When evil gods hold a meeting in my head

A chilly breeze blew through the alley, causing Richard to hunch his shoulders. He asked softly, "You don't recognize me?"

But as soon as he finished speaking, he gave a self-deprecating smile... He felt a little ridiculous because his body was no longer the same, and no one would recognize him!

Even he himself wouldn't recognize him!

Such a question is like a pointless question.

He decisively shouted, "I'm Richard!"

Alice ignored his actions and words, simply producing an antique-looking silver medal: "Find me a girl, then give her this medal. In return, you can have any item from the Frozen Era unlocked by this medal, as long as you can take it..."

medal?

What the hell...

Richard was filled with doubt. Alice had suddenly appeared and entrusted him with such a strange task.

This is so strange… Richard didn’t accept the medal: “What kind of girl are you looking for…?”

Alice continued, "There's a girl named Juliet, she's a bit slow. If you give this medal to Juliet, you can open an entrance to a treasure trove! You can doubt me, but you'd better believe in this rare, life-changing opportunity..."

Juliet! Is that my airheaded neighbor? She and Luke are really close... Why does Alice know her... Could it be because of Luke?

Richard paused for a moment, then quickly pressed, "You know Juliet?"

Alice's "recording" seemed to anticipate that the visitor wouldn't easily believe her, adding, "At least my potion recipe is real, right?"

Richard's question was skipped again; Alice heard nothing, preoccupied with explaining her own situation...

Undeterred, he asked a series of questions:

"What is this medal for?"

"What's your relationship with Luke?"

……

Alice remained silent, simply holding the medal blankly, as if she were merely a pre-ordained illusion with fixed behavior...

Richard had no choice but to accept the medal, but before he could say anything more, a loud bang suddenly rang in his ears!

The sound was so loud that his eardrums ruptured, and blood flowed down his ear canal.

Richard shook his head in pain, a wave of dizziness washing over him, and the scene before him was gradually changing.

A short while later...

Richard "returned" to the basement.

He saw Nolan's anxious face, and when he touched his cheek lightly, a burning pain shot through his fingertips.

His face was swollen from being punched...

At that moment, Nolan said worriedly, "You're finally awake!"

"What's wrong...?"

"You know, people who fall into a coma after drinking a potion usually end up in a vegetative state! And you, you were unconscious for a full two hours..."

That's definitely something to celebrate...

Richard slowly sat up from the ground, his head still feeling dizzy and throbbing.

The experience at the alley entrance was still vivid in my memory, so real it didn't seem like a hallucination.

He rubbed his swollen cheek and looked at his palm; the medal was nowhere to be found. "I remember getting it. I hope I didn't drop it in the alley..."

Nolan vaguely heard Richard speak, and she asked, "What did you say?"

Richard reacted quickly: "Nothing, I just wanted to ask... is unconsciousness a side effect of the potion?"

Upon hearing this, Nolan sighed and silently reached out to check Richard's pulse.

Seeing that everything was stable, he calmly said, "It's not a side effect, but the result of a failed administration... Although the potion has a great impact on the user, and you experienced extreme fear after taking it, falling into a coma is not normal. However, you have now woken up, and I don't know what happened... Perhaps we should ask Naansanho."

Richard hesitated before saying, "While I was unconscious, I entered a scene that felt like a hallucination, but it wasn't like a normal hallucination. Everything in it felt very real..."

It seemed somewhat unethical to involve more innocent people, so he made no mention of Alice or the medal...

Nolan frowned slightly and hesitated before answering, "It's possible that your fear is too great, and your brain has created a refuge to alleviate that fear..."

Like a schizophrenic? Did he actually succeed in taking the potion? It sounds so much like Luke's experience... Richard thought.

Nolan paused, then added, "Don't worry, since you've regained consciousness, it proves the potion didn't fail. Hallucinations might not be a bad thing; it just means the potion's power is merging with your mental energy! You should take this opportunity to experience the extraordinary abilities you've just gained!"

Richard nodded, seemingly understanding, but he knew in his heart... it was definitely not a simple hallucination. Moreover, it was most likely a scenario pre-designed by Alice, and the medal was a clue to some treasure...

Hey……

"I'd better not think about that for now." Just as Richard was about to press Nolan for more information about the potion's other side effects, a cacophony of noise suddenly exploded in his mind.

Those voices that had been dormant within me for so long.

At that moment, his mind exploded like a lit firecracker! Their chattering echoed wildly in his mind, without a single gap, as if someone was hitting his head hard with a small hammer! This feeling made Richard's temples throb... He couldn't help but cover his ears, but the sound did not disappear.

[The potion has been fused! Richard has officially become a puppeteer!]

[So the magical power he generated after drinking the potion... can also be absorbed by us!]

[This magic is so potent... I feel like my mind is much clearer now, it's more effective than drinking ten bottles of energy potion!]

The one above us is about to wake up; we'll probably have to switch places...

[Never mind that for now... I think we should find a way to tell him all the potion recipes we know and have him mix and drink them!]

……

A cacophony of sounds, both exciting and sinister, swelled up and made Richard dizzy. He felt his vision blurring and could no longer hear Nolan's voice clearly.

"Stop arguing!"

Richard couldn't help but shout, and the moment his words fell, everything in the world fell silent.

The noise in his mind completely disappeared, and the buzzing in his ears stopped... For a moment, the basement was eerily quiet, with only his heavy breathing and the sound of his heart pounding clearly audible.

The next second, Nolan, who was standing to the side, asked fearfully, "Are you yelling at me?"

"Of course not..." Richard hurriedly explained, "I think I'm hallucinating again..."

At this moment, the voice within Richard's body became uneasy again, and another unfamiliar, never-before-heard voice suddenly rang out:

He can hear us!