“After splitting my personalities, the feedback from the potions has also subsided to a certain extent.
Focusing on acting out one Pathway might be slower, but it is also more controllable.
Only what can be controlled is called power; what cannot be controlled will only be a threat.” Luciel returned from the Chaos Sea to the Psychiatric Hospital of Gods.
He subconsciously wanted to move his limbs, but he forgot that the four potions—Prisoner, Criminal, Hunter, and Warrior—all enhanced his physical fitness.
He had even completed the acting for Criminal and advanced to become an Unwinged Angel.
The restraints binding him let out a groan as if they were about to snap, scaring Luciel into immediately restraining his limbs and not daring to move, fearing that he might accidentally break something and have to pay for it himself.
“Calm down.
Right now, I am acting as a Prisoner.
The Beyonder core of the Chained is physical enhancement, heteromorphization, mental distortion, and curses.
It is a Beyonder Pathway controlled by the Rose School of Thought.
The methods of acting are divided into the Temperance faction and the Indulgence faction.
The strongest figures of these philosophies are the Chained God Tolzna and the Abomination S’Eua respectively.” “This Pathway corresponds to Temperance in the Tarot cards and is an adjacent Pathway to the Abyss Pathway.” “Both methods of acting should be correct; it is just that the former resists madness, while the latter accepts it.” “The Temperance faction bears the pain and curses themselves.
At the same time, when their spirituality increases during the full moon, it causes them more pain.
If they do not want to indulge their desires and maintain Temperance, they will lose their combat ability, but they can constantly exercise their will and resistance to madness.” “The Indulgence faction does not suppress their desires, and the pain is borne by others.
Madness is more like a seasoning for pleasure.
However, blindly indulging in desires will make one crazy and inhuman.
Although they will not lose combat ability during the full moon and will even become stronger, they will also be closer to madness.” A Lunatic who indulges their desires is enough with the personality from the Abyss Pathway, just like the maxim of the Prisoner Pathway: The heart is the Prisoner of the body, and the body is the Prisoner of the world.
The heart is constrained by one’s own body, suppressing the hidden madness and repressed desires within with an outward silence.
The body is constrained by the world, while madness and desires are bound by one’s own rationality, the body, and even the rules of the world.
Starting from Sequence 8 Lunatic, the Prisoner Pathway begins to endure madness.
Taking advantage of the quiet, he has to think about how to arrange things next.
Luciel has to consider which of the 22 Pathways are troublesome to act out, and which organizations can provide more of the conditions needed for Pathway acting.
…
“You aren’t mistaken, are you?
A person with severe schizophrenia having 22 personalities?
This level of patient is not common!
If this person had appeared earlier, I wouldn’t have had to struggle so hard with my doctoral thesis!” A 29-year-old doctor with a high hairline said, his face full of the pain of being born at the wrong time, while a group of medical students called over by their instructor each received a medical record.
Luciel lay on the hospital bed, listening to the discussion between the doctor and the students outside, feeling somewhat helpless in his heart.
He knew how his current “schizophrenic” appearance came about.
The potions came with knowledge; the Criminal not only has ways to commit crimes but also ways to escape punishment.
It was just that he had to do this for the rationality of future actions.
The behavior of a normal person requires logical reasoning, but whatever a mental patient with 22 personalities does is reasonable.
But this appearance was easy to attract the attention of others.
If any clues were discovered, it would be troublesome.
He feigned sleep, but actually pricked up his ears to catch every word outside.
At this moment, a young medical student spoke up: “Instructor, the medical record shows that all his indicators are normal, but with such a poor mental state, could there be other hidden causes?” The instructor stroked his chin and pondered: “This possibility cannot be ruled out, but we have no way to conduct further examinations.
The patient inside has a history of hurting people; do not make direct contact.” Luciel truly felt the powerlessness of a low-Sequence Spectator Pathway.
If his Sequence were higher, he would directly use the abilities of the Spectator Pathway to give them a psychological suggestion to go play elsewhere.
He really did not want to cooperate with these excellent medical graduates.
Just as he was calculating how to deal with it, the door of the ward was suddenly pushed open, and the doctor and students filed in.
Luciel kept his eyes tightly closed, pretending to be asleep, and gave no reaction to the group of people surrounding him.
Fortunately, these people knew their boundaries and did not dare to touch him without permission.
After observing from a close distance for a while, they left in an orderly manner.
It wasn’t until the door was locked again and the voices outside had moved away that Luciel opened his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.
Coming to this Psychiatric Hospital of Gods was to digest the Prisoner potion.
After digesting the potion, he would make some noise to attract some Beyonder forces.
If he remembered correctly, the plot would begin in August, and it was now mid-June.
In his memory, Lin Qiye’s Aunt also said that Lin Qiye’s check-up showed he was normal and could go home soon.
He didn’t know if the current Lin Qiye was considered an ordinary human, a human with a higher status, or a high-status existence that could harvest a lot of feedback from a single acting session.
How exciting.
…
Meanwhile, at the Peace Agency, Vice-Captain Wu Xiangnan listened to what the policeman said on the phone, his brow never unfurling.
“You said the surveillance showed that the person only used one punch to break all the ribs of an adult?
If he hadn’t held back, those three people wouldn’t be alive now?” “That is suspected to be a newly awakened Forbidden Domain ability user, and it has now been confirmed that this ability user is a patient with severe schizophrenia.
Apart from those three thieves, no other damage was caused.
It seems he is still controllable.” “Leave the rest to us.
I will send someone to pick him up and test his mental state.
You don’t need to continue participating in this matter.” After the police hung up the phone, Vice-Captain Wu Xiangnan dialed another number.
“Old Zhao, where are you now?
Drive and pick up Hong Ying and Leng Xuan, go to the Sunshine Psychiatric Hospital.
Someone has suddenly awakened a Forbidden Domain, but that person has been diagnosed with mental problems.
Bring him back to test him, see his mental state, and then decide whether to send him to the Abstinence Residence or keep him.” “Copy that.” Although Luciel had already been diagnosed with schizophrenia, Vice-Captain Wu Xiangnan had an intuition that it would be best to test him.
Luciel continued to feel the progress of the potion digestion in the ward.
Suddenly, a commotion came from the corridor.
He pricked up his ears and heard someone shout: “It’s here; the problematic patient is inside.” Soon, the ward door was rudely pushed open, and Zhao Kongcheng and Hong Ying both rushed in with black boxes on their backs.
Zhao Kongcheng scanned the room, his gaze landing on Luciel, and said: “Is this him?
He looks quite ordinary.” Luciel was secretly shocked, but on the surface, he pretended to be ignorant and looked at them with dull eyes.
Zhao Kongcheng walked up and reached out to touch Luciel.
Luciel subconsciously shrank back.
Seeing that Luciel was somewhat resistant, Zhao Kongcheng did not continue, but stepped back and said: “Alright kid, come with us.” Luciel knew that resisting would only expose himself.
Looking at the black boxes in the hands of these two people, those should be their weapons inside.
Seeing that the security guards and doctors in the psychiatric hospital were so cooperative, they should be official personnel.
The two didn’t seem like they wanted to use force on him.
Moreover, his inspiration as a Monster was reminding him that if he didn’t want some parts of his body to explode, he had better not use his current strength to resist.
He was taken out of the ward, and he had no intention of resisting in his heart.
Although he had some affection for this country, which was similar yet completely different from his previous life, he would not give up on his future completely.
But after thinking about it, working for the state, the people in the Peace Agency are all good people.
Working with them, as long as he doesn’t do anything excessive, many Pathways can be slowly digested.
The Nightwatcher is inclined towards special forces.
Bard, Reader, Spectator, Seer, Apprentice, Planter, Apothecary, Sleepless, Warrior, Savant, Lawyer, Arbiter, Monster.
These 13 Pathways can all be acted out normally with the cooperation of the official authorities, not to mention that the Peace Agency itself is an operating detective agency, which is also beneficial for the acting of Student of Ratiocination.
It is best for the Sailor to head to the ocean.
Most people in the Peace Agency possess Forbidden Domain.
Stealing and then returning items—this kind of theft that leans towards pranks might be slower to act out, but it shouldn’t cause too much of a reaction.
For the acting of Corpse Collector, he could find a part-time job.
Assassin, Hunter, and Prisoner can also be rationalized as combat methods.
The biggest problems are the Secrets Supplicant, Mystery Pryer, and the Criminal.
The Hanged Man Pathway is like a cult member; he feels that preaching would get him arrested.
The Mystery Pryer Pathway is fine elsewhere, but he is afraid that the Eye of Secrets would see through the protection of Lin Qiye’s Psychiatric Hospital of Gods at a glance.
However, thinking about it, it should be fine; after all, it is actually a dream right now.
As for the Criminal, the Abyss Pathway is completely anti-human.
It is the path for the advancement of a Devil, the road to the Abyss.
It is hard to act out without killing people, but how could the authorities allow indiscriminate killing?
It seems that the acting of the Abyss Pathway will drag him down.
Even flesh magic can have a good effect on treating traumatic injuries, but the Abyss Pathway has no disguise—only pure malice, pure indulgence, and pure curses.
It only leads people to evil and depravity, letting human conscience and humanity be burned away like cotton in a fire, taking off the outer coat woven from yellow and white skin, revealing the inner heart that cannot be looked at directly, and releasing the suppressed Devil.
It seems that when acting out the Abyss Pathway, he must at least give them an illusion that this Pathway only has terrible means, but the person using these means is still a trustworthy companion.
Luciel, who had switched to using the Spectator Pathway, thought to himself, these people are pretending quite well.
At this moment, he was sitting silently in the back seat of the car, inconspicuous, but his gaze had never left the two people beside him, who seemed lazy and idle but actually held hidden mysteries.
Hong Ying appeared indifferent on the surface, as if she would fall asleep at any time; however, Luciel knew very clearly that in that posture, at the slightest sign of trouble, this seemingly weak woman could instantly transform into a fierce Hunter and take him down in one move.
On the other side, Leng Xuan appeared more composed.
He was fiddling with a pistol in his hand, his movements skillful and smooth, and it seemed as if he was just simply wiping and maintaining it.
But Luciel keenly noticed that this pistol was already loaded with bullets, the safety was already off, and the muzzle was always pointed in his direction; if he moved around, he would likely get a few holes in his body.
Looking at Zhao Kongcheng in the driver’s seat ahead, although his muscle lines appeared relatively relaxed on the surface, his foot was always on the brake, and some unconscious small movements also reflected that Zhao Kongcheng was not completely relaxed.
Perhaps it was because when Zhao Kongcheng first saw Luciel, he subconsciously thought that the other party was just a weak and unthreatening existence, so he was the most relaxed one among them now.
Likewise, it could be seen that Zhao Kongcheng had a lot of confidence in his two companions in the back, believing that they could at least successfully buy enough time to ensure that the vehicle could stop safely.
On this journey, Zhao Kongcheng was talking about all sorts of things.
Luciel answered by picking out some unimportant trifles.
Leng Xuan and Hong Ying in the back would involuntarily quiet down the moment they met Luciel’s gaze.
Perhaps it was because the gaze of a newbie Spectator sizing people up was too explicit, the two in the back always felt that no matter what they said, their little thoughts would be seen clearly.
Sensing their discomfort, Luciel smiled kindly, closed his eyes, and feigned sleep.
No longer being locked by that gaze allowed Hong Ying and Leng Xuan to heave a sigh of relief, while also suspecting in their hearts whether Luciel’s Forbidden Domain was to create a sense of oppression or powerful insight.
Thinking about the information they had obtained, ordinary insight should not be able to break all the ribs of an adult with one punch.
Luciel seemed to have really fallen asleep.
The constant silence made Hong Ying and Leng Xuan momentarily ignore his existence, and they slowly began to chat about some random things, and Zhao Kongcheng was also attracted by the content of the chat in the back and joined in.
Some complaints about daily trifles, some expectations for peace, and some dissatisfaction with the speed of strength growth.
They seemed to have confirmed that Luciel had also awakened a Forbidden Domain, so they were not as avoidant about content that they would hide from ordinary people.
Perhaps they also had some other means.