Rhodes Island's Psychologist

Ch 77: Ability Test (Part 2)

Lin Yie picks himself up.

He thought his ability would send him into a dream, but he actually felt the collision and the pain.

Lin Yie watches the devil disappear into the other side of the tunnel. This is his first time seeing a male devil, or Sarkaz.

Unfortunately, that devil moves too fast. Lin Yie couldn't see his face.

"What is this place?" Lin Yie looks around. As mentioned before, this is a dark, dirty tunnel with a nauseating stench. The walls show signs of combat, and they are covered with blood.

Am I underground?

Lin Yie reaches into his pocket to take his python out, but there is nothing in his pocket. He frowns.

Where is my gun?

Lin Yie searches through his pocket again, but there is still nothing.

"What the heck?" Lin Yie mumbles, "Did I transmigrate?"

Lin Yie knows he brought his python with him, and he can feel something weighing down in his pocket, but he just can't find anything. Even the towel is gone. So, he didn't bring anything into this world.

"This is weird." Lin Yie mumbles, "Whatever. Let's find Nightingale first."

Lin Yie knows Nightingale is in this world because he found Chen as a kid in her dream. He follows the path, but the longer he walks, the more certain he is that he is underground, because the walls are gradually replaced by soil, and there are also no windows. Instead, the tunnel is illuminated by lamps.

Why did Liz dream of this place?

Will he see the younger version of Nightingale? Is this her past? Shining didn't tell him anything, and Kal'tsit kept her mouth shut, but since Nightingale's mental state was in such a bad shape, it is clear that she experienced something really bad in the past.

Lin Yie's heart gets heavier, as he walks past the flickering lights. After a minute or so, he enters a relatively wide area. There are ten wooden rooms, or rather, cages.

Is this a Sarkaz's underground prison?

Lin Yie frowns as he walks towards a random cage. He looks inside and sees a female Sarkaz in rags. Her mind seems broken, but fortunately, she is not Nightingale.

Lin Yie takes a deep breath and approaches another cell. He wants to find Nightingale, but he doesn't want to see her in this place.

Again, Nightingale is not here. There is a male Sarkaz instead, and his limbs are cut off. Lin Yie sees the man struggle in his own pool of blood and quickly walks away.

He checks another five or six cages, but he still can't find Nightingale.

Lin Yie realizes a problem.

These people can't see him.

He tried standing right in front of a Sarkaz, but she didn't seem to notice him. Was she dead inside or unable to see him?

Suddenly, Lin Yie hears another set of footsteps. This time, there seem to be more people coming. Soon, he sees four male Sarkaz's carrying a bloody Sarkaz. They are too fast. Lin Yie couldn't even find a place to hide, and they already ran past him. One of the Sarkaz's even bumped into him, but they didn't seem to notice Lin Yie. Lin Yie breathes out in relief. Fortunately, they really can't see him. After all, he doesn't even have a weapon to defend himself. Nevermind. Weapons wouldn't do much in front of four Sarkaz's.

"The Centurion is injured!" One of the Sarkaz's shouts, "Quickly. Bring the medic over here. Hurry up!"

Soon, a skinny girl wearing nothing but rags is carried out by a tough-looking Sarkaz warrior.

Lin Yie can't believe who that is.

"Hurry up!" The warrior shoves the girl towards the centurion and shouts, "Heal him already!"

The girl trembles at his voice, but she stutters, "I, I don't have enough strength left."

He slaps her face hard, and the girl's face swells. Blood drips down from the corners of her mouth.

"I'll kill you!"

The girl doesn't even dare to cry. She lifts her staff up shakily and points it at the centurion, but no matter how many times she recites the incantation, her body can't muster the strength to make her Arts work.

"Trash!" The warrior kicks the girl, and the girl topples over. He shouts, "We feed you! And we fight for you! But you can't even do something this simple! Get up and heal the centurion! If the centurion dies, every single one of you will die with him! Get up, trash!"

The warrior keeps kicking the girl, but she can't fight back. She just curls up on the ground, weeping.

But before the warrior can kick her again, a wooden stick pierces his crotch.

"Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!" The Sarkaz warrior covers his crotch and howls in pain. The others are staring at him dumbfoundedly.

The girl looks up at the commotion, but she is suddenly lifted up by someone.

"Motherfuckers! I don't even dare to hurt her! Who the fuck are you to hurt her?!" Lin Yie curses.

Lin Yie holds the young Nightingale with one hand and pulls the stick out of that unfortunate Sarkaz's crotch. Then, he runs away.

"Who is he?!"

"Kill him!"

When the Sarkaz's finally react to what just happened, Lin Yie is already gone with Nightingale.