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So how should one learn the foreign language of "fish language"? Should one start by learning how to eat shrimp?

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Thinking of this, Misaki Shokuhou helplessly covered her face. Mentally ill people have such broad thinking that Misaki Shokuhou felt she couldn't keep up.

From this perspective, it's definitely not going to work. At least for now, she can't understand what this person—no, this fish—suddenly let out a howl.

However, the mentally ill fish suddenly let out a howl, which was a welcome change. Misaki Shokuhou was not one to sit idly by and wait for death. She began to use self-suggestion again, telling herself to calm down and then think things through calmly.

As Misaki Shokuhou calmed down, her thoughts gradually became clearer, especially regarding the boy in front of her, who seemed to be no longer satisfied with just a single howl, but began to howl from time to time.

The varying lengths of the whimpering sounds were like a coded message, containing some kind of information, as if trying to convey something to Misaki Shokuhou.

This is information belonging to animals, even a communication method similar to that of whales among large fish. However, no matter how intelligent fish are, they cannot be as intelligent as humans. The things they can communicate and the vocabulary they possess are actually quite limited.

This is not a reason why Misaki Shokuhou can understand the mentally ill fish in front of her, but it can provide her with a way to get close to or even contact the boy.

After all, Misaki Shokuhou wasn't completely without options; she could still try to approach the boy and use her ability on him.

However, the problem Misaki Shokuhou is facing right now is that unless she can gain the trust of this mentally ill fish and make it lower its guard, what awaits Misaki Shokuhou is the mentally ill fish's reaction of attacking at the slightest provocation.

Misaki Shokuhou had had enough of the thrill of riding roller coasters up and down; it was practically killing her and a mental or physical torture.

Now that we know what needs to be done, what should Misaki Shokuhou do next?

Looking at the boy in front of her, Misaki Shokuhou quietly fell silent.

In fact, she already had a method, but she didn't know whether this method was suitable or not.

Yes, whether it's suitable or not isn't a question of whether it can succeed, but rather a question of whether it's suitable or not.

This shows that Misaki Shokuhou was basically certain that this method would succeed. Her only hesitation was about what the consequences would be after using this method, and what she herself would become.

Misaki Shokuhou couldn't predict any of this, but she could imagine that if she really used this method, she would definitely pay a heavy price.

She hesitated.

"Perhaps... we should trust the people outside a little, trust Misaka Mikoto, and Best and the others..."

After talking to herself, Misaki Shokuhou closed her eyes and fell silent again, leaving only the boy's occasional whimpering sounds, as if he were calling for something.

The calls contained a hint of urgency, a hint of longing, but mostly a sense of disappointment at having received no response.

Time passed, minute by minute, day by day, week by week. When Misaki Shokuhou opened her eyes again, her gaze was filled with coldness.

"At least... three months have passed."

Misaki Shokuhou closed her eyes and fell silent. It wasn't just that she was asleep; she was also forcibly calculating time with her abilities. However, no matter how many technical means she used to judge how much time had passed, Misaki Shokuhou was still completely unable to perceive the passage of time.

In Misaki Shokuhou's perception, besides the milky white ocean and the sky above it, there was only the boy in front of her.

Misaki Shokuhou opened her eyes and looked at the boy again. The boy made a series of rapid whimpering sounds, as if expressing a joyful feeling and welcoming Misaki Shokuhou's awakening.

Are you... happy for me?

Misaki Shokuhou muttered to herself as she reached out her hand to the boy in front of her.

In Misaki Shokuhou's perception, at least three months have passed, and she is still not rescued. She has no idea what has happened in the outside world.

Furthermore, chaotic thoughts began to swirl in Misaki Shokuhou's mind. She wondered if all of this was a conspiracy from the very beginning, a scheme to trap her mind inside this boy's body...

However, Misaki Shokuhou only thought about it, which was also a sign that her mind was becoming increasingly unstable.

Although Misaki Shokuhou doesn't completely trust Meido Tsukito, Misaka Mikoto, and Best, let alone entrust them with her life, the possibility of these three teaming up to deceive and trick her is extremely low.

So, they probably really encountered some completely unmanageable situation...

What incredibly bad luck!

Misaki Shokuhou gave a self-deprecating laugh, then her hand froze, because she realized that although the mentally ill fish was cheering for her awakening, it was still staring at her with a rather wary look, not allowing Misaki Shokuhou to touch it.

In other words, more than three months of close contact only resulted in a superficial level of familiarity and goodwill.

This fish is really difficult to catch; the person who designed this game must be crazy!

"As expected... it still doesn't work. Biological instincts are not so easy to change."

"Then... there's only one way!"

Misaki Shokuhou muttered to herself, finally making up her mind. Regardless of what happened outside, for Misaki Shokuhou, the fact remained that no one would come to her rescue. Indeed, heroes don't appear anytime, anywhere; they don't just appear when you need them and come running at your beck and call.

Indeed... people still have to rely on themselves.

Misaki Shokuhou decided to rely on herself. No matter the cost, she would not allow herself to remain in this bizarre environment any longer; she would try to break through it all on her own.

Misaki Shokuhou withdrew her hand, which had made the mentally ill fish nervous, closed her eyes again, and began another round of self-suggestion...

No, it can no longer be described as self-suggestion; it could even be called self-hypnosis or a transformation of the self.

Since she couldn't change the mentally ill fish in front of her, Misaki Shokuhou decided to reform herself.

Since the mentally ill fish is unwilling to accept humans, Misaki Shokuhou should also become a fish, a fish just like the mentally ill fish in front of her. That way, as this boy's partner, she will gradually develop a friendly relationship with him, right?

The best way to win over a crazy fish is naturally to find a beautiful one among them, rather than to pose and flirt with a crazy fish as a human.

“I… am a fish… just like him…”

Misaki Shokuhou began to activate her ability, and her mental body started to fluctuate unstablely. The Tokiwadai school uniform, white stockings, and white gloves that she had created due to self-suggestion instantly turned into fragments and merged into Misaki Shokuhou's body, leaving only Misaki Shokuhou's honest body.

However, that wasn't the end of it. A semi-transparent body began to appear around Misaki Shokuhou's Akagi body, mimicking the shape of a fish, as if a fish body was growing out of Misaki Shokuhou's body.

The boy observed Misaki Shokuhou's changes, seemingly completely lost in a daze. He couldn't understand what was happening at all, but that didn't stop him from suffering from the pain of his enormous belly.

After all, Misaki Shokuhou is no longer human and is changing into a mentally ill fish. The boy's body certainly cannot accommodate another mentally ill fish. So, the boy rolled around in pain like a mentally ill fish about to give birth.

However, this tumbling did not last long. After all, the boy's fish body was simulated using force. Once the limits of this simulation were exceeded, the boy's fish body was torn apart, and the psychotic fish that Misaki Shokuhou had transformed into detached from the boy's fish body and entered the milky white ocean.

Upon entering the ocean, Misaki Shokuhou's fish form, created from her spiritual essence, was still quite small. However, as soon as it touched the milky white seawater, countless white light spots surged into Misaki Shokuhou's body. At the same time, red light fell from the sky and entered Misaki Shokuhou's body, seemingly replenishing her strength.

As a result, the originally small Misaki Shokuhou Mental Fish also began to grow and change rapidly. Just like the boy's side, Misaki Shokuhou reached the spine of the Mental Fish and transformed into the spine of the Mental Fish. The size of her entire fish body was only one size smaller than the boy's fish body.

So, right now, one of these two mentally ill fish is lying face up, its belly ripped open, while the other, having just absorbed white and red light and suddenly transformed from a human into a mentally ill fish, seems to be in a state of chaos.

And so, the two fish remained quiet for a while.

However, don't worry, the psychotic fish won't die. After all, its body is made of white and red light, so even if it is cut into a thousand pieces, it will only take time to recover.

Gradually, the male mentally ill fish, whose belly had been burst, came back to life, flipped over, and began to slowly swim around the female mentally ill fish. The female mentally ill fish seemed to have adapted to the power she had just merged with and her current body, and began to try to move little by little.

And so, the mentally ill fish with the boy as its spine and the female mentally ill fish with Misaki Shokuhou as its spine gradually began to swim, and they both noticed each other and their newly appeared kind.

"Waaah—"

"Waaah—"

They were calling to each other, had discovered each other, and were gradually moving closer to each other, seemingly attracted by each other's presence.

Author's Note:

P.S.: I'm starting to go a little crazy writing this chapter...

PS2: Two chapters today, four chapters tomorrow when I get home. I will give you the strategy for adding more chapters tomorrow.

PS3: Thank you to the 100-point reward from Yao Niang, and to the monthly tickets from Saigyouji Zha Zha Zi, lacusyuy, Ming Dao Zhe, Gentleman Loli Bear, Traveler Tobin, Wengmin, Qing Shan, Qian An Zhi An, Crazy Big Cut Cake, and Dream Born!

033 "Deep Well World" Episode 233: The Mentally Ill Fish (Part 1)

Spring has arrived, another vibrant season.

When the May winds blow across the land, all the little animals begin their own brand new adventures.

Today, however, we are not focusing on the large predators, nor the small hiders, nor the soaring birds, but on a strange animal that we have never heard of or seen before.

Their name is "psychotic fish".

The psychotic fish is a very peculiar creature, with incredible characteristics all over its body, even from birth.

For example, we can start by talking about the living environment of the mentally ill fish and discuss the current environment.

Here, there is nothing we know about Earth: no air, water, land, or soil; no mountains or sky; no abundant species or complete ecological cycles. To put it simply, nothing that exists on Earth exists here.

This place isn't even a material world; there's no matter what it is.

This is a spiritual world, primarily composed of the spirit of a mysterious boy, combined with numerous special forces, and seemingly aided by other mysterious factors, ultimately forming a unique spiritual world.

In the spiritual world, it is impossible for any foreign object to exist; there can only be the master of the spiritual world, the manifestation of this boy's self-awareness.

Under normal circumstances, such self-manifestation can only occur in one human being.

However, there are no humans here.

All that's here is an endless, white ocean that stretches as far as the eye can see. The thick, white water ripples like milk. If it weren't for the fact that this ocean is actually composed of countless white specks of light, this vast white ocean might make many children with unhealthy minds think of terrible things.

However, the program will not reveal exactly what this terrible substance is, otherwise this episode would be taken offline.

Besides the milky white ocean, all that's left is the sky above it.

The sky was red, and this intense red seemed to gather countless strange forces, churning together like dark clouds, as if preparing for a torrential downpour, bringing a miracle of spring's vitality to this strange world.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing in the sky was the huge rune that looked like a simple sketch of a flying bird. It kept flashing, as if it was constantly flapping its wings.

The enormous red bird seemed to be the most vibrant part of the entire spiritual world. With each flap of its wings, some red power seemed to come from beyond the sky, transforming into the light on the red bird and then merging into the red sky.

That wasn't all. Rolling, surging dark clouds spread across the sky, and in the distance, where the milky white sea met the horizon, white and red seemed to intertwine. The sky was no longer the sky, and the ocean was no longer the ocean.

What all this means remains a mystery, with no one able to provide a definitive answer yet.

All of this is still a secret.

However, compared to the mystery of our psychotic fish, the secrets of the sea and sky seem less appealing. So, let's turn our attention to our protagonist today, the psychotic fish.

Look, right there, on the milky white surface of the ocean, a beautiful white flower suddenly blooms. This flower is formed by the fusion of countless seawaters, and it is also the masterpiece of our protagonist today, the mentally ill fish!

It burst out of the water, leaped out, and displayed its peculiar body in the red light between heaven and earth!

What a wondrous body it is!

The mentally ill fish appears almost entirely transparent, or rather, its body is a peculiar creation woven from a fusion of spiritual energy and a faint red and white glow.

There has never been a creature whose entire body is almost entirely a virtual creation. The entire mentally ill fish is also almost a virtual creature, like a being from a myth or legend. It can only live in this strange mental world right now.

Of course, the psychotic fish is not without a core. Its core is disproportionate to its enormous body and is located in the spine, composed of a perfect human form.

The spine of this mentally ill fish, its core, is a boy, a boy whose physique appears somewhat thin but whose muscles are very well-proportioned, with a handsome face and masculine features that he can be proud of.

This means that the mentally ill fish is currently in its ambitious youth, with endless energy and a mission and desire to reproduce and continue to promote this unique species.