Weird Cards: I've Become a Ghost

As soon as he finished speaking...

The three—Bat, Hunter, and Coyote—who had just stepped into the hospital grounds all looked solemnly in the direction from which the sound came.

However, under the watchful eyes of the three, no one spoke in that direction.

At first, the bat thought the other party was hiding, so he stopped thinking about the strange sounds he had just heard and focused on trying to figure out if someone was hiding in the direction from which the sounds came.

With his abilities, he could have long ago distinguished the heartbeats and breathing of those hiding enemies.

Then, he closed his eyes slightly, twitched his ears gently, and his hearing instantly became dozens of times stronger.

In an instant, he heard all the sounds in the hospital, which then entered his mind and eventually formed a picture.

This ability is essentially the highest level of a martial artist's ability to locate objects by sound, drawing maps of the surrounding area based on sound.

Meanwhile, the hunter and the coyote were also using their own methods to investigate the direction from which the sound was coming from.

A light, like a shooting star in the night sky, seemed to flash in the hunter's eyes. Immediately afterward, a wave of soul energy spread outward from her in all directions, like an alternative radar scanning function.

Coyotes, on the other hand, rely on their connection to the earth to transmit changes in the surrounding land to their minds through their feet, a skill remarkably similar to that of bats, which can map objects by sound.

However, neither the bats' auditory mapping, the hunters' soul scanning, nor the hyenas' earth radar detected the presence of anyone from the direction the sound came from, as if what everyone had just heard was just an illusion.

But... that's absolutely impossible.

Given their combined strength, it's impossible for the three of them to have any illusions, and besides, how could any illusion involve all three of them appearing together?

What puzzled the three of them was that their investigation methods had already reached the physical and spiritual levels, so how could they not detect anything? Even if the other party had some kind of concealment method, it was impossible to be so secretive.

Just as the three were wondering what was going on, the voice rang out again.

"Who's there?"

Upon hearing this, the three exchanged glances and once again used their respective methods to investigate. However, the result was almost the same as the first time.

The sound came from the same direction, but there was still no one there.

As for why it's said to be almost...

"Did you hear that?"

At this moment, the bat said with a grave expression, "That voice just now..."

The hunter nodded: "Yes, it sounds like the same person speaking, but judging from the tone, this person seems... to have aged quite a bit."

After speaking, the two of them looked at the hyena simultaneously, seemingly wanting to hear each other's opinions.

However, the coyote scratched his head and chuckled, saying, "Well... as you know, my hearing isn't always very good."

Upon hearing this, the bat and the hunter finally realized what was happening.

They almost forgot that since the coyote merged with the supernatural, its hearing has become inconsistent. When its hearing is impaired, it has to rely on its connection with the ground to walk, otherwise it might not hear a car horn and get hit by a car.

Of course, this is just a metaphor. How could a hyena possibly be hit by a car, unless the car that hit it was no ordinary car?

Just as the bat was thinking this, the voice rang out again.

"Who's there?"

This time, however, his voice was extremely hoarse and weak, as if an elderly man in his eighties or nineties, suffering from an illness, was using his last breath to utter his final words.

"Looks like the people in the hospital are about to make their move," the hunter said, frowning.

Bat shook his head, his expression serious, and said, "I reckon they already noticed our presence when we arrived at the hospital gate."

In fact, the bats were helpless in this situation.

The situation is different now than before. In the past, it was possible to sneak in unnoticed, but now we have no choice but to bite the bullet and go in. In this era where surveillance cameras are almost everywhere, the difficulty of infiltration has reached its maximum.

Therefore, the three of them had long anticipated that they would be discovered by the guards inside the hospital.

To their surprise, the other side's counterattack came so quickly.

They originally thought that the other party would only show its fangs when they entered the hospital building, since that was the heart of the hospital, like a deep jungle full of traps.

However, the three had only just entered the hospital, and the hospital gate was not far behind them. Weren't they afraid that if they made a move now, the three would escape?

However, the other party seemed to have grasped the three's mindset, because time was of the essence and escape was impossible.

This thought appeared in the minds of the three of them at almost the same time.

"I didn't expect things to start so soon; I'm not ready yet."

That being said, the coyote's previously playful expression suddenly changed, replaced by an extremely solemn one.

Rest when you need to rest, and work when you need to work.

This is the working principle of coyotes.

And now it seems like work is just around the corner.

Even the hunter took the scythe off his shoulder and held it quietly in his hand, cautiously looking around.

Only the bat, deep in thought, remained intently focused on the direction from which the sound came.

However, the three waited for a long time but did not hear the voice again, as if the speaker, like the old man they had guessed, had already died.

For a moment, only the faint sound of wind and rustling leaves could be heard in the surrounding darkness.

In this tranquil atmosphere, the three of them awaited a response while their hearts were filled with doubt.

What exactly is going on here?

Wasn't that sound just now the "horn" sound that people in the hospital were making when they took action?

Why is it that after waiting for so long, there's still no change around us?

However, in response to everyone's questions, they were met with an even deeper silence. For some reason, the sounds of the wind and the rustling of the leaves around them had fallen silent, and there was no sound at all, as if the "sound" had been swallowed up by the darkness.

"It seems they don't intend to take action against us yet."

The bat beside him, with a grim face, guessed, "Either it's because taking action now would disrupt one of their plans, or they want to wait until we willingly jump into this trap before making their move."

Upon hearing this, both the hunter and the hyena nodded in agreement.

"So what do we do now?"

The hunter looked at the bat and asked, then she picked up the scythe again and looked at the hospital building, whose outline was now visible.

Upon hearing this, the coyote's gaze lingered between the bat and the hospital building.

The outside and inside of the hospital are almost two completely different worlds.

Before the three of them entered, the hospital seemed to be just a simple hospital shrouded in black mist. But the moment they stepped into the hospital grounds, the hospital seemed to undergo a complete transformation.

The hospital building was the most obvious example, with an eerie aura emanating from it that permeated almost nine floors of the surrounding area. In other words, their target was inside that hospital building.

After a moment of contemplation, Bat slowly raised his head and looked at the hospital building, whose exterior walls appeared to be quite detached. He then slowly said, "We're already here, what else can we do?"

"Even if there's a pit of fire in front of you, you have to jump in and put out the fire."

Upon hearing this, the hunter and the hyena nodded.

Then the three of them slowly walked towards the hospital building.

Meanwhile, inside the hospital building.

An atmosphere of fear enveloped the entire hospital; the endless darkness brought on by the lights being turned off seemed to threaten to devour everything inside.

In this dark and silent space, every subtle sound became unusually clear and eerie.

The faint humming of some emergency lights made the light appear dim and eerie, like the eyes of a monster hiding in the shadows.

The fluorescent lights at the hospital lobby counter flickered, casting a faint glow, while the dust-covered floor seemed to proclaim the desolation and abandonment of the place.

The hospital building was filled with a stuffy and chaotic atmosphere. Even the walls inside were covered with mottled mold. In the dark corridors, discarded medical equipment and broken chairs were stacked on top of each other, and some medical instruments even emitted a pungent smell of germs and decay.

Strangely, there was no trace of any medical staff or patients in the hospital building; only empty rooms and deathly silence filled the air.

It looks like a hospital that has been abandoned for a long time, but not long ago it was one of the top three hospitals in Binhai City.

At this moment, the scene changes.

The operating room door at the end of the corridor slowly opened with a chilling click.

Under the dim light of the emergency lights, the walls of the operating room were covered with evil symbols that looked like they were painted with blood and ashes. On the operating table, there were fresh bloodstains that seemed out of place with the desolate surroundings, as well as some blood-stained surgical instruments. On another wall, in addition to a symbol, there was a terrifying painting that looked like it was painted with blood.

It was a painting depicting many people weeping and wailing.

The scene shifts again, and the elevator doors outside the operating room suddenly open, revealing a pitch-black space, as if it were a door leading to a bottomless abyss. A series of unsettling creaking sounds echo in the corridor connecting the operating room and the elevator, sending chills down one's spine.

In an office in the hospital building, a broken window was suddenly blown open by a gust of wind, dispersing the nauseating smell of decay. Under the baptism of the wind, some irregular pieces of paper and shards of glass swayed precariously on the windowsill. Withered plants by the window were slowly extending towards the windowsill, their black color as if they were wrapped with some kind of dark force.

Through this window overlooking the hospital entrance, one can see a corpse lying on the floor inside the office, its face obscured. Bloodstains around the body have seeped into the floor, and even the surrounding medical equipment is scattered everywhere, displaying blurry images.

Just as the three bats stepped into the hospital, a sound of shattering glass suddenly came from the office. Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw a full-length mirror in the corner shatter, with countless shards of glass scattered on the floor, reflecting the eerie and deathly silent room.

Immediately afterwards, a blurry figure appeared in the reflection of the mirror. It seemed to have no shape, just a black shadow. Then, this black shadow slowly moved towards the corpse in the center of the room. As its movement speed increased, it suddenly gave people the illusion of a phantom.

Soon, the dark figure pounced on the corpse and slowly merged into it.

The next second, a piercing scream suddenly rang out in the previously deathly silent office. The scream was extremely penetrating and quickly spread throughout the hospital, only to stop abruptly soon after.

For a moment, silence once again filled the entire hospital building, as if the scream was just a minor incident.

However, no one knew that the scream had awakened something that had fallen into slumber.

"Oh? They've already come knocking on our door?"

.....

the other side.

Suddenly, a series of footsteps echoed through the hospital building, which had been filled with a deathly silence. These footsteps reverberated in the empty lobby, sounding exceptionally clear.

"How did this hospital become like this?"

The bat, who had just entered, looked at the scene before him and began to mutter to himself, his brows furrowed.

The hunter and the coyote following behind him also started acting strangely.

The ground was littered with medical supplies and broken glass. The graffiti on the walls, which looked as if it were drawn with blood, clashed with the dirty, dusty floor, and the air was filled with the smell of rotting medicine.

At this moment, only a few lonely emergency lights flickered faintly in the lobby of the hospital building, barely illuminating this eerie space.

"Could I really be that unlucky?"

The hyena's eyes suddenly revealed a sense of unease about something.

After all, this place looks like an abandoned hospital, but the way it's been abandoned makes it seem like decades have passed in an instant.

In other words...

"This time, the anomaly we're dealing with actually possesses the ability to manipulate time?"

Hearing this, even the hunter couldn't help but frown.

"impossible."

After a moment of contemplation, she said without hesitation, "How could those cultists possibly be willing to let a creature with time manipulation abilities participate in this doomed experiment?"

At this moment, the bat beside him also frowned and gave its own opinion.

"What if...they believe this experiment will definitely succeed?"

Upon hearing this, the hunter's face stiffened, his eyes filled with disbelief.

For a moment, all three fell silent. The air in the hall suddenly became heavy and oppressive, and the already deathly quiet hospital building seemed to return to silence once again.

Soon after, the sound of bats suddenly broke the silence and deathly stillness all around.

"No matter what kind of monster we're dealing with this time, I'll say it again: we've come all this way, we can't just leave in such a sorry state. The most urgent thing now is to find that monster as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, the hunter and the hyena remained silent for a moment before nodding emphatically.

However, all three of them tacitly overlooked the question of how to deal with the strange creature after finding it.

After exchanging a glance and taking a deep breath, the three turned and headed deeper into the hospital building. They carefully walked through each corridor, their ears filled only with the sound of their own footsteps and faint breathing. Their steps became increasingly cautious, as they had to be ready to deal with any potential threats at any moment.

Suddenly, the bat at the front stopped and muttered something in a low voice with a somber expression.

"Something is following us."