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

"sizzle"

A sound of rising smoke rang out, and then a cloud of black mist appeared on the open ground in front of Zhou Ke'er, which soon condensed into a human shape.

"Surrender? You're quite an interesting fellow. You were just attacking us, and now you've changed your mind so quickly."

The deep, hoarse voice of the Void Beast rang out.

"Oh dear, it's a misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding! How could I dare to lay a hand on you? I'd rather cooperate with you than let you get away with this!"

Zhou Ke'er immediately and firmly denied it, saying, "Otherwise, why would I have personally killed that servant just now? I was doing this as a pledge of allegiance to you! Believe me!"

## Chapter 288, Section 283: The Battle for Zhou Ke'er (Part 8)

"..."

The Void Beast was stunned for a moment upon hearing Zhou Ke'er's shameless words before slowly continuing, "What you're saying now seems quite sincere, but it still feels unbelievable. If you're willing to hand over your treasure..."

"Here you go. Are you satisfied now? Do you believe me now?"

Before the Void Beast could finish speaking, Zhou Ke'er stepped forward without hesitation, grabbed its hand, shoved the magic spell into it, and looked at it earnestly, asking questions.

"?"

The Void Beast looked at the spellbook in its hand, then glanced at Zhou Ke'er, and slowly typed a question mark: "Please, do you have any principles? You're the most cowardly and unprincipled Servant I've ever seen!"

"Hey! How could you do this?!"

Shimizu Ken couldn't help but gasp in surprise, almost ready to use his Command Seals to order Zhou Ke'er to surrender. However, he then remembered that Zhou Ke'er had already surrendered her Noble Phantasm and had no ability to resist. He couldn't take it back anyway, so even if he ordered her, it would be useless.

"Heh, what's a mere Master babbling about! Can't you see I'm discussing things with the Japanese officer? How dare you interrupt?"

Zhou Ke'er snorted coldly, glanced disdainfully at Shimizu Ken, and said arrogantly, "If this deal goes through, the benefits will be huge! What do you know? Treasures are something you just hand over, what's the big deal?"

"...Have you considered what would happen if I gave you my Noble Phantasm and then went back on my word? Like this..."

The Void Beast suddenly sprang into action without warning, raising its hand to stab Zhou Ke'er with its sword.

"Hey, you human, no, you beast, how could you be like this? Have you no shame?!"

Zhou Ke'er, who had been on guard against the possibility of this move, noticed something was off about his tone and had already placed her hand on the bracelet she had adjusted earlier. Seeing that he was shamelessly launching a sneak attack, she could only helplessly teleport to a short distance away.

"Then aren't you also wary of me?"

The Void Beast turned its head and looked at Zhou Ke'er, who had teleported to the side, without any surprise, as if it had expected that the sword could not hit.

"Can't I react quickly on the spot? Besides, even if I want to trust you, I can't just let you insert it anywhere."

Zhou Ke'er retorted unhappily, hands on her hips.

"..."

The Void Beast was momentarily speechless, so it casually fiddled with the magic book Zhou Ke'er had handed it to it. "This is your treasure?... No, this is just an ordinary book, it doesn't even have a trace of magical energy... You're lying to me?!"

Zhou Ke'er pursed her lips. He had already used up all the magic energy stored inside. If he hadn't used it all up, would it have ended up in his hands? No, if he hadn't used it all up, Zhou Ke'er would definitely be planning how to escape. How could she still be here now?

"No, this is indeed my Noble Phantasm. If you don't believe me, give it back to me, and I'll show it to you."

Zhou Ke'er shrugged nonchalantly, glancing discreetly at the location of Shimizu Ken and Kaoru behind the Void Beast. She noticed that they were quite adept at seizing opportunities, taking advantage of the Void Beast's inattention to slip away.

That's good. If Master leaves and hides first, as long as there's no danger to his life, Zhou Ke'er won't have any worries here and can use some underhanded tricks with peace of mind.

"Ha, do you think I'm a fool? Or are you the fool yourself?"

The Void Beast's tone was icy: "Since you still intend to play these roundabout games with me, then I have no choice but to give up on negotiating with you and be straightforward."

"You motherfucker gave up on negotiating with me, but you didn't even try to negotiate with me at all, okay?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but retort, "Have you no shame, you dog?"

"Stop wasting your breath. I don't have the patience to waste with you. Hand over the Holy Grail fragments now! I might spare your life!"

The Void Beast snorted impatiently.

"A fragment of the Holy Grail? What nonsense are you talking about? Are you out of your mind?"

Zhou Ke'er was a little confused upon hearing this. When did she acquire such a high-level item? One of the missions was to destroy the Holy Grail...

I can't possibly destroy myself, can I?

That doesn't make sense either. If Zhou Ke'er really does have fragments inside her body... then fragments mean the Holy Grail is already broken, right? How can you destroy something that's already broken? That's a paradox, you bastard!

"Alright, it seems you still think you have a chance to escape? You're quite confident, aren't you? Do you have some backup plan? Relying on that Noble Phantasm that you haven't used yet?"

The Void Beast completely disbelieved that Zhou Ke'er wouldn't know about this, and immediately mocked her.

"Hey, I've got a short temper! You don't believe me when I tell you? I already said there's nothing left. Can't people trust each other a little?"

Zhou Ke'er pursed her lips, activated the ring's special effect, and instantly switched positions with the magic book. She also stepped on the face of the Void Beast, and then used the ring to teleport herself back to her original position, just in time to catch the magic book.

"...Instant teleportation? Is this your trump card? It's certainly a very useful ability... But how many more times can you use it?"

The Void Beast paused for a moment, but wasn't too surprised. After all, he did think that Zhou Ke'er must have some tricks up her sleeve to dare to fight him here (and indeed, Zhou Ke'er did have no tricks up her sleeve).

"How many times can I use it? Hey, that's a good question, I like it. Now, can you keep count?"

Zhou Ke'er raised an eyebrow and immediately activated her bracelet, teleporting around the Void Beast at a rate of once every half second, making her own eyes blurry.

"..."

The Void Beast looked at Zhou Ke'er, who was having a blast, and wondered if there was something wrong with her brain.

"Alright, I've had enough fun. Since you won't agree to my conditions, there's nothing I can do. Goodbye, you silly little 'beep—'"

Zhou Ke'er dodged for about five or six minutes, and the Void Beast stood still without moving. Judging that Shimizu Ken and the others should have moved to a safe distance, Zhou Ke'er decided to slip away first.

Before he finished speaking, he was instantly teleported to a rooftop several hundred meters away, which was the best safe location he could manually pinpoint.

"Sigh, I've been speaking to you so nicely, why are you so ungrateful?"

The Void Beast sighed helplessly, "We're all... Heroic Spirits, just not as Servants..."

As he spoke, a protective shield made of countless swords formed by black mist suddenly appeared in the previously empty space. They lined up and blocked Zhou Ke'er's escape route.

"...No way, friend..."

Zhou Ke'er turned around in shock: "You don't... really think this can stop me? You're too confident!"

## Chapter 289, Section 284: The Battle for Zhou Ke'er (End)

After saying those sarcastic words, Zhou Ke'er used her bracelet to teleport outside the barrier again.

"! How is this possible... This is a magic-suppressing barrier..."

The Void Beast finally revealed a look of surprise—although his face was completely black, and even his features were so blurry that they were impossible to see clearly, “A Heroic Spirit, no, a Servant, was actually able to break through this barrier?! Could it be that she didn’t use magical energy?”

However, Zhou Ke'er not only couldn't hear what this guy was muttering to himself, but even if he did hear it, he certainly wouldn't give him a proper answer anyway.

As for where Zhou Ke'er will go next...

Well, anyway, I'm not going to find the master.

With that guy around, Zhou Ke'er felt quite restricted.

Furthermore... if the other party's goal is the so-called Holy Grail fragment that doesn't even exist on Zhou Ke'er, then they wouldn't actually target Shimizu Ken and the others. After all, if the Master dies, the Servant will also disappear, thus preventing them from obtaining what they want.

In addition, Zhou Ke'er's mission objective is to kill other Servants and Masters. If she stays with Shimizu Ken and the others, how can she take action?

But there's a major problem... we can't find anyone else...

"Ding!"

Just then, quite coincidentally, as if something had suddenly appeared just as Zhou Ke'er was thinking of something, a long sword pierced the wall beside Zhou Ke'er with a sharp sound.

"who?"

Zhou Ke'er was startled and quickly dodged—no way, with a longsword, how could that Void Beast have caught up so quickly? Well, it doesn't matter, Zhou Ke'er can still escape.

But... wait a minute, this sword isn't made of black mist...

“Saber. Oh, that was a long time ago. Or, in your terms, it should be called a Void Beast.”

A tall, blond man with a Western-style appearance suddenly appeared beside Zhou Ke'er. Although he claimed to be a Void Beast, no black mist emanated from his body; his pupils were as black as a man-eating abyss.

"!"

Regardless of whether what the other party said was true or false, Zhou Ke'er could only treat it as true for the time being. So, upon hearing this, she immediately activated her bracelet and teleported to the next location that was set not far away.

"Stab!"

"Um..."

As soon as Zhou Ke'er teleported over, her legs buckled and she knelt on one knee. Only then did she realize that a rather deep bloody gash had appeared on her waist at some point.

"That was quick. I thought it could be resolved in one go, so why add more pain to yourself?"

The man who called himself the Void Beast shook the blood off his hands and glanced at Zhou Ke'er with a hint of surprise.

"Damn it, why are heroic spirits bleeding?! That's so strange! Aren't they just souls?"

Zhou Ke'er clutched her wound, not daring to linger there any longer. She continued to teleport away quickly, all the while inwardly complaining.

"It's no use. As long as the Holy Grail fragment is still in your possession, you can't escape. Even if you don't die by my hand, other Heroic Spirits will come after you."

While relentlessly pursuing him, the man advised, "Why bother? Once the Holy Grail fragments are removed, you can transform into Source Matter, become one with this world, and return to the embrace of Chaos."

"Bullshit! Do you think I'm stupid? If dying is so great, why don't you go die first?"

Zhou Ke'er immediately launched into a tirade of profanities.

Before he could finish speaking, a sword was suddenly flung at him.

Zhou Ke'er was startled, but then realized that the attack seemed to have missed and didn't come precisely to his location. She breathed a slight sigh of relief and subconsciously teleported again.

"呲呲!"

However, unexpectedly, just as Zhou Ke'er appeared there after the teleportation, the sword pierced right through his back, hitting his heart with great precision, going straight through from his back to his chest.

"I...Toru?!"

Zhou Ke'er only had time to gasp in disbelief—this prediction of the landing point is just too... rubbish!!!

In no time, his stamina was almost instantly reduced to zero.

Not long after Zhou Ke'er started playing this module, she gloriously typed "gg".