Chapter 93: Concealing the Truth, The Path to Promotion

Chapter 93: Concealing the Truth, The Path to Promotion

At this moment, the Goat Supernatural Doctor had completely shed its previous icy Steadiness, now resembling nothing more than a starved, ravenous beast.

Or perhaps, this was its true form all along.

Overwhelmed by insatiable hunger, it cast aside all pretense!

With one hand, the Goat Supernatural Doctor plunged its Scalpel into Ji Yan's body, treating him like a piece of meat on a Dining Table, while its other hand gripped a sharp Fork.

The Surgery Bed had transformed into a Dining Table, and Ji Yan had become the centerpiece of a Whole Lamb Feast!

Ji Yan's face drained of all color.

He spoke in horror, "A Medical Instructor scheming to devour its own students—this is a blatant violation of the Hospital Rules!"

"As a Medical Instructor, you’ve abandoned even the most basic Medical Ethics. How can you still hold your position?!"

The Goat Supernatural Doctor grinned eerily. "For the other Zodiacs, doing this would indeed violate Medical Ethics and the Hospital Rules, warranting dismissal and execution."

"But this rule just so happens to not apply to the Zodiac [Goat]!"

Ji Yan froze in disbelief. "Impossible. The hospital is fair."

"Under the Hospital Rules, medical students are guaranteed their 'human rights.' You're lying!"

The Goat Supernatural Doctor's mocking smile grew even more sinister.

"I’m not lying."

"As for the reason... it’s because to become a [Chief Doctor], you must—"

The Goat Supernatural Doctor didn’t finish its sentence. Instead, the Scalpel piercing Ji Yan’s chest sliced through his skin.

The infected Black Hair rapidly stitched itself back together, resisting the wound...

"That night during your surgery, I failed to catch you slipping. This time, your luck has run out."

The Goat Supernatural Doctor pulled out the Scalpel, its finger smeared with a drop of dark blood.

The blade seemed laced with a potent anesthetic, sapping Ji Yan’s strength. "So your method of 'butchering the lamb' is to wait until the timing is right, lure students into your trap, and make them violate the Hospital Rules."

"Once they’ve severely breached the rules and lost the hospital’s protection, you can slaughter them freely. Is that it?"

The Goat Supernatural Doctor bared its teeth. "About 80-90% correct."

"There’s one more thing—I’m after that [Lies Parchment] of yours."

"Back on the Surgery Bed, I wanted to use my own parchment to shred yours. Pity you didn’t fall for it!"

"But no matter."

"After I devour you, I’ll just nurture the next one and find another chance to tear it apart."

"I must say, among all my students, you’ve been the most troublesome and unsettling!"

Ignoring whether that last remark was praise or an insult, Ji Yan asked gravely, "Why are you so determined to destroy the [Lies Parchment]?"

The Goat Supernatural Doctor replied, "It used to be a good thing, but now it’s nothing but trouble."

"The Zodiac [Dragon] has been desperate to obtain the [Lies Parchment]. I don’t know what it plans to do with it, but anything that benefits it is bad news for the rest of us."

"That creature already wields enough influence to manipulate most of the Hospital Rules and Rule Order, practically acting as half a [Hospital Director]."

"We can’t let it grow any stronger."

Ji Yan’s expression shifted.

He hadn’t expected the reason to be tied to the Zodiac [Dragon].

Miss Xu had mentioned this to him before, but he hadn’t realized even the Supernatural Doctors feared it so much.

"Enough idle chatter."

"Next, it's time to feast. After tonight, the Delivery Room will birth new 'Goat Students'..."

The Goat Supernatural Doctor licked the blood from its fingertips and raised the Dining Knife, but the next moment, its expression froze, its movements halting.

It carefully savored the taste of the melted drop of blood in its mouth, its pupils gradually trembling.

The Goat Supernatural Doctor stared fixedly at Ji Yan. "Why does your blood taste like this?!"

Ji Yan looked at it, his face unreadable. "Take a guess?"

"You transplanted all of that patient's organs into your own body... Fine, fine. I underestimated you. You actually found a way to complete the Mission!"

The Goat Supernatural Doctor wasn't angry—it laughed instead.

"But what's the use?"

"With your Full-body Infection, you're still in severe violation of the Hospital Rules. You're no longer under any protection."

"Once the hospital abandons you, you'll be nothing but meat for me to carve at will!"

The Scalpel slashed toward Ji Yan's forehead, only to be blocked at the last second by a Silver Needle.

Ji Yan rolled off the bed, one hand gripping the Silver Needle, the other pulling out a Cobblestone.

"I never planned to rely on the Hospital Rules for protection."

"Why can't I save myself?"

The Goat Supernatural Doctor sneered. "Save yourself?"

"Even if I let you run, you're already abandoned by the entire hospital. You're like a Wanted Criminal, a Rat Crossing the Street."

Ji Yan smirked. "Is that so?"

"Actually, there's one thing I've always found strange. Why has no student ever been promoted to [Chief Doctor]? Why do you go to such lengths to keep them stuck at the [Attending Doctor] level?"

"Is there something about that position... that terrifies you?"

The Goat Supernatural Doctor's eye twitched, but it smiled calmly. "There's nothing I fear. I just don’t want you growing too fast, becoming uncontrollable."

Ji Yan took a few steps back.

Then, the corner of his mouth curled up. "You're lying. I can tell."

"So you can feel fear. Then there's one more thing you're about to fear even more!"

As his voice fell, he hurled the Cobblestone.

The flickering light bulb shattered.

Darkness swallowed the room.

Covered in Black Hair and wearing the Supernatural Goat Mask, Ji Yan could see the Goat Supernatural Doctor perfectly in the pitch-black room.

He slit his wrist, letting his infected blood fill the air, disrupting the Goat Supernatural Doctor's sense of smell.

The Goat Supernatural Doctor's icy mockery echoed in the dark. "What, you like playing Cat and Mouse?"

"I'll play with you!"

The sound of tearing air cut through the darkness. Just as Ji Yan closed in to ambush the Goat Supernatural Doctor, he was suddenly slammed to the ground, his throat seized, while the other hand pierced through his chest.

"You thought disrupting my smell would stop me from catching you?"

In the darkness, the Goat Supernatural Doctor's grin grew even more twisted.

"Alright, this little game of Cat and Mouse—"

Before it could finish, Ji Yan, pinned to the ground, interrupted, "Why do you assume I'm the mouse?"

"You've always been terrified of us getting infected. It was never about us dying before we were ripe—it's because once infection reaches 100%, I gain the privilege of promotion to [Chief Doctor]."

"And the way to get promoted... is to devour my own Medical Instructor!"

"This is the real reason you absolutely must kill all students at the Attending Doctor level—because if the plot progresses further, the secret of promotion will be exposed."

"Under the Hospital Rules, you’d be devoured by your own students!"

Ji Yan’s mocking voice carried a terrifying weight, making the fear on the Goat Supernatural Doctor’s face grow even more pronounced.

"What nonsense about being abandoned by the hospital at 100% infection?"

"What lie about 100% infection guaranteeing death?"

"These are just tricks you use to hide the real rules."

"As for whether my guess is right or wrong… a simple test will make it clear."

"For example—like this!"

Still gripped by the creature, Ji Yan suddenly mustered all his Specter Power and erupted in a violent surge, breaking free in an instant. His jaws snapped open and clamped down on the Goat Supernatural Doctor’s neck— With a brutal tear, blood gushed forth in a torrent.