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

Seeing Zhou Ke'er's unusual behavior, Honghe subconsciously asked.

"It's nothing, I just suddenly realized that I made a silly mistake."

Zhou Ke'er sighed and hurried downstairs. "I forgot there are surveillance cameras inside the police station... Damn it, there are naturally some in the stairwell too. Our actions just now have been captured by the surveillance cameras."

Honghe remained expressionless, following Zhou Ke'er without saying a word.

However, Zhou Ke'er didn't expect Honghe to say anything. Instead, she grinned and covered her right eye with one hand, "Hehehe! You don't think you can catch me like this, do you? It's just a surveillance camera. What do you think I've been doing all this time as a psychiatrist? I've mastered all eighteen martial arts techniques for escaping surveillance cameras!"

Then, Zhou Ke'er covered her eyes, lost her footing, and unexpectedly tumbled down the stairs.

"..."

Honghe, whose face was perpetually expressionless, finally couldn't help but twitch twice, sighed helplessly, and quickened her pace.

Zhou Ke'er scrambled to her feet, hurriedly picked up her cane that had fallen to the side, and stared at the flamingo descending from above, narrowing her eyes: "You just saw it, didn't you?"

"...No, I didn't see anything."

The flamingo lied without batting an eye.

Damn it, that guy definitely saw it!

Zhou Ke'er turned her head away angrily, touched the tip of her nose, gave a bitter smile, snorted coldly, shrugged, frowned, raised the corner of her eye slightly, clenched her fist, and her nails dug deep into her flesh!

No one can offend Zhou Ke'er, no one!

This guy actually saw Zhou Ke'er's embarrassed state! The ominous sign above her head is flashing wildly now!

"Oh, really? That's great! Let's go!"

Zhou Ke'er turned her head, instantly switching to a harmless smile, and said to Honghe.

Damn it, look at the pitying look on Flamingo's face, it's like she's saying, "This guy has some mental issues, we need to take good care of him!" She's absolutely looking down on the sacred and noble profession of psychiatrist!

Zhou Ke'er trembled with anger. It was a sweltering day... no, actually not that hot... anyway, she was drenched in cold sweat, her hands and feet ice-cold. What was wrong with this game? It was filled with oppression of psychiatrists. Tears welled up uncontrollably. But Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but cry out for psychiatrists: Is there any place where psychiatrists can live safely? When will the psychiatric community truly stand up for themselves?

"...?"

Honghe looked at Zhou Ke'er, whose face was changing wildly and inexplicably as if she had been possessed, and began to lose track of her train of thought.

Is this guy starting some kind of joke that even she, the flamingo, doesn't know about...?

"Huh? Zhou Ke'er and... Honghe? What are you doing here?"

Just then, a surprised sound came from the corner of the stairs below.

Zhou Ke'er and Hong He subconsciously looked in that direction.

I didn't steal any girls. Oh, and there were Chu Chegan and others following behind me.

"...You've arrived."

Zhou Ke'er's expression changed instantly, and she looked at me and said quietly, "I didn't steal the girl."

"?? I'm here. What's up?"

When I didn't steal the girl, she was taken aback and wondered to herself: Did Zhou Ke'er know they were coming here, so she waited for them here on purpose?

"Hmph, you shouldn't have come."

Zhou Ke'er turned her head away, her tone weary.

"Why? What happened?"

I didn't steal a girl! I'm shocked! Could something bad be about to happen? Why shouldn't they be here?

"...But they've already arrived."

Seeing that the group was unlikely to catch the joke, Honghe kindly helped them catch it.

"You can't be with her! Because she's your sister!"

Zhou Ke'er turned her head again, stared at Amen and the others, and shouted with great emotion.

"????"

I had no idea what Zhou Ke'er was talking about, so I quickly turned around and looked at Chu Chegan and the others with a puzzled expression.

"You've only lost a leg, but what about her? She's lost her love!"

The flamingo perched on the railing and shouted down to me, "I didn't steal the girl."

"Hey! You stole my lines again!"

Zhou Ke'er said to Honghe with dissatisfaction, and made another note of Honghe in her mental notebook.

"Then it's mine again."

Honghe glanced at Zhou Ke'er and said casually.

"Um... what are you doing here? The alarm just went off once, but it stopped quickly... did something happen?"

Chu Che coughed twice, breaking the awkward atmosphere and trying to bring the situation back on track.

"Hmph, Colonel Chu, do you still remember Li Shuaixi by Daming Lake!"

Zhou Ke'er pushed up her non-existent glasses, flicked her hand in a very cool manner, pointed at Chu Chegan, and said righteously.

"Who? And what's this Daming Lake? What are you talking about?!"

Chu Che was stunned. Finally, he couldn't help but shout angrily. This kind of lunatic is really annoying. It's really making me lose my temper.

"Red Crane, do you know... you have to use magic to fight magic! It's the same with evil gods, you have to use evil gods to fight evil gods!"

Zhou Ke'er ignored Chu Chegan and turned to Honghe, "I want to summon the evil god!"

As he spoke, he turned to look at the group, including "I Didn't Steal the Girl," and said in a sinister tone, "Actually, my identity isn't that of a detective... but rather a cultist who infiltrated the police station! Thanks to you all, you let me leave without stopping me, and didn't even suspect me... So, I've completed all the sacrificial rituals! The evil god will soon descend!"

"I didn't steal the girl" and the others looked at each other, wondering if Zhou Ke'er was making a joke or telling the truth.

"If you really are a cult member, why did you reveal your identity to us?" Chu Chegan frowned and asked tentatively.

"Because there's no longer any need to hide my identity. Do you know why I was acting crazy in front of you just now?"

Zhou Ke'er stroked the ruby ​​on her cane, a maniacal smile typical of a villainous boss playing on her lips: "That was just stalling for time! And now... everything is ready, just waiting for the final incantation! The sacrificial ceremony is about to begin, and you will all become my offerings! Red Crane, come and protect me!"

As she spoke, Zhou Ke'er raised her cane high, closed her eyes, and began to chant softly.

"That's strange. We've gone this far, why don't these guys believe us? If they don't believe us, they can't activate their title abilities... Could it be because they didn't hear the incantation?"

...Okay, looks like I'll have to memorize a chant to impress them... Let me think, what's a shorter one that's easier to memorize...

"Oh, I've got it! This is it! I happened to hear this sung version when I was researching the Old Era... I guess it's lyrics? Anyway, it's much simpler than chanting, so this will do. They won't be able to tell the difference anyway."

Zhou Ke'er's mind raced, while Honghe, though unaware of what was going on, found it quite amusing and obediently stood in front of Zhou Ke'er.

"Death to the world, Cthulhu's come!"

(Universal destruction, Cthulhu descends)

Let earth abhor this thing!

(The earth detests this demonic delusion.)

let every mind prepare for doom

(May all beings perish)

as anguish and woe he'll bring

(Because he brought pain and sorrow)

up from the sea R'lyeh did rise

(From the seabed, R'lyeh rises)

the cultists awestruck dumb, with ancient rites so wretched and perverse

(The evildoers remain silent in awe, the ancient sites are both deplorable and insane)

Zhou Ke'er's soft murmurs gradually turned into loud chanting.

Hey, you know what, this song is actually pretty good.

Furthermore, the lyrics are in English, a language from the Old Age, so people who haven't taken this subject in college will basically not understand them.

So even if they mispronounce something, they won't notice; instead, they'll seem impressed but confused.

"Hey...really...?"

"I didn't steal the girl," I swallowed hard, turned to look at Chu Chegan, and asked in a trembling voice.

"I think...it really is...the incantation is there! How could a normal person memorize such a long string of incomprehensible words? It must have been provided by the system!"

Chu Chegan subconsciously took two steps back, but remembering that there were two female players behind him, Lengchitu and Huaijinwoyu, he reluctantly stopped.

[Player "Zhou Ke'er" has been detected as a cultist, and more than half of the people present believe her. Title effect activated.]

Player "Zhou Ke'er" acquires the basic traits of "Cultist": "Sacrifice," "Summon Inferior Families," and "Invoke Evil God."

[Note: This identity is only valid in this scenario and when someone who believes in this identity is present.]

"Nice!"

Hearing the system notification, Zhou Ke'er finally breathed a sigh of relief. Now she could start having fun!

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56. I am the murderer (Part 8)

"W-What should we do? Let's run away!"

Chu Chegan felt an indescribable sense of oppression and stammered as he spoke.

"Isn't this supposed to be a quest to find a murderer? Why is a cultist suddenly appearing? This is so strange!"

I couldn't help but complain, "I didn't steal any girls."

"Yes, yes! That's right!"

Huai Jin clasped her hands in agreement, her voice trembling.

"No...it was already hinted at in the opening sequence...that man in the black cloak with superhuman physical abilities, he might also be a cultist!"

Cold-Eat Rabbit, abandoning its previous deliberately cute demeanor, said coldly with a gloomy expression, "Escape is useless. Didn't he say he's going to sacrifice this entire police station? Unless we escape before he finishes chanting, we're doomed."

But that's clearly impossible... So, we only have one option! Stop him! Interrupt him before he finishes chanting!