I, a Mental Patient, Was Chosen to Participate in AnalogHorror
Chapter 512 - 478: The Manipulated Passenger

Chapter 512: Chapter 478: The Manipulated Passenger

He didn’t want the chosen ones to leave their seats?

Regarding who He was.

Naiko didn’t know, but she could understand.

It might be Analog Horror, or maybe something hidden that pertains to information on the train.

"Put yourself in their shoes, what would happen if we left our seats?"

"We would wander around?" Naiko answered.

Wander around...

Although it sounded somewhat joking, without complete rules guiding and objectives, what else could the chosen ones do but wander?

"What would be the consequences of wandering around..."

Jiang Xiao paced back and forth in this train car.

At first, he thought there might be some secret hidden in car b7, but now it seemed it was just a place where security was hidden.

"And about the rules of the tunnel..."

Jiang Xiao hadn’t finished speaking when, accompanied by the sound of the train’s horn, the train burrowed into a dark tunnel.

[Rule Five: When the train enters the tunnel, it will go dark, and whatever you encounter, please do not open your eyes.]

The other chosen ones would undoubtedly close their eyes without hesitation.

Even Naiko, who was across from Jiang Xiao, closed her eyes in accordance with the chosen ones’ rules.

It seemed this rule might be intended for everyone.

However, there are always exceptions, such as Jiang Xiao.

At this moment, he was staring wide-eyed at the scenery outside the window.

Jiang Xiao’s gaze penetrated the dimness of the car, fixating on the sudden appearance of vibrant colors in the tunnel outside.

Hiss?

Not right.

These weren’t the kind of regular, visible light one can see with the naked eye.

It was some kind of unknown strange phenomenon that seemed to bypass the eyes and directly affected his cerebellum.

His heart was uncontrollably racing at this moment, but Jiang Xiao forced himself to remain calm, not letting the chaotic sensations erode his rationality.

Just then, a buzzing sound suddenly rose beside his ear...

The sound was erratic, at times like a roar from the abyss, and at others like a heavenly melody.

If he listened carefully, it seemed like he could feel a siren constantly tempting him.

Jiang Xiao focused his spiritual power, trying to discern a pattern in the chaotic sound waves.

But the more he listened, the more he felt his consciousness beginning to falter.

Suddenly, the door of car b7 slid open gently, without any warning.

Jiang Xiao turned his head and saw the passengers outside as if controlled by some force, one by one, standing up.

Their movements were stiff and eerie, as if manipulated by invisible strings, repeating a horrifying dance.

"It’s so strange, kind of like how the prisoners in Hengshui Prison are controlled, but not exactly."

Jiang Xiao slowly stood up, cautiously stepping out of car b7 and into the space where the passengers were.

His gaze swept over each passenger’s face, looking for any clues that could explain the current situation.

However, the faces of the passengers were blank and soulless, as if they had lost their spirits.

Jiang Xiao noted that although each passenger’s movements were rigid, there was a certain rhythm and pattern.

"It’s not just any dance, but something that’s been guided or controlled, could it be some sort of ritual?"

"Jiang Xiao, close your eyes!"

Just as he was about to examine further, Naiko’s voice came from behind him.

"Stop looking, it’s all fake!"

Fake?

Jiang Xiao turned around skeptically; these passengers...they didn’t seem like illusions.

He had just focused his spiritual power.

Even Pennywise’s illusions couldn’t confuse me, how could these people possibly make my spirit succumb?

But at this moment, the train finally emerged from the tunnel.

Naiko walked over to Jiang Xiao with a horrified face, looking as if she had seen a ghost.

"Oh my God, I can’t believe you’re still alive?!"

"Uh, it doesn’t seem like much? Just some strange images and sounds like hypnotic voices."

Naiko didn’t respond to Jiang Xiao’s words but simply gave him a thumbs up silently.

"You’re awesome. So far, no one has survived the tunnel with their eyes open until the train left."

Naiko explained that even train staff like her and the ticket inspector had to follow the rule of closing their eyes in the tunnel; otherwise, there was a high probability of immediate death.

Really?

But speaking from the bottom of his heart, Jiang Xiao really didn’t feel any danger.

"Okay, let’s not talk about this for now. How is my sister doing right now?"

As the only family she had in the world, the person Naiko couldn’t stop worrying about was Xiaoya.

(◍･ˇ～ˇ･) "Uh, she, well..."

Jiang Xiao’s hesitant behavior instantly changed Naiko’s complexion.

Σ(ଵ口ଵ|||) "Did something happen to her!"

"Oh no no no, Naiko, don’t be too nervous. Xiaoya is actually fine, it’s just that, like you, she also got selected as a Chosen One."

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Naiko’s eyes rolled back, and she almost fainted.

Knowing her sister’s behavior as her elder sister, she was competitive, acted rashly in everything, and hated using her brain the most.

Her, a Chosen One?

She won’t last three episodes!

"No no no, she’s not dead, and she even cleared a Kaidan once."

Not dead?

And she cleared a Kaidan?

Naiko, who looked ashen, suddenly became extremely excited.

As everyone knows, Chosen Ones will continue to participate in Kaidans as long as they are alive.

Unless it’s a special Kaidan like "Daddy, Where Are You Dead" that does not require females.

If Xiaoya cleared a Kaidan and was still alive, that meant she must also be in this current train Kaidan.

As a vendor, she would definitely meet her!

"Don’t get too excited, although she’s still alive, she didn’t enter this Kaidan."

Considering Naiko had massaged him for so long and given him so much information,

Jiang Xiao didn’t beat around the bush and briefly shared Xiaoya’s situation with Naiko.

Xiaoya’s talent was even greater than Naiko’s — hypnotic mind reading.

At that time, Xiaoya was already injured by something strange, and she was on the verge of becoming one herself.

To avoid complete corruption,

Xiaoya probably used her talent to hypnotize herself repeatedly that she was "normal".

Letting the strange infection’s power clash with her talent’s power.

In the end, although Xiaoya did not die and successfully left the Kaidan, her talent disappeared, and when the next Kaidan began, the cherry blossom’s Chosen One was switched to someone else.

After hearing Jiang Xiao’s narration, Naiko exclaimed lightly, surprised that talent could be used that way?

But Jiang Xiao also explained,

This situation was conjecture by Dragon Country based solely on the explanations regarding Xiaoya’s circumstances from Sakura.

The specific circumstances at that time might only be known by Xiaoya herself.

"Okay." Naiko sighed in relief, "No matter what, as long as my sister is still alive, that’s good."

She paused, then continued.

"Jiang Xiao, although the information I know is limited, I think you might try talking to the locomotive crew, the driver of this train."