Chapter 227 [(*^▽^*)]

Lin Leyou gasped when he considered this possibility.

He sighed and tentatively said, "I wish the dean could come back soon."

Li Zhouyang didn't notice anything amiss, and instead echoed, "Yes, I also want the dean to come back soon, but the dean has very important matters to attend to this time..."

"It will take at least seven days. If things don't go smoothly, it may take even longer. I don't know what's gotten into Mr. Ye lately, insisting that the dean come over to talk in person."

Lin Leyou nodded. So it would take at least seven days. That meant... no, based on the nature of game instances, the hospital director would probably return to the hospital around the end of the seventh day.

Unless... unless all the players are killed before the Dean returns, then this instance will end, and the Dean will be irrelevant.

While eating, Lin Leyou continued talking to Li Zhouyang, "Has something happened to Mr. Ye? Or does he feel that we've been given too much, so he wants to take some back?"

Li Zhouyang's lips twitched, revealing a sarcastic smile. "Who knows? I heard before that Mr. Ye did seem to think we were asking for too much money, and even said those things in front of the dean."

Lin Leyou: "What kind of words? Does it mean that there are plenty of hospitals that want to cooperate with them, and if we don't know what's good for us, they'll abandon us and hand over the evidence, making us doomed forever?"

Li Yangzhou: "Yes, that's what they said. They also said that once the evidence is handed over, our hospital won't be able to escape the tax burden either. But they've been hiding in the shadows all along, and they can hide it however they want!"

Lin Leyou's expression changed slightly. "They're quite formidable. So, we have no way to retaliate? Are we just going to let them bully us like this? Does the Dean have a solution?"

Li Zhouyang: "The dean must have a way, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to talk to them in person this time, but I have a bad feeling about it."

Lin Leyou said, "I also think it's not a good idea. After all, he is the hospital director. If the director is confident, he will definitely leave me at the hospital instead of going himself and having me stay at the hospital."

Li Zhouyang: "Alright, alright, let's stop talking about it. We can only trust the dean in this matter. I hope we can all survive."

Lin Leyou blinked, looking at Li Zhouyang with some surprise. It was truly unimaginable that someone who had done such a thing would still think he could survive.

He himself felt that a character like Lin Zhaofeng, as set up in the game, was absolutely deserving of death.

Forget about that. The important thing now is to complete the mission. I can't let my dislike of this NPC's character prevent me from completing the mission properly. As the vice dean, he still needs to patrol the hospital at all times.

He's like a random boss in the hospital, wandering around and spawning without following any route. All players have to be careful to avoid him when they're in the hospital.

Oh right, and there are also the little monsters around him. After all, when he patrols the hospital, he is accompanied by other people, such as a nurse, or maybe two security guards next time.

After finishing his meal, Lin Leyou didn't rest. Given his position, he had to be dutiful. Since no one dared to go out from the hospital gate, he decided not to bother checking on them.

He continued to walk around the hospital. In crowded places, everyone was busy, such as the registration hall, where there were many people and long queues at many windows.

As he walked, he saw a nurse carefully pushing a cart forward in a secluded corner. There seemed to be something on the cart, covered with a white sheet.

Lin Leyou looked closely and finally saw a hand emerge from under the white cloth, but the small car couldn't fit a whole person inside.

After he realized it was a hand, the nurse quickly covered it with a white sheet and hurriedly pushed the cart away, as if something was chasing her.

Lin Leyou smirked, turned around and continued walking forward. It was broad daylight, and there was nothing unusual around. He walked around but found nothing.

After thinking it over, he returned to his office. Besides inspecting the hospital, he also had a lot of work to do, and he didn't know if any players had gone to his office yet.

After all, he is very conspicuous. Anyone who observes him in the dark can tell when and where he is. For example, right now, as he walks back to his office, he can already feel many piercing gazes on him.

It's likely that some players were observing him, wondering where he was going, and they saw Lin Leyou heading towards the building where the office was located...

Lin Leyou sighed. Did it have to be this blatant?

He's standing here now, and he can see several people jumping out of first-floor windows and escaping from afar. Are these players really okay?

Or is it that since I haven't gotten there yet, it's okay to just escape without using any tools?

Lin Leyou didn't pretend he didn't see it. He saw it, and as the vice dean, he absolutely couldn't favor the players when it came to the big boss in this dungeon.

Xue Rui doesn't count.

He immediately called the security guards over and pointed in a direction, saying, "I just saw two people climb out of the back window. Go look for them, and if you find them, take care of them."

Security guard: "Yes, Vice Dean."

The security guard immediately called several colleagues to give chase. Lin Leyou did not leave immediately, but stood there watching the situation. Just when he thought that the players would escape as quickly as possible and that the security guard would not be able to find any trace of them, he heard panicked voices coming from the other side.

"Run! Run that way!!"

Lin Leyou's lips twitched. From the time he saw these people to when he called security, at least three or four minutes had passed. Why were these players still hiding there instead of running away?

Did they really think I didn't see them and were planning to leave after I left?

Upon being spotted by security, the players immediately scattered and fled, showing no intention of cooperating to fight the enemy. One of them, perhaps in a panic, kept looking behind him as he ran, without looking ahead, which led to…

"ah!"

The female player bumped headfirst into Lin Leyou's arms and fell to the ground. She subconsciously looked up and turned pale when she saw Lin Leyou.

"Big...big..."

Big what? The big boss?!

Lin Leyou gladly accepted the compliment, "Hello, are you a patient?"

The female player probably didn't even realize what was happening before she nodded.

Lin Leyou looked somewhat troubled. "If you're a patient, why aren't you wearing a hospital gown?"

The female player then realized, "These are my own clothes. I just came out for a walk. I don't like wearing them; I think they look bad, so I..."

Lin Leyou said, "How can this be? You're already in the hospital, you have to wear a hospital gown, that's the right thing to do, you understand?"

The female player thought she had survived, so she nodded nervously. Could she defeat this big boss by herself? Impossible!

Right now, surviving is the most important thing for her. "I understand. I'll change into it when I get back!"

Lin Leyou smiled and said, "Really? That's great. I'll have security take you home."

The female player barely managed to maintain a smile. Security guard? Let the security guard take her back? What if she didn't have a hospital room or a hospital gown? Wouldn't that give her away?

A security guard can openly and legitimately kill himself!

But it's alright, dealing with a security guard is better than dealing with a big boss, right? She accepted it quite calmly.

Lin Leyou heard several screams in the distance, and then saw some limp corpses being dragged away by security guards. The female player covered her mouth in fear, afraid that she would scream.

Two security guards approached. "Vice Dean, this..."

Lin Leyou said with a smile, "She said she was a patient and came out for a walk. You should take her back, and be sure to take her to her ward to verify her identity."

The security guards nodded; they understood what he meant. If they checked the identity and found that it wasn't Mr. Ye who delivered it, they could dispose of it.

If it's not even a patient, then it can be disposed of.

Lin Leyou said, "Alright, you guys go ahead."

The female player was taken away by two security guards, feeling utterly devastated. Wasn't it agreed that there would only be one guard? Why are there two?

All the methods I thought of before are no longer working, so how can I escape from these two very strong security guards? I need help!

The female player had no choice but to obediently walk towards the inpatient department. Of course, in order to survive, she tried her best to find excuses to slow down.

She would say her feet hurt, then her stomach hurt, then her head hurt—she used every trick in the book, and the security guards were really annoyed by her.

The last security guard said, "In that case, I'll carry you!"

The female player immediately refused, saying, "No need, men and women shouldn't touch each other, I'll walk by myself!"

The security guard, a man, paused for a moment upon hearing her words, but said nothing more, simply following her slowly. "This way?"

However, the female player found a way to survive. She immediately rushed forward when the two security guards were not paying attention. By the time they reacted, she had already jumped over the railing and into the lake.

In the blink of an eye, they disappeared before their eyes, leaving not a trace.

The two security guards stood somewhat blankly by the lake, staring at the lake before them. It was a large and beautiful lake; many hospitalized patients would come to stroll along its shores. But…

Is it still possible to find it?

"No, I can't see anything. Do you think she'll float up?"

"I don't think so, we're still here."

"So they drowned?"

"How could that be? They must have escaped somewhere else and left."

"Should we stay here?"

"Let's split up and search; maybe we can find it."

"If you can't find it, should you go and apologize to the vice president?"

"Okay, let's do it that way."