Having devoted myself to guiding souls, I was surrounded by them after my death.

The laughter grew louder? And it's still showing a 404 error...

Chen Shi didn't have time to think much; he just wanted to leave Corridor No. 2 as soon as possible.

Although the rope could suppress Zhang Yan's crying, she had already obtained the notebook, and these supernatural phenomena couldn't be completely eliminated, so it was better to avoid trouble.

He already had some guesses about the spirit cage and the evil spirit, but he still needed to verify them.

The two people and Ling jogged all the way and climbed out of Corridor No. 2.

Sure enough, the crying immediately subsided considerably.

The fourth floor of the private hospital isn't very large; it has a total of three corridors.

Corridors 1 and 2 are wards, while corridor 3 consists of storage rooms and other rooms for storing medical equipment.

However, just as they approached Corridor 1, they heard a faint crying sound.

"Waaah..."

"There's crying again?" Su Yining was the first to hear it.

Chen Shi first grasped the rope in his pocket, but upon closer listening, he immediately noticed something amiss.

The tone of this crying was different, and it didn't sound scary; it didn't sound like Zhang Yan's.

"Old Deng, stand here." Chen Shi raised his hand, gesturing for the old man to stay put.

To be honest, he still preferred to act alone with Su Yining; the old man, being an ordinary person, was a bit of a hindrance.

But the old man insisted on coming along, and since he was quite nimble, we decided to let him come.

“Little one, where are you going? Why do I keep hearing someone crying?” The old man shuddered.

Chen Shi ignored him, put one hand in his pocket, and carefully stepped forward.

Su Yining also followed along tacitly.

Finally, Chen Shi followed the sound and stopped at the door of ward 402.

He gripped the doorknob, and the instant he turned it, Su Yining kicked the door open:

"Oh!"

The moment the door opened, a scream immediately came from inside:

"babble--!?"

"Wait, you are..."

Chen Shi looked closely and saw a woman curled up on the floor, hugging her knees and crying.

The woman was wearing a nurse's uniform, with a stack of medical records at her feet. Her face was streaked with tears, and her nurse's cap was tossed aside, revealing her short, chin-length hair.

It was the nurse who came out of room 404 when we went up to the 4th floor!

Chapter 28 Assassination

Looking at the nurse huddled in the ward, crying, Chen Shi's mind raced:

Hmm... what was that nurse's name again? I feel like I've heard her name somewhere before...

Oh right, Wenjie.

"Wasn't this the nurse who almost found us?" Su Yining also realized.

"You... are you?"

Wenjie's face was covered in tears, her shoulders were shaking, and she looked over with some fear.

Su Yining could not be seen... just like that old man, she was an ordinary person affected by the spiritual cage's range.

The Spirit Cage opens in an instant, enclosing an area like a cage.

If you fail to move away from the area when the Spirit Cage is activated, you will be indiscriminately pulled in.

Simply put, he was a pitiful person who was caught in the crossfire.

"Uh, I came to visit relatives but got the wrong room number, so this is what happened on this floor."

Chen Shi made up a random excuse.

"What...what exactly is going on?"

Wenjie wiped her eyes. Seeing a living person in this place was like seeing a lifeline. She stood up shakily and pressed herself directly next to Chen Shi.

"I had just finished drawing blood from a patient and was about to go for the test when the elevator suddenly turned into this place before it even arrived... Ugh... It's so scary, I can't get out at all... The emergency exit door is locked, and the elevator isn't working."

Her voice was trembling as she spoke, and then she grabbed Chen Shi's arm:

"Hey buddy, do you...do you know how to get out of here?"

"Hey, junior, didn't you say you've never been popular with women since you were a kid?" Su Yining said, hands on her hips, pouting at the side.

Please, senior, do you call encountering a frightened, suffering woman in a place like this "good fortune with women"?

Also, miss, I understand you want to feel safe, but isn't this a bit too close?

Chen Shi struggled to pull his arm out of Wenjie's arms.

Just then, a scream was suddenly heard:

"Aaaaaah!?"

"Eek!?" Wenjie was startled and cried out as she shrank behind Chen Shi.

At the same time, Chen Shi and Su Yining turned their heads simultaneously.

Old Deng!

Grandpa!

Chen Shi and Su Yining ran out of the ward and saw the old man slumped in the corridor, staring ahead in terror.

Following the line of sight...

A headless body slowly emerged from the darkness, approaching step by step.

"Tap...tap..."

The footsteps were very light, as if walking on tiptoe, but the figure was very tall, about 2 meters tall, with arms like braids and sharp, black fingernails.

She is the head nurse.

To be precise, the head nurse was completely baffled.

"What...what is that thing?!" Wenjie came out to take a look, and was so frightened that her face turned pale and her whole body trembled violently.

"No...don't come any closer!" The old man collapsed to the ground, struggling to crawl backward.

Ahead in the corridor, the terrifying headless body was getting closer, its fingernails scraping against the wall.

"A lingering ghost."

Chen Shi showed no fear and simply pulled out the rope from his pocket.

"Stay here."

This was said to Wenjie, and also to Su Yining.

"Are you sure you're okay on your own?" Su Yining looked at him with concern.

Chen Shi didn't speak, but responded with a gesture: Don't worry.

The head nurse's danger lies in her psychological manipulation; even with the suspension ropes, one must wrap them around oneself to avoid being harassed. In that situation, one loses all means of resistance.

But now the head nurse has lost her head and can no longer speak.

Therefore, there is nothing to fear.

Chen Shi gripped the rope tightly and strode forward, walking straight past the old man.

"Hey!? Little kid, are you stupid! Come back!" The old man tried to pull Chen Shi up, but he couldn't get up.

"Squeak~~"

The headless head nurse's fingernails scratched across the wall, leaving several clear marks.

As Chen Shi approached, she waved her long arm!

"!"

Chen Shi seized the opportunity and slid in to dodge the attack precisely.

Since acquiring the magical artifact and becoming a ferryman, his intuition has improved, allowing him to more clearly perceive the movements of supernatural beings when dealing with them.

"Sure enough, without a head, its movements are much slower."

He dodged and slid behind the headless head nurse, braked suddenly with one foot and stood up in the process. Before the headless head nurse could turn around, he threw out a rope and accurately hooked it around her upper body.

Immediately afterwards...

"Crench!"

Chen Shi exerted force with both hands, kicked her in the back, and tightened the rope at the same time.

The rope-patterned surface emitted dark red light patterns, the suppression effect began to take effect, and the light patterns began to burn the remaining body of the headless head nurse.

"Wow...that's amazing!" Su Yining exclaimed, hands on her hips, from not far away.

Compared to the first time, Chen Shi's movements were much cleaner and more efficient. His dodging and counterattacks were fluid and decisive.

Such great progress in just a few days.

Su Yining leaned against the wall, feeling a little more relaxed:

"I was worried about whether this junior could manage without me, but it seems I was overthinking it."

Beside her, the old man and Wenjie also gaped in astonishment.

"Wow!" Wenjie clenched her hands and placed them in front of her chest, exclaiming softly, "That's amazing!"

Not far ahead, the headless head nurse, whose fighting power was greatly reduced, collapsed to her knees with a "plop." The place where her body touched the rope began to burn, leaving streaks of water that gathered into a small puddle on the ground.

"This little kid... he's got skills too?" The old man was stunned, his mouth agape, revealing two rows of yellow teeth.

Under the watchful eyes of the two people and the spirit, Chen Shi gave the rope one last tug, and the headless head nurse fell to the ground, turning completely into a puddle of water.

"It's finally resolved."

Chen Shi finally breathed a sigh of relief and put the rope away.

However, just as he was about to leave, he saw a piece of paper floating in the pool.

That was a report.

"Like Zhang Yan who was crying, is this a clue about the falling spirit cage?"

Chen Shi squatted down with his back to the group and fished the papers out of the water.

Surprisingly, the paper was not wet, and the writing on it was still clear.

Unlike the crooked handwriting in the notebook, the handwriting above is very neat.

[Death Report]

Just as Chen Shi was about to continue reading, Su Yining suddenly called out from behind him:

"Chen Shi!"

"How……"

Before Chen Shi could turn around, a cold, sharp object suddenly pierced the back of his head.

"..."

There was absolutely no chance to react; everything went completely black in an instant.

Consciousness dissipated.

……

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