Chapter 3385: Miracle Doctor (Part 40)

Ding-a-ling. The wind chime hanging on the hospital door shook gently. Followed by a "bang", a boot kicked the door open.

Loki, who was answering the phone behind the counter, and Shiler, who was helping Wanda give an IV to a patient, turned their heads at the same time to look at the hospital door. Both wanted to see who was so arrogant.

Upon seeing that beautiful red hair and the beautiful-as-a-ghost face, both turned their heads back silently.

The patients in the ward, especially the human patients, couldn't move their eyes, staring straight at the woman who walked in. Seeing the tall figure behind the woman, some shrank their necks in fear.

Loki frowned slightly when he saw the man. At this time, Thor had just walked over from the inpatient department next door. He reached out to close the door, and then saw the man standing behind Natasha.

"Thor!" Loki called out immediately. He recognized that it was Batman and felt the unusual dangerous aura on him, thinking of Thor's warlike personality, he couldn't help but feel worried.

Fortunately, Thor was attracted by Loki's attention for the first time. He walked through the crowd and said: "What's wrong?"

"How is that patient?" Loki casually found a topic and chatted with him. And Natasha had already crossed the hall and came to the infusion area next to her.

Shiler had a long talk with the little girl ghost Manny all night. In the end, Manny agreed to help Shiler expand the hospital. In exchange, Shiler also had to help her complete her wish.

The triage room now became the hospital lobby. On the left hand side of the entrance was the triage desk, straight ahead was the infusion area, and on the right hand side was a door leading to the inpatient department. The area was about three times larger than the original.

Although this was the case, compared to modern hospitals, the conditions were still difficult. Shiler could only use the limited space to accommodate as many patients as possible, and he also worked part-time as a nurse, helping Wanda with infusions and pre-processing.

As for the two newly recruited witches, they both worked in the inpatient department, responsible for the nursing of patients in the inpatient department. Although all departments now barely had manpower, they were still very short of people.

Fortunately, the patients in this era didn't have high requirements. Being able to have this level of nursing conditions was already unexpected. Under Thor's guard and deterrence, no one dared to make trouble. The atmosphere in the hospital was actually quite good.

Shiler hung up the brass infusion bottle while looking at Natasha and said: "How is it? Did you stop Wood?"

"Of course, we overturned the entire convoy. Batman also had some new discoveries, want to talk about it when you have time?"

"Really no time, I'm sorry. But I heard you worked as a nurse in Minsk for a while. Can you come and help when you have time?"

Natasha turned her head and looked around, sighing: "You actually managed to operate this broken hospital. Alright, I hope the patients here aren't softies."

Shiler didn't understand what she meant at first, but soon he understood.

Natasha took the infusion needle from Wanda's hand and pulled the arm of the man who was about to receive the infusion—this guy should be an elf, two meters tall, dark-skinned, eyes staring straight at Natasha's face—Shiler hadn't seen clearly what happened, and the needle "swoosh" went into the other party's arm.

"Ouch!" The male elf was caught off guard by the pain and screamed. But this couldn't be blamed entirely on him. The infusion device in this era was too simple, and the needle wasn't thin enough, so it was quite painful to be suddenly pricked.

Natasha took the fixing tape again, wrapped it around the surface of the needle, and slapped the other party's arm. The male elf screamed again.

Natasha looked at him with some confusion and said: "Isn't it just an injection? What are you screaming for?"

Wanda looked at the very obvious slap mark on the dark skin, opened her mouth, but didn't speak.

Natasha took the tray from Wanda's hand and said: "You go do something else, leave this to me."

All the patients showed terrified eyes.

But obviously, the protest was invalid. Natasha took over the work in the infusion area, and then in the following time, this place simply became a choir. The screams of high, middle, and low voices rose and fell, all stopping abruptly under Natasha's loud scolding.

At this time, Shiler recalled some experiences Anatoly mentioned about working in his hometown. He praised the nurses in the hospital where he worked before as "strong and hardworking worker women", but from the tone of his voice, it could be heard that the key was "strong".

The ability and spirit of a Slavic woman who is high-spirited and devoted to labor are unimaginable. Natasha is not a delicate princess, she has strength and means.

If Wanda's gentleness and thoughtfulness perfectly met the patients' most beautiful fantasies about the nursing profession, then Natasha perfectly met the doctor's stereotype of a head nurse: strong, fierce, neat, and even Death would have to take two slaps before leaving when coming to pick up people.

The female agent didn't have the mood to coax people. Infusion was pulling the arm, "swoosh", sticking the needle in, and then slapping it hard; bandaging was holding it down, wrapping it around, "rip", tearing the bandage, winding it around, and tying a knot; debridement was the largest syringe sucking enough water and spraying it hard; common comforting phrases were "shut up" and "get lost".

But the effect was immediate. Shiler and Wanda were busy for most of the morning, and the infusion area and lobby were still messy, but soon became quiet. Everyone pretended to be busy with their own things, fearing to be noticed by Natasha.

Natasha took over the lobby, and Shiler had time to discuss their discoveries outside with the Arkham Batman.

"... That wooden man sent three more puppets, divided into two convoys. Batman and I each took one, and solved them all."

"... The plague outbreak is not that simple. I learned some things in Westchester. They have been hunting down people investigating the truth for various reasons, including the detective who was imprisoned some time ago, and including me."

"... The big shots in Westchester have a strange attitude toward Magic Hub Town. They are worried about the plague spreading, but they don't take any measures, just letting the situation develop. Even when someone actively proposed a solution, no one paid attention..."

After listening to the Arkham Batman's account, combined with the clues Shiler learned from Manny, he could basically be sure that the plague outbreak was not Manny's doing.

Shiler stated his conclusion. Arkham Batman nodded in agreement, and then he asked: "What do you plan to do next?"

"This question should actually be asked by me to you. What is your final goal?" Shiler asked.

At the morning meeting this morning, he already knew that the final goals of each team were different. Although they all gathered in this small hospital, for some teams, this hospital was just a short stop. Only the doctor combination of Shiler and Strange had the final goal related to the plague in Magic Hub Town and the hospital.

In other words, the main storyline of Shiler's team might be a side quest for other teams. Similarly, the main storylines of other teams might also become side quests that help Shiler and the others advance the main storyline.

The time for the final goals of different teams to appear is different. Shiler's team appeared last night, while Stark and Steve's team, because they came earlier, had already come into contact with key characters, and the final goal appeared earlier.

But their goal is related to the Westchester Police Department. The murder case that was framed on Stark before was their main storyline, which can be said to be completely unrelated to the hospital, just that a key character, Nova, had been to this hospital.

Also unlocking the final goal early was the team of Wanda and Jarvis, but it was Jarvis who pushed the plot. Their main storyline can be roughly summarized as the struggle between the Steam Guild and the Mage Alliance.

Jarvis, as the most genius engineer of the Steam Guild in recent years, was frequently plotted against by the Mage Alliance. This time he came to Magic Hub Town and was trapped here, also because someone secretly set a trap, wanting to use the plague to kill him.

Their intersection with the hospital plot lies in the fact that after Jarvis pushed the plot, he suspected that people from the Mage Alliance had triggered this plague and came to the hospital to collect clues. And because Wanda came to find him, she was mistaken for another red-haired witch wanted by the police department, and had to hide in the hospital.

That's right, not all clues converge to the hospital. The stories of these two pairs of people also have intersections. Besides the hospital, the key points are also Westchester and the Magic Hub Town Police Department. Meeting there is also possible.

And Natasha and Arkham Batman are a pair of desperate lovers. Arkham Batman is a bounty hunter who has been wandering in the Westchester black market for years, and Natasha is a notorious assassin witch. The villain couple was involved in the plague outbreak incident due to different things and had to come to the town to investigate.

"We don't have a final goal yet." Arkham Batman said after listening to Shiler's explanation, "But I suspect our final goal should point to the mining area."

"Mining area?"

This term is somewhat familiar. The content of the previous newspaper appeared in Shiler's mind. If he remembered correctly, Nova's title was "Hero of the Mining Area".

Arkham Batman nodded and said: "Simply put, some time ago, there was a large-scale safety accident in the mining area of Magic Hub Town. The miners were overworked, leading to a tragedy. Because of this, large-scale protests and strikes broke out."

"This became a handle for a member of parliament in Westchester to attack the mayoral candidate. The candidate wanted to solve this matter quickly, so he hired me, wanting me to solve the worker leader in the mining area uprising."

"Worker leader? Is it a woman named Nova?"

"Do you know her?" Arkham Batman asked.

"Did you hurt her?" Shiler asked. When he associated it with the long scar on Nova's abdomen, he didn't find it strange. That was very likely a wound caused by a Batarang.

Although equipment from the original world is not allowed to be carried in the game world, and abilities are sealed, Arkham Batman is not trapped in a certain place. As the saying goes, sharpening a knife doesn't delay cutting wood, he has plenty of time to find a blacksmith to forge equipment similar to Batarangs. Using weapons that are more familiar makes it easier to exert his strength.

Arkham Batman nodded and said: "I had a fight with her once. She is a very strong warrior, but not my opponent."

"You didn't want to kill her." Shiler was very certain. He had some understanding of Nova's physique. Although that woman had an advantage in body shape and was very strong, it could be seen that her muscles were exercised through years of labor, not born for fighting. It would be easy for Arkham Batman to kill her.

"Yes, I just wanted to repel her, because in the process of investigating the mining area, I discovered that the previous safety accident was not that simple."

(End of Chapter)