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

Huh? Wait... a ghost?

Why? That's not right... Why would the goblins prevent the release of instructions that would be absolutely in their favor?

Why do ghosts and monsters make things difficult for each other?

Zhou Ke'er immediately spoke up, subtly tightening her grip on the scissors in her hand, "Could it be that you've gotten so used to being a dog that you've come to like this feeling? Is it impossible for you to be a dog?"

This is tricky... If it were a real ghost, Zhou Ke'er might be able to put up a fight, but this guy is obviously not a physical being... If you poke a lump of fog with scissors... you might not even get a hammer out!

Honestly, if we can't find a way to deal with spirit-type ghosts in this mod, we're really at a disadvantage...

"...I am human."

Black mist... After hearing Zhou Ke'er's words, Big Ivan's face was... well, a mass of black so that it was impossible to discern any expression, but in any case, he answered seriously.

"???"

This time, not only Zhou Ke'er was shocked, but even Long Aojiao stared at Ivan with a bewildered expression.

"Oh...are your parents in the chemical industry? You look like a test subject...excuse me, but I prefer my ass to your face."

Zhou Ke'er grinned, her mouth stretching to her ears, and said with unabashed disdain, "Go check the encyclopedia; the image of the word 'Arsch' is your face. By the way, I'm very curious, how did you crawl out of the cesspool after being aborted?"

"...This is the price to gain power comparable to that of demons, thereby protecting humanity! How can I allow a demon like you to insult me!"

Ivan spoke with strong words, but his tone was deep and flat. Then he dissipated into a cloud of black mist and rushed towards Zhou Ke'er.

Zhou Ke'er had already prepared for the other party to make a move while she was trash-talking. Now that she saw Ivan make a move, she reacted instantly and without hesitation, rushed straight towards him with lightning speed.

"Oh? You've come over? You didn't choose to run away, but instead chose to approach me, Ivan!"

Upon seeing this, the surging black mist suddenly paused, then rushed towards Zhou Ke'er at an even faster speed.

"If I'm not close enough... then I can't..."

Halfway through her sentence, Zhou Ke'er suddenly dropped to the ground, swooped down, and darted straight beneath the black mist. She then expertly rolled to cushion the fall, springing herself back up. Before Long Aojiao and Ivan could react, she grabbed Long Aojiao, slid behind her, and pressed a pair of scissors against Long Aojiao's carotid artery. "Then I can't catch the hostage, hahahahahaha!"

"Hey! Let's talk this out! Don't hit me! What do you want? I'll give you anything, just don't kill me!"

Long Aojiao was still trying to figure out what was going on. She cursed the idiot who had been sent over for being so brainless, but on the surface, she could only beg Zhou Ke'er for mercy.

After all, items can be retrieved or other equally important items can be collected, but when a person dies, the module ends immediately with no chance of recovery.

"So you were planning this... But unfortunately... as long as that instruction isn't made public, you can't harm humans! Choosing to take her hostage was a terrible mistake!"

Although Ivan panicked for a moment, he quickly realized what was going on and said confidently, "Hmph, I bet the scissors in your hand won't be able to stab me!"

"Ahem, so... if you swallow a fly, you'll have a lot more brain matter in your stomach than in your head."

Haven't you ever wondered how this rule actually works? What are its judgment criteria? How is intentional harm distinguished from unintentional harm?

If even unintentional harm can be avoided, then wouldn't ghosts suddenly be thrown off their feet while walking down the street? Because they might accidentally swing their arms at humans.

But is there a standard for defining harm, categorizing it as permissible or impermissible based on its degree? If not, then all minor injuries are considered harm, and ghosts wouldn't even be allowed to appear before humans, because humans would be "frightened"...

As for whether this constitutes a form of fright, it's necessary to distinguish between psychological and physical harm, and whether both count as harm....”

Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but lick her lips, and said sarcastically, "So... it's actually quite easy to draw a conclusion... these so-called 'rules' are simply impossible to implement precisely, and even their existence is questionable..."

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206. Strange and Weird Things (Fifteen)

"Wh...what do you mean? No, this is impossible! These are inviolable rules; there can't be ghosts..."

After listening to Zhou Ke'er's long speech, Ivan was initially taken aback—because Zhou Ke'er seemed so confident and her words made a strange sense—but he quickly regained his composure; this rule was indeed impossible to break...

"Oh? Then..."

Zhou Ke'er licked her lips, and the scissors in her hand made a soft "snip" sound. A small layer of Long Aojiao's neck was cut open by the sharp blade, and blood immediately seeped out. However, under Zhou Ke'er's careful observation, no artery was damaged. "What, it seems that according to your rules, this level... doesn't seem to count as injury? Or is this not considered 'subjective' injury on my part? Oops, it seems I accidentally slipped. I'm sorry~"

"!!!"

Long Aojiao was immediately shocked. She had thought Zhou Ke'er was just bluffing because Ivan seemed so confident, but she didn't expect that he would actually make a move!

Although she didn't feel anything because her pain sensitivity was lowered, she could clearly feel blood flowing from the wound. So, fearing for her life, Long Aojiao immediately shouted, "No, no, no, I believe you! What do you want? That instruction, right? I'll give it to you right now!"

As she spoke, Long Aojiao shakily turned the phone in her hand to face herself—because her neck was being choked by Zhou Ke'er, she couldn't lower her head, so she could only raise her hands straight up and crane her neck to look at the phone screen from a distance.

Just then, a voice suddenly came from the phone screen. It sounded very familiar, and it was obviously Long Aotian, who had just gone through the module with me not long ago. "I heard what you said. I wonder if you could give me the honor of letting my sister Long Aojiao go? As for that instruction, you can take it. How about it?"

"..."

Zhou Ke'er was silent for a moment, then a bad idea suddenly popped into her head. After a moment of thought, she leaned closer to the phone and chuckled softly, "An eerie aura... interesting. Let me think... Saya?"

Heh heh! Let's bluff him a bit here, something a little more sophisticated—since he can obtain a skill like "Saya's Song," which is related to the supernatural and at a high level, it means he should be aware of the importance of the information about the "supernatural" appearing in the module. And if this information about the supernatural appears in a module unknown in the main quest... then...

This would make him believe that Zhou Ke'er is connected to the main storyline of this module, and not only connected... but possibly the mastermind behind it all...

Look, even though your skill has been disabled, an NPC suddenly points out that you have a certain skill through your phone, and the tone isn't very respectful. No matter how you look at it, there's obviously a big problem!

"..."

There was an instant silence on Long Aotian's end. After a few seconds of silence, he slowly spoke, "May I ask who you are...?"

Zhou Ke'er coughed twice upon hearing this. Here we go again, he's about to start acting. Sorry, Great Emperor Fusheng, I'll have to borrow your name again~

"Me? Ha... Listen carefully! I am..."

Zhou Ke'er chuckled softly, her slashed lips widening with her smile, revealing gleaming white teeth beneath her mouth that stretched to her ears, giving her a chilling yet fanatical air. "A fool who does not belong to this world, a mysterious ruler above the gray mist, the Yellow and Black King who controls good fortune!"

"Huh? Didn't you just say your name was Joker?"

Before Long Aotian could answer, Long Aojiao asked with great confusion.

"What?! Zhou Ke'er?!"

Upon hearing this, Long Aotian suddenly asked loudly, seemingly quite surprised.

Tsk... So vengeful? It's just that you didn't kill him in the last module, why do you still remember it and react so strongly...?

Oh man.

"It's the Joker."

Zhou Ke'er narrowed her eyes and said with a grin, "Guess which sentence I said was 'joke'?"

Oh, by the way, just letting you know about that organization—the "glory" of the goblins is about to descend once more, so prepare for total annihilation, hehe~

There's something else, something I'd like to ask you about.

After calmly finishing her sentence, Zhou Ke'er, without waiting for anyone else to react, suddenly stabbed with the scissors in her hand.

"Pfft"

"Uh...ah...cough cough..."

"Pfft!"

He pulled the scissors out again, released his grip on her neck, and the warm blood gushing from Long Aojiao's pierced carotid artery splattered all over Zhou Ke'er's face—this was actually a good opportunity to turn the tables and kill Zhou Ke'er, but unfortunately, Long Aojiao could only cover the wound on her neck and couldn't say a word. She staggered forward a few steps, making "ooh ooh ooh" sounds, and then fell to the ground. Naturally, the phone in her hand was also thrown aside, making a few crisp "thud" sounds.

"How is this possible... Ghosts, they can actually... they can really harm humans, even kill them! Oh no, could it be that because their instructions were intercepted too many times, they simply changed the rules altogether?!"

Ivan was shocked to see Zhou Ke'er kill Long Aojiao without warning or hesitation. He muttered to himself in confusion, "Damn it, if this continues, the people of this city... are doomed! No, we must let the organization know about this right away!"

As he spoke, Ivan stared intently at Zhou Ke'er, who made no further move—although he didn't know who this guy was, judging from the long string of impressive-sounding titles he used when introducing himself, he was probably a big shot.

Furthermore, he even dared to speak arrogantly to the organization, acting as if he didn't take them seriously... Plus, he just mentioned an organization he belongs to, seemingly called "Glory," which appears to be on the side of the demons. Considering his actions in stopping them from intercepting the orders, he might also have connections to the company behind the scenes...

Could it be that they've grown tired of the organization's double-dealing and are really planning to break off all pretense and wipe out the entire population of this city?!

Thinking of this, Ivan broke out in a cold sweat, which dripped from the black fog on his forehead and onto the ground, leaving a black stain.

No, it's impossible to snatch the instructions back from this guy. I can only try to see if I can survive and pass this information on to the organization!

"call out!"

Ivan instantly transformed into a wisp of black mist and flew out of the company's main gate with lightning speed.

"???"

Zhou Ke'er stared blankly at Ivan, whose expression suddenly changed drastically and who then fled, wondering to herself, "What's wrong with this guy? Why did he suddenly run away?"

He was just worried that this intangible thing might be difficult to deal with, but how did it just slip away like that...?

Well, never mind, this is better, it saves him the trouble.

"Hey! Hey! What's going on?! What did you do to Long Aojiao?!"

The anxious voice of Long Aotian came from the phone lying to the side.

Zhou Ke'er smiled and picked up the phone.

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207. Strange and Weird Things (Sixteen)

"Oh, I didn't do anything! You might not believe it, but actually... it was the guy you sent who suddenly killed your sister. It has nothing to do with me!"

Zhou Ke'er picked up the phone and placed it next to Long Aojiao, who was still breathing for the time being. The faint sounds of Long Aojiao struggling in her death throes could be clearly heard through the phone. Standing beside her, she chuckled and made up a story: "If you don't believe me, listen! That guy has already committed a hit-and-run! I really didn't expect it to turn out like this! It really startled me. You humans are truly terrifying! Is this the legendary 'pacifying the interior before resisting external aggression'?"

"..."

"boom!"

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, followed by a loud bang, as if Long Aotian had angrily slammed the phone to the ground, and then there was no more sound.

"Ah~ it really does feel as good as wearing new underwear to welcome the New Year!"

Having successfully avenged Long Aotian for betraying her last time, Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but burst into wild laughter. This is what you call a villain taking revenge, from morning till night, hahahahahaha!

After laughing, Zhou Ke'er looked at the lifeless Long Aojiao and thought for a moment: Hmm... there's really no need to touch the corpse. That instruction is actually useless to him. After all, he's a human too. Isn't it the best situation that ghosts are forbidden from killing him?

Furthermore, if the goal is simply to deceive or control ghosts, both human factions can simply pretend to have the instructions. Sometimes, having these things in hand, or even just pretending to have them, is far better than actually using them openly.

Just be careful not to let anyone else come and loot the corpse; just make sure they take the instruction manual...

Ah, since that's the case, "Zhou Ke'er doesn't need it" + "Can't let anyone else have it" = "Destroy it directly" ≈ "Eliminate Long Aojiao's body and cover it up"

The equation holds true—if he simply destroyed that instruction, he would still have to spend time searching the corpse. The main problem is... he doesn't even know what that instruction looks like, whether it's paper or data... he has no idea. Who knows if he can even find it? Or is it simpler to just destroy it all?

Okay, that's decided. Let's go see if we have a lighter or something, and just burn it all.

Thinking this, Zhou Ke'er put away Long Aojiao's phone, held the scissors in one hand and grabbed Long Aojiao's hair with the other, dragging her as she walked—just to be on the safe side, it would be better to keep the body with her, in case someone robbed the body while she was looking for tools.

"squeak"

Zhou Ke'er pushed open the door through which the suspicious man she had seen in the surveillance footage had entered. She first stood outside the door and looked at the general scene inside. It looked like just an ordinary, narrow corridor, but for some reason, the end of the corridor was covered by a heavy curtain—there must be something or a path behind it... but there was definitely something strange about it.