The Real Killer

"His Awakening this time shouldn't last long."

The older doctor said, "Increase the dosage of phenytoin and diazepam to see if that will stabilize his consciousness."

Dr. Xiao Li nodded repeatedly, scribbling something on the file.

Qin Yiguan's mind raced with thoughts.

It is yet another logically consistent world.

I need to find a breakthrough.

The first step... is for me to regain my freedom.

"Hehe."

After a moment's thought, Qin Yiguan gave the two doctors a peaceful smile. "After Dr. Xiao Li's explanation, I've remembered everything. It's really unfortunate that I'm so young, yet I've developed so many mental illnesses."

"But the phenacetin and diazepam I took before did produce very significant effects."

"My consciousness and emotions are very stable right now."

Qin Yiguan said very humbly, "I have a suggestion. Could you two temporarily loosen the bandages on my body so I can stretch my muscles and better cooperate with your treatment?"

"Certainly."

"Before that, you can conduct various assessments of me to ensure I'm not lying."

In the current situation, insisting on one's own ideas and endlessly arguing with the doctor would be tantamount to being a fool.

A wise person knows when to yield; let's regain our freedom first.

As for the assessments from the psychologists, Qin Yiguan believed that his current state was stable and his thinking was clear, so it would be easy for him to deceive them.

Pretending to be healthy when you're sick.

Pretending to be sick when you're not.

Qin Yiguan's specialty is...

"Untie the cable ties?"

But then Xiao Li's expression turned extremely strange. "Qin Yiguan, are you kidding me?"

Qin Yiguan was taken aback. "Even though I'm a patient, I still have basic human rights, don't I?"

"Human rights?"

The older doctor's expression was even somewhat shocked. "You are our patient, that's true, but you are also the most vicious and inhumane serial killer in Mirage City in the last 50 years!"

Qin Yiguan was extremely surprised, "What?!"

The older doctor sighed heavily, "His condition hasn't improved at all; he still can't distinguish between reality and hallucinations."

Dr. Xiao Li took out a tablet computer, pointed the screen at Qin Yiguan through the iron bars, and said, "You can see for yourself your past crimes!"

On the screen, it was late at night.

A Silver Moon hung high in the sky, its light covering the entire earth with a layer of white frost.

All around were dilapidated, low-rise cement houses that didn't belong to this era, and crumbling walls.

The air was somewhat stuffy and humid.

The boy walked slowly along the path.

He was wearing a pure black jacket, zipped up to the collar, black jeans, black canvas shoes, and a black backpack slung across his shoulder.

The boy stepped forward and slowly untied the thick iron chains on the wooden door.

Squeak.

Pushing open the rotten wooden door, the metal hinges emitted a harsh scraping sound.

The windows of the cement house were made of thick steel bars, and the pale moonlight cast grid-like spots of light on the ground.

A girl was huddled in the corner.

She was wearing a pure white dress, barefoot, with smooth, black hair, and looked to be about 18 or 20 years old; she was very beautiful.

At this moment, the girl's body was trembling violently, wishing she could disappear into a corner. Her watery eyes trembled as she looked at the boy in terror.

The boy was very tall, 179 cm.

He stood before the girl, his back to her in shadow, his face illuminated by the white moonlight, pale and calm.

Qin Yiguan quietly observed the girl for a full two minutes, the air eerily still.

"What... are you going to do..."

The girl curled up again, her white toes trembling violently.

The boy's breathing became rapid again, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly—a morbid chuckle.

He finally couldn't hold back anymore.

He slowly reached into his bag and pulled out a gleaming dagger, reflecting the moonlight onto the girl's face.

"You!"

What are you trying to do?!

The girl screamed in despair, shrinking desperately towards the wall, her feet kicking up the soil.

The boy slowly stepped forward.

His expression remained strangely calm for a moment, then a faint smile appeared on his face as he admired the girl for a few seconds before his expression finally turned ferocious.

"Hehe, you... you're too tempting!"

The boy's eyes gleamed with a bloodthirsty light, while also concealing a hysterical madness.

Then, the quiet boy 'disappeared'.

He gritted his teeth, grinned, and let out a low laugh. He raised the dagger in his hand and stabbed the girl!

The girl's heart-wrenching screams echoed through the night sky!

One cut...

Two cuts...

The girl gradually fell silent.

The boy didn't stop there; he continued to slash with his dagger!

Fifteen minutes later, the boy, covered in blood, slowly raised his head, his features contorted, his teeth clenched, and a low laugh still escaping his lips.

Only the boy's laughter echoed in the hut. He placed his hand on his forehead, leaving a terrifying bloody handprint.

"My Qin Yiguan, the ' Yiguan' of Yiguan!"

"I'm not sick!"

now.

Qin Yiguan stared at the tablet, his eyes wide. "I'm helping the police solve a case! I'm simulating a murderer, his codename at the time was Suspect Number Six, and his real identity is the Wrathful Jiao Shensan! This scenario is a simulation program!"

"What simulation program?!"

The older doctor was furious and roared, "You suffer from severe dissociative identity disorder. At the time, your body was occupied by a vicious personality. These multiple personalities have multiple memories and do not interfere with each other. You may not be aware of this, but there is no doubt that it was you, Qin Yiguan, who personally and cruelly murdered that girl in the white dress!"

Qin Yiguan's heart pounded, his face filled with shock. "What?!"

But then I saw Dr. Xiao Li scrolling through his tablet.

A series of videos began to play.

Qin Yiguan hid in the ceiling of a classroom and released ricin, poisoning 27 students and a young chemistry teacher.

Qin Yiguan, posing as a judo instructor, cruelly abused several students, breaking their bones and causing them to bleed to death.

"The first one is Poison Master, the second is Judo Fiend."

Qin Yiguan was utterly shocked. "These are all things I did during my ' Perversion Detective ' days, simulating murderers to solve cases for the police!"

"What kind of Perversion Detective?!"

"What simulated murderer!"

The older doctor was furious. "There are no other murderers! These are all bloody crimes committed by your own hands!"

at this time.

Qin Yiguan saw Shangguan Xiaotao on the screen.

He himself was holding a sharp knife, cutting her corpse into 28 pieces, bit by bit.

Qin Yiguan froze completely.

All that could be heard was the older doctor's pained voice, "You committed these bloody crimes, killed these innocent humans, and then your hallucinations provided a plausible explanation for it—a Perversion Detective, a murder simulator—these are all facts distorted by your personality to alleviate your guilt!"

Bang bang bang!

The older doctor angrily pounded on the iron bars, "Qin Yiguan, let me tell you, there is no Void Man, no Metaverse! You are a criminal suffering from schizophrenia! What's hateful is that these symptoms have allowed you to temporarily escape legal judgment!"

At this moment, Qin Yiguan's body was as stiff as a sculpture.

My mind was buzzing.

He knelt in his own consciousness as if atoning for his sins, completely unaware that a huge figure shrouded in black mist had appeared behind him.

Qin Yiguan was utterly dejected, muttering to himself.

--I am the murderer of all these bloody crimes?