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Chapter 5: Chapter 5: Despair's Oddity



But the inevitable always comes, and the torn Jiang Xiaos stood up again, their tone as naive as ever.

"Oh, dear Sandy, I have a big rock in my stomach!"

"Hi Sandy, want to blow bubbles? I'll only charge you twenty-five cents!"

"Sandy, you need to give me two ice creams, one for me and one for my best friend SpongeBob."

"Stay alert, Sandy, the flying devil might take action!"

"I should walk... Uh.. I think I should run... Oh! I think I should sprint! Yes! Sprint! Sandy!! Start sprinting!"

Countless expressionless Jiang Xiaos surrounded Wang Xiao'ai, spouting nonsensical gibberish.

Wang Xiao'ai curled up in agony in the corner of the hospital bed, her face a mixture of collapse, helplessness, and madness.

(இдஇ;) "Goose box, goose box... Sandy.. Sandy, Sandy? Who is Sandy? Me? I am Sandy! Pai Daxing, you are Pai Daxing, SpongeBob? Oh, I think I also need a double-layer delicious crab burger..."

Everyone in the Dragon Country live room was dumbfounded too, feeling like their brains were infused with something chaotic.

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[I want to ask, who exactly is the creepy one?]

[Uh, given Jiang Xiao's acting, I can't handle it, I'd rather be dismembered...]

[Wang Xiao'ai: Seriously, which one of us is the psychiatrist?]

Seeing Wang Xiao'ai giggling endlessly on the hospital bed, Jiang Xiao couldn't help but pat her head.

"God, Sandy, you look just like a psychiatrist now, can you tell me what exactly is going on?"

What exactly is going on?

This question undoubtedly was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Wang Xiao'ai, in despair, tore at her hair, letting out a mad laugh.

"Ha, haha, wahahahaha!!!!!"

"Who is the psychiatrist? Oh, right, I am Sandy, Sandy is the psychiatrist, yes, that's right, Dr. Pai Daxing."

As Wang Xiao'ai talked to herself, the extra Jiang Xiaos slowly faded away.

It seems their "clone" existence also had a time limit, leaving only the last Jiang Xiao with a disgusted expression in the scene.

Jiang Xiao (#-.-):"Damn, you've got issues, alright. We're just playing roles here, but why do you immerse yourself so deep? What a crazy woman, forget it, I'll go chat with other patients."

Wang Xiao'ai instantly froze....

(இдஇ;) "Wahahahaha, that's right, that's right! I am a crazy woman, a crazy woman, I am also a psychiatrist, oh, I am Sandy, what you said, just that squirrel living in Bikini Bottom, wahahahaha..."

[Completely mad? Or was he already insane?]

[For a moment... I am at a loss for words...]

[Amen, please forgive Jiang Xiao's sins.]

[I, I feel like the next psychiatrist is just bad luck to have Jiang Xiao as a doctor..]

[Wait, my head is starting to hurt, is Jiang Xiao... a psychiatrist?]

[Is everybody drunk while I alone am sober? Perhaps Jiang Xiao is a wise man hidden among the common folk!]

[Give it up, didn't you see that official medical record stamped with a big red seal they just released?]

As everyone struggled to understand Jiang Xiao's moves, an ID named 'Kick the cripple's good leg' provided an explanation.

Kick the cripple's good leg: [Hello everyone, I am a psychiatrist, I just reviewed Jiang Xiao's case, his delusional disorder is almost severe, meaning, if he imagines himself as a normal person, then he is a normal person!]

[No way? So, Jiang Xiao can switch between a psychiatric patient and a normal personality?]

[My mom, Jiang Xiao was just dismembered, isn't it abrupt to switch personalities like that?]

The aforementioned psychiatrist provided a detailed explanation again.

Kick the cripple's good leg: [Yes, exactly, normally if a person keeps imagining himself as different characters repeatedly, he would definitely go insane.]

Kick the cripple's good leg: [But.. but Jiang Xiao isn't normal, right? He has already gone mad, he is a psychiatrist.]

Kick the cripple's good leg: [Moreover, not just that, he also has severe dissociative identity disorder, possibly, possibly what 'Pai Daxing' did earlier was 'Pai Daxing's doing, and Jiang Xiao himself had no recollection of it.]

[Wait wait wait! Doctor, stop talking, it feels like I'm about to grow a brain!]

[I sort of get it, what the doctor is trying to say is, Jiang Xiao is a psychiatrist, you can't judge a psychiatrist with the eyes of a normal person!]

The psychiatrist agreed with the person above's statement.

Kick the cripple's good leg: [Right, Jiang Xiao is a psychiatrist, if you think a psychiatrist is abnormal then you are normal, but when you think a psychiatrist is normal… then you are not normal!]

[Stop stop stop! Doctor, please, don't say... don't say anymore, I feel like my brainstem is about to split open!]

As everyone pondered carefully, feeling that this psychiatrist was very professional.

The "doctor" suddenly added another sentence.

Kicking the Cripple's Good Leg: "Sorry, the person who just spoke is one of our severely mentally ill patients, don't believe anything he said, haha!"

Everyone: ??????

Holy Shit!

Did we just listen to a lunatic ramble on?

"Uh, I checked his profile, and he really is mentally ill..."

Sure enough!

On the personal profile of Kicking the Cripple's Good Leg, there was a selfie video.

In the video, he bared his yellow teeth and wore the same blue and white stripes as Jiang Xiao, and his IP address was located at a psychiatric hospital.

All these signs definitely indicated that he was mentally ill!

Everyone completely lost it, what the heck!

They had just thought his points made some sense, and were about to delve deeply into them.

"Why do I feel like what the mentally ill person just said actually made some sense..."

"Uh, dude, the lunatic just said, if you think mentally ill people are abnormal then you're normal, but if you think a mentally ill person is normal, then you're not normal."

"So, does what he said as a mentally ill person hold any credibility? In other words, what kind of approach should we adopt to evaluate his words in order to prove that we are sane?"

"You think his words are normal, but he's mentally ill, and you agree with the mentally ill person's point of view, so does that make you mentally ill?"

"No no no, the comment above is too superficial; shouldn't we reconsider? He's mentally ill, so his thoughts were abnormal from the start, so what is said to be normal is abnormal, and what is abnormal is normal..."

"Wait, isn't that a paradox?

"Wait wait wait, everyone, hold up, you're trying to prove you're sane by judging what a mentally ill person says? This whole thing is freaking abnormal!"

"Wait! Stop, please everyone stop talking, this is too much, I need a moment..."

Everyone fell silent again, lost in a new round of brainstorming.

Just a few words contained so many elements...

"Man, I can't do this anymore, let's go check out Dr. Wobuju's profile to calm our chaotic thoughts!"

Yes, thinking any more would really drive us insane!

At that time, Dr. Wobuju was talking to the second patient.

The second psychiatric patient was a man named Wang Hai.

His medication was very difficult to administer; he insisted he was a sane person and demanded to be released!

Release "them"?

Who are "they"?

If nothing else, it must be the other two female psychiatric patients, considering the rules stating Wang Hai loved those two women.

There seemed to be some information about this Wang Hai...

Wobuju planned to take it slow and first listen to his story.

"Why do you say you're a normal person, yet you're in a psychiatric hospital?"

"I, I don't remember..."

Wang Hai's lost and confused expression seemed genuinely honest.

He felt similar to the first female psychiatric patient, except this man asserted he was a normal person.

Wang Xiao'ai's consciousness seemed even more bewildered, not remembering being ill.

"And you, what is your relationship with the other two?"

Wobuju asked tentatively.

[Rule Five: The only male psychiatric patient loves the other two female patients very much]

Normally, mentioning the other two female psychiatric patients in front of Wang Hai wouldn't upset him.

As Dr. Wobuju expected, Wang Hai didn't react negatively when asked about their relationship.

Instead, his face was full of love and nostalgia~

"They are the closest people to me in my life, I love them."

S-level talent: Deduction activated!

Dr. Wobuju used his special ability.

"Wang Hai, I want to ask, you think they are the closest people to you, but do you think they treat you as their closest person?"

Wang Hai's affectionate expression froze.

Clearly, what Wobuju said struck a chord with him.


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