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

The man in the suit didn't give Zhou Ke'er time to react before pulling the trigger and laughing loudly without any manners.

"KINGCRIMSON!"

Fortunately, Zhou Ke'er didn't have to wait until he fired before reacting. Like a silly player who thought she was playing a turn-based game, Zhou Ke'er had already urgently called Sadako-chan the moment the man in the suit pulled out his submachine gun.

Therefore, the moment the other party pulled the trigger, Zhou Ke'er was already sucked into the phone screen.

"This is!"

Because of the submachine gun's extremely high rate of fire, the man in the suit only realized what had happened after he had almost emptied a magazine. The Joker, who should have been right in front of him, had vanished into thin air, and he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Instant teleportation or some other trick? It's just as expected."

Long Aotian didn't seem surprised at all, because... or rather, Long Aotian, who was full of confidence in himself and his observation skills, simply didn't believe what Zhou Ke'er had just said—that he could slip away from under her nose just by disguising himself.

"Ran away? Hmph, all that arrogance, and you still ran away like a stray dog?! What a despicable, filthy devil..."

After realizing what was happening, the man in the suit scoffed, a look of disdain on his face, and was about to launch into a tirade of insults at the air, but just then...

"Hey, you've gone on and on with your pointless chatter. Is someone like you really the leader of this organization? That's so boring!"

As Zhou Ke'er spoke mockingly, a figure flew out of Long Aotian's pocket without warning, punching the man in the suit hard in the face, and taking advantage of the other man's lack of reaction, snatched the submachine gun with his other hand.

"Uh ah ah!"

The man in the suit was caught off guard by Zhou Ke'er's "Friendship Punch" and was knocked back several steps, almost losing his balance and falling to the ground.

"....This is..."

Long Aotian, however, was as sharp as ever, instantly realizing what was going on with Zhou Ke'er. Although he didn't know how she had done it, he immediately took out his phone from his pocket and tossed it aside—in case Zhou Ke'er suddenly jumped out of his pocket and hit him again, the distance was so close and it was impossible to defend against, even if he was on high alert, he might not be able to dodge it.

After delivering a punch and disarming her opponent, Zhou Ke'er didn't hesitate. She immediately took several steps back to the side, returning to her previous position—Long Aotian didn't have a phone next to him now, and if a fight broke out, there wouldn't be time for Zhenzi to move him away.

It has to be said that Sadako's ability is simply bugged. It's just like Eien's Flying Thunder God Technique. Eien only needs a special kunai, but Sadako only needs an electronic device with a screen. She can throw and teleport it at will. Who can stop her?

"There's only one reason you failed! A very simple reason! It's that you dared to face me with your phone on!"

Zhou Ke'er stretched out her right index finger, raised it high, and pointed at the man in the suit who had lost all his composure.

Well, it seems that Long Aotian has already figured out how Zhou Ke'er suddenly disappeared and reappeared, so there's no need to hide it anymore. Besides... if Zhou Ke'er herself says it was a "cell phone," it can limit the other party's thinking and mislead them into thinking that only a cell phone could allow Zhou Ke'er to teleport there—thus forgetting the old television set not far from them.

"Using a cell phone to teleport... what kind of monster are you? I'm absolutely certain that there are no urban legends or myths that include a monster like you!"

The man in the suit covered his cheek, swollen from Zhou Ke'er's punch, and asked in astonishment, "Our organization has records of almost all the ghosts and monsters that appear in urban legends or myths. I initially suspected you were some kind of escaped creature, but now it seems... you definitely didn't appear because of that! Your existence completely contradicts the 'rules' for ghosts in this city! And... most importantly... you were actually able to hurt me!"

"Ghosts that can harm humans? I remember the initial intelligence said something like that, didn't it?"

Long Aotian turned to look at the man in the suit, seemingly unafraid of Zhou Ke'er who was watching him intently from the side. He spoke with an extremely high level of composure and asked the question in a slow and unhurried manner.

"The one who gave this message is nothing more than a lowly ghost who has been brainwashed by our organization. Isn't it normal for ghosts to be able to harm other ghosts?"

The man in the suit immediately explained, "That's why I didn't believe this message at all at first..."

"...Foolish! Don't you know that two of my men and my sister were there at the time!"

Long Aotian frowned and said in a chilling voice, "They're all dead! Haven't you realized that yet? You're hopeless. How could your organization's leader let me cooperate with trash like you? I, Long Aotian, have truly been underestimated!"

"..."

The man in the suit remained silent, his resentful gaze flashing over Zhou Ke'er and Long Aotian. He covered his cheek with one hand, and then, without warning, pulled out another pistol from his waistband with the other hand, pointed it at Zhou Ke'er, and fired several shots without hesitation.

"Bang bang bang!"

The turn of events happened so fast that even Zhou Ke'er, who had been on high alert, didn't react in time. Fortunately, the submachine gun in front of her blocked one bullet, but two bullets still hit Zhou Ke'er's lower abdomen and right hand respectively.

"uh-huh..."

Zhou Ke'er let out a muffled groan and vanished from the spot in an instant.

My stamina plummeted below the danger threshold, now only around 20% remaining...

## Chapter 243, Section 238: Strange and Unusual (Forty-Seven)

"What are you standing there for! Throw your phone away!"

Seeing the man in the suit looking relieved and about to become smug, Long Aotian couldn't help but frown and hiss in a low voice, secretly displeased: "This guy is supposed to be a pretty high-ranking cadre in that organization, how can he be so immature..."

Upon hearing Long Aotian's reminder, the man in the suit realized what was happening and immediately tossed his phone aside, taking two steps to the side.

"What? My aim was pretty good... Hmph, just a mere ghost..."

After waiting for about ten seconds without seeing Zhou Ke'er reappear, the man in the suit finally breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to say a few so-called "victor's declarations." However, as he calmed down and his adrenaline gradually subsided, the pain in his shoulder became very intense. He had fired the gun with one hand, used the wrong shooting posture, and fired several shots in a moment of panic. The recoil had already dislocated his shoulder, but he hadn't felt it just now because of the adrenaline.

"Tsk..."

Long Aotian glanced at the man in the suit who was in pain, his disdain almost overflowing. "His resistance to pain, his control over his own expression, and even his perception and vigilance against danger are all terrible. Hmph, this is the level of this organization."

"Hey, you guys don't think this is the end of it, do you? You're really ugly, but you've got some pretty high and mighty ideas!"

Just then, a figure flew out of the old television set, accompanied by Zhou Ke'er's extremely sarcastic tone.

Long Aotian, who had been keeping a close watch on his surroundings, quickly realized what was happening, but unfortunately, it was all in vain, because Zhou Ke'er's target was not him.

"Ugh!"

The man in the suit, who was kicked in a vital spot, immediately collapsed to his knees with a miserable scream, unable to resist. All his fingers spread out uncontrollably, and the pistol in his hand fell to the ground with a crisp "clatter".

"How...how is this possible! I clearly hit you! Why is there no wound! Why didn't you bleed at all!"

The man in the suit, enduring the excruciating pain, looked at Zhou Ke'er, who was bending down to pick up his dropped pistol, and was shocked to find that Zhou Ke'er was... completely unharmed!

"This is impossible!"

The man in the suit, terrified, immediately forgot his excruciating pain and couldn't help but instinctively cry out in alarm.

"..."

Zhou Ke'er picked up the pistol that the man in the suit had dropped—speaking of which, Long Aotian had actually been standing right next to her the whole time, watching her beat up the man in the suit without doing anything, and who knows what he was plotting in the dark.

Zhou Ke'er wanted to shout on behalf of the man in the suit, "Senior Long, what are you doing, Senior Long! Why are you just watching? Have you betrayed Senior Long too?!"

As for why Zhou Ke'er appears completely unharmed, it's because Sadako helped her by altering her appearance again, specifically changing the shape of her wounds to look normal. However, the lost stamina will not be restored. In other words, Zhou Ke'er currently only has about 20% of her stamina left.

However... Sadako's seemingly bug-like ability to alter appearance could actually erase the bullet from Zhou Ke'er's body... The ability to eliminate physical objects can't be explained by just "changing appearances." This made Zhou Ke'er extremely curious about the principle behind this ability... Could it be molecular recombination? That would be incredibly powerful...

Fortunately, Sadako is currently on Zhou Ke'er's side, so there's no need to delve into that for now.

"boom!"

It was a pleasant surprise that there were still bullets in the gun. Zhou Ke'er had thought that the pistol was empty of bullets like the submachine gun she had just used.

She swiftly and decisively fired a shot into the man in the suit's head—no, I mean, a bullet—sending him to meet Jehovah the Elder—oh wait, God is already dead, so Zhou Ke'er doesn't know who she'll send him to meet. Well, it's a free teleportation, after all, Zhou Ke'er is a helpful and exemplary young woman.

"You want to escape?"

Long Aotian, who had been blocking the doorway and hadn't moved an inch since entering the house, ignored Zhou Ke'er's actions in taking down the man in the suit—or rather, he seemed quite pleased to see it. Instead, he coldly addressed Da Jun and A Cha, who had barely spoken from the beginning, desperately trying to minimize their presence and escape.

In fact, as an extremely narcissistic individual, Long Aotian has always believed that he'd rather fight nine enemies alone than bring along a few incompetent teammates. For example, that man in the suit just now had the potential to be a liability, and since Long Aotian couldn't easily eliminate him himself, having Zhou Ke'er do it was the best option.

As for the two guys in front of him, it was obvious that they were even more of a pig than the man in the suit. What Long Aotian was doing now was to force these two guys to turn to Zhou Ke'er's side, which would be equivalent to forcibly stuffing two burdens into Zhou Ke'er's side, making it even more advantageous for him.

"Yeah...yes! This matter has nothing to do with us in the first place! Besides, we're just a hindrance here, so why can't we leave?!"

Seeing Long Aotian's indifferent expression, Acha didn't dare to speak. She nudged Dajun next to her, who had no choice but to answer loudly, though his voice was strong but his heart was weak.

"Ha, you think you can leave without accomplishing anything? Is your purpose here just to show off your utter lack of intelligence?!"

Long Aotian put on an air of nonchalance—oh, he wasn't really putting on an air; he did indeed have this kind of stern face when he mocked others, and it was quite intimidating—"But I'm sorry, even trash like you can't just leave unscathed."

"If a few more members of the organization didn't die, it would create the impression that the battle was so intense that I had no time to attend to others. How can that explain the situation where I was also present, yet that guy still died?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ke'er turned around to look at Long Aotian. As soon as she heard his words, she knew what kind of trick he was up to. After all, Long Aotian didn't seem like the kind of person who would make excuses for something so trivial. So this reason could only be something he made up to fool the two of them.

After all, without a reason, Long Aotian has no right to take action against these two.

But... how should I put it, Long Aotian's personality is really strange. No one would care if he attacked anyone here, right? Yet he still insists on finding a reason to make him attack before he does... Is he just deceiving himself?

As for the man in the suit, Zhou Ke'er could tell from the beginning that Long Aotian was already somewhat intent on killing him, but he couldn't do it himself, so Zhou Ke'er kept targeting him. Sure enough, Long Aotian didn't stop Zhou Ke'er.

## Chapter 244, Section 239: Strange and Unusual (Forty-Eight)

However, constantly getting caught up in these inexplicable things is why Long Aotian, despite having the upper hand, can't seem to get rid of Zhou Ke'er—he's overconfident in his abilities and stubbornly insists on following his own ideas, thus creating many loopholes that allow Zhou Ke'er to escape.

"boom!"

"Hey, I'm still here! Get this straight! The roast chicken is almost gone!"

Zhou Ke'er immediately raised her gun, aimed it at Long Aotian, and pulled the trigger. Only after the gunshot rang out did she belatedly mock him.

However... without a doubt, Zhou Ke'er and Long Aotian were still about six or seven meters apart. Unlike the man in the suit who had just been shot in the head at close range, Zhou Ke'er, who had never used a gun before, naturally missed – just kidding, this is a society governed by law, where would Zhou Ke'er get a gun in real life? Even in the game, Zhou Ke'er had rarely encountered anyone using a gun, let alone seized one and used it herself.

He had aimed for the head, but only hit the shoulder – this was only because Long Aotian subconsciously dodged; otherwise, he would have missed entirely.

"Tsk..."

Long Aotian frowned slightly, glancing at Zhou Ke'er with a hint of doubt, secretly wondering: Did this guy... simply miss and I just happened to run into him, or did he anticipate my dodge? But if it was anticipation, why didn't he aim for the head? Was it because he wasn't confident he could hit it 100% of the time?

But he didn't linger for long. While thinking, he pulled out two pistols from his waistband, one in each hand. After a quick aim, he fired two shots and took down Dajun and Acha, who were trying to sneak away in the chaos. His gunmanship seemed much more skilled than Zhou Ke'er's.

"!"

Seeing this, Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. Long Aotian's marksmanship was actually quite accurate compared to ordinary people. If he hadn't dealt with Dajun and Acha first, but instead had aimed directly at Zhou Ke'er's head and fired two shots, the situation would be hard to predict now. Zhou Ke'er wasn't sure if she could be pulled back by Sadako before being hit, since she hadn't had time to react when the man in the suit fired his gun.

However... I didn't expect that Long Aotian, who had been hesitant to make a move just now and even tried to use words to push Dajun and Acha towards Zhou Ke'er's side, would now cleanly and decisively take them down with two shots...

Was it because he was hurt by Zhou Ke'er that he changed his strategy in an emergency?

"Wow, they're really ruthless, even killing their own subordinates? No wonder they're considered noble humans, they're quite adept at killing each other!"

Zhou Ke'er casually mocked, but in fact she had already been on high alert, keeping a close eye on the gun in Long Aotian's hand without leaving a trace. As soon as his hand made any move, Zhou Ke'er would immediately run away - otherwise, with only 20% of his health remaining, he really couldn't withstand one or two shots.

The main problem was his pistol... damn it, it was out of bullets! Whether the magazine wasn't full to begin with, or the gun could only hold so many bullets, Zhou Ke'er knew absolutely nothing about firearms, so there was nothing she could do about it.

"First, they weren't my subordinates, because I didn't belong to that organization; we had a cooperative relationship. Second, the members of that organization were all monsters, so killing them wouldn't be considered infighting. Finally..."

Long Aotian remained calm and composed, displaying an air of extreme self-confidence. He then proceeded to analyze the situation for Zhou Ke'er point by point: "Countless members of the organization are lying in ambush outside this house, aiming their guns at us. Anyone who goes out, whether it's me or that guy who just died, will be shot to death."

So even if they were human, they would still die if I let them out. They might as well stay here and let me end their suffering.”

"..."

This is really... Long Aotian actually told Zhou Ke'er that "there are people lying in ambush outside, and you will die instantly if you go out." Should we say he's out of his mind, or is he too confident?

However... after hearing this news, Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but smile!