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

After hearing Shi An's words, Dio seemed to suddenly realize something, clenching his right fist and slamming it hard against his left palm, exclaiming in shock, "Oh, right! It really doesn't have anything to do with me, that's true, then I'll..."

"boom!"

A kicking sound suddenly rang out.

"The Prince of Yan's guards are on business; please all come with me!"

Suddenly, the wall beside them seemed to have been hit hard, and a large hole was torn open. Brick fragments and dust flew everywhere. Then, a middle-aged man wearing the same uniform as Zhou Ke'er at the beginning strode in through the hole, his face serious and cold, and addressed the people present.

After saying that, he turned to Zhou Ke'er and added coldly, "And you, Zhou Ke'er! Look at the state you're in now! Why aren't you going to change back into your Yanwang Guard uniform? Have you finished the task I gave you? Instead, you're just causing trouble here! You're out of pay this month, you know that?!"

Oh dear, Zhou Ke'er has such a fiery temper! How was she supposed to know about this weird mission?

And... you're pretty quick to expose other people's identities, aren't you!

"Zhou Ke'er? Isn't that Honghe? Oh right... that girl just now also called you Zhou Ke'er when she saw you. Sure enough... people from your court know each other! And they've been lying to us from the very beginning!"

Dior grasped the key point and immediately questioned Zhou Ke'er.

"I would like to ask, what punishment should be imposed on a member of the Prince of Yan's guard who attacks His Majesty's son without cause and seriously injures him, according to the law!"

Just then, feeling that the situation was great, the sky had cleared and the rain had stopped, and he could do it again, Shi An couldn't help but ask in a sarcastic tone.

"Kick!"

Before the man who had just entered could reply, Zhou Ke'er stomped hard on Shi An's face, then smiled calmly and said, "Reporting to the sir, this thug not only claimed to be the emperor's son, spouting nonsense, but also attempted to attack Prince Wu Yu. Fortunately, my subordinates were quick and subdued him, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable!"

"Varied..."

The newcomer frowned, about to say something, but was interrupted by Zhou Ke'er once again.

Just after Zhou Ke'er finished her distorted account, she immediately changed the subject, pointing angrily at Dio, who was standing to the side, completely bewildered. "Reporting to you, sir, there's something else! This guy is a spy for the Great Qin Empire! According to him, the Great Qin army recklessly attempted to attack the capital, and he was involved in this dirty and despicable plot! Moreover, after being discovered by his clever subordinates, he even tried to kill them to cover up the truth. Fortunately, you arrived, sir, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable!"

Okay, this is another one with unimaginable consequences.

"You bastard!"

Dio realized that the situation was really bad, so he immediately gave up his plan to attack the others and prepared to run away immediately—after all, his life was the most important thing!

"...What are you saying! What do you mean Qin is trying to attack the capital? You mustn't make such a thing! Qin is our friendly nation. They came here specifically to submit to our country. Even their princes are here as hostages...and as scholars to study our classics. How dare you spout such nonsense and slander?!"

To everyone's surprise... after a moment of stunned silence, the man solemnly and earnestly rejected Zhou Ke'er's statement, and even said something that shocked everyone present.

"Are you kidding me?! That's impossible!"

Dior was the first to be criticized. Before Zhou Ke'er could even say anything, Dior blurted out incredulously, "Have you all lost your minds after being beaten? You're still trying to cover things up?"

Zhou Ke'er raised an eyebrow, thinking that Dior didn't need to be so excited—you're a normal player, where does this deep sense of immersion come from? And you're even showing off your national pride, aren't you?

However, to be honest... Zhou Ke'er was indeed quite shocked.

What were those shouts of battle and cries that came from outside, and what was that first cannon shot?

Just then, the usually unnoticed Cold-Eating Rabbit, who had been ignored by everyone, suddenly spoke up: "That's not right. When Li Yu brought me here just now, I saw foreigners rushing into the capital and slaughtering civilians. There was even black smoke coming from some areas near the city walls. They were burning, killing, and looting. How could they be here to surrender?"

"And who are you?! You know how to watch your words! If you continue to utter malicious slander against the imperial court, then I can no longer pretend I didn't hear you!"

Upon hearing this, the man's face immediately contorted into a threatening expression, and he spoke in a low, menacing voice.

Are you... sure?

Zhou Ke'er looked at the man in front of her with a strange expression, and began to suspect that he was someone in disguise... But he did call her by name, so why didn't he recognize Leng Chi Tu, the legitimate daughter of the Prince of Zhenbei? It didn't make sense.

However, Zhou Ke'er was too lazy to think too much about it. She simply pointed to the cold-cooked rabbit and explained to the man with great kindness (and a sarcastic tone): "This is the legitimate daughter of the Prince of Zhenbei. May I ask what you intend to do with her? Should you imprison her in the Heavenly Prison?"

## Chapter 323, Section 318: The Grand Imperial Examination (Thirty-Three)

"what?"

The man was startled at first, but quickly turned to look at Zhou Ke'er with displeasure, trying to change the subject: "Is this how you talk to your superiors?!"

"Oh my, you certainly have quite the airs of an official! But... unfortunately, I've seen through your true colors! You... are an imposter! You're not one of the Prince of Yan's guards!"

Zhou Ke'er snorted coldly, looking confident and righteous, and pointed at the man, saying with certainty: "First of all, you not only don't recognize Shi An, the Crown Prince, but you also don't recognize Leng... cough cough, even she, the legitimate daughter of the Prince of Zhenbei. How dare you say you are a member of the imperial court?!"

Secondly, my name isn't Zhou Ke'er, it's Honghe! Just now, only Leng... only she made a slip of the tongue and called me by the wrong name, saying my name was Zhou Ke'er. It's obvious that you were secretly eavesdropping before entering the scene to put on this show!

Third... I've never seen you in the Prince of Yan's guards! You're definitely an imposter!"

"What nonsense are you spouting! You've never seen me before?! Zhou Ke'er, are you trying to rebel?! You've gone too far!"

The man was completely dumbfounded after hearing Zhou Ke'er's analysis. It took him a while to react. He looked at Zhou Ke'er in shock, wondering how she could say such nonsense.

"Hey, you stupid groundhog, don't you understand? In this situation, if I say you're an imposter, then you're an imposter! A fake is a fake, and even if it were real, it would still be a fake!"

Zhou Ke'er glanced speechlessly at the shocked man, then deliberately put on a troubled look and sized him up, saying, "What do you think of this story: 'You, as a subordinate of the Prince of Yan's Guard, were attacked by a treacherous spy. Despite your valiant resistance, you were ultimately no match for him and died a glorious death. Your identity was even impersonated by the spy. Fortunately, when this spy tried to deceive me, also a member of the Prince of Yan's Guard, our clever and intelligent eldest daughter of the Prince of Zhenbei discovered the truth. Finally, with the combined efforts of her, me, and the Crown Prince Shi'an, we finally eliminated this damned spy and avenged you'... What do you think of this story? Isn't it very touching?"

"...d(OдO?)"

The others around Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but show shocked expressions when they heard her shameless and cunning string of lies—this girl is really too shameless!

"Sure enough, no wonder there's a saying that 'the more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to lie.' I didn't understand it before, but now I finally know what it means."

Shi An sighed, looking at Zhou Ke'er's self-righteous expression, and couldn't help but complain, "Besides, look at the miserable state I'm in now! I don't look like I'm working with you to defeat the enemy at all! I was the one who got injured by you!"

"That's easy. The enemy is just too strong. Even with three against one, we barely managed to win and were seriously injured... Wait a minute! Look, even a master like Song Yi was seriously injured. Doesn't that prove how strong the enemy is? So it's perfectly normal that you were seriously injured too?"

Zhou Ke'er casually explained (or rather, made up) that he got carried away and even mentioned his real-life verbal tic, which seemed completely out of place with his current demeanor: "Besides, there's Dio, who's an envoy of the Great Qin. So this is supposed to be international cooperation? That's incredibly risky!"

"...You want to kill me?!"

The man finally realized what Zhou Ke'er meant by saying that long string of words, but even though he realized it, he still couldn't believe it!

Is there really such a ridiculous thing in the world?

"Are you crazy?! Do you know what you're doing?! You know yourself..."

The man still couldn't switch his mindset and couldn't help but point at Zhou Ke'er and berate her.

Unfortunately, before she could finish speaking, Zhou Ke'er decided to take action immediately, throwing a spiritual needle at the person who was pointing fingers at her.

"!"

The man was quite observant and immediately noticed Zhou Ke'er's movements. He quickly realized what was happening, stopped talking, and drew his short knife from his waist to block in front of him.

His movements were quite swift; even though he struck back with his sword, he barely managed to block Zhou Ke'er's spiritual needles.

Unfortunately...

To his utter surprise, Zhou Ke'er's spiritual needles... would actually explode!

After all, the martial arts taught by the Prince of Yan's guards did not include this kind of technique, and he knew which techniques Zhou Ke'er had been taught. Therefore, subconsciously, he did not choose to dodge, but instead confidently drew his sword to defend.

Therefore, this confident strike fell right into Zhou Ke'er's trap.

With a loud bang, the short knife in the man's hand was blown apart, and several fragments flew out with the aftershocks of the explosion, piercing the man's body.

The man didn't even have time to react before he instinctively staggered back several steps, his tiger's mouth cracked with countless fine bloodstains. The instantaneous explosion of the spiritual energy needle left charred burn marks on his front, and the corrosive spiritual energy that splashed out with the explosion continued to gnaw at his body bit by bit, making a "hissing" sound and emitting blue smoke.

"What...what kind of kung fu is this?!"

The man instinctively let out a low cry of pain, then looked at Zhou Ke'er in disbelief and asked in a trembling voice—this couldn't possibly be the kind of skill this guy in front of him should know! The Prince of Yan's guards had never recorded, much less taught, such a technique.

Could it be...?

"Who exactly are you? No... who are you, the spy planted in the Prince of Yan's Guard?! What is your purpose...?"

The man's eyes widened in horror, clearly having conjured up a series of astonishing schemes in his mind. He immediately prepared to flee, thinking, "No, this news... I have to tell them. I can't let you succeed!"

"Hey...who told you to leave? You just showed up out of nowhere, spouted some threats, and now you want to run away? What do you take me for, a mere little bread roll?!"

Just then, before Zhou Ke'er could do anything, Dio, who was inexplicably annoyed, rushed out. A flash of black light appeared behind him, and in a short moment, he had already reached the man's back.

With a flash of crimson light, Dio's blood-red longsword pierced the back of the man who couldn't dodge in time.

"What the hell?! You stole my kill??? I was the one who dealt all the damage!"

Zhou Ke'er's eyes widened as she strongly condemned Dio's behavior, noting it down in her mental notebook. She was also secretly considering whether to pretend to finish him off before she could stop in time and fire a spiritual needle in his direction, hoping the explosion would affect him.

## Chapter 324, Section 319: The Grand Imperial Examination (Thirty-Four)

"What's going on? Are they still not done? I keep hearing strange noises coming from here. Could it be that they resisted arrest...?! Commander Chen!"

Just then, a questioning voice suddenly came from outside the courtyard wall that the man had broken through earlier. But before he could finish speaking, as the man passed through the wall and everything inside the courtyard was exposed to his view... he was so shocked that he couldn't even speak. He just called out to the man in shock and then stood there frozen in place.

Seeing this, Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but curl her lips slightly. With such a mentality, how could he be a lackey of the imperial court? His quality is too poor. He probably got into the Prince of Yan's Guard through back channels.

Despite her inner turmoil, Zhou Ke'er had to start thinking: was there no one else outside this courtyard except for the guy in front of her, or were there a large group of Yanwang Guards already surrounding the place?

"!"

The man on the verge of death—oh, now we have a title, we should call him Commander Chen—in any case, after seeing the guy who suddenly appeared in front of him, a hint of surprise suddenly appeared in his somewhat cloudy and dazed eyes.

He opened his mouth, seemingly eager to say something, wanting to tell the other party the information he had just guessed.

But unfortunately...

"Goodbye."

Dio revealed a smug smile, uttered those two words softly, then flipped his wrist, gripped the hilt tightly, placed his other hand against the bottom of the hilt, and pushed hard.

"Bah!"

Immediately afterwards, the blood-red longsword, under Dio's force, slashed upwards with such force that it sliced ​​through Chen Baihu's chest and abdomen to the top of his head with almost no resistance.

With his throat split in two, Commander Chen was naturally unable to utter a word and could only die with endless regret and remorse.

"!!! What are you doing?!"

Having witnessed his superior's sudden death, the young man who had just entered was almost driven mad with rage. He immediately drew the halberd from his back and charged at Dio with a look of utter defiance, yelling, "Stop right there!"

"Another one coming to their death..."

Dior snorted coldly, preparing to utter a few harsh words.

Unfortunately, he was interrupted by Zhou Ke'er before he could even utter his signature line, "just a small loaf of bread."

"That's not it! You've misunderstood! I'm also a member of the Prince of Yan's Guard; you should recognize me!"

Suddenly, Zhou Ke'er shouted at the man and raised her Yanwang Guard token at him.

Although the man was momentarily blinded by anger, Zhou Ke'er's loud shouts still drew his attention, and he subconsciously looked at her.

"You are..."