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

After this unexpected turn of events, Shi An and Dio were stunned and stood there, staring blankly at Zhou Ke'er and Leng Chi Tu without saying or doing anything, as if the program had crashed due to the Eighth Prince.

"..."

Zhou Ke'er pondered for a moment, then stood there warily waiting for the two counterfeiters for a short while. Seeing that they still didn't react, she tried asking, "So who exactly are you? What is the purpose of bringing me here? And what have you done to these two?"

However, after waiting for a while, no one answered his question.

"Hey...who are you talking to?"

The shameless cold-cooked rabbit shrank behind Zhou Ke'er and asked in a low voice.

Zhou Ke'er narrowed her eyes almost imperceptibly, and subtly took a half-step to the side, turning her back to the cold-cooked rabbit without exposing her back—although she should be genuine, she should at least maintain a basic level of vigilance.

"The mastermind behind it all... Given that things have come to this, and they even went out of their way to lead us here, do you really think there's no one pulling the strings behind the scenes?"

Zhou Ke'er replied.

"But nobody answered."

Cold-cooked Rabbit scratched his head. "Could he still be hiding in the shadows? Even if he knows we've noticed something's wrong, he just won't come out?"

"I noticed something was wrong, but you didn't."

Zhou Ke'er casually made a pointed remark, then added, "However, there's also a possibility... that some kind of area-wide illusion has been set up here. Anyone who sneaks in will be trapped in the illusion, guided here by a pre-programmed, programmed path, then divided and eliminated together. Now that I've exposed their identities, because the mastermind might not be personally controlling the illusion—it's just operating on its own—these two imposters can't respond outside of the pre-programmed sequence, and are stuck here..."

"You think the mastermind is a programmer?"

Cold-cooked rabbit couldn't help but complain upon hearing this.

"No... After hearing this long explanation, shouldn't you question why I think we might be trapped in an illusion, and why I can analyze the illusion's setting so logically?"

Zhou Ke'er suddenly turned her head, staring at the cold rabbit with a strange and blank look in her eyes. There was a faint smile on her lips, but upon closer inspection, it seemed to be just an unconscious twitch at the corner of her mouth. In short, she stared at the cold rabbit with a stiff and strange expression, and asked word by word.

"Of course there's no doubt about it, because... the mastermind behind all of this is actually me..."

Upon hearing this, Cold-Eating Rabbit grinned with a sinister smile, and said in a stiff, hoarse voice, but before she could finish speaking, Zhou Ke'er unhesitatingly fired a spiritual energy needle at her face. Startled, she frantically waved her hands and explained, "Hey, what are you doing! No, no, I was just joking, why are you hitting me!"

"boom!"

"Not you, it's the person behind you!"

With a cold face, Zhou Ke'er casually explained, then immediately grabbed Leng Chi Tu and pulled him behind her. With her other hand, she secretly channeled her Gui Xu energy and swung it out fiercely. Although the spiritual energy accumulated from the automatic generation was enough to support Zhou Ke'er to throw five or six spiritual energy needles, there was no need to throw them out in every situation. That kind of consumption would be unsustainable.

Tsk, I still suffer from the lack of matching character templates, skills, and techniques. I was really screwed over by that bastard GM. This character template is completely useless, especially since I started in the main world in the wilderness, which is a terrible start. I can't even get any techniques.

If she had enough spiritual power, Zhou Ke'er would have many amazing tricks up her sleeve.

Putting that aside for now, what suddenly attacked was a cloud of black mist. After being struck by Zhou Ke'er's spiritual needle, it exploded violently, and the remaining black mist that was heading towards Zhou Ke'er was deflected by the energy she released with her empty-handed Returning Void Force.

"And who are you, sir? Why are you hiding and concealing yourself? This is against the code of the martial world! It is truly despicable to a woman like me!"

Zhou Ke'er immediately rebuked him sternly.

But no one answered.

"Wait a minute, that black mist didn't seem to be attacking us intentionally. Look at the hole in the wall of that house! It looks like it was bounced out from there!"

Suddenly, Lengchitu poked its head out from behind Zhou Ke'er, pointed to a house not far away, and said.

"...That's not enough to ignore me after I've spoken so loudly! I'll remember this grudge. Let's go see what's going on!"

## Chapter 331, Section 326: The Mystery of Kyoto (Part 4)

"Okay, let's go take a look!"

Cold-cooked Rabbit solemnly agreed to Zhou Ke'er's request, but remained huddled behind her without moving.

"...Ah, Rabbit..."

Zhou Ke'er turned around and said earnestly to Lengchitu, "The nation has nurtured scholars for twenty years, and today is the day to show your loyalty and courage! Now is your time to contribute to our team! I will always remember you, go now!"

"???"

Cold-cooked Rabbit was dumbfounded by Zhou Ke'er's shameless words. "I have never seen such a shameless person! Why isn't it you who goes? Today is the day to die for justice, not the day I die for justice. So you're not part of the team?"

"Sigh, I'm the team leader, I'm the leader of this team, this team can't do without me! Rabbit, you know, if I could, I would definitely take the lead and fight to the death for justice, but now is not the time!"

Zhou Ke'er wore a righteous and stern expression, her voice filled with emotion, "I don't want to watch you go to your death either, but I have no choice! I can't die. If I die, the world will change color, and history will be rewritten!"

"??? What are you saying, Captain?!"

Cold-cooked Rabbit was truly defeated by Zhou Ke'er's shamelessness. There was really no other way, so he could only reluctantly walk ahead, complaining all the while: "Hey, if there's any danger later, I'll definitely run away immediately, you know? Don't block my way!"

"Don't worry, I'm sure..."

Zhou Ke'er nodded with a smile. Before Leng Chi Tu could even be surprised at how easygoing he was, he continued to add confidently, "I'll definitely block your way. What will I do if you run away? Of course, you'll have to cover my retreat."

Cold-Eating Rabbit pursed her lips, finally confirming that the person behind her was indeed Zhou Ke'er. Just as she was about to say something, she suddenly saw a... no, it should be half a figure slowly crawling out of the hole in the house.

Zhou Ke'er, who was shamelessly hiding behind the cold-cooked rabbit, also noticed the strange situation at a glance. Her pupils shrank subconsciously, and after taking a closer look, she couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice, "Zhang Buyan?!"

"It's him!"

At the same time, the cold-cooked rabbits couldn't help but shout in unison.

Zhou Ke'er glanced at the cold-cooked rabbit, but didn't press for details right now; clearly, this wasn't the time.

But Bu Yan looked utterly miserable. He was covered in blood, dust, and grime, his clothes were wrinkled and stained from crawling on the ground, and even had scratches and marks.

He barely managed to squeeze his upper body out of the hole in the wall, his lips pressed tightly together, inching his way out. His lower body remained inside the room. From Zhou Ke'er's angle, she could only barely see one of his knees bent at an odd angle, limply dragging on the ground, clearly broken.

"...Hey, do you think that guy is real or fake?"

While gesturing to Lengchitu not to be afraid and continuing to walk in that direction, Zhou Ke'er asked her in a low voice.

"How would I know... But seeing his miserable state, I think it must be true, right? It's impossible that the mastermind would stage a self-inflicted injury for us. There's no need for that."

Cold-cooked Rabbit rolled its eyes, but there was nothing it could do. It could only continue walking towards Zhang Buyan, trembling, and casually replied.

"Yes..."

At the same time, Zhang Buyan also noticed Zhou Ke'er and Lengchitu outside, who were not deliberately hiding. Although he was severely injured, he was still able to see. Upon seeing them, his eyes lit up, and he whispered, "May I ask if you are Miss Honghe? Considering that we have met once before, I wonder if you could save me?!"

"Flamingo?"

Cold-cooked Rabbit was taken aback at first, but immediately realized that Zhou Ke'er must be using Honghe's name to swindle people again.

"..."

Zhou Ke'er tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said seriously, "Although we parted on bad terms last time and you even hit me, I am a magnanimous person who doesn't hold grudges. It's no problem for me to save you. However, this place is too dangerous. Why don't you climb out of there yourself and wait until we are a little further away from the palace before I bring you here? What do you think?"

There was no other way. Zhou Ke'er was really acting on impulse. From his current angle, and given the lighting, he couldn't see what was happening inside the room at all. What if Zhang Buyan was just bait, and Zhou Ke'er or Lengchitu fell into the trap as soon as they got there? Then he could only type "gg" and take his hands off the keyboard to wait for death.

"....good!"

Although Zhang Buyan was somewhat surprised by Zhou Ke'er's indifference and shamelessness, it was only human nature. In addition, he really didn't have much time to waste, so he didn't hesitate and gritted his teeth to crawl towards Zhou Ke'er.

In the end, Lengchitu couldn't stand it anymore. She quickly ran over, picked up Zhang Buyan, and ran back. After all, Zhang Buyan had saved her once before. Although she had been unreasonable and ungrateful, it was because Zhang Buyan wanted to run away, and Lengchitu didn't want to run away with him. Now that he was in trouble, based on the remaining conscience of Lengchitu, she couldn't remain indifferent.

"Hey, what happened to you? Didn't you run away earlier?"

As Lengchitu carried Zhang Buyan back, he couldn't help but ask in confusion.

"...You're still asking me! It's all because of that damned eunuch...who broke my legs and tied me up to the palace..."

Zhang Buyan looked at the cold-cooked rabbit with a resentful expression and said.

What's the situation inside?

When Zhou Ke'er saw that Leng Chi Tu had carried Zhang Buyan over, she didn't ask him how he had ended up in such a state. Instead, she immediately inquired about the situation inside.

"...The Emperor is engaged in a contest of wits with the envoys of Rome... no, I should say Qin..."

Zhang Buyan said bitterly, "And you don't know, do you? These two are actually the same person!"

"???"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ke'er immediately thought of Wei Mingquan's technique of creating an avatar, but... wasn't the Prince of Zhenbei actually the emperor's avatar?!

"What about the Prince of Zhenbei?!"

Cold-Eating Rabbit couldn't help but ask, "Didn't that dead eunuch say that the Prince of Zhenbei is the emperor, and the emperor is the Prince of Zhenbei?"

"You've got cause and effect mixed up..."

Zhang Buyan shook his head and explained, "What I mean is not that the Prince of Zhenbei and the Emperor are the same person, but that the Prince of Zhenbei will become the Emperor! And the current Emperor... will be reborn in the body of that Qin envoy, who is the next successor of Qin, so he can go to Qin and continue to be the Emperor!"

"Is this reasonable?! Can this skill be manipulated remotely? Or can it forcibly control others to act as one's own avatar? How could an emperor possibly send his own avatar to Rome?!"

Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but subconsciously complain.

## Chapter 332. The Mystery of Kyoto (Part 327)

"It wasn't done remotely... it was a conspiracy that was planned long ago."

Zhang Buyan shook his head, but then his expression tightened: "Alright, now is not the time to talk about this. Although those two killing gods inside are locked in a fierce battle and can't pay attention to me for the time being, this place is not a place we can stay for long. Let's leave here first and then make other plans!"

"Hmm...that's indeed the case."

Zhou Ke'er stroked her chin and nodded, but before Leng Chi Tu could even take off running, she saw him chuckle and say, "But I refuse! I'm already here, and you're telling me to leave and I just leave? Wouldn't that make me lose face? You think you can just come and go as you please? I'll show you who's in charge right now!"

Speaking of me, Zhou Ke'er walked over to the cold-cooked rabbit, reached out and took Zhang Buyan from her, carrying him on her shoulder.

Cold-cooked Rabbit scratched his head in confusion, wondering what Zhou Ke'er wanted to do.

A sense of foreboding welled up in Zhang Buyan's heart, and he immediately asked, "Hey! What are you doing?!"

"What do you think? Of course, we'll send you back to where you came from. You're welcome, I'm a Young Pioneer of the New Era."

Zhou Ke'er carried Zhang Buyan and jogged all the way to the hole in the wall he had crawled out of earlier.

"What the hell! Are you crazy?! Why would you do this?!"

Zhang Buyan was immediately terrified and struggled to his feet, repeatedly shouting, "No, no, it's really not that bad. I'll apologize to you, okay?"

"What's the point of having the Prince of Yan's Guard if apologies are enough? Here's the thing, it's not like I can't forgive you..."

Even though Zhang Buyan was seriously injured, he could not escape Zhou Ke'er's clutches. Zhou Ke'er quickly ran to the hole in the wall, but she did not rush to look inside. Instead, she stood next to the hole, leaned against the wall, and said to Zhang Buyan, "Can you kowtow to me? The kind that involves three bows and nine prostrations?"

"???"

Zhang Buyan's face immediately showed a confused expression that seemed to say, "Wow, are you a dog?" He was speechless for a moment.

The cold-cooked rabbit that had followed looked at Zhang Buyan with a serious expression and earnestly advised, "Alas, Brother Zhang, just kowtow and make the first move. As long as you're alive, you can always make a comeback!"