The Numbers Killer - Chapter 26 Orders
The words that left Zhan Zhao's lips sent shivers down Bai Yutang's spine as he exclaimed, "Cat... you're saying that those researchers will either go out to kill others or take their own life? When? Ho—..."
"Calm down first, I'll explain everything in detail in a moment," Zhan Zhao said a little anxiously, "Right now, it's imperative for us to gather all personnel and put this place in temporary lockdown."
"Alright..." Bai Yutang was just about to rush out but something suddenly came to mind, "What about you? Are you alright?"
Zhan Zhao found his question amusing, "What's the most that could happen to me? I'm just a little tired from focussing too hard."
"That won't do! I can't leave you here like that!" Bai Yutang declared while picking Zhan Zhao up bridal style and dashed out the room.
"That won't do! I can't leave you here like that!" Bai Yutang declared while picking Zhan Zhao up bridal style and dashed out the room.
"Ah!" Zhan Zhao was so shocked he didn't even know where to place his hands and feet as he shouted, "What on earth are you doing, White Mouse! Put me down!"
Ma Han and the rest of the team waiting in the lobby were startled when Bai Yutang ran out with Zhan Zhao in his arms. They've been a little overwhelmed these few days with all the things they've gone through. They've just seen Gongsun being carried out the cremation room and now Zhan Zhao was being carried around as well. They immediately surrounded Bai Yutang in concern. Even Bao Zheng was also taken aback.
Zhan Zhao was red all the way down to his neck, he really wanted to hide away in a hole somewhere. But there was nothing he could do. Given the current situation, the more he struggled the weirder it would appear. All he could do was stay put in Bai Yutang's arms and pretend to be an ostrich1.
Bai Yutang set Zhan Zhao down by the side and reported the latter's findings to Bao Zheng. Everyone on site was dumbfounded. Bao Zheng hurriedly called for the person-in-charge of the facility and asked him for all the staff that were either in-charge of Zhao Jue or come in frequent contact with him. He then quickly made the necessary arrangements to calm all involved parties down. And the entire research centre was temporarily locked down.
After the flurry of events, everyone from S.C.I. was finally able to take a breather.
"Kitty, explain to me in detail just what is up with this suggestion thing?" Bai Yutang asked with a long sigh.
Bai Yutang including Bao Zheng, Wang Chao, Ma Han, and the others settled into one of the conference rooms in centre, waiting quietly for Zhan Zhao's explanation.
After resting for a bit, Zhan Zhao looked visibly better. He remained silent for a while, like he was trying to organise his thoughts before starting, "Hmm... When it comes to crimes related to psychological suggestions. The most famous example would be the Millenium Music Stampede incident that took place in 1999 in Ohio, USA."
Bai Yutang nodded, "I've heard about that case; it took over hundreds of lives."
That's right," Zhan Zhao continued, "On the surface, this may appear to be a tragedy caused by the overexcitement of concert-goers. But in actuality, the lead singer, Venilson, had embedded a suggestion into their consciousness."
"How did he do it?" Ma Han and the others all had the look that basically read: "How unbelievable~~"
Zhan Zhao patiently explained to them, "The steps to psychological suggestion can be illustrated with a simple example. When you want to teach a dog to sit, you'll start by saying the command, 'sit', to it. And when it sits, you'll give it treats as a reward. Repeating these same steps numerous times, the dog's subconscious mind will link the command, 'sit', the motion of sitting down and 'food' together. The dog doesn't actually know what 'sit' means, but when it hears the command, it will instinctively sit down because it associates it with food."
Everyone nodded their head in understanding.
Then, Zhan Zhao took out a piece of paper and wrote down some numbers in series while saying, "To summarise, there are 4 stages to psychological suggestion: Issuing the command, Carrying out the command, Giving rewards and Familiarising with the command."
Bao Zheng rubbed his chin thoughtfully, "Be more specific. How did the singer complete the suggestion process."
"Venilson first started by issuing tickets in the shape of a foot to the concert-goers. That is to say, he's this suggestion, 'feet', into everyone. And unlike dogs, humans are capable of thought. We are able to associate that shape to an action. When you think of feet, what's the first thing that comes to mind?"
Everyone exchanged looks and answered in unison, "Stomping!"
Zhan Zhao nodded and continued, "That's right, which is to say the first step has been completed. You've all received the command in the image of a foot and linked it to the stomping motion."
"Then, Venilson's concert began. Since his band was a heavy metal rock band, their music inherently riles people up very easily. So during the entirety of the concert, Venilson would keep doing this 'stomping' action and constantly encouraging the audience to do the same. He even pushed his bassist to the ground and stomped with all his might. In this way, he had completed the second step of completing the 'stomping' command."
Everyone held their breaths as they listened with a horrified expression on their face.
"The third step was to reward them. In this case, the reward wasn't something tangible but something psychological."
"Psychological?" Bai Yutang asked with a frown.
"If you like someone, what do you want to see them do to you the most?" Zhan Zhao answered Bai Yutang with a question instead.
"..."
Bai Yutang was at a loss for words. He could feel his cheeks burning up a little as he thought to himself, "You stupid Cat that's as dense as a rock. You're the one I like and what I want to see the most is you throwing yourself into my embrace..." But there was no way in hell he could voice out those thoughts.
"Urh... smile at me?" Wang Chao answered instead.
Zhan Zhao nodded, "Yep. Or more accurately, for them to notice you, expressed their fondness for you, am I right?"
"Un!" Everyone nodded their head simultaneously.
"All the members of the audience are fans of Venilson. They already liked him a lot and Venilson made good use of his smile as a reward," Zhan Zhao followed up by saying.
"Smile?" the crowd seemed to be confused.
Out of the blue, Zhan Zhao sent a sweet smile in the direction where Ma Han, Wang Chao, and a few other officers were seated.
...!!...
That smile took all their breaths away as their eyes widened so much they were about to pop out the sockets. But internally, they were all crying, "This demon! So sinful... ah, too cute..."
(lilies: dear me, someone's 'bout to get jelly)
Zhan Zhao immediately posed them a question, "Who do you think I was smiling at?"
They all looked to each other again and kept silent as their face flushed red. They mumbled internally to themselves, "We were busy being mesmerised by your smile that none of us noticed who you were smiling at."
Meanwhile, Zhan Zhao didn't seem to detect any of the awkwardness in the air as he continued to explain, "I was actually just smiling in a general direction and not to anyone in particular. However, to the people watching, you guys all thought you were the one I was smiling at right?"
They nodded their head in a daze. In the state that they were in, regardless of what Zhan Zhao said, these stupified men would nod their head in agreement. They've all been bewitched by that beautiful smile...
Bao Zheng was laughing at the back while Bai Yutang gritted his teeth and scolded in his heart, "This stupid Cat! Doesn't he have any self-awareness?" Then he glanced at his subordinates and continued his internal monologue, "Are you a bunch of rabbits2? How dare you ogle at Zhan Zhao like that! Watch how I torment all of you when we get back!!"
Those poor subordinates were still too lost in the sweetness of Zhan Zhao's smile they were completely oblivious to Bai Yutang's annoyance.
Zhan Zhao proceeded on with his explanation, "There were large LED screens at Venilson's concert. He would frequently smile at the audience below the stage. Wherever the stomping sound was the loudest, he would smile in that direction. And those fans of his would desperately stomp as hard as they can."
Bao Zheng lit a cigarette and said, "In other words, he made them used to the command and the suggestion was complete."
"Exactly!" Zhan Zhao affirmed, "The last step was to carry out his plan. When the concert is over and the audience are trying to leave, they are bound to crowd around at the exits. At this time, the surrounding screens suddenly light up with the foot image from the ticket. The music also starts playing at the same time and a portion of the people started stomping on other people with all their strength. And thus, the tragedy happened."
Once Zhan Zhao concluded his explanation, everyone released the breath they had been holding, but the expression of horror was still there.
"Then, Zhao Jue..." Bai Yutang seemed to be the first to recover.
Zhan Zhao lowered his head to draw what looks to be a large insect or a beetle on a piece of paper. He showed it to them and asked, "What is this?"
After carefully looking at the picture for a bit, each of them formed different opinions of what it was. Some said it looked like a beetle or cockroach. And Bai Yutang was the most ridiculous of them all. He said it looked like a mouse riding on a cat...
(lilies: ohmy just what is going on in that head of yours, Bai Yutang? AHAHAH)
Bai Yutang set Zhan Zhao down by the side and reported the latter's findings to Bao Zheng. Everyone on site was dumbfounded. Bao Zheng hurriedly called for the person-in-charge of the facility and asked him for all the staff that were either in-charge of Zhao Jue or come in frequent contact with him. He then quickly made the necessary arrangements to calm all involved parties down. And the entire research centre was temporarily locked down.
After the flurry of events, everyone from S.C.I. was finally able to take a breather.
"Kitty, explain to me in detail just what is up with this suggestion thing?" Bai Yutang asked with a long sigh.
Bai Yutang including Bao Zheng, Wang Chao, Ma Han, and the others settled into one of the conference rooms in centre, waiting quietly for Zhan Zhao's explanation.
After resting for a bit, Zhan Zhao looked visibly better. He remained silent for a while, like he was trying to organise his thoughts before starting, "Hmm... When it comes to crimes related to psychological suggestions. The most famous example would be the Millenium Music Stampede incident that took place in 1999 in Ohio, USA."
Bai Yutang nodded, "I've heard about that case; it took over hundreds of lives."
That's right," Zhan Zhao continued, "On the surface, this may appear to be a tragedy caused by the overexcitement of concert-goers. But in actuality, the lead singer, Venilson, had embedded a suggestion into their consciousness."
"How did he do it?" Ma Han and the others all had the look that basically read: "How unbelievable~~"
Zhan Zhao patiently explained to them, "The steps to psychological suggestion can be illustrated with a simple example. When you want to teach a dog to sit, you'll start by saying the command, 'sit', to it. And when it sits, you'll give it treats as a reward. Repeating these same steps numerous times, the dog's subconscious mind will link the command, 'sit', the motion of sitting down and 'food' together. The dog doesn't actually know what 'sit' means, but when it hears the command, it will instinctively sit down because it associates it with food."
Everyone nodded their head in understanding.
Then, Zhan Zhao took out a piece of paper and wrote down some numbers in series while saying, "To summarise, there are 4 stages to psychological suggestion: Issuing the command, Carrying out the command, Giving rewards and Familiarising with the command."
Bao Zheng rubbed his chin thoughtfully, "Be more specific. How did the singer complete the suggestion process."
"Venilson first started by issuing tickets in the shape of a foot to the concert-goers. That is to say, he's this suggestion, 'feet', into everyone. And unlike dogs, humans are capable of thought. We are able to associate that shape to an action. When you think of feet, what's the first thing that comes to mind?"
Everyone exchanged looks and answered in unison, "Stomping!"
Zhan Zhao nodded and continued, "That's right, which is to say the first step has been completed. You've all received the command in the image of a foot and linked it to the stomping motion."
"Then, Venilson's concert began. Since his band was a heavy metal rock band, their music inherently riles people up very easily. So during the entirety of the concert, Venilson would keep doing this 'stomping' action and constantly encouraging the audience to do the same. He even pushed his bassist to the ground and stomped with all his might. In this way, he had completed the second step of completing the 'stomping' command."
Everyone held their breaths as they listened with a horrified expression on their face.
"The third step was to reward them. In this case, the reward wasn't something tangible but something psychological."
"Psychological?" Bai Yutang asked with a frown.
"If you like someone, what do you want to see them do to you the most?" Zhan Zhao answered Bai Yutang with a question instead.
"..."
Bai Yutang was at a loss for words. He could feel his cheeks burning up a little as he thought to himself, "You stupid Cat that's as dense as a rock. You're the one I like and what I want to see the most is you throwing yourself into my embrace..." But there was no way in hell he could voice out those thoughts.
"Urh... smile at me?" Wang Chao answered instead.
Zhan Zhao nodded, "Yep. Or more accurately, for them to notice you, expressed their fondness for you, am I right?"
"Un!" Everyone nodded their head simultaneously.
"All the members of the audience are fans of Venilson. They already liked him a lot and Venilson made good use of his smile as a reward," Zhan Zhao followed up by saying.
"Smile?" the crowd seemed to be confused.
Out of the blue, Zhan Zhao sent a sweet smile in the direction where Ma Han, Wang Chao, and a few other officers were seated.
...!!...
That smile took all their breaths away as their eyes widened so much they were about to pop out the sockets. But internally, they were all crying, "This demon! So sinful... ah, too cute..."
(lilies: dear me, someone's 'bout to get jelly)
Zhan Zhao immediately posed them a question, "Who do you think I was smiling at?"
They all looked to each other again and kept silent as their face flushed red. They mumbled internally to themselves, "We were busy being mesmerised by your smile that none of us noticed who you were smiling at."
Meanwhile, Zhan Zhao didn't seem to detect any of the awkwardness in the air as he continued to explain, "I was actually just smiling in a general direction and not to anyone in particular. However, to the people watching, you guys all thought you were the one I was smiling at right?"
They nodded their head in a daze. In the state that they were in, regardless of what Zhan Zhao said, these stupified men would nod their head in agreement. They've all been bewitched by that beautiful smile...
Bao Zheng was laughing at the back while Bai Yutang gritted his teeth and scolded in his heart, "This stupid Cat! Doesn't he have any self-awareness?" Then he glanced at his subordinates and continued his internal monologue, "Are you a bunch of rabbits2? How dare you ogle at Zhan Zhao like that! Watch how I torment all of you when we get back!!"
Those poor subordinates were still too lost in the sweetness of Zhan Zhao's smile they were completely oblivious to Bai Yutang's annoyance.
Zhan Zhao proceeded on with his explanation, "There were large LED screens at Venilson's concert. He would frequently smile at the audience below the stage. Wherever the stomping sound was the loudest, he would smile in that direction. And those fans of his would desperately stomp as hard as they can."
Bao Zheng lit a cigarette and said, "In other words, he made them used to the command and the suggestion was complete."
"Exactly!" Zhan Zhao affirmed, "The last step was to carry out his plan. When the concert is over and the audience are trying to leave, they are bound to crowd around at the exits. At this time, the surrounding screens suddenly light up with the foot image from the ticket. The music also starts playing at the same time and a portion of the people started stomping on other people with all their strength. And thus, the tragedy happened."
Once Zhan Zhao concluded his explanation, everyone released the breath they had been holding, but the expression of horror was still there.
"Then, Zhao Jue..." Bai Yutang seemed to be the first to recover.
Zhan Zhao lowered his head to draw what looks to be a large insect or a beetle on a piece of paper. He showed it to them and asked, "What is this?"
After carefully looking at the picture for a bit, each of them formed different opinions of what it was. Some said it looked like a beetle or cockroach. And Bai Yutang was the most ridiculous of them all. He said it looked like a mouse riding on a cat...
(lilies: ohmy just what is going on in that head of yours, Bai Yutang? AHAHAH)
Zhan Zhao simply rolled his eyes at the former and said, "This is the famous 'Rorschach test'. In general everyone sees things from different perspectives. The same shape may appear differently to different people. However, what the shape looks like is determined by the brain and not one's subconscious mind."
"What? Subconsious mind..."
Zhan Zhao then drew three circles on the beetle with a red pen. When the rest took a closer look, they could saw three English alphabets: 'D-A-D'.
"Dad?" They asked, "Like father?"
"Yes!" Zhan Zhao said while tapping away on the table with the pen in his hand. "When you looked at this image, your subconscious mind has already accepted the message of 'dad'. At the same time, you also heard the non-stop tapping of my pen. So when I put this picture away," Zhan Zhao put the paper away and tapped on the table again as he asked, "When you hear this sound, this that image appear in your mind?"
They all thought for a bit and nodded.
Zhan Zhao put his pen away and added, "That means that when you hear the tapping sound, this idea of 'dad' was imprinted in your subconscious mind. It's just that I didn't give you guys any specific action to complete. So... you would only think of it but not take any actions."
When Bao Zheng was done smoking, he fell silent for a while before asking, "What did Zhao Jue put in his drawings."
Zhan Zhao sighed and took out a drawing, "This was taken from Zhao Jue's room just now." As he spoke, he circled several spots of the drawing with the red pen. When he presented the sketch to the rest of the team again, in those red circles were four letters: 'K-I-L-L'.
"Kill..." Bai Yutang took a deep breath, "Oh god..."
Zhan Zhao knitted his brow together, "I've checked through all of the sketches and this was one every single one of them. It's been going on for a few years at least."
"This guy is a complete lunatic!" Ma Han couldn't believe his eyes, "He can still hurt people even in that state?!"
"Then... how do we treat the staff?" Bao Zheng asked while bringing a hand to his forehead.
Zhan Zhao shook his head grimly, "It'll be very difficult. The key is to find out what command Zhao Jue used! The action he wanted was to kill, but he didn't make it clear if whether it was others or themselves. Zhao Jue is an extremely talented genius in the use of psychological suggestions. What he did is definitely no something as simple as asking a dog to sit."
"What do you mean?" Bai Yutang asked in puzzlement.
"The time period of his suggestion is too long," Zhan Zhao paused for a moment of thought before adding, "Long enough for the people to seek out the reward themselves."
"Seek out the reward themselves?" everyone's mouth fell right open.
"Cat, that sounds so absurd," Bai Yutang said while rubbing his brows.
Zhan Zhao looked a little upset as he mumbled in his heart, "This is very complicated, to begin with..."
Bai Yutang hurriedly tried to comfort him, "Do continue, please continue. Sorry, we're too dense to understand."——Ah too cute!!
And so Zhan Zhao continued, "Simply put, everyone has something that they want right?"
They all nodded in response.
"The thing that's constantly on a person's mind for majority of the time is what they want most. This means that, the suggestion will slowly embedded itself deeper and deeper into the human psyche and eventually become a part of the subconscious mind... Which means, in order to obtain what they want the most they will make use of that method in their subconscious mind."
Once he finished his speech, Zhan Zhao took a sip of tea and looked at the rest of the team with sparkling eyes——did everyone understand?
Everyone nodded obediently.
Bai Yutang got up and said, "Yep, I get it, What you're saying is that with the command, when the people under the suggestion find the thing that they want most, they will choose to kill in order to obtain their wants."
"Correct!" Zhan Zhao exclaimed as he gave Bai Yutang a praising look for being an excellent student. Bai Yutang couldn't help but yell internally, "What kind of cat is this? Too damn cute~~"
Bao Zheng tapped on his chin, "What you're saying is that in order to treat everyone, we must first find out the command Zhao Jue gave, am I right?"
"Yep!"
"But he couldn't speak!" Ma Han looked bewildered, "How did he manage to give the command when he can't speak?"
Zhan Zhao deliberated over it, "There weren't any clues even when I've virtually searched through every inch of the room, but..."
"But what?" Bai Yutang noticed Zhan Zhao's hesitation and pressed him.
"I think..." Zhan Zhao lifted his head to meet Bai Yutang's eyes, "your brother might know..."
"What?" Bai Yutang blurted in surprise, "You mean what happened back then?"
Zhan Zhao nodded, "The command, or perhaps... the intention... The only clue with have now may be buried deep within your brother's memory."
"What? Subconsious mind..."
Zhan Zhao then drew three circles on the beetle with a red pen. When the rest took a closer look, they could saw three English alphabets: 'D-A-D'.
"Dad?" They asked, "Like father?"
"Yes!" Zhan Zhao said while tapping away on the table with the pen in his hand. "When you looked at this image, your subconscious mind has already accepted the message of 'dad'. At the same time, you also heard the non-stop tapping of my pen. So when I put this picture away," Zhan Zhao put the paper away and tapped on the table again as he asked, "When you hear this sound, this that image appear in your mind?"
They all thought for a bit and nodded.
Zhan Zhao put his pen away and added, "That means that when you hear the tapping sound, this idea of 'dad' was imprinted in your subconscious mind. It's just that I didn't give you guys any specific action to complete. So... you would only think of it but not take any actions."
When Bao Zheng was done smoking, he fell silent for a while before asking, "What did Zhao Jue put in his drawings."
Zhan Zhao sighed and took out a drawing, "This was taken from Zhao Jue's room just now." As he spoke, he circled several spots of the drawing with the red pen. When he presented the sketch to the rest of the team again, in those red circles were four letters: 'K-I-L-L'.
"Kill..." Bai Yutang took a deep breath, "Oh god..."
Zhan Zhao knitted his brow together, "I've checked through all of the sketches and this was one every single one of them. It's been going on for a few years at least."
"This guy is a complete lunatic!" Ma Han couldn't believe his eyes, "He can still hurt people even in that state?!"
"Then... how do we treat the staff?" Bao Zheng asked while bringing a hand to his forehead.
Zhan Zhao shook his head grimly, "It'll be very difficult. The key is to find out what command Zhao Jue used! The action he wanted was to kill, but he didn't make it clear if whether it was others or themselves. Zhao Jue is an extremely talented genius in the use of psychological suggestions. What he did is definitely no something as simple as asking a dog to sit."
"What do you mean?" Bai Yutang asked in puzzlement.
"The time period of his suggestion is too long," Zhan Zhao paused for a moment of thought before adding, "Long enough for the people to seek out the reward themselves."
"Seek out the reward themselves?" everyone's mouth fell right open.
"Cat, that sounds so absurd," Bai Yutang said while rubbing his brows.
Zhan Zhao looked a little upset as he mumbled in his heart, "This is very complicated, to begin with..."
Bai Yutang hurriedly tried to comfort him, "Do continue, please continue. Sorry, we're too dense to understand."——Ah too cute!!
And so Zhan Zhao continued, "Simply put, everyone has something that they want right?"
They all nodded in response.
"The thing that's constantly on a person's mind for majority of the time is what they want most. This means that, the suggestion will slowly embedded itself deeper and deeper into the human psyche and eventually become a part of the subconscious mind... Which means, in order to obtain what they want the most they will make use of that method in their subconscious mind."
Once he finished his speech, Zhan Zhao took a sip of tea and looked at the rest of the team with sparkling eyes——did everyone understand?
Everyone nodded obediently.
Bai Yutang got up and said, "Yep, I get it, What you're saying is that with the command, when the people under the suggestion find the thing that they want most, they will choose to kill in order to obtain their wants."
"Correct!" Zhan Zhao exclaimed as he gave Bai Yutang a praising look for being an excellent student. Bai Yutang couldn't help but yell internally, "What kind of cat is this? Too damn cute~~"
Bao Zheng tapped on his chin, "What you're saying is that in order to treat everyone, we must first find out the command Zhao Jue gave, am I right?"
"Yep!"
"But he couldn't speak!" Ma Han looked bewildered, "How did he manage to give the command when he can't speak?"
Zhan Zhao deliberated over it, "There weren't any clues even when I've virtually searched through every inch of the room, but..."
"But what?" Bai Yutang noticed Zhan Zhao's hesitation and pressed him.
"I think..." Zhan Zhao lifted his head to meet Bai Yutang's eyes, "your brother might know..."
"What?" Bai Yutang blurted in surprise, "You mean what happened back then?"
Zhan Zhao nodded, "The command, or perhaps... the intention... The only clue with have now may be buried deep within your brother's memory."
1. This is referring to the idea of ostriches shoving their head into the sand when they feel threatened. Though of course, this is simply a myth. ↩
2. I think you can take it like it's saying they're horny like rabbits. You know... that famous phrase... Well I don't know ╮ (￣ 3￣) ╭ am an innocent child kekeke↩
I freaking love the MTL AHAHHAH (*≧∀≦*) google translate to be exact XD Idk how they translate '戒严' to 'marry' and that sentence ends up becoming 'we must marry here' I mean I agree but this translation couldn't be more wrong AHAHAHAH The actual meaning is more of martial law or more stringent control measures like a lockdown.
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2. I think you can take it like it's saying they're horny like rabbits. You know... that famous phrase... Well I don't know ╮ (￣ 3￣) ╭ am an innocent child kekeke↩
I freaking love the MTL AHAHHAH (*≧∀≦*) google translate to be exact XD Idk how they translate '戒严' to 'marry' and that sentence ends up becoming 'we must marry here' I mean I agree but this translation couldn't be more wrong AHAHAHAH The actual meaning is more of martial law or more stringent control measures like a lockdown.
Please feedback to me in the comments below if you find any typos or terrible grammar, etc that you think I should change. Or maybe you think my interpretation is completely off lol Help me help you have a better reading experience ahahah what a tongue twister XD
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😂😂😂 loved this chapter ,, in btw serious stuffs therz bai s jealous ha ha ha n no to frgt the "mouse ridin on the cat " 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤❤❤
ReplyDeleteThis chapter must be hard to translate with all these psychological reference. Thank you
ReplyDelete8-0 yikes!!! Thank you for the tl! Great chapter :)
ReplyDeletehahahaha idk why, maybe i was influenced by bai yutang but when i searched an image of 'Rorschach test', i can vaguely see that mouse riding on a cat!! maybe there's something wrong with my head as well lmao
ReplyDeleteThe world is a very scary place.
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