515: Chapter 513 For the Honor of Saint Leanna

Just as I thought!

Chu Xuan tested them slightly, and just by looking at the changes in their expressions, he knew his guess was correct.

Whether it was the conversation with Xiao Qi just now, or the snippets of talk he had heard about "Director Hira" in this hospital before the Dream Return.

All these clues pointed in the same direction.

The villain persecuting these nurses was that Director Hira.

As for that Director Yoshinari...

Chu Xuan recalled that before the last Dream Return, everything was just like this scene, no different from a normal hospital; it only began to change after he started the slaughter.

Medical staff and patients turned into monsters, and the environment became eerie and dark.

Especially that woman who appeared at the very end, draped in purple gauze.

"She claimed she could promote me to Vice Director... so her own identity is most likely the Director of this hospital..."

"And in this mission, it clearly stated that that 'special existence' already knows of my arrival. Once I start the slaughter, my identity will be exposed, and I will no longer be able to hide..."

"Last time, when I started the slaughter without restraint, I never saw Director Hira from beginning to end. Instead, that woman appeared abruptly..."

"Based on the above inference, that woman in purple gauze is very likely the 'special existence' mentioned in the System prompt and has become the Director. Meanwhile, Director Hira is the source that caused this place to turn into The Gloom..."

Many thoughts flashed by. Although it was just a guess, Chu Xuan reckoned he was probably spot on.

At this moment, the gazes of the three nurses before him grew colder, their expressions strange and eerie.

Clearly, Chu Xuan's question just now had raised their suspicions; it didn't fit the Director's persona.

Chu Xuan wore a smile, his voice full of charisma: "Of course, it's an indisputable fact that Director Hira trained you. But don't you think that the results of such training don't actually bring honor to the hospital?"

The three of them instantly returned to normal.

Xiao Qi frowned and said, "But our hospital's mission is 'patients first.' Everything must focus on serving the patients."

"Why do patients come to the hospital?"

"Because they are sick, of course."

"So what is the best way to please a patient?"

"This..." Xiao Qi's voice was full of hesitation. Under Chu Xuan's encouraging, smiling gaze, she said tentatively: "The best way to please a patient is... to cure their illness?"

Chu Xuan asked back, "Is it not?"

All three of them were stunned.

Their expressions were full of pain, as if they were trapped in memories they couldn't bear to look back on, or as if some belief was collapsing.

Xiao Qi bit her lower lip: "But... some patients only get better after receiving our service. And only then will they visit frequently... This is the honor of Saint Liana, and our honor as well..."

"Visit frequently?" Chu Xuan shook his head with a sneer.

"I'd rather the world be free of disease, even if the medicine on the shelves gathers dust..."

Chu Xuan said leisurely, "Saving lives and healing the sick—that is the honor of a hospital. Yet your actions are the exact opposite. You are trampling on the honor that should belong to you."

Chu Xuan's voice wasn't loud, but it resonated like thunder, making the three of them tremble violently. The expressions on their faces became increasingly pained.

"But... Director Hira said..."

"Director Hira is a bad man. He has been deceiving you, bewitching you, and forcing you..." Chu Xuan's gaze was deep as he spoke slowly. "Follow the truest feelings in the depths of your hearts. What kind of emotions do you hold toward Hira? Hatred or gratitude? Tell me what's truly in your hearts..."

"We... hate Hira. He is an unforgivable devil!" Xiao Qi and the other two were filled with tears.

Chu Xuan's gaze was soft as he guided them with a question: "You must be in a lot of pain, right? What do you need to be free? Is it to leave this place, or..."

"I want to kill Director Hira! I want him dead!" Xiao Qi suddenly looked up, gritting her teeth hard, her eyes brimming with tears. The other two nurses spoke in unison, their words filled with resentment.

Kill him, huh...

Understood!

Chu Xuan nodded slightly, then suddenly changed the subject, asking, "What do you think of Director Yoshinari?"

Their venomous expressions froze for a moment as Chu Xuan shifted the topic.

"Director Yoshinari?" Xiao Qi shook her head with a look of confusion. "We don't have much contact with the Director. It's just that... Director Hira was invited by the Director to train us and mold us into a service-oriented team..."

Seeing this, Chu Xuan understood immediately.

A scene flashed through his mind.

Perhaps this private hospital was struggling due to poor management or other reasons. To attract customers, the Director invited Director Hira to use all sorts of twisted methods to train and break the nurses, striving to provide such thorough service that patients would never want to leave.

In this process, perhaps some supernatural power was involved.

Or perhaps Hira himself was a hidden Specter lurking in this hospital, gradually turning it into a Dark Place.

Regardless, Chu Xuan had now confirmed that the ultimate target of these nurses' resentment was exactly as he had initially judged: not Director Yoshinari, but Director Hira.

The corners of Chu Xuan's mouth curled up slightly.

In his heart, an excellent plan had already formed.

The ward rounds continued.

They soon arrived at the next double room, from which came the sound of rain hitting banana leaves.

Observing through the Eye of Insight, the patients and nurses inside were all Specters, not people from the other world.

"For the well-being of the patients and for the honor of Saint Liana, medical staff must not disturb the patients' rest at night." Chu Xuan's voice was melodious; he had already used Heart Bewitchment to alter their perceptions.

Next was the following room.

Chu Xuan followed the rules of the night rounds, going through each room one by one.

These special wards were all double rooms, but not every room was occupied by two patients.

Aside from the two people from the other world he had encountered earlier, the other rooms had only one patient and one nurse providing service.

Chu Xuan was very fast; a room took no more than ten seconds, and he recorded everything in the ledger step by step.

The number of nurses following him out grew larger and larger.

Until all six special wards had been checked.

Behind Chu Xuan, eight nurses, including Xiao Qi, were now following him.

"Rounds are complete. Now, it's time to act..."

The corners of Chu Xuan's mouth curled up slightly as he said in a calm tone, "For the honor of Saint Liana, for the principle of saving lives, and for the well-being of the patients, we must strike down the pest, strike down Hira!"

"Strike down the pest, strike down Hira."

Many nurses lowered their heads, muttering softly. They followed Chu Xuan, either clutching syringes or gripping scalpels in their hands.