white night syndrome

Chapter 8 008. Nightmare
Walking out of the ramen shop, Li Ming was still holding an umbrella, looking around, trying to find the strange man he just saw.

Probably because today is the water day, which is Wednesday, and it is a working day, so the streets are sparsely populated.

Except for a few people walking around or basking in the sun in front of other shops, Li Ming never saw the figure he was looking for.

Speaking of which, when he was in his hometown, he heard that the Japanese social animals were under too much pressure. No wonder most of the Japanese dramas that traveled through different worlds were based on social animals. It seems that it is not unreasonable.

Just when Li Ming was about to walk towards the original destination "hospital", an extremely fast figure rushed out from the dark alley next to the ramen, and before Li Ming could react, he snatched the long handle black umbrella.

The dazzling sunlight instantly shone on Li Ming's body, and he subconsciously blocked it with his hands, but how could he block this pervasive light with one hand?

After all, he won't cover the sky with one hand.

After a while, Li Ming felt that the light above his head was blocked again, and at the same time, a somewhat disappointing sound came from his ear.

"It's so boring. I thought Sunshine was your NG, but I didn't expect it to be just a disguise."

"It's that familiar voice!"

Li Ming's eyes widened, he took the long-handled black umbrella that was thrown over him, readjusted his posture, and then turned his head to look at the speaker.

The man in front of him was wearing a suit and looked like an ordinary Japanese social animal, but the smile on his face always made people feel uncomfortable like many ants crawling on his body.

And it wasn't until the man's voice really started talking to Li Ming that he finally remembered.

Although everyone can adjust their voice through voice training, the natural timbre of this person cannot be eradicated unless he suffers from aphasia, a disease that loses language function.

And the timbre of this voice contains part of the police officer Saburo Shibazaki in the morning and the voice of Suzuki just now.

"So, what's going on here?"

The man saw Li Ming's contemplative expression mixed with incomparable surprise, and he grinned:
"Hey, don't look at me with such expressions and eyes, if you have any questions, you can tell them, if you stare at me with such eyes, I will feel terrified~"

"." Li Ming pursed his lips, sighed lightly, and said in a cold voice, "Who are you?"

"Ah, what a disappointment, the sound is not your NG, I'm really curious, what is your NG."

After hearing Li Ming's question, the man didn't rush to answer, but continued to sigh and scratched the back of his head at the same time, looking harmless and dazed.

"I'm still thinking, if I know your NG, I'll tell you the truth about what you're investigating now, it's really boring."

Opening and shutting around the "prohibited items", there is a sense of playing hard to get when speaking.

This reminded Li Ming of what Jiang Wenkan told him about patients with White Night Syndrome—

Under such a general background, because there is a premise of being able to realize wishes that cannot be realized in reality, and if a patient indirectly triggers another patient's prohibited items, some additional benefits will be provided in the progress of realizing wishes. help.

For example, if your wish is "world destruction," the extra help you get might be instructions on where to go to assassinate or get a key item.

Before this, Jiang Wenkan and Li Ming had discussed with each other, and what can be confirmed now is that the hospital responsible for treating White Night Syndrome may, just may, have supernatural elements.

Otherwise, how would the hospital know what to do to realize an unrealizable wish?

Therefore, under such a premise, a group of patients spontaneously established an organization called "Prohibited Item Hunters"——

These patients will seek out new patients or less vigilant patients to obtain and trigger their prohibited items, so as to obtain tempting "extra help".

Obviously, some behaviors of the man in front of him can fully prove that he is a member of the forbidden item hunter organization.

But, why did he stare at Li Ming?

And what he just said about "the truth about the incident you are investigating now", Li Ming couldn't help but wonder, how much does he know?

Obtaining the truth is Li Ming's ultimate ideal as a private detective, but under such a temptation, compared with the immediate death rule caused by triggering NG, Li Ming still chooses to retreat and refuse.

Moreover, if these people know about NG, even if they can survive, it will only be temporary, and the final outcome will still be death.

Thinking of this, Li Ming pursed his lips, continued to lean the black umbrella on his shoulder, and walked towards the nearest hospital.

"Eh? Don't go, it's normal if you don't tell me, after all, you already know that triggering NG will kill you right away."

Seeing the back of Li Ming turning away, the man immediately rushed forward to follow him.

"Believe me, I'm really not a bad person. If I really wanted you to die, I would have hacked you to death with a knife."

".That's because hacking me to death with a knife won't get extra help, it's a calculation." After seeing through his intention, Li Ming snorted and continued to walk towards the hospital in silence.

"Eh?! Are you going to the hospital too? By such a coincidence, I'm going too. Let's be companions on the way to the hospital."

The man continued to get close, and at the same time took out a business card from his briefcase and handed it to Li Ming who was walking non-stop.

"I think we hit it off so well, and we're both patients with White Night Syndrome. Let's make friends. According to your introduction, my surname is Watanabe, and my first name is Naoshi. As you can see, I am"

"It doesn't matter what your profession is." Li Ming raised his hand, as if trying to repel flies, and pushed away the business card that Watanabe handed over when he introduced himself.

Responding so dullly and perfunctorily, Li Ming and Watanabe finally arrived at the nearest hospital——

Kitazawa Hospital.

Because of the experience of going to the hospital before, both of them went to the elevator at the same time.

Wait for the elevator, the elevator door opens, walk into the elevator, press the floor, the elevator door closes, and a set of operations is smooth and smooth.

The two stood in the elevator room, and the atmosphere once again fell into a stagnation, as cold as if you could touch the ice crystals condensed in the air with a wave of your hand.

"Is it fun to lie like this all the time?"

The lights in the elevator room flickered, and Li Ming's voice remained silent for a long time.

And just when he was about to turn his head to see what Watanabe was doing, the elevator was instantly plunged into darkness.

"Being deceived is something that everyone must experience, isn't it? And I just mixed some of my own interests."

Unable to see Watanabe's face clearly, Li Ming only felt that the voice of the man behind him was mixed with madness and distortion.

"Then, welcome to my 'White Nightmare', dear Mr. Li Ming. "

　After thinking about the last few sentences for a long time, I feel that I still need to change them tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)