Pokémon: My Dad is Kyurem

Chapter 81 Key Fragments

The corridors, rooms, and lighting of Qingshan Mental Hospital were all quite normal, just like a normal hospital. The movies he had seen before had given Qi Hao a bad impression of mental hospitals, but actually, there was no difference when he came in.

"Welcome, welcome. You must be Principal Song." A man in a white coat and black glasses came out from inside, seemingly having been waiting for some time.

The other person extended their hand, and Song Chenggong politely shook it. "You must be the dean here."

The other person nodded. "Yes, Senior Bina asked me to wait for you here."

He then gave a gentlemanly bow and said, "Please."

Song Chenggong led Ma Ling'er in that direction, while Qi Hao walked to the edge of the courtyard.

"You guys go first, I'll be there in a bit." Qi Hao waved to Song Chenggong and the others, and Song Chenggong nodded and led Ma Ling'er upstairs.

Qi Hao has fought against the Heavenly King, how could he possibly get injured?

"Little friend, is there anything else?" The dean's expression remained unchanged throughout, and even when shaking hands with Song Chenggong, his welcoming tone was indifferent.

"( ' - ' * ) Do you have anything related to chaos here?" Qi Hao always felt that being straightforward could save a lot of problems.

The dean shook his head: "I don't know, I've never heard of such a thing, but if you're looking for something, I can give you this."

As the dean spoke, he took out a booklet from his pocket, opened the cover, and took out a map from inside.

The map shows the floor plan of each floor of the hospital, clearly marked from floor -1 to floor 8.

"This is a map of the mental hospital, but let me warn you, some of the patients inside are quite serious and terrifying. Don't be fooled by how quiet it is here; the inside is completely different from the outside." The director pointed to the back half of the first floor on the map, explaining that the further in you go, the more severe the patients' conditions become.

Conversely, those with milder symptoms live on higher floors.

Qi Hao took the map and examined it. The building was L-shaped. They had entered from a corner. Each floor had an elevator and stairs. The elevators were all located on the far right, while the stairs leading up were located at the corner and at the very back.

Qi Hao looked at the stairs in front of him, then at the map, gesturing with his hands on it. He felt as if something was missing.

The dean wasn't in a hurry to leave; he simply found a stool and sat down on the edge of the stairs.

"Dean," Qi Hao placed the map in front of the dean, "why is there only one staircase on the first floor? Shouldn't there be another one at the very back?"

All the other floors have two staircases, but the first floor only has one. That shouldn't be the case.

The dean stroked his chin and nodded in agreement. "You're right. I'm also puzzled. I'm so puzzled that my obsessive-compulsive disorder is acting up. But the details of this building are not under my jurisdiction. I have an elder above me who doesn't agree to add it, so there's nothing I can do."

"Can I go over and take a look?" Qi Hao pointed to the innermost part, feeling that something must be hidden there.

The dean did not refuse, indicating to Qi Hao that he could do as he pleased, and even told Qi Hao to take the map with him while he sat at the door basking in the sun.

Qi Hao put away the map and walked deeper into the first floor. This was a straight path, so there was no need for a map.

When Qi Hao first went inside, he didn't think much of it. After all, there was a wall between them, and the most disturbing sound coming from inside was the roar of someone with delusions.

"Give me back my wife!!"

"Shut up! You don't even have a wife!"

Qi Hao said he could still listen to some more fun.

Further inside, the sounds of fighting began to emerge.

"I challenge you to a duel before the Emperor!!"

"I use God's Declaration to deduct half of my base points, invalidate you, and send you to the grave!"

Then a fight broke out anyway, because the one who made the divine declaration ended with, "I summon my fist in an attack stance!!"

No card player is immune to madness; he's just putting on a brave face.

Qi Hao tried to ignore it. Further inside, the walls turned into transparent tempered glass. A sign next to it read: "In order to observe in a timely manner and to protect the staff to a certain extent, all walls have been replaced with tempered glass."

There wasn't even a door; there was a small window inside, probably used for delivering things.

The further Qi Hao went in, the more alarmed he became. Everywhere he went, there was foul language, fighting, and people letting loose. In the end, there was even excrement and urine flying everywhere!

Qi Hao couldn't take it anymore. "Eek!! No! I don't want to see their miserable state!!!"

Charge forward blindfolded, trying to avoid letting your reason be clouded! You even used a clear and calm mind!

If he could bring himself to do it, Qi Hao might have gouged out his eyes!

After charging for several minutes, Qi Hao finally crashed headfirst into the wall at the end. The immense force shattered the wall, revealing a staircase leading straight down!

Qi Hao lost his footing and tumbled down through the gap in the wall!

"Holy crap!!" Qi Hao was caught off guard and couldn't stop himself for a moment.

After rolling for a long time, Qi Hao crashed headfirst into a railing made of some unknown material.

Duang!

A clear, pleasant sound indicates a good head!

"Where am I?" Qi Hao looked at the purplish-black floor tiles and the alloy railings of the same color as the floor, and the torches burning with blue flames stuck in the stairs. He felt like he had seen this scene somewhere before.

Meanwhile, a sharp voice inside the railing was uttering incomprehensible words: "Alas, alas, uh heh heh, I am so lonely, as lonely as I am!"

"Looking around, a visitor has arrived?" The voice, still sharp, carried a hint of delight. "Who are you?"

Qi Hao got up from the ground. "Um, hello, my name is Qi Hao. By the way, what were you doing in there?"

"I'm innocent! Innocent!" Her tone was aggrieved, and her slightly shrill voice sounded like that of a wronged child. "I just wanted to play a game, just a game!"

"But that ignorant dean was extremely dissatisfied with my little bit of entertainment!"

"He was furious and wanted to punish me! He wanted to imprison me!" Her tone gradually turned happy and proud. "But I was quick, very quick! Very clever, very clever!"

"They couldn't catch me! So they locked up all their own people! They built prisons around the world! I'm the only one who's free! Hihihi!!" The owner of that voice possessed a truly world-class understanding!

"Freedom? You should be the one locked up, right?" Qi Hao couldn't remember where he had seen this scene before. He probably had some memory of it, but he had forgotten it all at the crucial moment.

"That's not how it works from my perspective, Trainer!" The voice inside remained unwavering; you can never wake someone who's pretending to be asleep.

"Then you probably don't need my help anymore?" Qi Hao scratched his head, which he had just bumped. Hmm, it was a little itchy.

"No, it's not that simple. I still feel lonely even in this little free world." The voice inside seemed to be coaxing Qi Hao, "So, would you like to play a little game with me?"

"I will show you true freedom!" the voice inside rang out again, then tossed out a red fragment.

Qi Hao caught it, and couldn't tell what material it was by touch, but judging from its appearance, the complete version should be a key.

"Find the key and I'll set you free!" Top-notch understanding leads to top-notch manipulation. "There are three fragments in total. One fragment is in the first room on the eighth floor, and the other is in the hands of someone whose name starts with B, hehehe."

It seems the other party really wants to play games with Qihao.

Qi Hao put away the fragments, waited for a while, and seeing that the other party was no longer speaking, walked back up the stairs he had come from.

The system whispered something in a voice that Qi Hao couldn't hear: "*You placed key fragment A among your key items."