The novelty of going to the outer city again was much less. Out of familiarity with the environment, Lu Ning finally chose the previous outer city.
After so many days, there is still not much change in the outer city. Unchanged daily life is almost the theme here. Of course, this does not include those small teams who receive bounties from nobles and live an "exciting" life. These teams travel back and forth between various outer cities all year round, choosing the rewards that suit them from the various weird bounties issued by nobles. Lu Ning and others did not expect to see Lan Tu and others again.
The first destination is the hospital. As Mist's own operating organization that is inextricably linked to Heike, the hospital provides Heike with many free medical treatments. The doctor wearing gold-rimmed glasses just looked at Zhu Qinyuan's condition, said it was not complicated, and called two nurses to come over and send Zhu Qinyuan into the medical room.
Lu Ning noticed that none of the staff here had Mist's coat of arms.
In order to act efficiently, only Lu Ning and Yan Rong accompanied Zhu Qinyuan to the hospital. While waiting for the operation, Yan Rong also stopped by other departments to ask about body strengthening. Lu Ning sat idle at the door of the medical room. Waiting for the treatment to end, listen to some of the doctors and nurses talk.
"Do you know where Quinto is?"
The whispers of two nurses penetrated into Lu Ning's ears. They were chatting in a nearby dispensing room. Their voices were very low. If it weren't for the silence in the corridor and Lu Ning's hearing was already beyond normal, she wouldn't have been able to hear them.
"I haven't seen him for three days." Another nurse said with some complaint, "He is obviously a trainee pharmacist but he still doesn't work hard. Do you really think that Mist Hospital is a place where anyone can enter?"
"You just have extra workload because of his absence, right?"
"What, you can't complain anymore?"
"After all, Dr. Ito has never asked about his whereabouts. It stands to reason that doctors should know the whereabouts of their subordinates."
"Then you have to ask for leave. That kid Kuntu disappeared for no reason and went to who knows where."
"If that were the case, the doctor would definitely ask questions."
"...Hey, I'm a little scared."
"What are you afraid of?"
"I came to work in Mist's hospital to have a stable job and decent income. I don't want to disappear for no reason. This kind of thing happens a lot in the outer city."
The door opened, and the two stopped chatting. They pushed a small trolley with medicines and walked to another corridor. Lu Ning glanced at them, stood up after leaving completely, and pretended to be a little irritated, spinning around. Circled.
Mist's hospital can indeed treat most common diseases, and as a subordinate institution of the nobles, its security measures are also quite good. With double insurance, it is difficult for ordinary accidents to occur here.
A person is missing... Maybe this is just a small matter in the outer city. In the past, such things could be suppressed, and the disappearance of a person would not cause any waves.
"Miss, may I ask who you are..."
A doctor walked out of another department. He probably saw Lu Ning circling outside and came out to ask. Lu Ning raised his head and took a look. This was the dental department, and it looked like he was very busy right now.
"Sorry, my friend is undergoing treatment and I'm a little impatient." Lu Ning said.
The doctor laughed: "That's human nature, but don't worry, since you paid the money, Mist can help you cure all kinds of diseases. If you really feel uneasy, why not come in and sit down? I usually don't have many patients here. .”
"Oh? But the dental department... doesn't sound like it's very idle. People should often suffer from this type of disease."
The doctor let Lu Ning into his department. It was quite big here, but he was the only one there, and the other doctors didn't know where they were. He poured a cup of hot water for Lu Ning, sat at his desk and smiled bitterly: "It seems that you are not from the outer city? Are you Heike?"
"Indeed." Lu Ning rolled up his sleeves.
"No wonder." The doctor nodded, "You don't have memory, so you don't know... People in cities live either too healthy or too unhealthy lives. In fact, not many people come to the hospital specifically for minor problems like oral problems."
"Small problems?"
"They would rather undergo an intensive surgery and rely on their physical fitness to solve minor ailments than spend a little money to see a doctor. People always talk about medical treatment and think that going to the hospital will cost a lot of money, but in fact it is Because people always have serious illnesses. Overall we have very few patients here.”
"What about other doctors? And...why do you still keep this department? If the problem can be solved through other channels, there is no point in opening a dental department, right?"
The doctor picked up his cup and took a sip, his expression became even more bitter.
"I'm not afraid to complain to you. Most of the doctors who can come to Mist are good at diagnosis and treatment in many aspects. Now that there is no one here, of course they have gone to other departments."
"So enthusiastic about work?"
"It's not that I'm enthusiastic about work, but every more person I treat has some benefits for the doctor. I can't elaborate on this." The doctor shook his head, "And because I have relatively junior qualifications, I can only stay. After all, there must be at least one person in the department. A doctor is always waiting for potential patients to come.”
Lu Ning showed sympathy: "Then you are really miserable."
"So I also want to talk to others. Even the nurses here are reluctant to come in. After all, work is directly related to profits. Everyone wants to save more. I can't make any money here, so no one will come."
The doctor did look a little depressed, and he did look very young. Lu Ning asked about his resume, and found out that this man had a smooth life - which was actually not easy in the outer city - he was in a medical school in the outer city. After studying medicine for eight years, he was discovered directly from an ordinary clinic to Mist's hospital with excellent results. At that time, all his relatives and friends congratulated him on his sudden success, and even he thought so himself.
Who knew that the hospital had strict rules, not only Mist's rules, but also the workplace atmosphere formed here. Of course, this doctor is not only a dentist, but he was assigned to this idle position because he is young and has low qualifications.
"Patients are resources here... I never believed I would say this before, but that's the case with Mist's hospital. Don't worry, patients will definitely enjoy good enough medical resources. I just think our The atmosphere is a little weird.”
Lu Ning nodded to show that she understood.
Then she stood up and walked around. In addition to the desks provided for doctors, each department also had some medicine cabinets for commonly used medicines. You don't need to go to the pharmacy to get ordinary medicines. Lu Ning walked to the medicine cabinet and took a look. It was also locked and no one could take the medicine. However, there was a list of people who had taken medicine from the surrounding area. She even saw the two people in it. Quinto's name was mentioned by a nurse.
"Doctor, can all hospital staff get medicine from the medicine cabinet?" She turned around and asked.
"If you want to know about the department, you have to ask the doctor in that department. What?"
"I see that the names on this list are all different, so I'm a little curious." Lu Ning pointed, "If only people in the department can get the medicine, the records left here should show several duplicate names."
The doctor came over and looked at the list: "Oh, it's true... after all, those guys who go to work in other departments sometimes send people next to them to get medicines. They are probably under their orders. The nurses and pharmacists... are really outrageous."
"If you have been here, don't you have the impression that different people are always coming here?"
"I remember someone came to get the medicine, but I'm not a patient and I won't remember their faces. Anyway, their authority must have been given by those few people. I don't bear that responsibility." The doctor curled his lips and said, "Let me see. What did they take..."
After saying this, the doctor stood there with a frown on his face.
"Doctor?" Lu Ning glanced at the list. The drugs all had scientific names that she couldn't understand, but there were generally only five types of drugs.
"Types of pain relief and anesthesia..."
"Can you prescribe this kind of medicine casually?" Lu Ning's mouth twitched.
"The dose of this drug is very small. It is only used for local anesthesia. It cannot even make people lose consciousness..."
"But a large dose is enough?"
The doctor stopped answering and began to hold his chin in thought.
Lu Ning didn't even know what to say. Mist Hospital's management of people is so strict, but its management of medicines is so loose... But it can also be said that people who have adapted to the rules here can easily use the rules to make themselves more convenient.
"Doctor, can you please check how many people on this list are still working in the hospital?" Lu Ning asked again.
"It's okay if they are all ordinary nurses and pharmacists. After all, I am an official doctor." He returned to his desk, opened the screen and quickly entered a page in the hospital, entering the names of the people on the list. This doctor is indeed an excellent student. It is not easy to remember all those names in such a short time.
After a second, a row of people appeared on the screen.
[Resignation], [Vacation], [Dismissal], [Absenteeism]...
Lu Ning saw cold sweat breaking out on the doctor's forehead.
In addition to doctors, the employees in Mist Hospital have a huge flow of people in other positions. Many people come to work here for gold plating and leave after they can't stand the working atmosphere here. With this resume, they can also work here. Some small clinics find good jobs. On this basis, doctors themselves basically recognize people by their work badges. After all, there is no telling when these nurses, pharmacists and the like will be gone. In the busy work, it is not worth spending too much time to memorize each one. Face.
"I...I have to make a call, that...Miss..."
"I know, I won't disturb you anymore." Lu Ning withdrew thoughtfully and closed the door of the department.
With her hearing, she discovered that the doctor actually called her family and was already discussing resignation. Lu Ning could only shake her head after hearing this. At this time, Yan Rong had also consulted about returning here, and asked after seeing Lu Ning's actions.
"It's nothing. When Zhu Qinyuan comes out, we have something to do today." Lu Ning said.
The so-called thing to do is naturally the incident here in the hospital. Lu Ning was not such a warm-hearted person originally. She didn't really care about the death of people in Mist Hospital at first. But after merging with Sudden Yesterday, even if she didn't The power that drives the treasure itself can also see some things that seem to be traces of the past. If it must be said, it should be like a "fate line" or a "causal line". In short, it can show the connection between some things.
The traces extending from that list and the list of people that the doctor consulted later almost merged into one, and it was difficult for Lu Ning to ignore it. Since this incident is not a coincidence of various circumstances but an anomaly created by one person, we might as well take a look at what is going on.
Zhu Qinyuan's treatment time ended soon. The golden substance was completely expelled from the body. At the same time, her body was repaired and maintained meticulously. Lu Ning and Yan Rong could feel the magic when they saw her. A refreshing feeling.
"It feels great to recover." Zhu Qinyuan was in a good mood now, so Lu Ning pulled her into a corner and told her what he had discovered.
"Then can you identify the person behind this?"
"With so many traces gathered in one place, it should be easy to detect." Lu Ning nodded, "How is your condition?"
"We can have a good fight at any time. Having said that, if this is really the kind of conspiracy that often happens in outer cities, I think we'd better not get involved casually. We don't have that much time to waste."
Zhu Qinyuan's thinking was quite calm. After all, there were too many things going on in the outer city that they couldn't handle.
"The treasure shows that this matter has a subtle connection with us, not very deep, so I am a little interested." Lu Ning explained, "You also know what the function of my treasure is."
"Then I have no objection."
After quickly reaching an agreement, Lu Ning and the others went up the stairs. There are actually a lot of people coming and going in Mist's hospital, many of them are people who look very rich, and the three of them are not very conspicuous among them. Following the trace he had identified before, Lu Ning stopped at the door of a department on the fourth floor.
"Here?" Yan Rong looked up.
The door of the department says "Curse and Magical Injury Department", which is quite normal in a hospital environment. Lu Ning thought for a moment and pushed the door open. The decoration and layout here are no different from other departments. At most, there are more. Just some medical equipment with more magical characteristics. The entry of the three people caused no reaction at all. Only the patients lined up by the door moved aside silently.
——There are too many people in this place.
Lu Ning was reminded of the empty state of the dental department. In contrast, the fifteen regular treatment tables in this department were all full of people, and there were more than ten people queuing up against the wall.
Of course, these are not the main point. Lu Ning's eyes wandered around and finally landed on one of the brown-haired male doctors.
