The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?!-Chapter 1274 - 785: Entering the Hospital (Part 2)
"Hello? Is this ’Jidao Public Bath’? Yes, it’s Liu Zheng. From now on, if any hospital security guards come to spend money, just say ’I’m a friend of Liu Zheng,’ and I’ll cover it all."
"Yes, there’s no limit."
"How did the call go?"
Liu Zheng hung up the phone and smiled at him.
"It went... pretty well."
The skinny security guard swallowed his saliva.
"Where exactly is that ’Jidao Public Bath’ you mentioned?"
He asked.
"Right here."
Liu Zheng took out a map and pointed out the location of "Jidao Public Bath."
"Really? What if I go and they don’t recognize me and beat me up instead."
The skinny security guard was a bit skeptical.
"Then just take cash."
He took out a wad of cash.
"No, no, there are cameras all over the place, and they’re all watching."
The skinny security guard hurriedly pushed it back to him.
"Do you believe me now?"
"I believe you, I believe you."
The skinny security guard said repeatedly.
"What should you say now?"
Liu Zheng asked.
"Uh... I’m a friend of Liu Zheng?"
The skinny security guard wasn’t dull, and quickly understood his meaning.
"Good, good. Now lead me inside."
Liu Zheng smiled and patted his shoulder.
"I was going to take you inside anyway."
The skinny security guard said with a forced smile, then made a gesture of danger resolved to the other guards.
The guards who had surrounded them returned to their posts, but their eyes were like laser guns scanning the skinny security guard’s back.
The skinny security guard’s forehead was sweating a few drops of cold sweat; if he couldn’t give a reasonable explanation, he would be in for a beating after work.
"Can my colleagues mention your name too?"
He quickly asked.
"Of course. I’m always open to friends. But people who stab me in the back, of course not."
Liu Zheng replied.
"I won’t make things difficult for you, and don’t make things difficult for me. Anything within my duty, I’ll try to help you. Anything beyond my ability, I’ll have to stick to protocol. Is that okay with you?"
The skinny security guard tested the waters.
"Sure, that’s how friends should be."
He agreed without hesitation.
"You are indeed reasonable." 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
The skinny security guard breathed a sigh of relief.
"Let’s go, I’ll take you inside. It’s not good for me to be away from my post for too long."
"Alright."
Liu Zheng nodded and followed him through the turnstile.
Upon entering the hospital, a strong odor hit him.
He was somewhat familiar with this smell, primarily the disinfectant smell, particularly chloride-based ones like sodium hypochlorite solution.
If you smell carefully, there are other scents like a bloody smell, rancid smell, formaldehyde smell, burnt smell, etc.
These smells can be found everywhere, but only hospitals have them all combined.
The complex and layered scent is just like a hospital, where chaos and order coexist, and quietness and bustle are unified.
"This way."
The skinny security guard pointed to a large building on the right.
"What’s that?"
Liu Zheng asked.
"The emergency building."
The skinny security guard replied.
"Why isn’t there even a sign?"
"You’ll see it when you get closer."
He said.
"Isn’t that too inconvenient? Patients have to search building by building, by the time they find it, they might be dead already."
Liu Zheng complained.
"For serious cases, they can call an ambulance, which knows exactly where each building is. Frequent visitors know as well. As for newcomers, they’ll learn after visiting a few times."
The skinny security guard said nonchalantly.
"Is there no other way?"
He raised an eyebrow.
"Well, not exactly..."
The skinny security guard paused, assessed the situation to make sure it was safe to continue, and then said.
"Wealthy people like you can hire a medical consultant."
"What’s that?"
Liu Zheng asked.
"It’s like a lawyer; they can tell you which department to register for, which doctor to see, what precautions to take in the hospital, and if you pay more, they can coordinate surgery times with doctors and handle hospitalization procedures."
The skinny security guard explained.
"Oh~ so it’s a scalper."
He realized.
"It’s not wrong if you insist on calling it that."
"Are these medical consultants part of the hospital?"
Liu Zheng asked.
"No, they have nothing to do with the hospital. The hospital strongly discourages patients from hiring these so-called medical consultants. If any adverse consequences arise from privately hiring them, the patient bears full responsibility."
The skinny security guard suddenly switched to a very official tone.
"Tsk~"
He drew out his tone.
"You heard me, right? I’ve fulfilled my duty to inform you."
The skinny security guard said, keeping a straight face.
"I heard, I heard."
Liu Zheng waved his hand disdainfully.
It’s just severing ties; he’s seen this move plenty of times.
But in reality, scalpers usually work through personal connections, while the ones in Metropolis are seemingly organized, just not officially acknowledged by the hospital.
It’s better that way; those who handle things with money won’t have to meddle with hospital staff.
While pondering, Liu Zheng changed his original plan.
But the skinny security guard didn’t know he had missed a chance to make a big fortune.
Then again, he also avoided a huge risk.
"We’re here."
The skinny security guard said.
Liu Zheng looked up to see the huge glowing words "Emergency Center" hanging above the entrance.
The four signboards weren’t vertical but tilted forward slightly, giving a feeling of being overlooked from above, combined with the glaring dark red lights, the sense of oppression was almost palpable.
"With signs like these, aren’t you afraid of scaring patients to death before they come in?"
He squinted his eyes and asked.
"If they’re scared to death, the ambulance bill is still payable. Those who walk in themselves without even this level of psychological endurance won’t survive the treatment anyway, so it just lowers the rate of medical accidents."
The skinny security guard said.
"And those family members, scared sick just to boost hospital income, right?"
Liu Zheng added insightfully.
"That’s your opinion, not mine."
The skinny security guard quickly distanced himself.
After all, the hospital isn’t like other landmarks; the health department oversees it, and some things can’t be said too bluntly.
Liu Zheng rolled his eyes and went straight into the building.
Upon entering the emergency center, the unique hospital smell was stronger, while other smells faded, and the bloody scent became dominant, along with many other smells.
He couldn’t differentiate them, but instinctively felt disgusted.
"Follow me and don’t wander off. If you get knocked down, don’t blame me."
The skinny security guard cautioned.
"Knocked down? There’s not even a single person here; who would knock me down?"
Liu Zheng surveyed the empty hall.
"Once you get registered and into the respective department, you’ll see, and at that point, you might wish you hadn’t."
The skinny security guard led him to the registration window.
"Hello, get him registered."
The skinny security guard called toward the window.
There was no one inside, just a floating white mask and similarly floating gloves.
"Identification documents."
The mask emitted a sound.
"What kind of identification documents?"
Liu Zheng asked.
"Driver’s license, work ID, membership card, birth certificate, anything similar is fine."
The skinny security guard explained.
"Oh. So my uniform counts as a work ID, right?"
He pointed at his uniform.
In Metropolis, no one would dare impersonate a Bloody Restaurant delivery person.
Or rather, no one would be that foolish.
"Hmm, it should count. What do you think?"
The skinny security guard looked at the mask.
"It’s acceptable. Name?"
The mask said again.
"Liu Zheng."
"Race?"
"A hybrid of human and Black Mountain Goat Cub?"
Liu Zheng answered uncertainly.
"Age?"
"30."
"Which department are you registering for?"
"Emergency surgery."
The skinny security guard answered for him.
"Right?"
He looked at Liu Zheng with a tough tone and imploring eyes.
