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Chapter 1698: All nonsense (recent updates may be unstable)

Unlike the West Building where the mentally ill were having fun, the East Building seemed to be almost deserted. The three of them walked around the reception room and didn't see a single person. There were only locked doors on both sides of the corridor.

“So I still don’t understand.”

Halfway through the walk, Chitanda finally couldn't help but speak.

"Who is the madman? Who is the doctor? Whose statement is correct?"

"Generally speaking, hospitals should have the files of doctors and patients. As long as we find the files, can't we confirm who is lying?"

Yanami also expressed his own opinion.

However, Duanmu Huai seemed to have little interest.

"What does it matter if we confirm this? Assuming that the locked-up patients are indeed doctors of this hospital, can we still rush in and release them all?"

"What about calling the police?"

"Do you think they'll give you a chance to call?"

"That's true..."

There were no mobile phones in that era. Everyone used landlines to make calls. As long as the telephone line was cut off, there would be no way to communicate with the outside world.

"Boom, boom, boom."

However, at this moment, a door next to them was suddenly knocked, which startled the three of them. They turned around and looked at the knocking door, but the other party just knocked on the door and then fell silent again. Then, the three of them saw a piece of paper passed from under the door.

A paper?

Duanmu Huai walked over and picked up the paper with a sentence written on it.

【who are you? 】

[Please write your answer on the paper with pencil]

Only then did everyone notice a thinly sharpened pencil next to the paper. The three of them looked at each other, and then Chitanda walked up.

"Let me do it."

As she spoke, Chitanda picked up the thin pencil and carefully wrote on the paper.

【We are here to visit】

Then she stuffed the paper back under the door, and a moment later it was handed out again.

[Don’t lie to me. If you came to this damn place by accident, you will never be able to get out.]

Seeing this, Yanami and Chitanda were both shocked, while Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows.

【why? 】

[They are all crazy, everyone is crazy! Doctors, nurses, patients, everyone! There is no normal person here! They are just performing for you! You saw a patient saying that he is the dean, they are just fooling you! They love playing this game the most! For them, we are the prey! We think we are just spectators, but we are not! They team up to play tricks on us and tease us, no matter what we choose, they can have fun! ]

"this……………"

Looking at the words written on the note opposite, Chitanda looked at Yanami in confusion. The latter was also at a loss, while Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows.

Oh my god, so we are also part of their PLAY?

Is there such a thing?

But I have to say, this is indeed quite interesting.

"Go on, ask him what we should do?"

Chitanda wrote out the problems according to Duanmu Huai's statement.

[There is no way! There is no way! When you walk in here, you walk onto their stage and make fun of them! Whether you run away, resist or obey, it is meaningless! ]

........................

Duanmu Huai took the pencil from Chitanda's hand and continued writing.

【Who are you then? 】

【I am you, and I am the same as you. I want to find the truth here! But I am wrong. The truth! Right or wrong! Right or wrong! Morality! All of this is meaningless here! No matter what you want to find! You can't find what you want to find! In the end, you will be like me! Turn into a clown! Turn into a twisted and struggling existence in this farce!】

Seeing this, Yanami and Chitanda looked at each other and shuddered. They certainly did not forget that the reason they came here this time was to explore the mystery of the fire in the asylum. Although traveling through time and space sounds a bit unbelievable, they also think this is a good opportunity - after all, what is more convincing than "Thank you for the invitation, I just got off the car and I'm at the scene"?

But unexpectedly, the development of the situation far exceeded their expectations.

There are three different opinions about the current situation of this mental hospital.

Moreover, each one is very logical.

Just like the owner of this note, although what he said made people feel like the "truth", according to the dean, mental patients are happier, and this could just be one of their delusions. He was just playing this game with Duanmu Huai and others, and chuckling at their confused expressions.

So this is the most confusing part of the situation.

Each of the three statements is valid, but the fact that they are mentally ill is enough to make all of them unreliable.

This is true even for doctors, nurses and even staff.

[So, is telling us this also part of the performance? ]

Duanmu Huai wrote this sentence and stuffed it back into the crack of the door.

then……………

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The door panel was hit wildly as if it was going to be smashed, which made Yanami and Chitanda step back in fear, while Duanmu Huai just glanced at the door that made the loud noise and then looked away.

"Okay, there's nothing to investigate here, let's go back." Led by Duanmu Huai, the group returned to the reception room. Duanmu Huai then sat down on the sofa and picked up the newspaper to read.

"Xiao Ai, what should we do now?"

Chitanda asked.

"What should I do? Salad!"

Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes.

"These idiots treat us as a joke, but they don't even know who is the joke."

"But in this case, we won't be able to investigate the truth."

"So what do you think is the truth?"

Faced with Duanmu Huai's question, Chitanda was speechless for a moment.

the truth?

Does such a thing really exist?

Is this the delusion of a mental patient? Or is it their delusion? Or is being here now itself an illusion? What are they thinking? What are they doing? Why…

Chitanda felt that the world in front of her eyes began to distort, as if an invisible hand was grabbing her mind and twisting it hard. She tried desperately to sort it all out, but she felt that her thoughts were falling into some kind of incomprehensible vortex. Gradually, Chitanda even began to feel that everything around her seemed to be deformed...

"Eru? What's wrong with you?"

Yanami's voice came from the side, just like a drowning person grabbing a lifebuoy. Chitanda subconsciously widened her eyes and saw Yanami staring at her curiously.

"Xing, Xingcai? I am... ah, sorry, I seem to have been distracted just now."

"I know, I know, Eru you must be hungry right."

Hearing Chitanda's answer, Yanami smiled, then took out the mountaineering bag he had been carrying on his back and opened it.

"I knew this would happen, so you see, I brought so many snacks! You can't think when you're hungry, let's fill our stomachs first!"

Looking at the various snacks, lettuce, fruits, green peppers...how to put it, Duanmu Huai didn't feel strange at all.

He had long suspected that what was in Yanami's backpack was definitely not something for mountaineering.

Facts proved that Duanmu Huai's idea was correct.

"Xingcai, do you want to eat green peppers?"

"Ah."

"Eat it raw?"

Chitanda was stunned when she saw Yanami picking up the green pepper and opening his bloody mouth as if he was biting an apple.

"Yeah, this is actually quite delicious."

When Yana bites into a green pepper, the crisp sound makes people doubt their own sanity.

Even more so when you see her delicious chewing.

"Green peppers are cheap, nutritious, and delicious. They are also delicious when eaten raw. The white core inside is a bit bitter, but it has a unique flavor even so."

As he spoke, Yanai took out a green pepper.

"Eru, would you like to try it too?"

Perhaps it was because Yanami's reaction was too natural that Chitanda seemed to begin to doubt whether there was something wrong with the common sense in her mind. She stared at the green pepper in Yanami's hand, hesitated for a moment, then reached out to take it, then opened her mouth and took a small bite.

"Cough cough cough!!"

It turns out that humans and Yanami are indeed different.

But, it was also thanks to Yanami.

"Good job, Yana-mi."

"Huh? What did I do?"

"Nothing, that's it."

Looking at Banaijian, Duanmu Huai smiled slightly and shook his head.

In fact, he had already figured out what was going on with this place.

Duanmu Huai was sure that he had encountered a similar aura somewhere.

Treacherous and cunning.

Think, reason, imagine.

The treacherous cunning is good at conspiracy and likes change. It doesn't matter whether the conspiracy succeeds or not, because everything is part of the plan. At the moment, Duanmu Huai and others are trapped in this vicious circle. No matter what kind of truth they want to find, as long as they think and look for it, they will be involved and assimilated.

Duanmu Huai noticed this and withdrew decisively. On the contrary, Chitanda was so curious about this matter that she got caught up in it and couldn't extricate herself. If it weren't for Yanami's green pepper therapy, Duanmu Huai would have had to use his fists to wake her up.

As for how to deal with the current dilemma, the answer is very simple for Duanmu Huai.

Duanmu Huai opened his backpack and took out a small gas stove and a hot pot.

"That's it for now, let's eat first."

Then he looked at the two of them and spoke.

(End of this chapter)