My ‘Healing’ Game
Chapter 263: Dangerous Shooting

Chapter 263: Chapter 263: Dangerous Shooting

Chapter 263: The Pinnacle of Stream of Consciousness Acting

The Wedding Gown Woman was still alive, Yinglong saw a crisis in this, but Han Fei saw an opportunity.

The Wedding Gown Woman was still alive, Yinglong saw a crisis in this, but Han Fei saw an opportunity.

If the opponent could collaborate with the Paperman Store Manager, they could also become an asset to him.

He was currently ignorant about the Death Building and needed a guide who understood the place, and the Wedding Gown Woman was an excellent choice.

"Yinglong, if she comes again, you must find a way to stabilize her, this customer is very important to us,"

After instructing Yinglong, Han Fei walked to the shelf, where a candle was lit on a lampstand.

Han Fei didn’t speak, only silently listened to the human face on the White Wax crying and repenting.

When the candle had burned halfway, Han Fei blew out the flame: "Don’t say I didn’t give you a chance; keep disobeying, and you might not even become a candle anymore."

As the Shop Manager, Han Fei always made a clear distinction between rewards and punishments.

After checking various items in the shop and providing some basic training to the staff, Han Fei logged out of the game directly in the convenience store’s storeroom.

Taking off the gaming helmet, Han Fei found himself completely drained of energy.

The morning sun shone through the gaps in the curtains into the room, and Han Fei enjoyed this moment of peace and relaxation.

"Survived another day, how wonderful."

He fell into a deep sleep and had no idea how long he had slept until the sound of knocking woke him.

His eyes were not yet open, but his hand had already subconsciously grabbed the stick under the pillow, and by the time he was fully alert, his body had already adopted the best defensive posture.

"Han Fei! Han Fei!"

The voices of Li Xue and another plainclothes echoed from outside the door, their knocking growing more urgent. If the door wasn’t opened soon, Han Fei felt they might just break in.

"Coming!" Opening the door, Han Fei saw the fully armed Li Xue and two other officers, looking puzzled: "What happened?"

"It’s already ten o’clock, an hour past our scheduled time. We thought something had happened to you." Seeing that Han Fei was alright, the officers outside all sighed in relief: "Last night, Huang Ying was attacked again by someone who was once his patient. During the treatment, because the patient’s family situation was quite dire, Huang Ying even personally advanced some medical fees, technically he had done a favor for the person, but who knew that as the condition worsened, the person would so easily be misled by Butterfly and strike against Huang Ying."

"Huang Ying was attacked again?" Han Fei felt that Butterfly was really desperate now, as he had thwarted their plans in Deep World repeatedly and had smashed Butterfly’s plot in Beast Alley the previous night. The enmity between them was growing, and Butterfly was placing more and more emphasis on him and Huang Ying.

"You need to be careful too; Butterfly’s actions are becoming increasingly frequent and insane, it seems to be gradually losing its rationality," Li Xue said gravely. "A super criminal completely gone mad can’t simply be classified by danger levels."

"I think I might guess why it has gone mad," Han Fei’s words caught the attention of the police.

"You know the reason?"

"I have frequently seen a ghostly figure in the building where Spider resides and that ghost is very likely Butterfly. As it got closer to me, I gradually got a clearer view of its face," Han Fei detailed the physical appearance of Spider.

Normally, seeing a ghost appearing and coming closer would not lead someone to observe it as carefully as Han Fei did. Listening to Han Fei’s description, the police felt that, in some ways, Han Fei was quite remarkable.

After collecting all the facial information, Li Xue compared it with the database, but no one matched the description provided by Han Fei. However, the police still took the information very seriously and prepared to do a thorough reconstruction of the character before continuing with the search.

As Han Fei had to continue with the film shooting, he did not stay in the room for long. He quickly washed up and then rushed to Xinhu North Suburb in a police car.

By the time Han Fei arrived, other actors had already begun shooting.

Director Zhang knew that Han Fei didn’t usually work overtime and that the risk of danger increased at night, so he tried to schedule Han Fei’s scenes during the day.

Today’s first scene was originally a chase and combat between Han Fei and Bai Xian, but because of Han Fei’s lateness, it had to be postponed.

Seeing Han Fei getting out of the police car, the staff on site expressed their understanding. Han Fei might look like an actor on the surface, but he could be a private detective, or even a police insider – the acting might just be a hobby.

Apologizing, Han Fei found Director Zhang.

Director Zhang, known for his strict demands on actors, not only refrained from scolding Han Fei after seeing his haggard appearance, but also took the initiative to argue with the police on his behalf.

He stated that Han Fei was his actor and that his cooperation with the investigation should be limited, among other things, which made Han Fei very embarrassed. He dared not admit he was so exhausted because he had stayed up all night playing video games.

"Han Fei, go rest for a while. Get a good sleep and get your condition back on track." Director Zhang saw that Han Fei was all alone without even a manager, and felt quite unsettled by it. How had he not discovered such a good actor earlier?

"It’s not necessary, I can hold on."

"I am the director, you listen to me." Director Zhang had his assistant take Han Fei to a temporary resting area, planning to shoot his scenes later in the afternoon.

Entering the rest area, Han Fei saw other actors memorizing their scripts. He did not disturb them and went straight to a bed in the corner, his sleeve hiding a nunchaku, and fell asleep immediately.

"He really takes it easy, sleeping here on set." Little Tong, a pop idol of about the same age as Han Fei and much more famous with a vastly different level of fan base, always felt overshadowed by Han Fei on the set of "Mystery Novelist."

Both were occasionally late, but Director Zhang reprimanded him publicly in front of many people. Now, when Han Fei was late, not only did the director not criticize him, but he even let him rest first.

Comparing oneself to others is truly maddening. Little Tong silently memorized his script, feeling increasingly resentful.

He felt he was much better than Han Fei in many ways and believed there was no comparison between them. Despite their being the same age, whether in terms of family background, fan base, commercial value, looks, or taste, he was far superior to Han Fei—at least that’s what he thought.

"Is his acting really that good?" Little Tong glanced at Han Fei but eventually did not approach him and left with his script instead.

When the door closed, Han Fei, who had been feigning sleep, suddenly opened his eyes: "Isn’t that Little Tong? Who else might the Butterfly bewitch to strike at me? Some crew member? Or another stranger?"

Past one in the afternoon, Han Fei left the room, had some food, and then went into the makeup room to freshen up.

Director Zhang, with good intentions, wanted to let Han Fei sleep a bit longer, so he scheduled his scenes for the evening.

As the sun was about to set, Han Fei, now fully made up, entered the filming area, continually on the lookout for Butterfly’s presence, but the other seemed to know Han Fei’s mindset.

The more he searched, the less likely it was to appear. It was waiting for the moment when Han Fei was most relaxed and off guard to approach him.

"Beast Alley has been destroyed, Spider who knew about Butterfly’s past is born anew, and now Butterfly must be anxious. It has already attacked Huang Ying twice, and it’s very likely to come after me next."

Han Fei memorized the faces of all the crew members. With his superb memory, anyone who had appeared around him even once was remembered by face and name.

Han Fei used to live in his own world, isolated, socially anxious, hardly interacting with anyone.

Now, he took an interest in everyone around him since any of them might turn out to be the psychopathic killer wanting to murder him.

At six in the evening, as the sun had set and the faint sound of wind chimes began reverberating through the building, it was time for Han Fei to shoot his last scene of the day.

Playing a novelist, Han Fei had just successfully killed a university student played by Little Tong, and he needed to choose one of the twenty-five corpse-hiding methods recorded in "The Butcher’s House" to conceal the student’s body.

During the corpse-hiding, Bai Xian, who played a doctor, started to suspect the novelist, and a fierce pursuit and fight ensued.

This scene was the first climax of "Mystery Novelist." All the crew members were on alert, having calibrated various equipment before taking their positions.

Han Fei and other actors had also arrived on the scene.

Surveying the surroundings, among the crowd, Han Fei spotted an unfamiliar figure.

Behind Bai Xian, there was someone dressed exactly like him, seemingly a new stand-in actor.

His purpose was to replace Bai Xian for several hazardous shots.

As Director Zhang gave the command, silence fell instantly inside the building, and an unsettling atmosphere began to spread—exactly as Director Zhang aimed for, but not one he had created.

A strange, untraceable odor began to emerge in the air, invisible yet undeniably real.

The wind chimes on the fourth floor gently swayed, their intermittent sounds eerily mimicking the laughter of a child.

The night wind blew into the building; the black cloths covering the shrines on the stairways fluttered slightly, and the "gods" hidden in the damp corners seemed to open their eyes at that moment.