My ‘Healing’ Game
Chapter 841: Not One Less

Chapter 841: Chapter 841: Not One Less

Even though Number Two has become Unspeakable, even though he can see destiny and the future, in his heart, Number One will always be Number One.

Tentacles of countless Hatred crisscross the night sky like cracks, the principal seems like a giant monster of the Shenhai with its mouth agape, countless Grudges from his highly distorted body rush towards Number One.

This apocalyptic disaster-like scene does not incite any emotional fluctuation in Number One; he smiles, with his spiritual Will and a lifetime of obsessions converging on his right fist.

Scorching, free, surging!

True Daring is not about abandoning everything, but standing firmly above suffering, pain, and defeat, and still, unwaveringly, unleashing one’s full force!

Starlight appears in the night. Number One ignores all the darkness and obstacles; his right fist penetrates through the Grudge and Hatred, striking heavily on the principal’s aberrated Personality!

The sound of shattering echoes far in the night. The principal looks at his own body in disbelief; his Personality, the baseline, and all the memories he has accumulated in his lifetime, are now full of cracks.

With the initial memory of acceptance falling into the Abyss, the principal’s accepting Personality explodes with a bang; his massive body falls backward, and all the ghost and monster Grudges integrated into his flesh begin a mad backlash.

The other half of the principal’s intact body rapidly mutates. He raises his intact left hand, but the remaining Will cannot control the frenzied Ghosts, and he can only watch helplessly as he is bitten by Fierce Ghosts.

Half-human, half-ghost, the principal with Hatred Power falls at the center of the Old City District’s commercial street. Yan Lan rushes over and suddenly halts rigidly, eyes wide as he surveys the scene before him.

Standing at the end of Class 7, Han Fei also couldn’t have anticipated this result. What Number One possesses is absolutely not merely a regular Daring Personality; his existence is a miracle.

"I merely shattered his Personality; what destroyed him were the ghosts forcibly fused into his body. What defeated him wasn’t me, but himself." Retracting his right fist, Number One’s face bears no sign of victorious joy, only pity for the principal in his eyes: "Personality is the proof of one’s value in life; the fact that he had an accepting Personality shows at least he was a decent person once."

"But he has already been changed by disaster; the hardest thing in the world is not to be a good person, but how not to be changed by the world." Number Two nudges Han Fei: "Teacher, it’s your time to take the stage."

"What am I to do? The principal’s almost turned to ash."

"Aren’t you best at Healing?" Number Five looks tiredly at Han Fei: "I’m not at liberty to divulge Number One’s Ability, but just now, it was thanks to the whole class using their Personality Power together to help Number One complete the critical strike, everyone needs your Healing."

Han Fei glances at the surrounding children. They aren’t standing idly; instead, they’ve used their Personality Power in advance as per Number Two’s arrangements, such as Number Twenty-nine’s Disaster Personality, Number Twenty-eight’s Luck Personality, Number Four’s Self-destructive Personality, and so forth.

Number Two has pushed the Personality traits of all the children to the extreme, weakening the principal on all fronts and fully boosting Number One, thereby completing that punch.

Of course, it was also due to his unconditional trust in the children that Number One could stand so firmly at the forefront.

"You guys are truly impressive."

Although Number Two did not inform Han Fei of the specific plan, at least in the end he gave Han Fei a sense of involvement, perhaps this is the fate of a medic.

He checks each child’s injuries, lets the Healing Starlight dissolve their negative emotions, and finally walks to Number One. This tall child looks much younger than Han Fei, yet his gaze is incredibly weathered and gentle.

"Touch the secret deep within the soul."

Han Fei constructs a bridge between them; he sees Number One’s soul, which is a pure light just like the essence of hope.

Using a somewhat inappropriate metaphor to describe it, the moment Han Fei sees Number One’s soul, he is reminded of Rebirth Slaughter Saber.

Motivating Healing Starlight, Han Fei helps Number One repair the cracks in his Personality. These children’s Personality Power is growing stronger and maturing daily, but at the present excessive load on their Personality can cause them significant harm.

"I feel quite useful."

After healing the twenty-nine students excluding Number Two, Han Fei’s Shrine task—complete the progress of ’Healing the Reason for Existence’—has increased significantly. This hidden Shrine task requires Han Fei to heal a hundred patients with flawed Personalities; upon completion, there’s a chance Han Fei can bring cured ghosts from the Shrine.

After waiting quietly for Han Fei to finish healing the students, Yan Lan walks over preparing to inquire Han Fei about some matters, but Han Fei waves her off, runs over to the principal’s side.

Countless Grudges are retaliating against the principal, Hatred Power is also rampaging, and now the principal only has some Memory Fragments left.

"He who commits wrong cannot live; your Power comes from containing ghosts, but ghosts beyond your Ability’s capacity will burn you to ashes." These words from Han Fei sound like something the principal said to him: "But fortunately, you encountered me, with a healer’s benevolence, I’ll rescue the dying and help the injured."

Throwing up the Coin of destiny, Han Fei fully activates Greed Abyss, an endless black haze pours out, enveloping the principal’s enormous body.

"Devour him!"

The Greed Personality trembles with excitement; the Healing Personality radiates Starlight. The Greed Abyss once hidden in Han Fei’s mind appears indistinctly in the black haze. When he completely drags the principal into the Abyss, the Bottomless Abyss unexpectedly manifests behind Han Fei; it seems only when Personality Power reaches a certain level can it distort this Shrine Memory World, making the Personality in his Brain Sea visible.

The Grudges contained within the principal are hunted by the ghosts in the Greed Abyss. After the principal’s death, he fully fused with Hatred Power, becoming a ghost possessing an accepting Personality.

Hatred emanates from him, his appearance gradually returns to normal, and the scars on his body are gently healed by Han Fei.

"Attention, Player 0000! Greed Personality breakthrough, your ever-burning ambition has consumed Hatred, the Greed Abyss imprisonment ghost count limit increased to thirteen!"

"Attention, Player 0000! You have imprisoned the Hatred not ignited by Black Fire—the principal."

"Principal: Holder of the accepting Personality! Special Ability unknown!"

"Attention, Player 0000! Small Grudge Bird has grown into Medium-type Resentment!"

"Attention, Player 0000! Growth-type Resentment Envy Aggregation has broken through to Medium-type Resentment!"

"Attention, Player 0000! Medium-type Resentment Impermanence, after experiencing another Blood Sacrifice, will likely grow into a Large-scaled Grudge!"

The Abyss illusion behind dissipates, Han Fei’s Mental Pollution Index skyrockets to thirty-five again, but now with the Healing Personality slowly treating him, as long as he refrains from using the Greed Personality for a period, the Mental Pollution Index will gradually decrease.

The most terrifying principal of the school has now been erased from all traces, even his soul has been swallowed into the abyss, and all this happened within just a few hours.

Yan Lan saw Han Fei’s personality break through once more, she started to retreat backward. She had always found Gao Cheng to be very dangerous, but now the threat Han Fei posed was even stronger.

"Teacher Yan, don’t be in such a hurry to leave. My students still want to have a good talk with you." Han Fei turned on the master-level acting switch, revealing a simple and kind smile on his face.

"What do you want to talk about?" Compared to Han Fei, Yan Lan was more curious about the students of Class Seven. How could there suddenly be such a gap when they were all students at the same school?

"You can ask him, he’s the smartest in our class." Han Fei carried No. 2 in front of Yan Lan.

Looking at No. 2, whose legs were severed and body was frail, Yan Lan felt extremely unfamiliar.

"Teacher Yan, the old principal has been killed. The hatred that kept in contact with the Black Building will definitely not let it rest at that. Now, the school’s stronghold is at its most dangerous moment. If handled poorly, everyone will be killed by the enraged hatred." No. 2’s voice didn’t match his age, and his calm tone made people feel fearful.

"What are your thoughts?"

"There are two paths before us. Choose a new principal and let her continue to make deals with the Black Building, sacrificing more children to calm its anger and thereby ensuring the stronghold’s safety."

"Sacrifice more children?" Yan Lan shook her head. "What’s the second path?"

"Choose a new principal who can command everyone’s respect, lead all the survivors at the stronghold into Zone C, which is closest to us, to meet up with the Disaster Investigation Bureau and join them." No. 2 pointed at Zhang Menglan: "Your friend’s beloved is a messenger of the Disaster Investigation Bureau, and her family is also there."

No. 2 seemed to give Yan Lan two choices, but in reality, there was only one path she could take.

"The annual death rate for citizens in the Disaster Investigation Bureau is seven times that of the average stronghold. Are you sure we want to seek them out?"

"You must understand, even though the death rate of the Disaster Investigation Bureau is seven times that of other strongholds, people still join every month, and some are willing to risk their lives to act as a messenger." No. 2 looked at Yan Lan’s bloody hands. "If everyone retreats in the face of danger, then ultimately danger will kill everyone."

"Alright, I agree to escort the survivors of the stronghold to the Disaster Investigation Bureau." Yan Lan decisively nodded. "Have you decided on a candidate for the new principal?"

"Of course." No. 2 patted Han Fei’s shoulder. "Teacher Gao previously committed murder, arson, and sacrificed prison inmates. He was utterly nefarious, so there’s no way he can command respect. After much thought, the most suitable candidate is you—Yan Lan."

Han Fei touched his nose, feeling a bit like throwing No. 2 off his back.

"Me?" Yan Lan furrowed her brows.

"The one who killed the principal today was you, we didn’t intervene. It was you who uncovered the principal’s conspiracy, giving your all to thwart it." No. 2 smiled at Yan Lan reassuringly. "Rest assured, the ordinary residents at the school’s stronghold have already been agitated. They were originally keen on overthrowing the principal, and the privileged management levels have long been wiped out by us, you won’t encounter any resistance, they might even be grateful for all you’ve done."

"Won’t there be some people who are unwilling to leave?" Yan Lan was somewhat worried.

"It’s a small issue. Just now Teacher Gao used his own personality to trap the principal. Later we can leverage the principal to destroy the stronghold’s food processing plant and water source, whether they want to leave or not they have to." No. 2’s voice was very calm, "When hatred strikes, everyone will die, my methods to save people aren’t too extreme, right?"

"What do I need to do now? Notify the survivors at the stronghold? Or contact other teachers, asking them to cease the examination?" Yan Lan seemed to recall something. "Besides the principal, there’s another teacher who drew the Black Building. If he’s not stopped soon, chances are not many from his class will make it back alive."

"Teacher Wang swapped examination sites with me." Han Fei took out Wang Chuqing’s black token. "So you don’t need to worry about him."

"Indeed, what you need to do now is to follow Teacher Gao and learn some acting skills, thickening your skin." No. 2 stretched lazily. "Adding flowers to brocade is not as good as sending charcoal in the snow. We’ll contact other teachers and students in advance, arrange everything, and when dawn is about to break, you can make your entrance like a hero."

"Why don’t I go persuade them?"

"It’s not that complicated, just simply ask if they are willing to join us. If they disagree, they can accompany the principal."

Class monitor No. 5 took No. 2 away, they found students from other classes and stayed together in the building to rest.

Han Fei then began Yan Lan’s emergency training, he didn’t require Yan Lan to perform, he just needed her to show her truest self, which was enough.

Fearlessness inherently carries a special charm of personality, making people unknowingly trust and follow.

The night gradually waned, a faint light appeared at the edge of the city, and the survivors huddled behind the door slit, looking out at the empty streets, wondering how many students would return alive tonight.

Every year’s examination night for the school’s stronghold is the most bloody and brutal one, with young lives constructing a barrier of safety.

Those who don’t know the truth worry about the children’s safety, while those who know the truth fear too few children die and they’d be implicated.

The first to return was Class Two, with their guide Yingyan having a deep bone-exposing wound on his back, and five students missing from his class.

In the somewhat sparse team, the innocence on the children’s faces had largely faded, their double eyes filled with hate and fear.

The second to return was Wang Chuqing, who had Han Fei’s white token. The students in his class were fine, the only injured one was himself.

The classes that drew red tokens returned one after another, only four classes hadn’t returned, including two that drew the Black Building.

Wang Chuqing lit a cigarette, recalling Gao Cheng’s face, that guy gave him the white token, yesterday’s farewell might be forever.

Feeling somewhat unhappy inside, although many people called Gao Cheng a bastard, that bastard left the opportunity for survival for himself in the end.

"Sigh..."

With a sigh, Wang Chuqing and the others at school continue to wait.

As the night faded, more and more stronghold residents came out, and it was at this moment that a cry of surprise suddenly came from the crowd.

A faint light shone outside the safe zone, and Yan Lan’s tall figure appeared in everyone’s sight. Following her were the students of the remaining four classes, including those who drew the Black Building, she brought all the students back without missing a single one!