Livestreaming: I am retarded, but selected to join the analoghorror game?!
Chapter 203 - 198: Dare to Compete with Me?

Chapter 203: Chapter 198: Dare to Compete with Me?

"Oh? So you’ve figured out the truth about this hotel?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yi was instantly energized.

He promptly folded the page again and tucked it into his pocket, then looked toward Clements.

"What you call the truth is actually just my speculation," Clements said. "However, I believe it’s highly likely, definitely worth a try. Even if the truth isn’t quite as I suspect, it won’t be a significant waste of our time."

Xiao Yi, "All right then, out with it. What’s this truth you speak of?"

"First off, it’s those bizarre scenes we’ve encountered before," Clements explained. "No need to go into detail, they’re undoubtedly the result of visualizations of our inner thoughts. Xiao Yi, what you saw were memories from my past, taking form in the impression of a terrifying nightmare in my mind. I’ve tried it; as long as I strongly concentrate on something, that thing will manifest in reality."

This point was indisputable; everything Xiao Yi had seen was Clements wanting to make him aware.

"Indeed," Xiao Yi nodded, "those were definitely your memories... Huh? Wait a minute, I saw scenes like this the night before as well. Don’t tell me you were behind that too?"

"The night before?" Clements recalled, "That night, the fridge scared me, so I kept thinking about something that had happened before. Maybe that caused the visualization to manifest."

"So it’s like that, huh."

Xiao Yi thought to himself, how come the visualizations Clements created didn’t just appear beside him but had to show up at his own location?

His luck was really terrible.

Clements continued, "In any case, we still don’t understand exactly how visualization manifests, but it might be related to the hotel itself, especially considering its name is Mind Manifestation Hotel."

Xiao Yi also agreed with this, and now he understood what was going on with those weird and strange scenes.

So they were all manifestations of a person’s visualization.

Xiao Yi himself thought about all sorts of random things all day long, so even if he saw something outrageous, it wouldn’t seem all that strange to him.

"However, let’s not delve into that too deeply right now," Clements went on. "The main point is, I believe there’s a reason we four have gathered here."

"A reason, indeed. That’s unquestionably true." Xiao Yi nodded emphatically.

He wasn’t sure about others, but he had arrived here for a reason. To solve a problem.

Clements said, "And that reason, I think, stems from the unresolved problems in our hearts, like a mental illness. We’ve come together here by the arrangement of fate, and by making our visualizations manifest, we aim to solve those inner troubles."

"I see. I think I get it." Xiao Yi, who still didn’t quite understood, said, "Now that I’ve grasped the concept, let’s skip the pointless stuff and get to what we should do next."

"I understand." Clements nodded. "I believe that maybe only after we’ve resolved each of our inner conflicts will the hotel let us leave, to truly break free from its clutches."

Then, Clements looked at Xiao Yi and said, "About Eve, that sister of yours with the complicated relationship, I don’t think she has any troubles in her heart, so let’s leave her out of this for now. As for myself, I believe I’ve no more problems, achieving perhaps a quarter of our goal. Next, we have Nania, Liliana, and..."

"I get it." Xiao Yi interrupted: "So we need to find Nania and Anna, and have them spill the secrets they’ve been keeping inside, like you did?"

"This..." Clements said, as Xiao Yi’s summary glossed over quite a bit, but it was not wrong, so he nodded, "Yes, broadly speaking, that’s correct."

"Then it’s pretty simple." Xiao Yi pulled out his cell phone, "I got Nania’s contact not long ago. I’ll ask her where she’s wandering around."

With that, Xiao Yi expertly dialed Nania’s number.

A call that was supposed to be impossible to connect.

But Xiao Yi, unaware of the restriction, thought it made no sense not to get through with just a call.

So, he actually made the connection.

"Oh, Xiao Yi, what’s up?" Nania asked from the other end of the phone.

"Hey, Nania? I need to talk to you, where are you now?"

"...Hmm? What do you need?"

But the response to Xiao Yi’s question didn’t come from Nania on the phone, but rather from Nania who just happened to be passing by outside, heard Xiao Yi calling her name, and walked in.

"What’s this? You’re so close by and... huh?"

Xiao Yi was about to hang up when he heard the Nania on the phone say,

"I’m in the hotel lobby, what’s up?"

"...Ah?" Xiao Yi couldn’t help but freeze.

He looked at the Nania in front of him and finally noticed she wasn’t holding a phone.

Xiao Yi asked, "Where’s your phone?"

Nania answered, "It’s charging, what’s up?"

Xiao Yi then asked, "Then who’s the Nania speaking with me on the phone?"

Nania, "?"

Not just Nania, even Clements nearby couldn’t help but be puzzled and a bit confused.

"What Nania? Other than me, who else is called Nania in this place!?" Nania quickly snapped out of it and reached out for Xiao Yi’s phone, "Hand over your phone to me."

"Uh..." Xiao Yi dazedly passed the phone to her.

Nania took the phone and immediately initiated a video call.

Then she felt like she was taking a selfie, seeing another self on the phone screen.

The other self was also looking at her, both showing expressions of surprise.

"..."

Silence.

An awkward silence lingered, creating an oddly uncomfortable atmosphere.

"...Who the hell are you!?" Both Nanias blurted out in unison!

"I’ve got it! You must be a fake! A clone or something! Reveal your true self now!"

"Shut up! You’re the fake one! What proof do you have that I’m the fake?"

"Enough nonsense! We’ll see who’s real when we confront each other face-to-face! Dare to compare notes with me?"

"Wouldn’t miss it for the world!"

"Then where are you hiding, you coward?"

"I said already! I’m in the hotel lobby!"

"Fine, you just wait! I’ll settle this with you!"

Nania immediately rushed toward the hotel lobby!

"You counterfeit! I’m fucking coming! Where the fuck are you!?"