Her Talent for Courting Death Has Always Been Impressive - Chapter 35 Part 1

Chapter 35: Are You Sick?

The item found by customer service was called “Planchette Pen.”

Planchette, a common theme in horror novels, simply refers to a ghost summoned for divination. This pen, bearing the name “Planchette,” naturally serves a similar purpose.

In simple terms, you can ask it questions, and it will always answer.

According to customer service, this pen can express itself in writing, so one must be careful not to get too immersed in its responses when communicating. It will gradually control one’s mind through dependence and trust, ultimately turning the person into its puppet.

【However, please rest assured. This pen has restrictions placed on it by high-level order keepers from Renxin Institute. It can now only answer questions and cannot say anything extra.】 The customer service emphasized,【As long as you don’t ask too many questions in a day, there shouldn’t be any problems.】

【Oh.】 Xu Turan sincerely asked,【Are there any other points to be mindful of?】

Customer service:【Yes, yes. Just, please be careful not to ask it math questions.】

Xu Turan: ?

【Omniscience tendencies have their biases, you know.】 The customer service explained frankly,【This pen isn’t very good at math. If you ask it math questions, it will get upset.】

【Also, this pen might not be very easy to get along with.】

Xu Turan wasn’t surprised about this:【I understand, it’s a level issue, right? Don’t worry, I’ll treat it with caution.】

Customer service:【…Well, not entirely.】

Xu Turan: ??

【It has a bad temper.】 The customer service typed with some hesitation,【Like, communicating with it might not be very pleasant.】

“…” Xu Turan paused for a moment, then sincerely asked the customer service:【So do you think they will find it pleasant when I communicate with them?】

Customer service: …

She recalled the bald doll and the Book of Flesh and Blood with its spine half torn off, and silently took a deep breath.

That must have been very unpleasant.

【That’s right.】 Xu Turan justified,【It’s not like I’m trying to make friends or planning to keep it long-term, so why bother with pleasantries, right?】

Customer service: … That makes sense, can’t argue with that.

Xu Turan asked about a few more precautions, and after confirming there were no issues, she discussed the delivery with them. Due to the good security in the Star Park Villa District, Xu Turan had to go all the way to the outer edge of the park to successfully receive the goods.

This time, the item was packed in a palm-sized silver pencil case. Xu Turan took it back and opened it to find a bright red fountain pen inside. The pen body was engraved with strange runes, and the cap didn’t fit very well, feeling loose and easy to fall off.

Strangely enough… just as Xu Turan unpacked this pen, the Courting Death Value prompt sounded in her mind again.

【Congratulations, you have gained 40 Courting Death Value points!】

The voice was smooth, with no issues at all.

She checked the data again and found that she had somehow gained about 120 Courting Death Value points—this reminded her of the five stuttering “Congratulations” from earlier.

Based on previous experience, purchasing each supernatural item should bring a certain amount of Courting Death Value. This “Planchette Pen” was a Pyre level item compressed to Lamp level, corresponding to 40 Courting Death Value points; so the other 5 Lamp level items should correspond to about 20-30 points each.

Assuming that the extra 120 points came from the previous unboxing, the numbers would match up perfectly.

Coincidentally, there were also five stuttering prompts earlier… Perhaps the system was accounting for the Courting Death Value brought by those five items at that time?

The question is, why did it stutter? The numbers weren’t even that large…

Xu Turan frowned slightly but quickly turned her attention back to the pen.

Along with the pen, a large number of blank spiral notebooks and notepads were also sent. The customer service suggested tearing off and discarding the pen’s written answers after each question, and these notebooks would be convenient for that purpose.

Xu Turan packed away the other supernatural items and sat at the table, straightening her posture with the pen in hand.

“Are you the Planchette Pen?”

The pen controlled her fingers, moving smoothly on the paper, leaving a line of flowing red cursive:

【Yes. I am the Omniscience tendency tool you are seeking. Trust me, I can answer all the questions in your heart.】

“Alright.” Xu Turan patiently waited for it to finish writing, then spoke again, “Now, I have a question for you.”

She quickly swiped her phone with her left hand, pulling up a question she had found earlier:

“I put rabbits and chickens together. From above, there are 35 heads, and from below, there are 94 feet. How many rabbits and chickens are there…”

Planchette Pen: …

The pen seemed to freeze for a good while before finally writing out an answer slowly:

【23 chickens, 12 rabbits, plus one big idiot who has nothing better to do than ask an Omniscience being about chickens and rabbits in the same cage.】

Xu Turan: …

Almost at the same time, a prompt sounded in her mind again: 【Congratulations, you have gained 20 Courting Death Value points!】

Alright, it seems this pen really does have a bad temper.

—Xu Turan was very satisfied.

Twenty minutes later.

Xu Turan gradually realized that the customer service’s words were still too conservative.

Communication with that pen was more than just unpleasant.

…Although strictly speaking, she started it.

It happened like this.

Xu Turan had originally prepared a bunch of math problems for it. After all, each question brought Courting Death Value points, so why not farm them? However, this pen turned out to be smarter than she thought—

Apart from seriously calculating the first two problems for a while, it simply gave up on the later ones. It would either answer 【Little Monkey Search】 or 【Baidu it, and you’ll know】.

And its emotions adjusted very quickly… Whether it realized that Xu Turan was deliberately provoking it or not, it started by angrily calling Xu Turan an idiot while increasing some Courting Death Value points, but later showed no emotional fluctuations at all.

…Is this the power of a Pyre level abomination? Indeed, not to be underestimated.

Xu Turan was impressed and could only try to approach from other angles. While casually asking some ordinary questions, she searched online for information about “planchette,” and after a few rounds of flat experiments, she suddenly asked: “Hey, how did you die?”

Planchette Pen: …

【Congratulations, you have gained 30 Courting Death Value points!】

Xu Turan nodded with satisfaction and closed the search page on her phone.

【One of the taboos of planchette summoning is not to ask about its cause of death】—this was found on some strange talk forum, and it turned out to be quite effective.

Planchette Pen: Are you polite?

As it turned out, this pen was even less polite. Because it immediately replied:

【You’re the one who’s dead.】

【Your whole family is dead.】

…It looked like swearing, but upon closer inspection, it wasn’t exactly not answering Xu Turan’s question.

Xu Turan immediately got excited. Oh ho, this little peculiarity has some substance.

She thought for a moment and asked again: “Will I be able to successfully enter [Path of Chaos] tomorrow night?”

The Planchette Pen moved quickly on the paper: 【Did you buy an Omniscience tendency or a precognition tendency, don’t you have any sense?】

Xu Turan: …

“I see.” Xu Turan nodded, “You don’t know.”

It seems this pen’s blind spots aren’t just math problems… it also can’t predict future events.

Xu Turan silently noted this small discovery in her mental notebook, while on the other end, the bright red fountain pen had become so agitated that ink started dripping from its nib.

How dare she speak like that? Omniscience matters, how can this be called not knowing?

This is called an out-of-syllabus question!

Unfortunately, although it was angry, it couldn’t “say” much—because of the restrictions on it, it could only answer questions and couldn’t express itself freely.

Xu Turan successfully retorted, greatly improving her mood. What made her even happier was the Courting Death Value prompt that sounded again—just a casual reply, and she gained another 30 points. This pen was really generous.

However, seeing that it was getting late, she couldn’t be bothered to bicker more with this pen. She wrapped it in silver paper and turned to prepare for rest.

Xu Turan was well aware that her current situation was somewhat strange.