How many character cards do you have?

After Karasawa Taki returned to the hospital, he started flipping the Monster Hammer again.

[What are you going to do again? ] The system asked curiously.

Psychoanalysis does not require so many courses of treatment, and the "promise" with Yumeno Hisaku, in fact, is not to tell anyone his identity, but having said that, it is still risky to make troubles under Mori Ogai.

'I'm not simply scaring him, this is an experiment involving later plans. '

[What experiment? 】

'That's what you said before, using the skill of entering the dream to give the people here the knowledge of Cthulhu mythology. '

[?You, you agree with my solution? 】The system was suddenly moved.

'of course not. Karasawa Taki didn't hesitate.

【…】

'However, there are indeed lessons to learn from. '

Do you still remember that in the coc running group, there is a fixed value setting for a certain monster to drop san?For example, if an investigator loses a full 20 San value in Shoggoth, he will not lose San when he encounters Shoggoth in a short period of time.

This aroused Taki Karasawa's idea, whether he could use the dream and illusion techniques to drop enough san points for them... No, even if they didn't drop enough, it would be good to get acquainted with them.

There are too many anti-type monsters. It is obviously not possible to pull them out one by one and use them in real running groups, and the time is not enough at all. Therefore, appropriate trade-offs need to be made. It is destined that only some of the more common monsters can be used in Karasawa Taki’s script. monsters, and for the rest, he intends to use the dream ability to replace them, to refresh the impression of monsters in dreams.

This was the inspiration he had given him by scaring Yumeno Hisaku before, but he didn't expect that the child was really frightened away, which aroused his association.

'Is the corresponding sanity point deducted for simulating a monster in a dream? Is it a total deduction? '

[That's right. 】The system is not sure, 【After all, the san lost in a dream will not disappear just because he wakes up, but maybe some points will be deducted if he meets in reality... I am not too sure, this is the first attempt. 】

Karasawa Taki was thoughtful.

So, three days later.

On this day, Karasawa Taki came to provide psychological counseling to Yumeno Kusaku for the last time this week. Yumeno wanted to protest that he had recovered from his illness, but seeing Karasawa Taki's smiling face, he swallowed his words in fear gone back.

"Then I'll be counting on you today, Dr. Karasawa."

"Of course, it's my job."

Mr. Mori!What are you doing, Mr. Sen!

Yumeno stared at Mori Ogai, trying to express his reluctance with his eyes, but Mori Ogai seemed to have misunderstood something, shrugged innocently, made an expression that he would leave immediately, and then incidentally closed the door.

Yumeno Kusaku faced this devil alone, turning his head like a rusty machine, but met Karasawa Taki's smiling eyes

"Okay, Kusaku, let's start today's treatment."

"Doctor, I think I'm already cured, so we don't need treatment?" Yumeno Hisaku looked like he was about to cry.

"How can I do that? It's bad behavior to avoid medical treatment." Karasawa Taki smiled and stared at Yumeno Hisaku. Under his gaze, Yumeno swallowed nervously, and then grabbed the doorknob of the room violently.

Help!

"Hehehe, I won't hurt you, why is there such a big reaction?"

Karasawa Taki's innocent words came from behind Yumeno, followed by a gradually approaching clicking sound, not like footsteps, but closer to the sound of arthropods' furry limbs hitting the ground.

Yumeno Jiusaku didn't dare to turn his head back, knocking on the door harder, but the iron door stood firmly where it should be, and no one came to help him open the door no matter how Mengye shouted. sank.

The existence behind slowly approached, Yumeno already felt something hard poking him, so he had to look back stiffly.

This glance made him fall into boundless fear.

It was a huge black and purple spider, occupying the place where Karasawa Taki should have been. Its long eight legs were as long as two people, and its whole body was covered with things like warts. A long, inverted human face seemed to emerge looming.

He said, "Don't be afraid, let's play."

Sanity check failed.

Karasawa Taki, who was sitting by the bed and reading the fairy tale book in a soft tone, paused, looked up at Yumeno Kusaku who was frowning on the bed, as if he had a nightmare, and stretched out his hand to smooth Yumeno's frown .

【san+5】

【Let's just say, it's not good to keep grabbing the wool and grabbing a sheep, this kid is going crazy. 】

Karasawa Taki has already collected more than ten points of san value from Yumeno Hisaku, and it is conceivable that this baby is almost wiped out.

This is also the reason why Yumeno Kusaku recently saw him as if he saw a ghost. Now he must be chased and killed by the cold spider in his dream.

【Is this really possible? ] The system can probably understand Taki Karasawa's thinking,

But this is a dream after all, can it replace reality?Don't drive people crazy when the time comes.

'I don't know, so this is just an experiment. Karasawa Taki touched Yumeno's head in his sleep with a smile, "If it doesn't work, you can give up as soon as possible." '

At this time, what they didn't know was that Mori Ogai was watching the surveillance in a certain room outside. From the screen, he saw that after Karasawa Taki closed the door, Yumeno obediently went back to bed and fell asleep. Everything seemed so normal.

He was a little concerned about Yumeno Hisaku's appearance before. It seemed that the child was a little afraid of Dr. Karasawa. Why?

It is normal for ordinary children to be afraid of doctors, but Yumeno is not an ordinary child. With his innocent and cruel personality, it is fine not to torture doctors to death. This makes Mori Ogai puzzled , I even thought about the possibility that Karasawa Taki was a spy sent by other organizations, but no matter how I investigated, this doctor's background was mediocre, and he didn't look like someone who would have anything to do with the outside world.

An hour later, Mori Ogai was about to give up, but suddenly saw Yumeno sitting up from the bed, as if awakened by a nightmare.

"Did you have a nightmare?" Karasawa Taki asked knowingly.

Yumeno Hisaku stared at him, and suddenly shivered. He was about to jump up from the bed and escape, but Karasawa Taki grabbed his arm like a prophet, and said softly, "It's okay, the nightmare is over."

This sentence was like a spell to press a certain button, Yumeno Hisaku finally relaxed, and inspected the room that should have been destroyed with a face full of disbelief, but now it is intact.

"What's wrong?" Karasawa Taki pretended to be puzzled.

"That was a dream just now?" Yumeno Hisaku looked down at himself blankly, and pinched himself, as if to confirm something.

"You suddenly said you were sleepy and fell asleep. What did you see in your dream?"

"I saw..." Yumeno Hisaku looked up at Karasawa Taki's face full of a friendly smile, and shivered fiercely, "No, nothing."

"Is it really not? Don't shy away from medical treatment. You have a serious psychological problem. This may also be reflected in the dream. You need to treat it well." Seeing Mengye's face full of resistance, Karasawa Taki sighed and added, " If you don't cooperate, I have to extend the treatment cycle..."

"I dreamed of a huge black and purple spider!" Mengye replied hastily before Karasawa Taki finished speaking.

"Spiders, there are indeed many people who are afraid of them." Karasawa Taki professionally wrote and drew in his notebook, "Are there any more? Where did spiders come from?"

Of course you changed.Mengye thought about it silently, but he didn't dare to say it, and even wondered if it was really because he fell asleep, and then subconsciously combined the two things he was afraid of.

But he is not afraid of spiders either.

The next hour was spent in ordinary psychiatric treatment. Karasawa Taki understood the truth that to make a horse run, he had to let the horse eat grass. After a dream experiment, he was immediately connected to psychoanalysis to restore Yumeno Hisashi Restore sanity and tell him that everything in the dream is fake...

This way you can get another sustainable sheep :D

Yumeno Hisaku suddenly shuddered

The short and pleasant treatment time ended soon, Yumeno Hisaku was sent out in a daze, and Mori Ogai appeared at the door "just in time": "Is the treatment over already?"

"Yes, I will trouble you again this time."

"No, no, that's what I want to say." Mori Ogai glanced at Yumeno Hisaku who was still in good spirits, and said, "If you don't mind, I'll take you out."

"Okay, sorry to trouble you."

Mori Ogai smiled, and led Karasawa Taki to take the initiative to walk outside. He didn't know what he did. Not only did he not question him along the way, but even contrary to the silent scene where he walked last time, everyone was naturally When talking or working, occasionally someone greeted Mori Ogai and called Dr. Mori. If Karasawa Taki didn't know Mori Ogai's identity, he might really be regarded as an ordinary black doctor.

"...Before the earthquake, there seemed to be a problem underground."

"Yes, it looks like it needs to be repaired as soon as possible."

Karasawa Taki looked at the people passing by them, and asked casually, "Are they talking about an earthquake?"

"Ah, it happened some time ago." Mori Ogai thought of something, and said indifferently, "Because of the earthquake, a large crack was exposed in the underground of this building."

"Hey, was it such a serious earthquake before?" Karasawa Taki recalled that it seemed to be shaking for a while yesterday, but he stopped before he could think about whether to run. thing.

"The magnitude of the earthquake is not high, it may be accidental." Mori Ogai obviously didn't take it seriously, "Someone will come to repair it soon."

"That's it." Karasawa Taki's eyes flashed an unknown meaning.

After sending it to the lobby on the first floor, Mori Ogai left. After Karasawa Taki registered at the front desk, he walked towards the door of the building. He happened to bump into a young man with orange hair who was a head shorter than him. Their eyes were briefly in the air. After meeting for a moment, Karasawa Taki nodded and smiled at him, and strode out of the Hong Kong and Hei Building without waiting for anyone to respond.

Zhong Yuanzhong, who had just returned from a business trip, was also taken aback for a moment, shook his head and didn't care, and went straight to the special elevator leading to the highest floor.

"Nakahara Chuya didn't seem to be there before..." Karasawa Taki left the Hong Kong Hei Building, but he was not in a hurry to go back to the hospital. He walked slowly on the road, as if thinking about whether he had seen him before.

[Indeed, he was not there during the decisive battle. 】

'That's a pity, I'm quite interested in his nature. Karasawa Taki remembered that in the original book, the Central Plains seemed to be a container of a certain god.

Moreover, it is still the upper limit of the force value currently shown in Wenhao Stray Dogs. If there is no accident, it should become the mainstay of resisting the invasion of evil gods in the future, and it is worth cultivating.

【Are you going to start again?But time is running out, according to my investigation, there are quite a few Destiny's Children here...] The system tried to persuade him tactfully, mainly because Yokohama is too dangerous here, and he doesn't really want the host to go on the wave.

Karasawa Taki grinned: "Don't worry, don't worry, I'm sure I won't mess around this time!" '

The system didn't know whether to believe it or not.

Of course, whether he believes it or not, there is no way to interfere with Karasawa Taki's decision. After he returned to the hospital, he opened the Monster Hammer again before anyone came to see him.

Shoggoth has been summoned before, and the San value required to continue summoning is a bit high, and the price/performance ratio is not very good, so this time Karasawa Taki focused on the newly opened area.

This time, a lot of mythical creatures have been newly opened, such as the cold spider in Yumeno Jiuzuo's dream before, and even some lower races, such as Dustmen, Ancient Ones, etc.

Karasawa Taki even saw that in addition to the option of summoning, there was an additional option, playing.

'These monsters can still play? '

[Of course] the system replied feebly, [However, this kind of impersonation is of a special nature, you can only play one at a time, the cooling time is very long, and it will occupy the position of a character card. No host would choose this before. 】

'……Um?You mean character cards can create mythical creatures? '

[As long as it is a humanoid type, it is fine, but I want to remind you that playing this kind of mythical creature will lose sanity, and the more you lose the human form, the more sanity you will lose... Ah, but you probably don't care about this. 】

Indeed, now with Yumeno as a stable source of san value, coupled with the harvest from the previous modules, to be honest, Karasawa Taki's san value points are already quite abundant, and it is no problem to push the san value to 50 in one go.

He was not in a hurry to increase the san value, nor was he in a hurry to choose a mythical creature, but looked at the character card itself.

'Although the character card you mentioned before can change reality, it cannot change the historical process of this world. If it is the fate of the original characters here, such as adding one or two relatives and friends, it will also be in their memory. Something out of nothing? '

This time the system's answer was a bit hesitant: [Yes, and no. 】

' Let's talk about it. '

[To put it simply, the fate trajectories of the characters in the original book have an original order, and the coming of the evil god is a representative of chaos, which will gradually assimilate and even destroy the original order. The character card is provided by the evil god, and the character card can be changed. The progress of the character card depends on the speed at which the evil god descends. If the content written on the character card cannot come true, the character card will not be destroyed. 】

[For example, in the first stage of the evil god's invasion, the original fate of this world has not been polluted. You write on the background of the character card that Oda Saku did not die in that conspiracy. If the character card cannot be realized, nothing will happen. It will happen, and when the third stage of the evil god's pollution, that is, some old days have come, then you can write it like this, and the character card can realize it. 】

Karasawa Taki narrowed his eyes: "Are you sure the order is not reversed?" '

【What? 】The system is a bit overwhelmed.

'From a certain point of view, the character card can be regarded as distorting the world, right? '

【Ah, it shouldn't be counted, even if you don't create a character card, the evil god's pollution will not stop. 】The system understood what Karasawa wanted to ask, and was completely puzzled.

'That's it. Karasawa Taki didn't talk to the system in detail, but looked at one of the black monster silhouettes with great interest.

If it is really what he thinks, then the final value of this action may be worth more than it is worth.

After all, this is—a race that can freely travel through time.