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

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829. Zabude Dele

However, just as Renault was about to speak, he saw Zhou Ke'er reach out her hand and make a finger-rubbing motion towards him.

Not quite understanding what Zhou Ke'er meant, Renault asked her directly, with a hint of confusion, what she was doing.

Zhou Ke'er pouted and said matter-of-factly, "Benefits! Benefits! You guys, one by one, always come to me for no reason, wasting my time. One minute you're asking me to do this, the next you're asking me to do that. Putting aside whether I can do it or not, don't you have any guilt or self-awareness? If you were giving me benefits, that would be one thing, but you're always thinking of making me work for free, right? Can't you have any shame?"

But Rae was even more self-righteous. He simply didn't have any substantial benefits to offer Zhou Ke'er, and even if he did, it wouldn't be convenient to give them to her, otherwise it would be difficult to explain to the Evil God. Besides, he hadn't asked Zhou Ke'er to do anything, and even if he had, she hadn't agreed. So he stood silently to the side, glaring at Renault alongside Zhou Ke'er.

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Renault was greatly puzzled: "Didn't I give you anything in return? Wait... no, to be honest, I didn't ask you to do anything for me, did I?"

"Shouldn't you charge me compensation and consultation fees for wasting my time? You keep coming over and dragging me into this godforsaken place, then start talking nonsense and rambling on about riddles and gibberish. It's all useless to me. I have absolutely no idea what you're up to, but I don't care at all."

Zhou Ke'er stuck out her neck and said righteously, "But I still care about the time that was wasted! My time is very valuable! For example, if you hadn't dragged me into this godforsaken place, I might have already won the speed race rankings and awards."

Rae shrugged and said cheekily, "If I hadn't pulled you in here, you might have fallen from the sky and been smashed into a pancake. So, I'm kind enough to save your life without asking for anything in return."

After saying that, Rae then distanced himself from the situation and joined Zhou Ke'er in looking at Renault with shared indignation.

Renault finally understood. These two bastards had somehow reached a consensus and were clearly determined to squeeze some benefits out of him.

Alas, there are bad people among the masses!

For some reason, Renault, who thought he had important matters to discuss, was somehow dragged into a ditch as he was thinking. The long-winded discourse that had filled his mind disappeared without a trace, and now he was only thinking about how to deal with these two shameless bastards in front of him.

Zhou Ke'er narrowed her eyes slightly—did you think that his desperate utterance of those inexplicable words was because he had suddenly started having another episode? Okay, he admitted that there was a small part to it, but the main reason was that he also wanted to use this method to test whether Renault would also be affected by his so-called "brain-degrading halo."

Now it seems clear that it absolutely will.

Moreover, there seemed to be an unexpected gain—while Renault lost his rational judgment at an extremely fast pace without realizing it, Raël, who was originally a bit clueless, seemed to have returned to normal and immediately saw through Zhou Ke'er's intentions and cooperated with her.

But to say that he has broken free from the influence doesn't seem quite right—after all, the way he's acting now doesn't seem very smart.

Well, at least it proves that even a master like Renault can be affected by Zhou Ke'er's "idiocy-lowering aura." That's actually quite interesting.

But the more I thought about it, the more I felt that there was a huge secret and conspiracy hidden behind it. After all, if even Renault could be affected, then this so-called intelligence-lowering aura was simply like a large-scale, collective curse that was ridiculously powerful, making one wonder what kind of being could create such a bizarre thing.

But Zhou Ke'er didn't care.

Although this task fell to him, it seems to be entirely beneficial for him, with no downsides. Who wouldn't want everyone around them to be a goofy, simpleton like Lengchitu? It would be so much more pleasant to interact with them that way.

All that scheming and backstabbing all day long must be exhausting. Besides, if everyone else becomes stupid, wouldn't that be equivalent to Zhou Ke'er becoming smarter?

It's enough to know that this "brain-degrading aura" has a very high upper limit of influence; there's no need to delve into the details. It would be bad if you ended up getting yourself caught up in it.

Zhou Ke'er and Rael exchanged a glance—oh no, Zhou Ke'er was just looking at that face full of mosaics, but Rael quickly understood what Zhou Ke'er meant—this guy wanted to take advantage of Renault's current silly state and get to work right away.

Tsk, although helping Zhou Ke'er doesn't bring him any benefit, it's still quite interesting to see Renault get his comeuppance, isn't it?

Rayle subtly beckoned with his fingers behind his back, and a spatial rift silently appeared behind Zhou Ke'er, slowly expanding.

Zhou Ke'er seized the opportunity and, with lightning speed, fell backward into the space, instantly disappearing from it.

Renault, still reeling from his dazed state, was preoccupied with arguing with Zhou Ke'er and insisting that he didn't need to give her any compensation for emotional distress or other benefits. Suddenly, Zhou Ke'er, who was right in front of him, vanished.

He was stunned for a while before he came to his senses, and the effects of the "brain-depressing" aura gradually faded—he finally understood what had just happened.

At this moment, Zhou Ke'er fell backward out of the spatial rift and landed on the ground with her back against it.

He looked up and, lo and behold, there was someone right next to him, looking down at him.

Take a closer look.

Huh?!

Pinch it, isn't that Nyaruko?!

So Zhou Ke'er fell right in front of Nyaruko when she stepped out?!

That bastard Rae, he actually schemed against him!

Nyarko's ahoge (cowlick) twitched, and she immediately squatted down, looking intently at Zhou Ke'er lying on the ground. "What? It's you? I just heard that you were half-banned and thrown into a monster horde as punishment for cheating, and now you're here... You didn't cheat again, did you?! Why are you so stubborn!"

Zhou Ke'er immediately scrambled to her feet, sobbing uncontrollably, "No! No! There are bad people in this crowd! That guy Rayle is no good! When he saw me being punished, he actually dragged me over and mocked me mercilessly. In the end, he even said that such a small punishment wasn't enough, and that he'd rather I suffer even more, so he just dumped me here! Luckily you're here, otherwise I would have been covered in mud!"

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830. "Immortal"

"puff"

Nyarko turned her head away.

Zhou Ke'er's eyes widened: "Hey! You didn't laugh, did you?!"

"I didn't!" Nyarlathotep immediately denied it. "I'm not! Don't talk nonsense!"

"I heard everything! You laughed! I'm in such a miserable state and you can still laugh?! Do you have no humanity?" Zhou Ke'er said, heartbroken.

Nyarko stood with her hands on her hips, completely unfazed: "I didn't. I'm not human."

Zhou Ke'er suddenly realized: "Oh, right. It's okay then, you can laugh now."

"I don't want to laugh anymore," Nyaruko said, grinning.

Zhou Ke'er was too lazy to continue the conversation. She glanced around and casually asked, "Where is this? Where did that bastard Rayle leave me?"

Nyarko shook her head: "I don't know. I just wandered around watching the show."

Before Zhou Ke'er could say anything more, Nyaruko's eyes suddenly lit up. She clenched her right fist and slammed it into her left palm, as if struck by a sudden inspiration, and said, "That's right, since that's the case, why don't you come along too? It would be quite interesting to see your show."

A big question mark appeared on Zhou Ke'er's forehead.

Nyarko didn't care whether Zhou Ke'er agreed or not. She immediately waved her hand, and Zhou Ke'er was slapped out of the space. She fell straight down from the sky and finally crashed into the ground with a "boom".

"It hurts..."

Fortunately, when Zhou Ke'er was in a stalemate with Rayleigh and Reno, she managed to quickly activate her divinity to regenerate some evil entities; otherwise, just that one smash would have crippled her.

Although the original evil within her body did not disappear, its activity was suppressed, which at most could only keep Zhou Ke'er alive; it could do almost nothing else.

Zhou Ke'er climbed out of the crater she had created, stretched her muscles that had almost dislocated, and looked around.

But it turned out that this was a small villa, where Zhou Ke'er had just smashed through the roof and three layers of ceiling before crashing into the ground.

One has to admire Nyaruko's ruthlessness and Zhou Ke'er's tenacious will to live.

To be honest, as long as those evil gods don't intervene, Zhou Ke'er himself shouldn't die no matter how recklessly he acts—after all, he no longer needs a "body" and can survive directly using his evil nature as a host. But in that case, he wouldn't even need a human skin anymore, becoming purely an evil being. So, Zhou Ke'er probably won't do that unless absolutely necessary—although the meaning of this "absolutely necessary" is quite intriguing.

To be honest, this is even more resilient than a cockroach.

Immediately, about ten people stood in the room, looking terrified and trembling. In front of them was a huge turntable with two rings. The outer ring displayed the faces of everyone present, while the inner ring was filled with various organs, such as the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys.

The moment Zhou Ke'er appeared, his image appeared on the outer ring of the turntable.

Just then, the turntable stopped, the outer and inner rings swaying alternately before gradually coming to a stop. The pointer was pointing at a middle-aged man present, and the organ was labeled "brain".

"No! You can't give me my brain! This is going to kill me!"

The man roared in terror and rage, “Why?! Those guys only had their eyes and ears taken, why do I have to have my brain?! Damn roulette wheel, get out of my way!”

As he spoke, he immediately scrambled and crawled toward the door.

The others looked at him not with anger, but with a hint of hope—after all, this wasn't the time to dwell on other people's ulterior motives, but if he really did escape, wouldn't that mean they could follow suit and escape too?!

Unfortunately, it's clearly not that simple.

Perhaps this spinning wheel believed in the philosophy that if you don't give it to me, I'll take it myself. Before that guy could even run out the door, he was immediately cracked open, his entire skull disappeared without a trace, and his brain vanished along with it.

The man remained in a sprinting posture and fell heavily in front of the door, his blood staining the entire carpet.

Now no one dared to move.

However, it is obvious that this game cannot have a certain death ending. If it did, then even if this group of people were to risk the same fate as the man from before, they would definitely rush out and escape. Otherwise, staying here would only lead to a slow death, and who would stay knowing that they are doomed?

Even Zhou Ke'er doesn't know how.

Either the number of spins on the wheel is limited, or certain conditions must be met for a particular person, or the remaining survivors, to be saved.

Soon, the turntable started spinning again.

Perhaps as a newcomer, the wheel decided to give Zhou Ke'er a chance to shine first, and the pointer quickly landed on Zhou Ke'er and was marked with "kidney".

It seems they're planning to take it one step at a time, not to kill off the newcomers outright. That's so kind of them.

Zhou Ke'er sighed and immediately said that she didn't need him to do it, she would do it herself. She stretched out her hands and stabbed them hard into her lower back. Then she took out the kidneys, which were still trembling slightly, one in each hand, and held them out in front of the turntable to show them to everyone.

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Now, not only everyone present, but even the spinning wheel was completely baffled by Zhou Ke'er.

You said it was all set to take Zhou Ke'er's kidneys, and it originally only planned to take one, but Zhou Ke'er readily took matters into her own hands. Not only did she do it herself, but she also said, "One isn't enough! Don't be shy, buy one get one free, take both."

Not only that, but even after having two kidneys removed, this guy is still alive and kicking, showing no signs of dying at all. This makes the roulette wheel almost suspect that Zhou Ke'er is some kind of monster trying to amuse itself.

However, despite this, it still accepted Zhou Ke'er's kidney, saying, "Since you are so charitable, I will accept it without hesitation."

So the roulette wheel started rigging the game without any scruples. The outer ring of the wheel spun forward one space, then immediately jumped back, as if to say: "Hey, didn't expect that, did you? It's you again!"

This time, the organ in question is the "heart".

His intentions are as clear as day; everyone knows it.

But to everyone's surprise, Zhou Ke'er said again: "No need for you to do it, I'll do it."

Before the turntable could make a move, Zhou Ke'er, with a righteous and indignant expression, stretched out her right hand and stabbed it hard into her chest cavity, squeezing out her heart, which was still beating when it was pulled out.

"????"

If the roulette wheel were a person, its expression would definitely be one of utter confusion—where did this bastard come from? Trying to scam me?

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831. The whole thing was a mess.

"This...is this something that can be taken out?"

The other players, who were initially panicked and desperate, stared wide-eyed at Zhou Ke'er in disbelief. This girl had actually pulled out her own kidneys and heart, and she wasn't dead yet?!

Could it be that in this "game," as long as you donate your organs according to the rules, you won't actually die?