Chapter 46

Chapter 46

Doctor Lan’s slender fingers gripped the chainsaw, blue veins bulging slightly beneath his pale skin.

“Nurse Yun, could you please plug this in for me?”

Yun Youyou took the power cord and helped plug the chainsaw into the outlet in the corner.

Doctor Lan walked slowly toward the patients, the smile on his face becoming even more gentle and easygoing.

“Don’t be afraid. This is just a minor treatment.”

He walked over to the first patient first.

“Don’t you often suffer from auditory hallucinations? Now, as long as I cut off your ears, that will never happen again.”

Immediately after, he looked at another patient and said after a moment of contemplation, “Your situation is a bit more complicated. Since you feel there is another person living inside your body, the only option is to saw off half of your body. Although it’s a bit difficult, I will do my absolute best.”

The two patients: “!!!”

Doctor Huang, where are you?

We miss you so much!

Yun Youyou: …

Mental problems, physical therapy.

Very good! This is very scientific!

“No, no, no! Doctor, don’t come any closer! I feel like I’m much better now. I don’t need treatment!”

The patient tightly covered his ears, looking at Doctor Lan warily.

The other patient jumped off the bed and hid as far away from Doctor Lan as possible.

“My body is in tip-top shape now! Those were all old problems from before. I feel like my mind is very normal now! Perfectly normal!”

Doctor Lan put down the chainsaw in his hand with a hint of regret.

“So, you mean you no longer need treatment?”

The two patients nodded frantically.

“Minor ailments like ours heal on their own. We wouldn’t want to trouble you, Doctor Lan!”

“Yes, we’ll heal ourselves. Doctor Lan, you should go see the other patients. They need you more than we do!”

Doctor Lan put the chainsaw back into the toolbox.

“Well, since you insist, I’ll see you next time.”

The two patients gave a fake laugh.

*Heh, we hope we never have to see you again!*

Yun Youyou followed Doctor Lan out.

The ward door closed with a click.

“The patients here are very well-behaved and cooperative with their treatment. I really wish I could work in this Instance.”

Doctor Lan turned to glance at Yun Youyou, his eyes filled with a gentle smile.

Yun Youyou: …

The patients in this Instance probably don’t want you to come over.

His appearance was truly too deceptive.

She wondered if Fang Yu could still praise Doctor Lan as a gentle male god after seeing the scene where he just picked up a chainsaw.

Yun Youyou asked, “Are the patients on your side very willful?”

Doctor Lan thought for a moment. “That’s a bit hard to answer. They’re always throwing their internal organs around, making the hallways very dirty every time. But they’re all very nice people; they’re just a bit unhygienic.”

Yun Youyou: “…Your side must be a hellscape.”

Doctor Lan chuckled softly. “No, it’s a paradise for ghosts. If you have the chance, you should go take a look. Once you become a Senior Employee, you can have your own Instance. You’ll know how much fun it is then.”

While they were talking, the two had already reached the second ward.

Upon entering, Yun Youyou saw Fatty secretly nibbling on a steamed bun on the bed.

By the window, Skinny was staring gloomily at the wall, lost in thought.

He was so thin he was practically skin and bones. Yun Youyou felt that if she touched him lightly, he would completely fall apart.
Seeing the doctor and nurse arrive, Fatty quickly stuffed the rest of his steamed bun into his mouth, his jaws working frantically.

“One of you has bulimia, and the other has anorexia. Your current health conditions are terrible. If you don’t change, there will be major problems.”

Doctor Lan looked at the two of them, lost in thought.

“Sigh… I want to eat less too, but I just can’t control myself. You tell me, there’s so much delicious food in the world, my mouth tells me it wants a taste.”

Skinny, sitting by the window, stared at Doctor Lan without saying a word.

He hadn’t eaten for two days.

But the mere sight of food made him want to vomit, which only made him feel more irritable.

Doctor Lan suddenly turned his head and asked Yun Youyou, “What do you think we should do?”

Yun Youyou glanced at Fatty, then at the stick-thin Skinny.

“If only they could swap with each other.”

Doctor Lan nodded. “You’re right. I know how to treat them now.”

Neither Skinny nor Fatty showed a hint of anticipation in their eyes.

They had been here for years, and no doctor had ever been able to solve their problems. They were now utterly disheartened.

“You two, lie down on the beds.”

Skinny and Fatty exchanged a glance. After a moment’s hesitation, they followed Doctor Lan’s advice and lay down.

Doctor Lan bent over, pulling an axe and a sewing kit out of his toolbox.

“It might hurt a little. Just bear with it for a moment.”

A sense of foreboding rose in Skinny and Fatty’s hearts.

Especially after seeing the large axe in Doctor Lan’s hand, that sense of dread reached its peak.

Fatty wailed, “I won’t eat anymore! Don’t chop me! Don’t chop me! I worked so hard to eat all this meat, you can’t just chop it off!”

He began to struggle wildly.

“Nurse Yun, help me hold him down.”

Yun Youyou stepped forward to pin Fatty’s hands, but his legs were still flailing about.

Suddenly, an idea occurred to her, though she wasn’t sure if it would work.

She tried to feel for the tentacles behind her back in her mind, slowly coaxing them out.

Half a minute passed. Yun Youyou felt as if something was breaking through the soil behind her; that itchy sensation returned.

It worked!

Yun Youyou smiled happily.

The familiar tentacles extended from her back. Yun Youyou tried to use them to bind the patient’s legs.

When Fatty saw the ugly tentacles suddenly wrap around his legs, he screamed in terror.

“Holy crap! What is this ugly thing?!”

The tentacle, offended by being called an “ugly thing,” tightened its grip. With a sudden surge of force, it snapped Fatty’s leg.

Fatty: “!!!”

Immediately after, Fatty’s crying grew even louder, the volume enough to blow the roof off the building.

Doctor Lan, however, looked at the hideous tentacles with admiration, offering a sincere compliment: “What a truly practical little fellow.”

The tentacles danced with joy.

Based on the fact that Doctor Lan liked to tell the truth, it decided he was a good person.

With this convenient little thing, he no longer needed to use the clunky axe.

“Use this little fellow to sever his head as well. I’m going to swap their heads.”

Doctor Lan directed Yun Youyou.

Fatty: !!!

Doctor Lan comforted him softly, “Don’t be afraid. I’ll sew you back up.”

Fatty: Hearing you say that makes me even more afraid!

But with all four of his limbs bound, he had nowhere to run even if he wanted to.