.
Precisely, they were malice-filled gazes toward the civilians and Shin Hae-in behind me.
"Pa, pa, patient."
Faced a nurse in the lobby preparing to spring up any moment with head clicking.
"They are my charge patients."
"...Ah."
"I intend to discharge them."
"Okay~"
Leaving the calmed nurse behind, Shin Hae-in and I guided the civilians trembling until then to the hospital main gate.
"...This, so easily."
Leaving Shin Hae-in's mumbling containing despondency behind for a moment, we finally succeeded in sending the trembling civilians out of the hospital.
Whoosh.
Then immediately, their figures disappeared completely from the hospital.
"...Done."
Shin Hae-in watching that scene sighed a sigh of relief.
Now what remains is, only 'us'.
There is more work left, right?
Even though she secured 'patients' with the status of 'Visitor', there must be a reason she didn't leave.
Not going out the door from here now also seems due to such reason.
She didn't even use the 'Prescription'.
'Just what is it?'
Just what is it that she doesn't leave the hospital even after experiencing such a situation pushed to the limit.
"...Because there are still remaining agents."
Ah, talking about those people who were in the gallery?
I also saw the post saying they are trapped on the 4th floor.
Then let's go.
Trust only me! Only me!
I led Shin Hae-in with excited emotions while holding her wrist.
Goal is 4th floor.
And if we go and just pack up the remaining agents and send them out—
- Ah, ah. Broadcasting to nurses remaining in the hospital. The Doctor's emergency surgery is scheduled to begin, so nurses please head to the 'Basement 3rd Floor' operating room immediately.
Announcement broadcast rang out.
"....!"
Shin Hae-in and my body froze tall.
Whoosh.
The actions of Anomalies feigning 'ordinariness' in their respective seats stopped simultaneously.
Wh, What? Why is everyone like this...?
Snap.
Then, with dry actions like machines, they started walking toward somewhere simultaneously.
Shin Hae-in and I could only watch the flowing situation dumbfounded.
"...Content not in the manual."
Even says it's a phenomenon far deviating from the manual.
When I regained my senses again, it was a state where nothing existed around anymore.
As if they evacuated somewhere as a group. Leaving only the hospital behind, they disappeared from the spot in an instant.
「▶ You feel like you should listen to the broadcast guide. Otherwise, the Anomaly in question might suspect you.」
...Uh, seems so.
I looked back at Shin Hae-in swallowing saliva gulp.
"I'm okay. Now, have to go there, right?"
Broadcast guide is a part of the manual. Seems she understood properly.
Nod!
"Then I'll head to the 4th floor now, so you do as the broadcast says."
"Do you have any uncomfortable places?"
Surely she doesn't mean to head to the 4th floor alone, for that it's too... Ah, right now the 4th floor would be empty too.
"...Maybe, now might be the chance. Chance to rescue the remaining people."
"....!"
You have a plan for everything...!
Admirning inwardly, I saw off Shin Hae-in heading to the 4th floor, irrelevant to this emergency surgery.
...Then, what remains is.
"Phew."
Basement 3rd Floor where the Doctor and nurses would be gathered in droves.
Ha, Have to go, right...?
Scary, but since I'm a full-fledged nurse too, I should attend.
Tat-tat.
With such thoughts, I moved my legs diligently and headed to Basement 3rd Floor.