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

As soon as Sadako appeared, she couldn't help but speak, but halfway through her sentence, seeing Zhou Ke'er's appearance, she hurriedly asked in surprise, "What happened? What's wrong with Mr. Joker?!"

"died."

The flamingo's expression was completely hidden beneath the faceless one's mask—but even if it were visible, it would only be a blank, expressionless face—she didn't even glance at Sadako, and coldly replied, "If you don't want his corpse to be torn to pieces by these monsters, you'd better get them out of here!"

Yi An had already lost too much blood due to her still-unhealed wound and strenuous exercise. She was just gritting her teeth and enduring it—although as a long-range sniper, she was basically useless in this situation—now that Sadako had arrived, most of the monsters that had surged up stopped slightly, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. She leaned on her gun and stood behind the red crane, panting slightly.

"How could this be...?"

Sadako stared in disbelief at Zhou Ke'er, who had completely lost her life, and murmured in shock, but then said helplessly, "I don't know why, but these... ghosts and monsters are impossible to communicate with! They're like puppets being manipulated, or rather, they have no souls, no independent thoughts! How could this be!"

"...These are all ghosts mass-produced by that organization using some kind of black technology, but that level alone isn't much of a threat. The main problem is...those normal ghosts that, for some unknown reason, are all heading this way at the same time! I simply can't handle so many of them at once..."

"Or... how about you teleport us to your world to hide for a bit first?" Flamingo explained in a deep voice.

"In fact, even with just this level of ghosts, I couldn't hold on any longer."

Upon hearing this, Yi'an couldn't help but add from the side.

"..."

Sadako paused for a moment, then sighed, "Actually, after Lady Hachisho's death, powerful demons began vying for her vacant divine position... Unfortunately, I just lost in that struggle and was forcibly expelled from my own world by Freddy. I had finally managed to escape from here to seek help from Mr. Joker, but I never expected..."

"..."

The flamingo squinted, unsure what to say, and could only sigh helplessly. She had thought she could escape when Sadako arrived, but it turned out she was just a drowning dog that had been chased overboard.

"I never expected to see you here... I only came here because of a message sent by Lord Yasakani before his death, but I never expected such a pleasant surprise..."

Just then, a well-dressed man in a sharp suit, looking every bit the refined, handsome, and upright gentleman, slowly walked towards Honghe and the others, one hand on his top hat and the other holding a pair of scissors still dripping blood. However, he didn't look at Honghe and Yi'an, but stared at Zhenzi and said, "And judging from your appearance... you don't seem to be in very good condition. Aren't you just waiting for me to devour and absorb you? It seems I'm determined to get the divine office this time."

"You're dreaming! But that's not up to you!"

Sadako frowned. "Even if I'm not in good shape right now, it doesn't mean you can definitely beat me! Besides, I have backup..."

"Ahem, well... I'm not of any help anymore, you don't need to watch over me."

Before Sadako could finish speaking, Yi'an interrupted without any mercy.

"Hmm, I don't intend to... cough cough, I'm not capable of interfering either. You can do as you please."

After realizing that Sadako couldn't help them, Red Crane had no intention of getting entangled with her anymore, especially since Sadako was now in trouble herself.

## Chapter 272, Section 267: Strange and Unusual (Seventy-Six)

Sadako was caught off guard and stood there stunned, not expecting the flamingo to answer so decisively.

"Haha, it seems your companions are quite sensible. They're nothing more than a rabble..."

The man flicked the blood off the scissors in his hand, his gaze icy: "Bringing along a useless corpse, utterly absurd. Asking for help from this kind of scum, ha..."

"Clang!"

Red Crane swung the Grim Reaper's Scythe sharply and said coldly, "What did you just say? Say it again?"

"Hmph, nonsense. The anger of the weak is nothing but..."

The man glanced at the red crane with disdain, not taking her seriously at all. After all, he had never heard of such a ghost in the city. Since he hadn't heard of her, she wasn't famous. If she wasn't famous, it meant that the story of her being was not widely known. In that case, this guy in front of him was probably no powerful creature, just some unknown mountain ghost.

"call...."

Upon hearing this, Honghe breathed a sigh of relief, her dead fish eyes gleaming with an eerie light. Taking advantage of the fact that the amplification of the Faceless One's Face had not yet ended, she pointed her Death Scythe at the man, and then, without warning, a flower-shaped mark appeared on the blade.

"The First Flower - Mandarava".

Red Crane wasn't originally planning to reveal the name of the move, since it was just too embarrassing and would essentially be a reminder to the opponent. But... it feels like saying it out loud would be more imposing?

As Honghe finished speaking, a flower mark suddenly appeared on the man's chest, and soon after, a pure white datura flower bloomed on his chest.

"Tch, such a nice way of calling it. The one that calls it Mandarava is actually just Lycoris radiata, isn't it?"

Looking at the pure white flower, Honghe couldn't help but squint and silently complain in her heart. When she first heard such a high-class name, she thought it was some kind of flower, but it turned out to be just this? Would she become awesome if she gave herself the nickname "Crimson Purgatory King Bird"?

However, despite her complaints, the flamingo didn't stop working.

"The flowers and leaves will never meet again."

Red Crane maintained her stance, extending the Grim Reaper's scythe, yet in an instant, she teleported, the blade piercing effortlessly into the flower-shaped opening in the unsuspecting man's heart. Then...

Yeah, that guy exploded.

Yes, that's right, it exploded. Exploded into tiny fragments.

Blood rained down on the Grim Reaper's scythe, shimmering with an eerie luster, as if some living thing were breathing.

"Um..."

After delivering this attack, Honghe couldn't help but kneel down on the spot, spitting out a lot of blood.

After all, the skills attached to this scythe—well, no, it should be said that the skills that suddenly appeared after Zhou Ke'er partially unleashed them—most of them attack the target at the cost of self-harm. For example, Zhou Ke'er just died instantly after slashing once, and Honghe's current situation isn't much better. She has consumed a full 90% of her stamina, and her sanity, which was already around 20%, has been reduced to only 1%.

"Pfft... Ha... Ah..."

Honghe coughed up another mouthful of blood, trying to struggle to her feet, but the consequences of her low sanity made her feel as if countless indescribable whispers were echoing in her mind.

The flamingo's fragile spirit could not withstand such an impact; it immediately rolled its eyes without resistance and fainted.

"...Hey...what's going on...?"

Seeing that Red Crane had recklessly charged forward, resulting in a mutually destructive outcome, Yi An finally broke down, her lips twitching almost imperceptibly. She glanced around at the strange ghosts who had stopped and were no longer approaching, and couldn't help but feel troubled: If Red Crane had been there, there would at least have been hope of breaking through, but she hadn't expected her to suddenly rush forward in a suicidal attack... This was going to be difficult.

"...Freddy is catching up. I'll take you away from here first."

Sadako glanced at the unconscious flamingo—oh, she didn't know that the flamingo had just fainted, and thought that the flamingo had already kicked the bucket—so she had no choice but to take Yi'an and slip away first, given the urgency of the situation.

Although Sadako can't teleport right now, she can still deal with the strange ghosts around her without much trouble.

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Zhijiansha and the others hurriedly climbed to the rooftop. Before they could even catch their breath, they looked towards the place where the loud noise had just come from.

The street was teeming with ghosts and monsters, just like a zombie horde, a far cry from the situation they had just faced when they were being chased down.

"Hey... this is ridiculous! So many ghosts and monsters... what on earth happened there...?"

"We absolutely can't let them find out... or we're doomed..." Sand between her fingers blurted out.

"So many ghosts... how could there possibly be so many ghosts?"

Spring drowsiness and autumn fatigue were no longer present in this time of crisis. Frowning, he said, "It seems that the number of ghosts on this street is almost equal to the number of humans in this entire area... Aren't ghosts supposed to be formed through urban legends? How could there be... so many urban legends? In this river?!"

"That's right... This is outrageous, unless there's an urban legend that includes an entire mythology or legend system, and all the ghosts and monsters in it have appeared here at the same time..."

Sand in Fingers nodded, also looking incredulous—with so many ghosts and monsters, what kind of battle royale is this? The ghosts alone could fill the entire surrounding street; what's the point of running away? Run away my ass!

"Hey...wait...look over there! There are two people there!"

Just then, Yuan Fan seemed to have suddenly discovered something, and pointed in a direction to the others.

"Someone? There's actually someone among all these ghosts and monsters?"

Cold-Eating Rabbit was very surprised to hear this, and quickly moved closer to Yuan Fan's side. If he was a poor soul who had been chased and surrounded there, he could observe the killing power of these ghosts and monsters. If he was a big shot who had managed to escape and break through the encirclement, he could try to get on Yuan Fan's good side. Thinking this, Cold-Eating Rabbit stared intently in that direction.

This is quite something...

"Holy crap?! Aren't those Zhou Ke'er and Hong He?!"

Cold Rabbit immediately shouted out. Although they were quite far apart, the two people were only the size of a little finger in her vision, and she couldn't see their faces clearly, but she could still recognize them from their clothes and figures... Even if she couldn't tell from just one person, how could she not recognize Honghe and Zhou Ke'er together?

"What?! Really?"

The group of people, including Zhijiansha, were startled and quickly crowded around to look in that direction, and then...

They witnessed this scene: Zhou Ke'er leaned against Honghe, who was kneeling on the ground with one hand gripping a scythe that was propped up on the ground. Both of them were motionless, and it was unclear whether they were alive or dead.

However, even if they knew, it wouldn't make any difference, because the next moment, the surging horde of ghosts rushed forward, completely engulfing their figures.

## Chapter 273, Section 268: The Midnight Bell

"ha..."

Zhou Ke'er got out of bed, casually took off her game bracelet and tossed it aside. She rubbed her temples and muttered unhappily, "I didn't expect we'd both perish... But, Red Crane's Death Scythe can't be fully unleashed. Even God's divine essence can be unleashed, so could its quality be even higher? No, that's not right. The skill description doesn't restrict the quality of the unleashed weapon, so it must be a problem with the Death Scythe itself..."

"Tsk, I feel like I've seen that Grim Reaper's scythe somewhere before, but I can't remember where. This doesn't make sense..."

Unable to figure out what was going on, Zhou Ke'er didn't bother to think about it anymore and went to the kitchen to get some water. Since the event wasn't over yet and the final results weren't out, and Zhou Ke'er didn't want to download another event, she simply logged out of the game.

"Squeak, squeak..."

Zhou Ke'er rubbed her sore eyes, yawned, and casually pushed open the door to go out. As soon as she stepped out, she saw... a face with its eyes tightly closed and its face pale.

"Holy crap? What kind of monster is this?"

Zhou Ke'er subconsciously stretched out two fingers to poke the other person's eyes, but in the next instant he realized that the guy outside the door was Bolius. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and stopped.

"!"

Upon hearing Zhou Ke'er's voice, Porius opened his eyes and stared intently at Zhou Ke'er, who was holding up two fingers. Then, with a look of surprise, he stood up abruptly, looking down at Zhou Ke'er and scrutinizing her.

"..."

Zhou Ke'er's forehead twitched. She withdrew her hand and glared at Bolius with great displeasure, especially at his condescending attitude. She immediately stood on tiptoe and tilted her head back, saying, "What are you looking at! Sitting outside someone's bedroom door in the middle of the night instead of sleeping? That's disgusting! Your father... ugh, is that how I raised you!"

"I deserve to die for offending my master! But now that I see that my master is safe and sound, a great weight has been lifted from my heart."

Bolius spoke in the language of the ancient Celestial Empire from who-knows-where, and looked as if he had breathed a sigh of relief.

"Of course I'm safe and sound. What could possibly happen to me?"

Zhou Ke'er was stunned for a moment, a bad feeling rising in her heart. "Wait... could it be that someone else... or some other being was here just now? Did you sense something?"

No way... Could some kind of ghost really have come knocking on our door in the middle of the night? Just to deal with a nobody like Zhou Ke'er? What a bastard!

"No, that's not the case. Nothing came to our door last night, so please rest assured, Master. Even if something did, I would do everything in my power to protect you."

Fortunately, Polius shook his head and denied it.

"..."

Zhou Ke'er breathed a sigh of relief. After confirming that there was no danger here, she waved her hand casually, signaling Bolius to quickly make way, and asked casually, "Then what are you doing?"

Seeing this, Bolius stepped aside and replied, "It's like this. Just now, in the world that you gave me, which you called 'the game,' I did indeed sense your presence, but... if I'm not mistaken, that presence was instantly erased, as if... you had perished. I was really worried, so I rushed to your door and found that you were not dead, which relieved me."

"Oh..."