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

"...Are you...playing parkour here?"

Zhou Ke'er was shocked at the sight and couldn't help but silently complain to herself. While she could easily do parkour by jumping from one building to another, being injured and wielding such a large gun made the task completely different...

He's a ruthless person.

Moreover, he even managed to fire a bullet at a ghost 300 meters away while running. Even Zhou Ke'er wouldn't dare say she could do that—she wouldn't know how to use a gun, unlike in those non-virtual reality games where you just aim with a mouse.

Less than two seconds later, the Jorogumo who had been chasing after her also appeared before everyone's eyes. Her double-legged feet pierced into the wall of the building, and she moved with the same speed, leaping across the rooftops and chasing after the woman.

It's fortunate that it was just before dawn; otherwise, once the human residents came out and realized what had happened, those who didn't would probably scream and run away, while those who didn't realize it and thought that ghosts couldn't hurt people would probably end up here helping to wash the ground with blood.

"...It's solved!"

Just then, Long Aotian suddenly appeared from behind, looking arrogant and smug. He casually pointed behind him and said, "I've already dealt with that red-clothed monster. Hmph, I could have taken care of her by myself without that last move. That guy really went to unnecessary trouble."

"..."

Zhou Ke'er glanced at Long Aotian, ignored him, pondered for two or three seconds, and then, as if she had made up her mind, she looked at the situation over there while operating the watch issued by the Divine Academy on her right wrist.

Speaking of which, no one knows why that eight-foot-tall woman didn't come after them. Nobody knows what that guy was planning; maybe he's hiding in the shadows, or maybe he's summoned other ghosts and monsters who are on their way...

Well, while it's true that Zhou Ke'er enjoys harming others for her own benefit and putting others in danger to escape, the order can't be reversed... It always makes her a little unhappy when others put themselves in danger so that she can escape, regardless of whether the other party did it on purpose—it's as if she was the one who was saved.

In this respect, Zhou Ke'er is quite similar to Long Aotian, except that Zhou Ke'er wouldn't openly show it like Long Aotian.

"You guys hide for a bit, I'll be right back."

A short while later, Zhou Ke'er casually spoke to Honghe and Long Aotian, then squinted her eyes and pressed a button on her watch.

immediately...

"call out!"

Zhou Ke'er vanished instantly, and above the next spot where Jorogumo would land, a figure appeared in an instant.

"A crow flies an airplane!"

Zhou Ke'er appeared out of nowhere and swept her leg across the air, kicking the woman hard in the face.

Jorogumo was caught off guard and almost fell off the wall.

After kicking out, Zhou Ke'er pressed her watch again, reappearing in mid-air. She then braced herself against the wall with her right hand and sprang towards Jorogumo. Raising her leg again above and to her left, she slammed it down, shouting, "Spider eats earwax! Tornado destroys parking lot!"

"boom!"

Caught off guard by the heavy blow from above, Jorogumo lost her footing and fell off the wall, crashing heavily to the ground.

## Chapter 263, Section 258: Strange and Unusual (Sixty-Seven)

Jorogumo was kicked from mid-air and brought to the ground by Zhou Ke'er, kicking up a cloud of dust and leaving several obvious scratches on the wall with her sharp foot.

"Who is it?! You despicable human, only capable of sneak attacks?!"

Before the smoke and dust had even cleared, Jorogumo's venomous voice pierced through the smoke and dust. At the same time, a white, tangled spider web shot out silently from it and flew toward the spot where Zhou Ke'er had just been.

Of course, although her idea was quite good, her methods were quite despicable, and her prediction was quite accurate, how could she have imagined that Zhou Ke'er could continue to teleport back to her original position?

"Clap!"

That clump of white, sticky threads was, of course, stuck to the wall.

"Wow, so this is what a fair-weather ghost is like? Criticizing others for only using sneak attacks while secretly enjoying doing them yourself... That's really hilarious!"

Seeing this, Zhou Ke'er, who had returned to mid-air, quickly reached out and grabbed the window frame beside her. After delivering a rapid-fire barrage of words, she immediately returned to Honghe's side.

"Aaaaah! Damn you, lowly humans! I'll turn you into a human pig, trapping you forever in a cocoon woven from a spider's web, so you can neither live nor die!"

The Jorogumo howled venomously, swiftly plunging her sharp feet into the wall again, crawling back up from the ground into the air, looking around: "Where are you? You damned insect... where did you hide, you rat from the sewer?!"

"Is this all the swear words you have? Your elementary school Chinese teacher would be so ashamed and disappointed to see you like this that she'd cry her eyes out!"

After adjusting her teleportation location, Zhou Ke'er instantly appeared on the rooftop of the building where Jorogumo was located, looking down at Jorogumo with a mocking tone.

"Ugh! You damned crawler..."

Jorogumo finally saw Zhou Ke'er and immediately rushed towards him without hesitation. However, before she could finish speaking, a bullet struck her head, drilling a large hole in her forehead and almost blowing off the back half of her skull.

Zhou Ke'er turned his head and glanced at her. Sure enough, it was the white-haired loli who had just been chased who had made the move. It was worth it for him to choose this open position to lure the Jorogumo up. If he still couldn't hit her, he would have no choice but to abandon her and run away.

After all, he could do little harm to non-human ghosts and monsters with just his fists and feet. Even after knocking her off the building, it didn't seem to have any effect. The cane, which was originally his only weapon, was also lost at the Ghost Power Company, so Zhou Ke'er was truly empty-handed now.

Jorogumo was hit by the bullet and fell to the ground from mid-air again. This time... she didn't make a sound.

Zhou Ke'er waved to the white-haired loli, pointed to where Red Crane and Long Aotian were, and then teleported back to Red Crane's side.

"...You were just desperately trying to escape, but now that you see the person being chased is a girl, you rush to help without even thinking?"

Honghe squinted at Zhou Ke'er, her tone inexplicably revealing a hint of displeasure.

"No, I just admire her marksmanship."

Zhou Ke'er felt a little confused, glanced at Honghe and casually explained, "Being chased and injured, yet still able to do extreme parkour while shooting another monster, isn't that super strong? And you just saw it too, as long as I lured that Jorogumo up a little bit, she could hit it instantly. If we could be on good terms with her, that would be a huge help."

"An excuse. Ha, men."

The flamingo turned its head away and snorted.

"..."

Long Aotian looked at Zhou Ke'er and Honghe who were bickering, paused for a moment, and then said, "I still don't understand... why did you help her? To you, she's just a human, right? Aren't you going to revive the glory of ghosts and monsters? Then why did you kill a ghost and monster in order to help her?"

"When you say that, why don't you think about yourself? Aren't you human?"

Honghe glanced at Long Aotian. Although he had just been bickering with Zhou Ke'er, he still had to help explain things now that someone asked.

"This is different."

Long Aotian was stunned for a moment, but quickly recovered and retorted with a frown: "We were in the same boat just now, and our cooperation was not an unexpected choice, but a result of the situation. This is different now. We could have left safely on our own, but you still chose to risk your lives to save her, and at the cost of a ghost's life."

"Do you really not understand?"

Zhou Ke'er narrowed her eyes and said to Long Aotian with a grin, "The revival of the glory of ghosts and monsters is certainly true, but... do you think 'ghosts and monsters' refers to something in general or specifically? After all, I'm not from this city, I'm just a... ghost and monster from elsewhere, don't you think?"

"And that ghost that was following you just now... what was its name again, Sadako, right? What was that all about?"

Long Aotian frowned and continued to press for answers.

"...You really do get to the bottom of things..."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ke'er put on a smile and said in a cold tone, "Do you really want me to explain it to you so clearly? I thought you were a smart person."

"...OK."

Long Aotian glanced at Zhou Ke'er, "I understand."

"Pat-pat, pat..."

Just then, the white-haired loli finally walked out of the building's main entrance, holding a gun in one hand and clutching the wound on her lower abdomen with the other, and walked towards Zhou Ke'er expressionlessly.

"..."

Zhou Ke'er glanced at Hong He and whispered, "Wow, look... that guy's character seems to be the same as yours. Is a poker face really popular now? Am I out of touch?"

"...Are you kidding me...?"

Honghe rolled her eyes and said with absolute certainty, "No one understands the poker face better than me!"

"..."

The white-haired loli slowly walked up to Zhou Ke'er and the others, paused for a moment, and opened her mouth as if to speak. Everyone thought she would either introduce herself or come to thank them, but unexpectedly she suddenly said to Zhou Ke'er, "I've seen you before."

"???"

Zhou Ke'er's pupils constricted sharply upon hearing this. She'd seen him before? How could that be... in the game? No, she definitely hadn't met this guy. Was it reality? ...He'd met so many people in reality, how could he possibly remember everyone?! Oh no, this might expose her player identity...

"Oh? I don't remember ever seeing you before. You must have mistaken me for someone else."

Zhou Ke'er pondered inwardly, but put on a smiling face and asked.

"..."

Honghe glanced at Zhou Ke'er with narrowed eyes and muttered softly, "Wow, no wonder I went to save her, it turns out she's an old acquaintance."

"I only said I've seen you before, not that you know me."

The white-haired loli looked at Zhou Ke'er with a blank expression and a puzzled tone, and replied, "Didn't you say there was an actor in that movie theater around the corner? The poster is still hanging outside. I'm not blind, how could I not recognize him?"

## Chapter 264, Section 259: Strange and Unusual (Sixty-Eight)

"call..."

"I see," Zhou Ke'er secretly breathed a sigh of relief. "That's why I said not to use such an easily misunderstood way of speaking, Kora!"

"A movie? What movie?"

Long Aotian, however, was completely baffled by what the girl in front of him was saying and asked with a puzzled look.

"It's nothing, none of this matters."

Zhou Ke'er casually changed the subject, turning to look at the girl: "By the way, I still don't know your name? Also, how did you get chased by Jorogumo just now?"

“Me? My name is Yi’an Jushi... ah no, you can just call me Yi’an.”

The girl's face was expressionless. She tilted her head and explained in a flat tone, "As for why I was being chased... I thought I could take her out with one shot, so I fired, but I didn't, so I was chased."

Damn, this passage has so many flaws! "Yi'an Jushi" (a title implying a woman of refined taste and wisdom)? You might as well just introduce yourself as Li Qingzhao! And the reason you were being chased was because you tried to show off but ended up being... oh wait, I mean, you tried to kill a ghost but ended up being chased instead! Why did you just attack based on gut feeling?!

besides....

Zhou Ke'er glanced at the flamingo without making a sound.

I feel like these two have the same expressionless face attribute! Hmm... But if you look closely, Yi An's expressionless face doesn't have dead fish eyes. To be precise, it should be classified as a emotionless or cold type. As for Hong He... well, expressionless face + dead fish eyes, the classification is probably a sad girl or a teacher.

"...I have a feeling you're thinking something rude..."

Honghe squinted at Zhou Ke'er and said.

"Oh, then you're not mistaken."

Zhou Ke'er nodded seriously, pointed at Yi An, and said, "Look at her, she also has a poker face, and you have a poker face too, so why do you look so..."

"If you keep talking, I'm going to boil some water."

Honghe glared at Zhou Ke'er with dead fish eyes, who was becoming increasingly audacious and unrestrained, and interrupted her in an annoyed tone.