21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 945 - 938 Subconscious

Chapter 945 -938 Subconscious

What Chen Yu said was all true, but he didn’t tell Inomata Naoki that those so-called three lives were orchestrated by him and the Inari God.

At the time, Chen Yu and the Inari God indeed cast everyone present, except for himself and Jounouchi Hiromi, into a dreamscape, allowing them to experience a different life within the dream—just like a pipe dream or a dream of Nanke.

But as for Inomata Naoki and Minami, Chen Yu and the Inari God added some extra manipulation.

They made Inomata Naoki experience three lives in the dreamscape, and each time, they deliberately guided and arranged for him to meet Minami. They subtly pushed them to fall in love, be together, and live out their lives. Simultaneously, they ensured each time that Inomata Naoki missed the opportunity to be with Tokairin Yuko.

The dreamscape is different from reality. In reality, when a person is awake, their mind is relatively steadfast, and certain suggestions or guidance may not be effective. For individuals with especially strong willpower, such suggestions might not work at all.

But in the dreamscape, it’s different. When people are asleep, their mind becomes more relaxed, leaving them in a state of relatively weaker willpower. In such moments, suggestions, guidance, or even minor changes in the dreamscape can influence a person.

Within the dreamscape, Chen Yu and the Inari God only needed to make slight alterations to the dream, which was enough to guide Inomata Naoki and Minami through the storyline and outcomes they had scripted for them.

As for whether Chen Yu, as a Necromancer, had simpler and more direct ways to control people, the answer is undoubtedly yes.

However, Chen Yu didn’t use spells to control Inomata Naoki. The reason was simple—both he and the Inari God were concerned that spell manipulation might interfere with their plan.

After all, at the core, even if Chen Yu used spells to twist Inomata Naoki’s will, or used human charm techniques to make him obsessively fall in love with Minami, it would only be a form of deception. Once the spells were undone, all of this would burst like a soap bubble.

Breaking the boundaries between life and death requires genuine love between man and ghost, not reliance on spells to deceive and alter minds. Thus, from the very beginning, Chen Yu forsook such ideas, even when matchmaking Inomata Naoki and Tokairin Yuko; he merely influenced his emotions rather than directly altering his will.

But within the dreamscape, certain things become much simpler—after all, if you can control the entire world, minor moves are entirely unnecessary.

So in the dreamscape, Chen Yu and the Inari God arranged three distinctly different lives for Inomata Naoki—be it poverty or wealth, talent or mediocrity—with no exception, each time he fell in love with Minami and spent his life with her.

Although life in the dreamscape wasn’t genuinely “a lifetime,” and what they experienced wasn’t real, nor did the time truly stretch for so long, under the effects of the Pipe Dream spell, the three lives allowed significant affection to develop between Inomata Naoki and Minami.

So much so that even after Chen Yu wiped their memories, the two cried uncontrollably the moment they woke up. Relying on remnants of feelings in their minds, they carried the tacit connection built across three lives in the dreamscape into reality.

Bringing the emotions, bonds, and tacit understanding forged through three lives in the dreamscape into reality was precisely the purpose of Chen Yu making them experience the Pipe Dream.

As for Inomata Naoki wanting to know what had happened, this was, in fact, within Chen Yu’s expectations. He even retained the memories of their dream lives for both Inomata Naoki and Minami. If needed, he could let them recall these memories at any time.

But given Inomata Naoki’s current state, Chen Yu only needed to provide a rough explanation of what had happened. After all, abruptly adding the memories of three lives—even if they were only dream memories—could trigger cognitive dissonance.

Moreover, even merely explaining the gist of what happened, Chen Yu believed, would be profoundly unsettling for him.

The truth was just as Chen Yu had expected. Upon realizing that he had chosen Minami over Tokairin Yuko in all three dream lives, Inomata Naoki clasped his face in disbelief.

“I didn’t choose Yuko even once?” Inomata Naoki asked Chen Yu in shock, though it seemed more like he was questioning himself.

“You don’t need to feel sorry for Doctor Tokairin. What you reflect in a dream is merely a projection of your subconscious. You already have Doctor Tokairin as your girlfriend in reality. In your subconscious, she already belongs to you, so you don’t desire her. But Minami is just someone who has feelings for you. Wanting to possess her, even spending a lifetime with her in a dream, isn’t strange at all.” Chen Yu comforted Inomata Naoki but deliberately misled him with his words.

“But this…” Inomata Naoki ran his fingers through his hair forcefully, unsure of what to say.

Seeing Inomata Naoki’s reaction, Chen Yu reached out and patted his shoulder, consoling him, “It’s just your subconscious, not your conscious thoughts. For a person, conscious ideas are controllable, but the subconscious is uncontrollable. Many people don’t even know what their subconscious is thinking. What happened isn’t your fault.

Besides, it was just a dream. I erased your memories because I hoped you wouldn’t let things from the dream affect reality. Did you never fantasize about a female celebrity before, even to the point of engaging in… indescribable acts in your dreams?”

“But…” Inomata Naoki was rendered speechless by Chen Yu’s comments. The two were old schoolmates, so Chen Yu was fully aware of any fantasies Naoki harbored about celebrities.

But after venting his frustration, Inomata Naoki still asked persistently with lingering dissatisfaction, “But why would I choose Yuko all three times?”

“The reasons are multifaceted. I’m just a surgeon. For these psychological questions, you’re better off consulting a psychologist.” Chen Yu offered Inomata Naoki a smile—he wasn’t worried that visiting a psychologist would resolve Naoki’s issues.

Chen Yu’s suggestion prompted a moment of silence before Inomata Naoki nodded and indicated he would see a psychologist.

However, curiosity and dissatisfaction still nagged him, and he asked Chen Yu, “Brother Yu, you didn’t fall asleep that day, did you? Did you experience that dream yourself? Brother Yu, what did you dream about?”

“Me?” Chen Yu raised an eyebrow, momentarily stunned by the unexpected question, but he still replied, “I killed one-fifth of the world’s population and made myself a deity.”