Chapter Twenty-Four: A Dead Man's Call
At night, I came to the lounge and felt unaccustomed in vain.
At this point in the past, Kuroko was already there.
The two of us would always giggle and watch a movie or two, and it felt like time passed quickly.
Then they each went to patrol the floor they were responsible for and came back to sleep.
Now, Kuroko has died.
I was the only one in the hospital.
It's as if it's all gone for the better.
Taking a deep breath, I rubbed my cheeks and lifted myself up.
Sister Li said today that the People's Hospital will come with a new batch of imported medicines, which are priceless and marketable, and you must make an appointment to enjoy them.
According to a family like ours, even in the next life, they may not be able to occupy a place, or even have the money to spend.
However, as long as I work hard, I can work here with peace of mind.
Medicines to treat mothers are not a problem, and the cost of medicine is halved!
For such a good thing, even the entire urban area may not be able to find a second one.
Although, I have a lot of doubts in my heart, and I am also afraid.
But for the sake of my mother, I had to persevere.
At eleven o'clock in the evening, I picked up a flashlight and a baton and started patrolling.
Soon, the patrol on the first, second and third floors was completed, and nothing unusual happened.
To be honest, I now have a layer of yin and yang on the second floor, specifically room 205.
After all, something so strange happened not long ago that cast a shadow on my heart, and it could explode at any time.
When I got to the stairs on the fourth floor, there was a sudden gust of wind.
I shuddered as I remembered what had happened last night.
A thought came to mind that Kuroko's death must be inextricably linked to the fourth floor.
After all, the fourth floor of this hospital is very weird.
If it hadn't been for the text message from that mysterious man last night, I'm afraid I would have been killed, just like Kuroko.
Not daring to stay on the fourth floor for a long time, I rushed to the fifth floor to check the ward.
At this point, I was a little stunned.
Do you continue down the stairs or take the elevator?
To be honest, with the Kuroko incident and what happened more than half a month ago, I have a sense of panic about the fourth floor, and once I step into that place, I always feel that there are countless pairs of eyes staring at me and showing a shocked expression.
But this elevator also has quirks.
At that time, I pressed the first floor, but I stopped on the fourth floor, and there was a malfunction.
What if tonight, I take the elevator and the previous thing happens again?
After thinking about it, I decided to take the elevator to the first floor, after all, I would not go through the fourth floor.
And I was holding on to the luck, I wouldn't be so unlucky, and the elevator stopped again on the fourth floor.
Just as I was about to press the elevator, the phone rang, and it was a text message from an unknown number.
"This is the last time to warn you, follow the four taboos of the hospital, if you insist on dying, don't blame me."
I looked at my phone, full of questions.
Who exactly is the person texting?
Why does he know everything I do?
When you call back the phone, it says it's an empty number.
Apparently the same person who texted me last night.
Literally, this person has helped me many times and has lost patience and doesn't want to have anything to do with me.
Who is this person?
Could it be the mysterious woman?
This idea popped into my mind.
Although, I can't confirm whether the woman really exists, after all, the footage of the surveillance video indicates that I have a mental problem and hallucinations.
But I never thought I was mentally wrong.
Especially after the Kuroko accident.
"That's not right!"
Soon I vetoed this idea, the four taboos in the hospital, except for Sister Li, as long as I and Kuroko knew.
Could it be that the person who sent me the text message was Sister Li?
Thinking of this, I recalled Sister Li's demeanor during the day, looking at her appearance, she was more afraid of the fourth floor than the sunspot, and those four taboos, like some kind of curse, avoided them, and didn't want to have any intersection.
So, it shouldn't be a text message from her.
She didn't want to have anything to do with the fourth floor.
But if it's not Sister Li, who will it be?
I thought about it for a moment, but there was no reason to come.
Seeing the time pass minute by minute, it was almost twelve o'clock.
As soon as I gritted my teeth, I decided to follow the content of the text message and not touch the four taboos.
So I immediately rushed up the stairs and ran from the fifth floor to the first floor without any pause in between.
When I got back to the lounge, I felt a lot more relaxed, sitting on the couch, gasping for breath and having palpitations.
Taking out my phone, I called back the number that texted me again.
The result is still the same, prompting an empty number.
The same goes for last night's number.
After a moment's thought, I texted back: "Who are you?" ”
I waited anxiously for a reply to the message.
As I thought, it won't recover at all.
After all, this number is empty.
And this person doesn't seem to want to have anything to do with me, just just in good intentions, remind me, and don't want to have anything to do with it.
After sorting out my thoughts, since I worked at Castle Peak Hospital, the things I have encountered have become stranger and stranger.
Invisibly, there was a big hand that slowly pulled me into the abyss, and I didn't see the light of day.
I felt like I was going to have a breakdown.
Kuroko's death, in particular, is full of weirdness.
Although I only heard Sister Li describe it to me, I know the real thing, and it is several times more terrifying.
Lying in bed, I was reminiscing about everything that had happened to me.
Slowly feeling tired, I closed my eyes and fell asleep for a while.
Tonight, I had another nightmare.
I dreamed that Kuroko was standing next to me, and his face was very pale, like paper, without any blood.
His eyes were bloodshot, particularly conspicuous in the darkness, as if they were red, blooming with a strange light.
He looked at me with a dull gaze and a stiff expression, a dark red liquid flowing from the corners of his mouth, and a smell of blood in the air.
He was saying, "Xiaowen, get out of here, don't continue....."
Then, I saw countless pairs of pale hands appearing behind Kuroko, and the nails were purple....
The palms of his hands were clawed, and countless hands clasped around his body, pulling him into the endless darkness.
Kuroko disappeared from my sight with a scream.....
At this moment, hundreds of voices rang in my ears, countless voices overlapped, and the voices of men and women were intertwined.
They are all saying, "Give up the resistance and you will eventually become one of us....."
In an instant, I woke up and sat up violently, panting, covered in sweat, and my heart beating violently.
Before there was any time to breathe, the phone rang, like a life talisman, amplified by the wireless, echoing in the lounge, refusing to disperse for a long time....
Taking a deep breath, I picked up the phone, and first there was the harsh sound of electricity, and then the voice of the sunspot rang.
He was saying, "Xiaowen, come and accompany me.... Come and stay with me...."