Chapter 8 Saint Lan Monastery 08

"His skin began to turn bluish-purple, and huge lumps of flesh swelled up where you had hit him, with something seemingly wriggling inside."

"Seeing the waiter getting increasingly strange, you screamed with your eyes closed while frantically hitting him a few more times."

"You shattered his mask, and his face is completely disfigured; it's very eerie."

You muttered to yourself, "You'll get what's coming to me for wrongly accusing me! I'll kill you!"

"The waiter hadn't even started doing anything yet, and you, the one who started this by taking off the cleaner's clothes, beat him so badly he was unrecognizable. No, he wasn't even human."

"The waiter looks utterly miserable; you are both violent and heartless!"

"This waiter is definitely weird. You can only use violence to cover up your fear. He's the first weirdo you've ever encountered."

"As you were beating the waiter, wisps of black smoke kept escaping from his body."

"You secretly open one eye to check if the person is dead, only to find that the waiter's chest is split open, and there are no organs beating inside."

"In addition, the waiter's entire stomach was empty, his body was covered in dark blood, and he quickly looked like he was in his sixties or seventies."

"You were terrified by the waiter's condition; his face was deathly pale, and his hand holding the nunchaku was trembling."

"This waiter is too strange. He didn't fight back even when your monster beat him up, but he turned into this state."

"At that moment, the cleaner arrived with the pastor."

You quickly stopped hitting them and looked at the person who had entered. The cleaner asked, "Where's waitress number 22?"

You turn around, only to find that the waiter you were beating just a second ago has mysteriously vanished!

"You were momentarily stunned and confused when the priest and the cleaner forcibly took you away."

"This strange thing can just disappear into thin air. Could it be the work of 'He' mentioned in the game's completion conditions?"

"I don't know how he suddenly disappeared, but he was definitely a dead man a long time ago."

"You've decided that if you encounter waiters again in the future, you'll try to minimize contact with them outside of simulation sessions."

"If you encounter a waiter in a simulation, beat him up and see what's going on."

...

"While you were thinking, the pastor and the cleaner had already led you to the prayer hall."

"You noticed that all the believers in the room you passed earlier seemed to have some issues."

"In order to uncover more information, you stop struggling, obediently follow them, and try to remember everything you see."

"You glance at a description of the monastery's organizational structure on the wall of the corridor, and try to memorize all the information."

1. The management of this monastery consists of only one abbot.

"2. The mission department has a total of ninety priests, monks, pastors and nuns, five doctors and twenty servants."

"3. The monastery's dormitories are Building 1 and Building 2, which are provided for monks, priests and nuns."

4. The logistics department includes six cleaners and six cooks.

"What you might not expect is that with so many waiters, could every single one of them be like the previous one? The more you think about it, the more terrifying it becomes, especially since you haven't seen that many monks or nuns."

"You think this organizational structure would be quite unreasonable in the real world."

"Because the priests, pastors, and monks are not believers in any one religion, the staff of this monastery is a complete hodgepodge."

"However, this is a strange world, and you've confirmed your suspicions: there's something seriously wrong with this monastery."

"First, the blue-masked waiter possesses 'strange powers,' which are undoubtedly strange."

"Secondly, this monastery may or may not be a monastery."

"Third, you infer from Article 4 of the church's code of conduct, and the fact that the cleaner asked you for clothes, that uniforms are important to cleaners. Monk's robes, nun's robes, priest's robes, and pastor's robes might also be important, perhaps to prevent them from getting contaminated?"

"Fourth, your biggest question is whether taking the medicine will cause contamination, and what will happen if you don't take it? So far, you haven't experienced any consequences from not taking the medicine."

...

"Shortly after crossing a covered bridge with flying buttresses, you were taken to a prayer chapel in another tower, where the air was filled with the smell of blood and a pungent, watery odor that you suspected was holy water."

"You turn your head and you'll find the pastor's code of conduct on the left wall in front of the auditorium."

"The Pastor's Code of Conduct"

"1. As a harvest pastor, ensure that new believers pray three times a day on time."

2. Remember to pray before meals and make sure you are always wearing your pastor's robes.

"3. Prayer should only be scheduled on special days to begin the harvest."

"4. If someone is corrupted because they do not pray, immediately bring them to church to join in prayer. If prayer is ineffective, be prepared to reap the consequences."

"5. If they did not pray for ten consecutive days, the pastor would force them to livestream their harvest, at which time there were many buyers."

"After the cleaner and the pastor escorted you into the church, she hurriedly left, leaving only the pastor."

"You were so focused on reading the pastor's code of conduct that you didn't notice what the pastor was doing to you."

"At this moment, you have been led to the very front of the church seats, where the pastor is holding a scripture and making prayer gestures."

"You suddenly snapped out of your daze, staring intently at the scripture in the pastor's hand, startling him, and your heart pounded like a drum."

"You realize that he might be trying to brainwash you, making you pray and leading you in reading scriptures."

"You run towards the church door immediately."

"Just then, you heard several hurried footsteps outside the door, which you guessed were there to help the pastor."

"You dare not use nunchucks anymore, you dare not continue to try and discover the rules through trial and error, you cannot let them judge you as having been corrupted by not praying."

"The word 'harvest' in the rules evokes a sense of inexplicable fear; that must be the truth behind the buying and selling of goods in monasteries."

"Even though you are not a pastor or a believer, you still know that mental health treatment mainly involves a combination of psychotherapy, psychiatric therapy, and medication."

"Treatment is generally based on medication, supplemented by psychotherapy."

"When the pollution is severe, it's impossible to stay awake."

"The rules say, 'Prayer is ineffective; prepare for the harvest.' It's about preparing for the harvest, not other forms of treatment."

"After ten consecutive days without prayer, you are being forced to conduct a live-streamed harvest. You suspect that this harvest is highly unusual."

"In order to tear off the monks' and priests' rules from the wall and see if there are any hints or anything on the back, you pretend to be perfectly lucid."

You ask, "Pastor, where am I? What happened to me?"

"The other pastors also came to the church at this time, dressed neatly and carrying crosses and scriptures."

"They looked at you with suspicion, but you kept getting closer to the wall where the rules were located."