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"So...did something like this happen...but why didn't you tell me?"

Hashimoto Yuno grumbled: "You still blame me."

"At that time, you were completely focused on studying. Apart from work, you spent every day in the library. You even held a book with you while you were at work."

"I mentioned it to you several times, but you weren't interested, so I just stopped talking about it."

Chio Saito: “…”

When I first started my internship at Aisen Hospital, I was completely focused on studying, and my head was full of theoretical knowledge.

"But this is not the whole story...it's just the beginning."

Hashimoto Yuno pretended to be deep and came close to Amakawa Ryo, raised a finger, and even lowered her voice.

Amakawa Ryoya became interested, and Saito Chio beside her couldn't help but move towards the two of them. And for some reason, she always felt that the temperature in the ward had dropped a little, and it felt a little creepy.

"Since then, a story has been circulating in the VIP ward."

"She said that every time it was late at night, she could hear the dead nurse crying."

"The crying sound was very sad and full of resentment. In addition, there were some strange disappearances."

"Well... but the term 'missing persons' is a little inappropriate."

Tianchuan Liang became interested and approached her to continue asking: "Tell me in detail, what exactly happened to these disappearances?"

Hashimoto Yuno didn't intend to beat around the bush and answered directly.

"Didn't I say before that the staff turnover in this hospital is very frequent, especially in the VIP ward?"

"Every once in a while, the nursing staff in the VIP ward will undergo a large-scale replacement."

"And those female nurses who were fired by Aisen Hospital will lose contact one after another for a period of time afterwards."

"At that time, there was a senior in our department who fell in love with a female nurse in the VIP ward. As a result, he could not be contacted three days after he left the job. Every time he called, the line was busy."

Ok?

Ryo Amakawa captured the key information in an instant.

Resigned... Missing... Female nurse...

These three things happen to be highly consistent with the current situation.

Maybe... resignation is a prerequisite for the urban legend to attack? If so, why? And most importantly, if resignation is a prerequisite, then what is the matter with Otomo Tomoyu?

He didn't resign either?

Hmm...this is getting interesting.

Ryo Amakawa patiently continued to listen to what Hashimoto Yuno was saying.

"However, because those female nurses have already resigned, and in the workplace... it is normal to lose contact after resigning, no one is pursuing these matters."

"It could also be that this is just a random story spread around the hospital."

"In short, those female nurses who left the VIP ward of Aisen Hospital have never been seen or contacted again."

"Well...it's a kind of horror story."

"Hehe...Mr. Tianchuan, what do you think?"

Tianchuan Liang clapped his hands and gave her a thumbs up: "Well said."

"You tell a much better story than Saito. Um... it's worth 30,000 yen. Give me your bank account and the 30,000 yen will be deposited immediately."

Chapter 276: Night falls, see off the guests in the ward

"Eh?!"

"seriously!"

Hashimoto Yuno's face flushed with excitement, while Saito Chio's face looked a little ugly.

She actually has a very strong competitive spirit. Whether in study or work, she is very eager to prove her excellence. Even if it was just a storytelling game that Tianchuan Liang casually mentioned, it greatly aroused her competitive spirit.

"Tsk... Thirty thousand..."

So, Chio Saito also began to rack her brains.

His little head repeatedly searched for the stories he had heard from his predecessors in the past, and then he remembered one thing.

This matter is an extension of the story mentioned by Hashimoto Yuno, and is even related to another story she told before.

"Tianchuan, I have another story, do you want to hear it?"

While talking, Chio Saito sat directly in front of the two of them, and the three of them sat together.

Just like in school, several members of a research group would gather together to communicate and discuss with each other.

"You say it."

"Again, you have stories and I have money."

"As long as your story touches me, the money will be directly sent to your account."

"Ahem..." It doesn't really matter whether it's money or not. The main thing is that Saito Chio refuses to admit defeat and wants to prove that she is excellent in every field.

"Then I'm going to start."

“Didn’t I say at the beginning that this used to be a hospice?”

"That drug abuse caused many patients to go through the procedures early. Later, combined with the story Yuno told, people who left the VIP ward would inexplicably lose contact..."

"What I want to talk about is the relationship between the two."

"Ahem..." Saito Chio coughed: "I emphasize again that I am an atheist."

"Behind any unnatural phenomenon, there is a scientific explanation, so... supernatural things are unscientific. What I said is just a story, an irresponsible guess."

Tianchuan Liang couldn't help but want to laugh.

This Chio Saito, there is no one else in this room, how come she can tell stories with stacked armor?

It seems that she really cares about her atheism.

"It doesn't matter. I didn't take it seriously anyway. I just thought of it as a story."

"Okay then." After the stacked armor took effect, Saito Chio completely relaxed and began to tell her second story.

"In fact, I have also heard colleagues talk about this matter."

"We went on strike before, and were later isolated by the Aisen Hospital Board of Directors. Many female medical staff were moved to VIP wards by them."

"We oppose it because, on the one hand, this is not a good place. Serving rich people is contrary to our philosophy."

"Of course, there are also some young nurses who are short of money. They did not choose to come here because they were worried about the rumor."

Then, Chio Saito began to tell the story she knew.

On the other hand, Ryo Amakawa was also thinking about this urban legend while listening to the story.

An urban legend, it originated in a number of ways.

A resentful person, a story made up on the Internet, or even a concept passed down by word of mouth.

No matter what the reason is, once an urban legend is created, it will spread further through communication between people. This is also the "presence" and "influence" mentioned by Hua Ji before.

The more people spread the story, the stronger the urban legend becomes.

Obviously, the VIP ward meets this condition: a bizarre murder case, a thrilling story passed on by word of mouth, and the rapid spread of the Internet.

No matter how timely the intelligence blockade is, the Internet will allow the information to be transmitted in another way.

"Um..."

"So, word of mouth is the reason for this urban legend?"

"It was based in the VIP ward and was spread by word of mouth among the medical staff at Aisen Hospital. Its influence gradually expanded, and the content of the rumor became more and more outrageous."

"Maybe...the VIP ward itself is an urban legend."

"If this is true, then if we want to eliminate urban legends, we must first start with the sense of existence."

"Hmm...what's the best way?"

Tianchuan Liang lowered his eyes, muttering to himself while thinking about a solution.

"Hey, are you listening?" Chio Saito noticed that Ryo Amagawa was a little absent-minded, and immediately snapped her fingers a few times in front of him.

The crisp sound of "pa pa pa" also brought Tianchuan Liang back to his senses.

"Ah, nothing, I'm listening."

Chio Saito: “…”

Is the story I'm telling so boring that it even distracts you?

Tsk...so unhappy.

In order to let Amagawa Ryo hear more carefully, Saito Chio moved forward again, with only a small part of her butt sitting on the bed, and her whole body almost in front of Amagawa Ryo.

He shook his fingers to emphasize his presence, then spoke in a deep voice.

"Midnight call."

"In the VIP ward, there is a very strange story."

"Yuno mentioned before that there are rumors of people mysteriously disappearing at Aisen Hospital from time to time, but the rumors I know are different from Yuno's."

"The missing people include not only the medical staff in the VIP ward, but also the medical staff and patients of the entire hospital, and even the family members who occasionally visit the patients here."

"But there are relatively few cases of missing family members and patients. The vast majority are medical staff here."

"I saw a rumor on the intranet forum before, saying that if anyone is still wandering around the hospital at midnight, they will receive a phone call."

"This call is from hell. Whoever answers this call will be targeted by the messenger of hell."

"The sense of existence of these people will become increasingly weaker in the next few days. When the sense of existence disappears completely, their souls will be taken away by the messengers of hell."

Although Chio Saito tried her best to tell the story vividly, the actual performance was still a bit funny.

However, after hearing the call from hell, Tianchuan Liang couldn't help but perk up.

The phone from hell...it was exactly the same as the red phone he saw from the fairy in the mirror.

The phone with the red screen...the phone from hell...

Leaving the job triggers the execution of the urban legend, the phone call from hell marks the target... I always feel that the situation in this VIP ward has become more complicated.

But the principles of urban legends are simple and easy to understand.

Behind it there is often a very simple ability that can even be accurately described in one sentence.

Obviously, there is something in common hidden behind the two seemingly unrelated events of resignation and phone call.

Chio Saito was still planning to continue telling her story, but it was already very late.

The sky outside became completely dark.

The fog outside was getting thicker and thicker, and the VIP ward was no longer safe, so they needed to leave immediately.

"Okay, that's all for today's story."

Ryo Tianchuan glanced at the time and put an end to today's story session.

However, Chio Saito, who was speaking with great interest, felt a little unhappy: "Huh?"

"But I haven't finished yet!"

"Besides, the stories I tell must be more interesting than Yuno's!"

Tianchuan Liang had no intention of satisfying her competitive spirit.

He stood up and patted the two men on the shoulders: "It's time to go back."

"You've told so many horror stories. Aren't you afraid of being dragged into it and disappearing mysteriously if you stay in the hospital?"

Chio Saito considered herself a staunch atheist, but the increasingly cold temperature in the room still made her shudder.

It was even more so for Yuno Hashimoto on the other side. As the sky grew darker, her heart began to beat wildly. The horror stories she had told before seemed to be about to happen in reality.

"Um...Chio-chan...why don't we...just go."

"Ahem..." Saito Chio coughed a few times: "Yeah, it's time to get off work anyway, and there's no overtime pay for staying here."

Chapter 177: The female nurse reappears, and the crisis is rife