Fang Xiu, scalpel in hand, slowly approached Yang Kunpeng's corpse, intending to verify his hypothesis.
"Nightmare was previously unable to leave the mental hospital; to be precise, none of the supernatural beings could leave. But Nightmare had one ability: to enter other people's dreams. Now, Yang Kunpeng has emerged alive, filled with fear..."
At this point, both Wang Dehai and Bai Qi's expressions changed slightly.
Whoosh!
A flash of silver light!
Fang Xiu slashed fiercely at Yang Kunpeng's head, which had fallen to the ground, with the scalpel in his hand.
However, just as he was about to strike, a plume of black smoke shot out from his head.
A cold glint flashed in Fang Xiu's eyes as he saw a pair of blood-red eyes within the black smoke.
It's a nightmare!
Nightmare was very fast and swiftly dodged Fang Xiu's strike.
At this moment, Bai Qi moved.
Fang Xiu finally saw his weapon clearly; it was a short sword, without any superfluous decorations or patterns, and its dark gold color gave it a very high-quality feel.
Fang Xiu recognized it at a glance; it was a short sword made of 100% pure Mind Steel, which was why it was the same color as the Spirit Coin.
Bai Qi, wielding a dark gold dagger, vanished from his spot as if by teleportation. When he reappeared, he was already beside Nightmare.
Whoosh!
A swift, powerful strike came crashing down from the sky; the speed was so fast that Nightmare had no chance to dodge it.
However, the slash that cut through Nightmare's body seemed to cut through the air.
Nightmare sneered: "It's useless. No attack will work on me."
Bai Qi frowned slightly, then slashed several more times, each strike hitting its mark, yet none causing injury.
"Is that so?" A calm, still voice rang out; it was Fang Xiu.
The scalpel gleamed silver as it aimed directly at the blood-red eyes emerging from the black smoke.
Upon seeing this, Nightmare panicked and fled in a flash. It seemed to have no physical form, and the walls of the interrogation room could not stop it at all; it simply passed through the walls and disappeared.
"Fang Xiu, I'll remember you!"
The interrogation room was filled with the suppressed, hoarse voice of nightmares.
Bai Qi's figure disappeared into the interrogation room as he chased after Nightmare.
Fang Xiu didn't move because he knew he couldn't catch up with Nightmare, who could ignore the terrain.
Now it seems that his prediction was correct. The reason Yang Kunpeng was able to get out alive was because Nightmare wanted to use him as a vessel to escape from the mental hospital.
When he and Zhao Hao escaped from the mental hospital, Nightmare probably had the same plan, but his plan failed. He broke the dream, while Zhao Hao became the Daily Ghost.
Looking back now, Zhao Hao's ability to escape the dream might not have been solely due to his unique characteristics or his ability to persevere in any dangerous situation.
According to Yang Kunpeng's description, you must completely ignore your fear in order to escape alive.
Although Zhao Hao successfully overcame his fear instinct using another instinct, he was still unable to truly eliminate the fear.
The real reason he was able to escape the dream was probably because he successfully instilled fear in the nightmare.
In addition, Fang Xiu noticed something else: Nightmare seemed to be deliberately avoiding his attacks. If it was truly invincible, why would it be avoiding them?
Moreover, he only dodges his own attacks but not Bai Qi's, which could be because he cannot dodge Bai Qi's attacks.
However, if the Nightmare can truly ignore any attack, it won't dodge at all.
This means that you possess an ability that nightmares fear—is it the power of pain or the scalpel?
Fang Xiu couldn't make a judgment for the time being, because the scalpel had cut through dozens of strange beings in the mental hospital, and Nightmare must have been cut by it. So Nightmare might be afraid of the scalpel, or it might be afraid of the power of pain.
Due to insufficient information, an accurate judgment cannot be made at this time.
But he had a vague feeling that it shouldn't be a scalpel, because as the owner of the scalpel, he knew very well that although a scalpel is sharp, it is only a physical attack, not a mental attack.
Therefore, it is more likely that they fear the power of pain.
Before long, Bai Qi's figure appeared like a ghost.
Wang Dehai hurriedly asked, "How is it?"
Bai Qi shook his head expressionlessly: "It has no physical form and cannot be grasped."
Wang Dehai's face instantly turned ugly. A strange creature had actually escaped from the Investigation Bureau right before his eyes. For him, the director, this was an utter disgrace.
Nightmare's abilities are particularly bizarre, ignoring attacks and killing people in their dreams.
If such a strange creature were to infiltrate the crowd, who knows how many casualties it would cause.
"Bai Qi, take men and investigate immediately! We cannot allow Nightmare to run rampant."
Bai Qi nodded, and then his figure disappeared from the spot again.
Wang Dehai looked at Fang Xiu with a grim expression: "Fang Xiu, I hope you can also contribute to this mission. After all, you are the one who walked out of the dream alive, so the nightmare should have little chance of harming you."
And it seems quite wary of the scalpel you brought from the mental hospital.
"Sigh, the responsibility this time lies with me. I will truthfully apologize to my superiors. If I had listened to you back then, perhaps this wouldn't have happened."
Fang Xiu nodded. Since it concerned Qingshan Mental Hospital, even if Wang Dehai hadn't said anything, he wouldn't have let Nightmare go unchecked.
Perhaps we can glean some information about Aoyama Mental Hospital from the nightmare.
The eerie realm at Qingshan Mental Hospital is very likely a man-made realm, and the director, Zhou Qingfeng, is very likely human, or at least was once human.
As for what Wang Dehai said, if he had listened to his own words back then, perhaps the current consequences would not have occurred.
Fang Xiu didn't think so. Even if Wang Dehai had actually believed him and paid great attention to Qingshan Mental Hospital, it wouldn't have mattered.
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