I, a Mental Patient, Was Chosen to Participate in AnalogHorror
Chapter 189 - 162: A New Journey, Sibling Tigers

Chapter 189: Chapter 162: A New Journey, Sibling Tigers

Jiang Xiao froze.

If he remembered correctly, he had whimsically snatched Old Wang’s phone and snapped this photo.

He had truly forgotten about it...

"This, cough, this is a misunderstanding!"

"Yayaya, I don’t care, I’m going in with you, you’re not flirting with anyone else!"

How did it become flirting with others?

What was going on? Jiang Xiao looked at the old-fashioned Mu Xitang with a speechless expression.

She wasn’t like this before, was she?

"You’re just a kid, what do you know? Behave, give the phone back to daddy."

"No! You want to delete the photo and destroy the evidence, right? I knew it."

Sheesh!

She’s that clever?

Since Little Pink Hair didn’t want to give it up, Jiang Xiao didn’t force her. As for tattling?

Let her be~

"It’s okay, Sun Wei won’t be as unreasonable as you. Go ahead and tattle, I’m not afraid of you~"

"I’ll tattle!"

Mu Xitang wrinkled her little nose, viciously bit into a bun, and angrily turned away.

Uh?

She couldn’t be angry, could she?

That’s what Jiang Xiao was thinking...

With a pout, Little Pink Hair suddenly burst into tears.

"Whoa! I don’t have a mom, wuu, I can’t find anyone to tattle, daddy’s cheating, and, wuu, you clearly know I can’t find my mom, so you’re not afraid of me tattling, you’re just bullying me on purpose, whoa!!"

Jiang Xiao: ??

Since getting sick, he had never felt as speechless as he did today.

Oh boy!

Little Pink Hair’s loud and clear cries successfully drew everyone’s attention in the cafeteria.

"Alright, swallow the meat stuffing in your mouth before you cry, it’s getting messy."

"Hmm?"

After Mu Xitang quickly swallowed the bun in her mouth, she cried even harder.

No matter how nice Jiang Xiao spoke, he couldn’t get her to stop crying.

The many "aunties" nearby wanted to come over to comfort her, but they hesitated, afraid that Jiang Xiao might not like it.

"Hey, you used to be so strong in that other world, can you stop making a fuss? I’m not very good at soothing people."

Expert in teasing for thirty years, consoling others was an area where Jiang Xiao had no experience at all.

"Which world before? Can you tell me about it?"

Doctor Sun also came and sat next to Jiang Xiao with his tray.

"It’s nothing, it’s just everyday stuff you don’t need to worry about as a doctor."

"Ugh, you, you’re pretty irritating when normal."

"What’s that? Want to have a go with me?"

Seeing a tearful Mu Xitang, the flustered Jiang Xiao was just looking for someone to vent to.

"Me?"

Doctor Sun shook his head, he definitely didn’t have masochistic tendencies.

"However, I may not know about this ’other world’ you speak of, but I do know that children cry because they have someone they can rely on and trust, which means she wants more love."

"As the saying goes, crying children get more candy. If you were to drop Mu Xitang somewhere no one knows her, maybe she wouldn’t cry at all, loneliness is often linked with strength."

After hearing Doctor Sun’s words, Jiang Xiao silently hugged Mu Xitang.

"Be good, I’ll take you to the amusement park later."

"Wuu.. uh? Amusement park, what is that?"

Mu Xitang, having grown up in a village, obviously hadn’t seen one, but just the words ’amusement park’ had an inexplicable attraction to her.

"If you stop crying, I’ll take you there."

"Okay, okay, uh, I, I’ll stop crying."

Just like that, she stopped crying?

Tch, this child, where’s her eerie aura gone?

Has the fierce little girl from "Where’s Dad Dead" vanished?

"Jiang Xiao, I think it’s a good idea to take her with you if you enter Kaidan."

Doctor Sun suddenly interjected without context.

"Hey, don’t think I won’t touch you just because you’re a doctor! Don’t provoke me."

"Listen to me, if you leave Mu Xitang here, will you be at ease?"

"No matter how you look at it, it’s much safer out here than in Kaidan!"

After experiencing Madman Villa, Jiang Xiao had realized that there were always bigger fish, and he wasn’t invincible.

"What I mean is, because of your brain condition... you might not be the sharpest tool in the shed, having Mu Xitang with you could provide mutual support."

Jiang Xiao put down his chopsticks for the second time, glaring at the man in the white coat.

"Now I get it, it’s you guys who’ve been egging her on to enter with me, haven’t you?"

"No, no, it was my own request."

Mu Xitang immediately spoke up for Doctor Sun.

However, Doctor Sun straightforwardly admitted it.

"Yes, but we just showed your previous game data and records to Little Pink Hair, she wanted to enter to ’take care of’ you."

Really.

It wasn’t just Doctor Sun’s decision alone.

The main reason was also because at times Jiang Xiao acted... not so wise.

And maybe, in crucial moments, Mu Xitang could bring the frenzied Jiang Xiao back to his senses.

Besides, if something were to happen to Mu Xitang outside...

Wouldn’t Jiang Xiao explode in anger?

All in all.

Having Mu Xitang accompany Jiang Xiao was a good choice.

After Doctor Sun’s analysis, Jiang Xiao’s tone softened a bit.

"Can she enter with me?"

"Should be no problem, just hold hands before summoning, strange devices can get in, and Mu Xitang, being inherently a part of Kaidan, should be fine too. Worst case scenario, if it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work."

Hearing the man in white call her stranger.

Mu Xitang unabashedly scooped out the pork filling from the bun and smeared it all over his face.

"Don’t you dare talk about me like that!"

Doctor Sun: (ꐦ҉̛ʘ̆҉̛益ʘ̆҉̛ꐦ҉̛)

"Fine, fine, fine, Pinky Tang, I’ll call you Pinky Tang next time, okay?"

Mu Xitang clenched her teeth, feeling that ’Pinky Tang’ was not exactly pleasant to the ear.

Looking at the fluffed-up Pinky in her arms, Jiang Xiao tickled her nose.

"I mean, you little brat, you really think you can go in and ’take care of’ me?"

Mu Xitang haughtily tilted her head and didn’t answer.

It was only after coming out of Kaidan that she learned her dad was truly mentally ill.

But even with a mental illness, he was still her beloved dad!

Although she wasn’t as powerful as her dad, surely her brain was more functional than her dad’s mentally disabled one, right?

So, she was sure she could be of some help!

She shouldn’t say it, but lately, she had been fiercely cramming on books meant for adults.

By then, her performance would definitely impress her dad!

Watching her expression change from sadness to gloom, then to determination, and finally to pride, Jiang Xiao was at a loss.

What in the world was this girl thinking?

"Daddy, all done! Amusement park, amusement park!"

"Sure!"

There was no need for any security personnel; Jiang Xiao himself was currently the top combatant on Blue Star.

Moreover, Mu Xitang was no longer the frail little girl who had trouble walking just the night before.

Now, she was... a real head-popping Lolita...

While busily taking Little Pinky to play games at the park.

Jiang Xiao finally asked the question he most wanted to know.

Why, why had Mu Xitang, who was previously in the village, suddenly ended up in a big city, and even lost all her power?

Mu Xitang herself didn’t fully understand.

All she knew was that she had just slept, woken up cold, and found herself near the daycare center in that big city.

It had been about a week after Jiang Xiao left...

Despite the harshness of her life, she summarized it all in just three brief sentences.

"Sorry, it’s Daddy’s fault..."

Looking at the timeline.

Mu Xitang’s sudden appearance in the city must have been the very day he completed the equivalent exchange with Kaidan.

"It’s okay! When I showed up in that city, I knew it must have been Daddy trying to save me, which is why such a magical thing happened to me!"

So, even living in a cardboard box, even when snow filled the sky, even eating only three frozen buns a day, she wouldn’t consider leaving the vicinity of the daycare?

Didn’t she ever think, what if, just what if, he couldn’t find her?

Time was of the essence!

Knowing Mu Xitang’s plight, he figured the others’ situations weren’t much different.

Jiang Xiao must quickly find something valuable to trade to get the others out as well!

"Xi Tang, I actually do have something I need you to constantly remind me about."

Hmm!

Little Pinky’s eyes brightened—there was indeed a use for her!

"I need you to always help me watch for those particularly special powers in Kaidan, the valuable ones, preferably treasures that can be brought from Kaidan into our world."

Treasures?

Mu Xitang nodded vigorously in agreement!

Don’t worry, Daddy!

With me here, this time will definitely be a hundred times easier than before!

Treasures, right?

No problem, I’ll collect them all myself!

Mu Xitang evolved: Pinky Gold-Devouring Pixiu Beast!!!

...

In the following days, Kaidan did not reappear.

Many who were used to the high frequency of Kaidan felt a bit uneasy.

Among them, the biggest change was that the attitudes between nations had become much softer.

Many countries were fawning over Dragon Country as they once did over the Lighthouse.

What choice did they have?

Who could deny the Chosen One’s formidable power in Dragon Country?

During this period,

Jiang Xiao discussed Mu Xitang’s appearance in another world with Doctor Sun and Chief Li in detail.

He had figured it out.

There was absolutely no need to keep this a secret from himself.

And Jiang Xiao needed more people to help him understand the mechanism of this phenomenon.

Whether they could help or not was another matter.

The old guys, knowing how tough Little Pinky had it recently, nearly starving and freezing to death,

stuffed high-end supplements and luxury game consoles into Little Pinky’s room...

People get sentimental in their old age—they love pampering the little ones~

...

[The Analog Horror game is about to begin, selecting the Chosen Ones]

On the fifth afternoon since Jiang Xiao’s return, the grand, cold voice of Analog Horror arrived as promised.

The live stream lit up again.

Now, there were only seventy-five left.

Dragon Country: Jiang Xiao

Sakura: Nai Zi Xiaoya

Lighthouse: Jack

Bear Country: Rokov

...

Jiang Xiao returned to his room, where Mu Xitang had just been watching TV, but her expression had now tensed.

"Don’t worry, don’t be afraid, and if you can’t get in, you better not cry."

"Hmph. I won’t!"

Just then, the theme song of the anime Mu Xitang was watching caught Jiang Xiao’s attention.

[How many years have flowed by in dreams~]

[Forgetting youthful worries]

[A look back brings a wave of the past]

[Drunk eyes smiling at where in the world is paradise]

Sheesh.

Shouldn’t say it, but it’s sung quite appealingly, huh?