Creepy Pharmacist: All my patients are scary!

Chapter 190: The Curse in the Phone

Early the next morning.

Bloodsaw Potion Shop.

Lynn was full of guilt as he held a brush, swishing it back and forth to sweep off the dust and frost from Bai Yi, who was frozen stiff like a statue (((;

꒪ꈊ꒪;

))).

He coughed and said, "Sorry, Bai Yi, Big Brother didn't mean to forget about you. It's just that some important things happened yesterday, so it slipped my mind for a moment."

"You were hanging on that flagpole for so long."

Looking at Bai Yi's dazed expression, Lynn (￣ω￣;

).

Because he had been thinking about the Pig-Headed Butcher situation all day yesterday, he ended up completely overlooking this fellow countryman.

This was indeed a pretty messed up situation.

But Lynn figured it should probably be fine—just consider it experiencing life and enjoying the scenery. After all, such precious moments are rare in life.

Bai Yi (((;

꒪ꈊ꒪;

))) said: "I gulped down... northwest wind... all night long..."Thoroughly chilled.

He felt like he had truly been chilled through and through, inside and out!

For a whole night, alone and isolated, hanging up there, shivering uncontrollably, just like a piece of seaweed, a drifting, swaying piece of seaweed!

Bai Yi (((;

꒪ꈊ꒪;

))): "Big Brother, do you have any idea what I went through that night?"

Lynn coughed, (￣ω￣;

) and said: "It's fine, it's fine, just think of it as cosplaying a flag. Opportunities like this don't come often, you should learn to cherish them."

Lynn comfortingly patted his shoulder.

Bai Yi o(╥﹏╥)o.

Is that even human language?!

Then.

Lynn's expression turned serious as he sat cross-legged in front of Bai Yi, gesturing for him to sit too, saying:

"Alright, enough nonsense, let's talk about serious matters. Can you tell me how you fell into this world? I've been thinking about it, and something feels off about the whole situation."

Bai Yi rubbed his head dejectedly and said: "Haven't I already told you, Big Brother? After school, I was heading to a bar to meet up with friends, then somehow got directed by my navigation into a small alley, and then suddenly appeared on that street."

Lynn pondered this.

He had a feeling things weren't as simple as Bai Yi described.

Based on the information he'd gotten from his teacher, creatures that fall into this world either have such immense resentment and hatred after death that it triggers some mechanism, automatically dragging them into this world—like Alice.

Or they accidentally activate some mechanism that opens a portal to this world, then mistakenly stumble through and end up here.

And those who fall here and can return are extremely rare.

Because most creatures that fall here don't have a beacon from their original world.

Lynn snapped back to attention, his gaze suspiciously scanning Bai Yi up and down, making Bai Yi increasingly nervous.

"Is that alley one you usually take?"

Bai Yi widened his eyes: "No... I was just in a hurry that time, so I took a shortcut. But I'd walked through that alley a few times before, and there are houses nearby too. Yet it just happened to be me who got transported through..."

"Where's your phone?"

Bai Yi innocently patted himself down a few times, then pulled out his smartphone from an inner pocket of his jacket.

"It's broken."

The phone's screen had long since shattered into a kaleidoscope pattern, and the power button showed no response at all.

Lynn took the phone, carefully examining it inside and out.

Hoping to give it a try, Lynn thought for a moment, then cast Diagnostic Art on the phone.

He didn't really expect to find anything.

But the next moment, a system prompt suddenly rang in his ears.

[Ding! You have discovered target damage: hardware fracture]

[Ding! You have discovered target abnormal curse fluctuation: Blood Contract]

Buzz—

In an instant.

Lynn's pupils sharply contracted.

A curse!

There was actually a curse fluctuation contained within this phone?!

What kind of joke is this!

Seeing the change in Lynn's expression, Bai Yi looked completely baffled: "Big Brother, what's wrong?"

Lynn picked up the phone with a serious expression: "I found something unclean inside your phone. This might be the reason you fell into this world."

Hearing this, Bai Yi was instantly horrified, his face turning pale.

His heart started racing wildly.

"This... this is ridiculous!"

Lynn said gravely: "Further investigation is needed, but since a curse has been detected, you must have come into contact with something unclean before arriving here."

Without another word, Lynn immediately took the phone and brought Bai Yi to a room in the basement.

It was filled with a large number of mechanical tools—this was also the place his teacher used for mechanical modifications.

Lynn fiddled with the phone calmly:

"Wait for me outside the door. I'll try to see if I can repair the damage to this phone. If possible, we should be able to draw some conclusions."

After drinking that bowl of soup, he had gained one piece of knowledge and one curse.

He hadn't had time to study the curse yet, but the knowledge had been easily absorbed by him.

[Intermediate Mechanical Modification]

This knowledge also gave him the possibility of repairing that phone.

......

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz—

Time passed quickly.

Outside the door, Bai Yi was burning with anxiety, pacing back and forth incessantly, only able to hear the intermittent sounds of welding coming from inside.

After a long time.

The door opened.

Bai Yi immediately rushed up, asking urgently:

"Big Brother, how did it go?"

Lynn walked out with a serious expression, cracking his neck, and said calmly:

"It should be operational now, but there's no suitable material to replace the screen. Still, it shouldn't be a big problem. You should try hard to recall whether you did anything unusual before coming here."

Bai Yi racked his brains.

"Let me think... The night before I arrived here, I skipped a class, went out to buy some of the latest comic books, ate a bowl of ramen, then in the evening I took my girlfriend to a motel..."

Thwack—

A smoking lump appeared on Bai Yi's head.

Lynn said with closed eyes: "Get to the point."

Bai Yi rubbed his head in pain: "Uh... in the morning, I took my girlfriend home, then since I still had plenty of time, I sneaked off to an internet cafe to go online..."

At that moment, Bai Yi suddenly froze.

It seemed like he remembered something, immediately thinking: "Wait... let me think. I remember I went to that internet cafe to go online, played some games for a while and got tired, because I'd used up a lot of energy that night, so I thought I'd just browse some websites before logging off..."

"Then... then I remember I clicked on a pop-up window."

His breathing suddenly became rapid: "I remember now!"

Lynn narrowed his eyes: "And then that pop-up window said: 'Do you want to truly live? Yes or no?' And you chose yes?"

"..."

Bai Yi said blankly: "Uh... no, nothing like that popped up."

"It was a..."

He frowned in thought.

"A somewhat disturbing website."

......