A Psychiatrist's Bizarre Game Journey / Dream of the Mist

"It won't scare anyone."

The eccentric man answered matter-of-factly.

"Where did you get your money?"

Zhou Ke'er paused, her hand still holding the popcorn, and asked, slightly bewildered.

"Of course it's through part-time jobs! Look at me, I'm strong and healthy, I can earn a lot of money every day by carrying bricks."

The eccentric man was quite proud of it, but when he said it, it made people feel a pang of sadness.

"???"

Zhou Ke'er was so startled that she dropped the popcorn back into the bag. "If you can't make money by scaring people, then why do you even bother?! You were just trying to scare me!"

"If I don't show my face often, I'll be forgotten by humans! If I'm forgotten by humans, then I'll have to disappear!"

The strange man sighed and replied helplessly, "Besides, at least when I suddenly jumped out, a normal person would be startled by my appearance, allowing me to earn some extra money... but you weren't scared at all... and even hit me..."

"Ah...you..."

Zhou Ke'er couldn't bear to say anything more for a moment. This weirdo was too embarrassing, so she quickly left the group!

Just then, a commotion came from ahead. Zhou Ke'er subconsciously looked up and saw that the large screen that was playing the opening sequence suddenly went black. After a period of static, the scene on the screen turned into a dry well, and a woman in a white robe with disheveled hair crawled out of the screen in a strange manner.

immediately....

Many audience members shouted in dissatisfaction, "What's going on?! Disturbing other people's movie viewing, don't you have any manners?!"

"I've already paid, okay? Where are the staff? Aren't they coming to come over here?"

"What the hell! Couldn't they have picked the right time?"

Even worse, some people not only verbally abused her, but also physically assaulted her, throwing empty bottles and other trash at her.

The female ghost stood there blankly and awkwardly, looking like she was about to cry. She was quickly dragged aside by the staff, who gave her a stern scolding and ordered her to restore the equipment immediately.

The female ghost looked like she had done something wrong, sobbing pitifully. After restoring the image on the big screen to its original state, she slunk away to a corner, crying pitifully. The staff didn't bother with her, leaving her there as if it were commonplace, and left without paying her any attention.

"Absolutely...this is just too amazing!"

Zhou Ke'er was so frightened that she quickly stuffed another handful of popcorn into her mouth to calm her nerves. What kind of world is this? She really couldn't understand it.

"Life is tough. Someone as physically strong as me can get beaten up by a hot-tempered human without much harm, but what if Sadako were to encounter something like that... how pitiful!"

The strange man couldn't help but sigh, and stood up, seemingly about to go and comfort the female ghost.

Zhou Ke'er was shocked again upon hearing this. Was that strange person talking about "Sadako"? It was "Sadako," right? The infamous female ghost from the old era, that's all?

Thinking of this, Zhou Ke'er hurriedly grabbed some popcorn and followed, wanting to pay homage to the famous Sadako.

The strange man walked up to Sadako, seemingly wanting to say something, but only sighed. Sadako, hearing the sound, looked up, sobbing, and stared at the strange man for a long time. Seeing the clear ligature marks on his neck, she finally couldn't hold back her grief, and the two... no, the two ghosts immediately hugged each other and cried bitterly.

Zhou Ke'er's hand holding the popcorn froze instantly. Now she didn't know whether to eat it or not. What an awkward situation!

Fortunately, a shout of "So noisy!" came from the audience nearby, followed by several empty bottles being thrown at the monster and Sadako. Hearing this, the two ghosts had no choice but to immediately fall silent, sobbing softly and wiping away their tears.

That weirdo said he was coming to comfort Sadako, but now he's crying himself...

After finishing the last handful of popcorn, Zhou Ke'er looked at Sadako, who was crying her eyes out, and suddenly said to them, "Um...maybe I have a way to help you get out of this predicament. Would you like to hear it? Although I can't guarantee success, it's worth a try..."

The strange man was taken aback upon hearing this, and immediately asked, "What method? If you can help us, we'll do anything!"

Sadako timidly hid behind the strange man, wiping away tears as she looked at Zhou Ke'er.

Tsk, what use are you? You stinky man, ugh, you stinky ghost...

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ke'er pursed her lips, then waved her hand, signaling them to follow her outside to discuss the matter further.

The strange man glanced at the movie, which had only just started, with a sense of regret. Helpless, he could only follow them out, with the pitiful Sadako following behind.

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194. Strange and Unusual (Part 3)

After reaching a deserted street not far from the movie theater, Zhou Ke'er stopped and said, "Let me confirm this again. The condition for you not to disappear is that someone knows about you, right? It's not just about scaring people, is it?"

"If too few people know about us, we'll disappear just the same way... Besides, how can people know about us if we don't scare them?"

The strange man replied with suspicion.

"Hmph, the wisdom of mortal ghosts... their thinking is too limited!"

Zhou Ke'er stroked her chin and sized up the strange man. At the same time, she happened to catch a glimpse of a schoolboy carrying a schoolbag walking by on a side street, looking dejected. Zhou Ke'er's eyes lit up immediately, and she pulled the strange man over and whispered something in his ear.

"Is this... really possible? It sounds like it's a really dubious idea..."

After hearing Zhou Ke'er's words, the strange man hesitated and asked.

Zhou Ke'er waved her hand dismissively, "Hey, stop with the nonsense! Don't you believe me? Go try it and you'll see!"

Hearing this, the strange man had no choice but to walk straight to the student, as if he had been forced into a corner.

The student glanced at the strange man, but wasn't frightened at all. He didn't even acknowledge him and walked past him without a second thought.

"Did you fail again?"

The strange man, following behind the student, suddenly spoke out of the blue.

The students paused in their tracks.

"Still want to study well? Stop dreaming! You can't even pass this kind of test? What can you learn? You're such a failure, a complete failure as a student, no, as a person!"

Not only is he at the bottom of his class, but he also seems like a gloomy, shut-in guy! The girls he likes wouldn't even give him a second glance.

Oh? Judging from your expression, I was right? Really? You actually have a girl you like? Hey, really? That's hilarious! You know perfectly well that she wouldn't even acknowledge you, right?

You're a loser in school, and you'll be a loser after graduation. You won't be able to find a job, you'll end up doing manual labor, sleeping in parks, nobody will like you, and you'll end up pitifully alone forever..."

The strange man spoke softly beside the student, but before he could finish, the student suddenly covered his ears, broke down in tears, and screamed, "Stop talking! Stop talking! I don't want to hear it! Waaah! It's so scary, Mom, help me! I'll never neglect my studies again! Waaah!"

Watching the students flee in disarray, the strange man couldn't help but scratch his head. He stood there stunned for a moment before walking back to Zhou Ke'er and saying incredulously, "There really is a 'scare value'?! That's unbelievable!"

"Of course! This was my idea!"

Zhou Ke'er looked at the strange man with an "I knew it" expression, waving her hand to indicate that this level of difficulty was a piece of cake. Then she looked at the little Sadako who was looking at her hopefully, "As for Miss Sadako... okay, it's decided! Become an idol! Miss Sadako!"

"Huh? Huh?!"

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In a dimly lit little room, soft breathing echoed, mixed with an eerie, inexplicable "clucking," like the hoarse sound of a hen laying its eggs.

Leng Chimian was hiding behind Chen Tian, ​​only peeking out. While watching the ghostly thing crawling towards them on the ground like a spider, making strange noises, he quietly cheered Chen Tian on.

Chen Tian held the broken sword in her hand, glanced helplessly at the shameless cold-cooked rabbit, and then looked warily at the approaching monster again.

Weapon effects are disabled in this event module, which means... Chen Tian is currently holding just a very ordinary broken wooden sword...

As soon as she and Cold-Eating Rabbit entered the module, they appeared outside this rather eerie-looking house. Not long after they entered, this ghostly thing rushed out and tried to attack them. Chen Tian reacted quickly and immediately took out her wooden sword. She used her swordsmanship to scatter the ghostly thing more than a dozen times, but it had no effect at all. The ghostly thing would still revert to its original state in another place and then rush towards Chen Tian and Cold-Eating Rabbit again.

They had planned to fight their way out and get out of the house first, but they actually got lost! It's ridiculous that they could get lost in such a small house. Chen Tian seriously suspected that they had fallen into some kind of ghost wall or something.

As Chen Tian drew his sword again, the ghostly thing vanished once more.

"Wow! You're amazing! Keep it up!"

Upon seeing this, the cold-cooked rabbit immediately continued to cheer.

"No! Something's wrong!"

Chen Tian frowned and whispered to the cold-cooked rabbit beside her, "I just drew my sword and stabbed at it, but I didn't even hit her, and the monster just vanished on its own! It's obvious it vanished on purpose! Either it wanted to toy with us before killing us, or for some reason, it's now unable to harm us..."

Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by a scream from Cold-Cooked Rabbit, "Something...something is scratching my foot! It's ice cold!"

As it spoke, Cold-Cooked Rabbit jumped up in fright and clung to Chen Tian's back, crying out, "Help! Help! Boss, save me!"

Chen Tian turned her head with difficulty and looked behind her. She found that the one who had grabbed the cold rabbit's ankle was a little boy with pale skin that was also a bit bluish-gray. He was sitting on the ground naked, well... of course, he was wearing underwear.

"That thing just scratches its ankles and meows like a cat, it's not a threat, don't be afraid... Aren't you coming down?"

Chen Tian raised her eyelids slightly and sighed helplessly.

"How did you know? Oh well, we're both girls, what are you shy about?"

Cold-cooked rabbit reluctantly got off Chen Tian and continued to hide behind Chen Tian.

"I just happened to know."

Chen Tian, ​​or rather, Chen Tian now, was utterly speechless. He silently raged in his mind: "Am I supposed to tell you that I'm not only a transmigrator, but also a man?! You're just clinging to someone's coattails, fine, but at least have some self-awareness!"

Just then, the old and broken television in the room suddenly lit up without warning. After flickering and displaying static for a while, the image gradually appeared—a cute girl in a white dress, with long hair tied back, stood in front of the screen. She hesitated for a moment, glanced in a certain direction for help, and finally made up her mind, speaking timidly in a soft, sweet voice: "Hello everyone, I'm Xiao Zhenzi, a solo trainee who has been practicing for two and a half years. My hobbies are singing, dancing, rapping, basketball..."

"???" Not only Chen Tian and Lengchitu, but even the two monsters that were still eyeing them were stunned for a moment.

"Ugh... what's with this weird sense of déjà vu?! Are we going to have to do another special dance later? That's not appropriate, is it?"

Mr. Chen Tian, ​​the time traveler, was stunned. He almost thought he had traveled back in time. He only came to his senses when he realized that he was still separated from the chicken.

Seeing this, Kayako had no choice but to stand up, tie up her disheveled hair, and straighten her twisted joints—there was no other way, this way the scary atmosphere was gone, and she couldn't scare anyone anymore. Besides... the shock value she had just gained was quite substantial, and she was already satisfied.

Then, Junxiong, the little devil, took a wet towel from somewhere and handed it to Kayako. Kayako took the towel and carefully wiped the bloodstains and dirt off her face.

However, Chen Tian and Lengchitu didn't notice this because...Sadako started dancing on the TV.

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195. Strange and Unusual (Part Four)

Even without music, these mesmerizing dance moves...

"Damn! Isn't this Gokuraku Jodo? Why isn't it... oh wait, why the hell are they wearing dresses and dancing to this? It's not right!"

Chen Tian forcibly suppressed her urge to complain and immediately turned to look at Kayako, which surprised her again.

Kayako was comfortably sprawled on the tattered sofa, eating a bag of potato chips she'd pulled out from somewhere while watching Sadako dance on TV—a picture of complete homebody.

"??"

Is the world changing too fast, or has she time-traveled again? What is all this?! Where did that spider-like Kayako go?

Chen Tian's mind went blank for a moment, and she thought to herself in a daze, "...It seems I'm not needed anymore. You should take over...I'm going back...Am I outdated...This world is so strange..."

Muttering to himself, he retreated to a corner of his consciousness and began to question the meaning of life.

As for the real Chen Tian, ​​she naturally knew what had just happened, and she was clearly also confused.

Just then, the mischievous Junxiong walked up to her and the cold-cooked rabbit and said, "Welcome to 'Kayako's Cozy Haunted House'! The full range of scare services has been provided. Would you like to take any souvenirs home? It's a great deal—buy one get two free for a limited time! High quality at a low price, you definitely won't regret it! You won't lose out!"