My Healing Games

Chapter 748 Welcome Ceremony
"Don't be nervous, and don't misunderstand us. Sunday night school is just a place for everyone to learn and exchange ideas." Dr. Bai stepped down from the podium and stood in the center of the classroom: "Most people in this city encounter all sorts of problems every day. Some problems are easy to solve, but some problems are impossible to find answers to. So, this place exists, where everyone can discuss, share their thoughts, and pool their wisdom to solve problems."

According to Dr. Bai, Sunday night school is a place of unity and friendship where everyone can make progress together.

"That's what I think too." Shen Luo didn't dare to disagree now; he nodded quickly to whatever the other person said. They were in the middle of nowhere, without even a car, and had no chance to escape.

"Thank you for your recognition. Let's continue with the lesson. After today's class, we'll hold a welcome ceremony for you." After Dr. Bai said the words "welcome ceremony," all the "students" showed meaningful smiles, their eyes full of excitement and anticipation.

"It's not necessary to go to such lengths," Shen Luo stammered, trying to refuse, but Dr. Bai and his classmates completely ignored him and began discussing some very professional knowledge.

Putting aside their mental state, these adult students in the class are quite capable; they are very good at analyzing other people's psychological problems. However, what is disturbing is that instead of discussing how to help the other person heal their psychological pain, they chattered about how to exploit this psychological vulnerability to further distort the patient.

Shen Luo sat in the last row of the classroom, feeling extremely uneasy. The more he listened, the more frightened he became. His mind was spinning, and he kept having hallucinations.

The only good news for him was that when he was in the same room with this group of perverts, the butterflies in his mind seemed to quiet down and stop fluttering.

"Are these perverts in cahoots with the butterfly? Did it sense its own kind and stop struggling?" Shen Luo asked with a bitter face. He really didn't know why he was so unlucky. He had already turned a healing game into a survival game, but now, he had turned reality into a horror game.

After several agonizing hours, Dr. Bai finally finished all the lectures around 2 a.m.

"The thing I enjoy most is communicating with everyone every week. Well, this week's class is over." Dr. Bai was still eager to continue. He stood on the podium, patiently erasing all the patterns on the blackboard and burning the "textbook" without leaving a trace.

"Teacher Bai, you haven't assigned homework for next week yet," a young man in the first row said, standing up.

"There's homework again?" Shen Luo, who was preparing to find a chance to slip away, turned around and glanced at the other person: "How come I always run into this kind of idiot in every class?"

"Next week's assignment is simple. I need each of you to try to hypnotize someone and use the methods I taught you to perform psychological control and mental imprisonment to test the psychological stress range of an ordinary person."

Can children be used as subjects for hypnosis?

"There are no restrictions on your goals; it's entirely up to your preferences." Dr. Bai burned the last copy of the "teaching material," then dusted off his hands. "Alright, now we'll begin the welcoming ceremony."

Without Dr. Bai saying anything more, the students had already enthusiastically gathered around Shen Luo. The learning atmosphere in this class was truly intense, and no one wanted to leave even after school was over.

"Don't overthink it, it's just a simple welcome ceremony." Dr. Bai placed a white medicine bottle on Shen Luo's desk: "If you feel unwell or your heart isn't feeling well, you can take some of this. It's very effective. Everyone who has used it has had a positive experience."

"Let's go, Xiao Shen, we'll go with you."

"Welcome to the new student!"

"Don't be shy. I was also reserved when I first came here, but I gradually realized that everyone is the same. Trust me, you will like it here."

"I'll go get the car, you guys take your tools." The couple who ran the barbecue stall on the first floor were the first to leave, and not long after, the sound of horns came from downstairs.

"Let's go." A group of people surrounded Shen Luo and Dr. Bai as they arrived at the back door of the building.

The barbecue restaurant owner had already parked his car and changed into dark clothes, so the blood splattered on them wouldn't be too noticeable.

"Really, you don't need to..."

It was too late for Shen Luo to say anything; he was forced into the car by two strong male trainees.

It's late at night, and there's not a soul in sight on the streets of the northern suburbs. The buildings on both sides seem to have been abandoned for a long time, and there isn't even a single light in sight.

“Those big companies control the media, weaving elaborate information cocoons for the public, recklessly instilling ideas that align with their own interests, causing a large number of people who originally lived here to move to the crowded urban areas. The suburbs have gradually become deserted, especially in recent years, after the older generation passed away, there are hardly any people to be seen in the suburbs.” Dr. Bai looked at the dark streets outside the car window, then suddenly turned to Shen Luo and asked, “Whose fault is it that this place is shrouded in darkness?”

"I don't know." Shen Luo didn't dare to think too deeply about what Dr. Bai said. He was only thinking about calling the police, but he was also afraid of angering these perverts and having them destroy the evidence.

“The core urban area is incredibly developed, filled with traces of technological transformation, while the outskirts have been returned to animals and plants, who are gradually becoming the masters of this place…” Just as Dr. Bai was about to say something, a modified vehicle with its stereo on drove out from around the corner.

The driver appeared to be intoxicated, as he was speeding and driving illegally on the road.

If the barbecue restaurant owner hadn't reacted quickly, they would have almost bumped into each other.

"Can't you drive?! Damn it!" The loud music blared, and before the barbecue restaurant owner could say anything, the driver of the modified car rolled down the window and yelled at them.

The passenger in the front seat also gave Shen Luo and his companions an international "friendly" gesture.

Faced with the provocation of the two young men, no one in Shen Luo's car retaliated; they simply stared at each other.

The driver probably thought the shop owner had backed down, so he spat at the barbecue restaurant's car while cursing, and then swaggered back to his modified vehicle.

"The welcome gift has appeared." The barbecue restaurant owner, who had just been scolded, suddenly laughed. He turned to ask Dr. Bai for his opinion, but Dr. Bai looked at Shen Luo and asked, "What do you think?"

"What does this have to do with me? Why don't I go and give him a piece of my mind! I'm good at swearing." Before Shen Luo could even speak, he saw the barbecue restaurant owner start to accelerate, deliberately getting closer to the car, seemingly trying to force it to stop.

The modified car driver, under the influence of alcohol, couldn't stand the humiliation. After being forced to stop twice, he slammed the steering wheel, bringing his car to a stop in the middle of the road. He then pulled a steel pipe from under the back seat and got out of the car.

"Do you know who I am?" The modified car driver, who only saw the barbecue restaurant advertisement on the dilapidated van, walked dizzily to the front of the van: "I'm going to teach you a lesson today, get out here!"

The steel pipe slammed into the van, and the young man, fueled by alcohol, became incredibly arrogant.

"He can afford the most advanced modified cars, wears all designer clothes, and even dares to drink and race in the suburbs. We'd better not mess with this guy." Shen Luo stared at the silly kid outside the car. He had tried his best to save him, but some people just have to court death.

"Come out! Come out!" The iron bar pounded against the car window until it shattered, and the young man finally saw what was inside the car.

A series of distorted, sickly faces stared at him, their gazes seeming to try and tear him apart.

The young man's drunkenness subsided considerably. He had originally thought there was only one driver in the car, but it turned out to be a whole car full of people, and these people seemed rather strange.

He was caught between raising the iron rod and putting it down, but he seemed to be used to being arrogant. After only a short while, he started cursing again.

However, this time the voice was much quieter, and he walked backward while cursing.

"He seems to have a habit of looking down on people and using violence to solve problems."

"Yes, it's incredible that someone like that can own a privately modified car that an ordinary person couldn't buy even after working their whole life."

"It's a very nice gift; the new student should like it."

The car door opened, and the adult students of Sunday night school got off the bus. On the surface, they were just ordinary people, unremarkable, doing their own jobs and living ordinary, busy lives.

"What do you want to do?!"

The young man realized something was wrong and sped up to run for his car, but because he had drunk too much, he missed a step and fell to the ground.

When he tried to get up again, his legs were already being held by several adults.

When the driver's companion saw this, he rushed down with an iron bar, but he was quickly knocked to the ground as well.

“I have a really good idea recently.” One of the night school members put on gloves and very “professionally” dragged the two young men into a nearby building.

The faint screams faded away in the night wind, occasionally mixed with the barking of stray dogs. Shen Luo stared intently in the direction they left, his unease growing stronger.

"Stay calm. If you want to escape, now is actually the best opportunity. Everyone else has left, and it's just you and me here." Dr. Bai smiled. "Old Wei took the van key, but the key to the modified car should still be there. You can rush over, grab the car, and then take the opportunity to escape."

"Why...why should I run away?" Shen Luo did have this plan, but the problem was that before he could put it into action, Dr. Bai had already walked up to the modified car.

“Most people will misunderstand us when they first come here, and that’s normal.” Dr. Bai put on gloves and a mask and grabbed the door of the modified car. “This young man is the son of a wealthy businessman, and we’ve been watching him for a week. You might think we’re bad people, but is someone like him a good person?”

The car door was pulled open completely, and a woman who had been knocked unconscious lay on the back seat, covered in blood.

"Did she do anything wrong?" Dr. Bai shook his head slightly. "She did nothing wrong, but if we hadn't come, her fate might have been ten times worse than it is now."

Walking over to Shen Luo, Dr. Bai pointed to the keys to the modified car: "Guess where these two are planning to take her? And guess why they came to the outskirts?"

Dr. Bai didn't give Shen Luo the key; he simply patted him on the shoulder, gesturing for him to follow him into the adjacent building.

The smell in the air was peculiar. Shen Luo looked toward the corner of the room, and his expression instantly turned grim.

A stray dog, its eyes gouged out, lay on the ground howling in agony. The young man's bones had been smashed and bent into a bizarre angle.

His mouth was gagged, his eyes were gouged out, and replaced with dog eyes.

"The name of this work is 'Looking Down on People with Dog Eyes'," the man who had been sitting next to Shen Luo said elegantly.

"Professor Shi is as tasteful as ever." Dr. Bai clapped lightly, then handed the other person something wrapped in a white cloth: "Let the welcoming ceremony officially begin."

Teacher Shi untied the white cloth, revealing a blunt knife. He walked to his artwork, stabbed the person with the knife, and then handed the knife to the next person.

None of the wounds sustained were fatal, until finally, a blunt knife stained with blood appeared before Shen Luo.

"It's your turn." Dr. Bai's gaze slowly shifted to the butterfly-shaped wound on Shen Luo's arm: "Many people are waiting for you; they've been waiting for a long time."

"This isn't a good idea." Shen Luo had never even killed a chicken; the biggest "life" he had ever hunted in real life was a mosquito.

"Why? He's a complete bad person. If we let him go, more people will suffer torture and persecution." Dr. Bai and the others surrounded Shen Luo, creating an extremely terrifying sense of oppression.

"Maybe I can convince myself to kill a bad guy now, but if I open this door, will I kill those who don't deserve to die in the future? And then kill those who have made some minor mistakes? In the end, will I turn the knife on the good guys?" Shen Luo couldn't accept this, and he firmly refused. But what no one expected was that his hand, branded with the butterfly wound, unconsciously grasped the blood-soaked blunt knife.

Many perverts stared at Shen Luo in confusion, saying they couldn't accept it, but their hands were faster than anyone else's.

"I..." Shen Luo wasn't even wearing gloves, and the only thing on the blunt knife now was his own fingerprints.

Thinking of this, he quickly shook his hand, but just as he was about to throw away the blunt knife, the butterfly that had just calmed down in his mind reappeared. He could clearly feel that the butterfly, which was slowly growing, was desperately flapping its wings in his mind!

"The butterfly is devouring my malice, and it keeps growing!" Shen Luo couldn't bear the pain, and just as he was about to collapse, a car horn suddenly sounded on the street outside the building.

A taxi stopped next to the two cars, and the driver loudly urged the passenger to get back into the car, but the passenger did not move.

(End of this chapter)