Nightmare.

Something that had been abandoned by Yi Chen a long time ago.

During the orphanage, if the nightmare turns the teachers into ghosts, or deliberately creates some terrifying scenes, it will make Yi Chen feel comfortable and interesting, but the reality of the orphanage itself is even more painful and frightening.

Slowly, Yi Chen hardly had nightmares anymore.

In order to adapt to the high-pressure life of the orphanage, even the number of dreams gradually decreased, and the body adapted to the efficient dreamless sleep every night.

Even when I came to this sick world, I still rarely dreamed and never had nightmares.

However, the nightmare experience just now made Yi Chen sweat profusely, as if it really happened, as if his body had really been dissected and really worn as a costume by others.

Staring at the smoky liquid on the tabletop, the dead pus that was unintentionally secreted by the nightmare stimulated by the brain.

"Something is wrong, something must be affecting me.

Such a clear nightmare could not have appeared for no reason. The theme of the nightmare is that I myself have become a costume, is it related to "gentleman's skin"?

Ever since I became a gentleman, I have been wearing clothes almost all the time, and even when I sleep, the clothes can evolve into a sleeping bag structure, which provides me with a good sleeping environment and wears it almost 24 hours a day during my missions.

Hence a certain 'dependence' on clothing?

During this time, due to the rework of the costume, I couldn't wear it for more than ten days, and it was out of dependence on the costume that caused the nightmare just now? ”

With doubts, Yi Chen walked out of the basement.

The time had come to noon the next day, and Yi Chen's long sleep and the strange nightmare made Yi Chen a little hungry, so he first took a big bowl of sauce and meat noodles in a nearby store and then went to the nameless clothing store alone.

When walking at the corner of the stairs, Yi Chen still couldn't help but look at the group of models on the first floor, and found nothing abnormal.

When I arrived on the second floor, which was built like a dance studio, the door of the dressing room was closed, and there was a faint sense of strangeness, and the picture seemed to overlap with last night's dream.

The sense of uneasiness urged Yi Chen to step forward and take the initiative to knock on the secret door of the wardrobe room.

With the sound of footsteps, Mr. Ivan, who was wearing a half-mask, opened the door with a tired face.

"Huh? Why didn't you come here by yourself without notifying you...... However, it's really timely, the ready-to-wear sample has just been revised, so let's try it on. ”

It's still a faceless model standing in the deepest depths,

Completely different from the strange dress in the dream, the clothes worn on the model have not yet been painted, and they are the original flesh color of "Gentleman's Skin", which looks like a human fur coat.

This couldn't help but remind Yi Chen of the situation when he turned into skin and was 'put on' in a dream.

"What are you doing here? Let's try it on. ”

Ivan's words pulled Yi Chen's thoughts back.

"I had a dream last night......"

Yi Chen decisively told the dream experience, which made Ivan also show a puzzled gaze.

Yi Chen continued to ask: "Mr. Ivan, is it possible that I haven't dressed these days?" After all, I've been wearing clothes all the time, and the prolonged contact with the skin has caused my body to become somewhat dependent? ”

"No, at least I never did.

In the past, when I was serving the organization, I received a lot of advanced costumes, even the old man Chamberson's costumes were made by me.

While the dependence on skin does exist, it does not lead to such a strong and clear nightmare.

Maybe it has something to do with your push to the limit, after all, the relics you chose are the stuff of the mad, and those guys are crazy in the old world.

Costume making these days occupies a major part of your life, and with long periods of not dressing, it eventually causes the epileptic properties in your brain to flare up during sleep.

If you are not worried, you can go to the hospital for a check-up. ”

"Okay."

"Stop talking nonsense, let's try on clothes! There's still a lot of work to be done. ”

After that, Mr. Ivan took out a pair of scissors from between his coat pockets and threw them over, and Yi Chen also caught them steadily.

"Scissors?"

"That's right, there are some parts of the clothing sample that I deliberately didn't open the line, and if you handle it yourself, it can increase the fit."

"Okay."

Yi Chen approached the model, and just when he was curious about where he needed to open the thread, he found that the shirt of the clothing was actually stuck to the model's skin.

The seam of the shirt is exactly where the thread needs to be opened.

Mr. Ivan's voice came again, "That's right, I used a unique bionic garment to create, and you only need to 'open the line' along the midline of the model's body.

Remember to clean out the model's internal organs and bones. ”

When he heard these words, Yi Chen immediately thought of his own dream.

A strange sensation spread through the air, and the tungsten light bulbs above their heads began to flicker.

He turned his head sharply, and saw that Mr. Ivan kept his mouth open, and something tentacle-like was clearly wriggling in his mouth.

"Hurry up and try it, this is the costume I worked so hard to make for you~"

As he spoke, inky and smoking tentacles emerged from Ivan's mouth and opened out in the shape of an octopus.

Airplanes!

Wake up again.

A puddle of smoking pus flowed on the table, and Yi Chen stood up suddenly!

This time, he no longer hesitated, and directly stimulated his own disease ability, boom! Barbed chains grew out of their arms, dragging them to the ground.

Yi Chen found a beam that was load-bearing enough, then took out the black umbilical cord and hung himself in the form of a hanging.

In the hanging state, the chain whips itself to ensure that each spike is accurately hit into the body, stimulating key acupuncture points and bringing maximum pain.

Even if the blood kept spilling, even if the whole body was full of holes, Yi Chen still had no intention of stopping.

Syllable!

Due to the excessive holes in the waist and abdomen, with a hard volley, the lower body was directly broken.

The umbilical cord in the hanging state also had the opposite effect, constantly pulling away Yi Chen's vitality and leading him to death faster.

When the pain overflows the whole body and is about to die,

The basement scene in front of me disintegrated inch by inch like peeling skin...... Airplanes!

Wake up again

The wooden table that was supposed to be resting had been completely eroded by the pus that overflowed from the corner of Yi Chen's mouth, and only a small puddle of fluid remained on the ground.

The black umbilical cord seems to have self-awareness, and in reality, it hangs Yi Chen in its entirety.

The whole body is covered with spikes, especially the skull.

The face is even painted with "dead man's makeup", and it seems that the makeup has just been painted for a short time.

"it!"

Yi Chen couldn't help but curse, and immediately relieved the tension in his body and returned to the way it was.

"If I don't have these illusion-shattering abilities, I'm afraid I'll be trapped in it infinitely...... What the hell is going on! ”

When Yi Chen walked out of the basement in this costume full of holes and like a vagabond.

Cuckoo! An owl landed directly on his shoulder.

Immediately after, Professor Chamberson, who had a serious face, descended from above, his palms like eagle claws were clasped on Yi Chen's shoulders, and some kind of wind chill entered his body along the finger touchpoints, testing Yi Chen's physical state.

"William! Are you okay? ”

"Huh? Professor Chamberson, why are you here......"

"The principal reminded me to come over and check on your status! Look at your mental state and tattered costume, sure enough, what's going on, right? ”

"I had a nightmare last night, a very dangerous nightmare."

"Sure enough!" Chamberson's eyes immediately widened when he heard the word 'nightmare'.

Yi Chen hurriedly asked, "Huh?" Could it be that there are other people in the city who have nightmares? ”

"It all started three months ago, when a man named Marco Murphy was the last child. Ordinary residents of the Midstreet district of Velasquez were found dead in their homes. He appears to have been subjected to intense shock before his death, but an autopsy revealed nothing.

Since then, 1~5 deceased people in similar situations have appeared every other week, and later based on the joint investigation of the Joint Monitoring Force of the Prophets, it was determined that their deaths seemed to be related to nightmares. ”

Yi Chen immediately realized something, "Wait! Professor Chamberson, if I'm not mistaken, the dead all had the habit of undressing and sleeping? ”

"That's right, after investigation, it was found that they were all undressed and sleeping before they died.

About a month ago, Zion had notified the districts and asked everyone to dress and sleep at night. You happened to be on the principal's side at the time, and you didn't get the notice. ”

Chamberson reached out and wiped Yi Chen's costume full of holes, "The costume that Ivan gave you also contains the skin of a gentleman...... Maybe because it doesn't match you, it's not the problem of the original costume, and it doesn't play a protective role. ”

"Has some unknown pathogen that causes nightmares invade Zion?"

"It's hard to say, but the Hippocratic Hospital has not yet come up with a verdict. After all, once this kind of thing is made public, the organization will become chaotic.

Anyway, you're fine.

Also, your costume is almost finished, so don't sleep until you put it on. Talk to the headmaster about it afterwards, and you, as a survivor, will help find out the truth about the nightmare. ”

(End of chapter)