Restricted fantasy invasion

Chapter 371 368 Doors

"Cough cough cough cough."

As soon as Yan Huan released her hands, which were covered in bulging veins, Ye Shiyu's body went limp and she actually knelt down on the ground.

Even so, she still stared blankly at Yan Huan.

Amidst the vast expanse of pale skin, the only rosy hue was in her eyes and the deep red mark on her neck from Yan Huan's exertion.

"Cough cough cough cough cough."

The next second, Ye Shiyu, who had just regained her breathing, began to cough rapidly.

She covered her mouth, her body trembling slightly, coughing incessantly.

Along with it, fragments of illusory, crystalline spider silk also fell down.

This time, she dropped far more pieces than ever before.

However, Miao Jiang didn't pick it up again. She just stayed quietly on Yan Huan's shoulder, leaving the time for Yan Huan and Ye Shiyu.

[Congratulations, you have caused your index finger to shatter again. The number of defeat cutscenes that can be triggered has increased by 1.]

[Current number of attempts remaining: 1]

"."

Looking at the disheveled Ye Shiyu in front of her, Yan Huan couldn't help but be taken aback.

Whether he forgot or didn't want to, he didn't apologize; he just silently looked at Ye Shiyu.

At this moment, he was filled with astonishment and disbelief, and his brain was somewhat overloaded.

"cough cough"

Because her head was bowed, her black hair fell down, obscuring her face in a dark and indistinct way.

Yan Huan could only see her lips open and close, as if she wanted to speak several times.

However, the long period of preparation did not improve her performance; her words remained hoarse.
"If only Xiao Huan had told me these things sooner..."

"."

Upon hearing this, Yan Huan's masseter muscles twitched slightly.

His eyes flickered slightly, but he still didn't speak, instead lowering his hand.

On the back of his hand, the glistening drops that had fallen earlier slid down the gradually subsiding blue veins.

“Tick-tock.”

The moment it splashes onto the ground, it creates even smaller splashes on a tiny scale.

Every drop of water reflected the smile Yan Huan gave Ye Shiyu when she was wearing a mask.

Those smiles shattered with the splashing water, and when the dust settled, what was revealed was Yan Huan's true appearance beneath the mask she had previously displayed.

His disgust, his anger, his contempt.
It grew deep, indelible, along with the teardrops on the ground.

It was like a dream, and now I've finally woken up.

"."

In an instant, Ye Shiyu, looking utterly defeated, opened her mouth.

She didn't intend to say anything more, but rather to have Yan Huan leave.

Ultimately, the reason she brought Yan Huan here was to confirm whether he knew about superpowers.
Most importantly, we need to help Yan Huan overcome her greed.

All the illusions Yan Huan had created made Ye Shiyu believe that Yan Huan at least had some feelings for her.

It's best if it's someone of the opposite sex, or even if it's your stepsister.
At worst, like in the ending of Lovers, it's just about lusting after one's own body.

But now it seems that Xiao Huan doesn't reciprocate any of these feelings.

Therefore, if Xiao Huan continues to be imprisoned, she will never fall in love with him.

Unless, hypnosis is used to change his mind.
But what's the point then?
"tread"

Thinking this, Ye Shiyu slowly stood up, lowered her head, and opened the door for Yan Huan.
"squeak~"

"Xiao Huan, you should go. It was my fault."

".snort."

Seeing this, Yan Huan behind her didn't even want to look at her, just snorted coldly and left.

However, as he passed by her, he spat.
"That's disgusting."

Upon hearing this, Ye Shiyu's body trembled slightly.

But she did not refute it.

Perhaps what Hitomi Sakuramiya said earlier was right.

She made a mistake from the very beginning.

No matter how much he reforms, he's only returned to the level of a normal person, and shouldn't expect Xiao Huan to like him in the first place.

She simply thought she had hidden her true colors well in front of Xiao Huan.

Just like a criminal who doesn't want to expose the sins he committed, he fantasizes that he can start anew and be worthy of being liked.

Since Xiao Huan knew from beginning to end...
So now it's just paying off a debt, and being treated like this is what they deserve.

"."

Ye Shiyu stood silently in the basement until she heard the sound of a door closing upstairs, at which point she slumped to the ground.

But not long after, police sirens sounded outside.
"Drip drip drip drip!!"

"Police! Don't move, people inside!! Hands up, or we'll shoot!!"

Ye Shiyu raised her head blankly, and in her dazed state, she didn't even realize what was happening before she was pointed at by countless guns. Then, several policewomen stepped forward and slammed her to the ground.

"Cuff her!!"

"woo"

Ye Shiyu, who had been pinned to the ground, was quickly pulled up by several policewomen, covered with a black hood, and taken outside.

Her vision was completely dark; she could only hear the police officers talking and Xiao Huan's voice as she spoke with them on the sidelines.

"She's a lunatic! I clearly don't like her, but when she saw me hanging out with other women, she suddenly went crazy, knocked me unconscious, and locked me up here."

"."

"If she had pleaded with me nicely and begged me to sleep with her, I might have considered it. But it's just that she insists on doing it this way."

"Okay, I understand. You can come back to the station with us later to give another statement."

Upon hearing this, Ye Shiyu was overcome with grief and despair as she was helped to the car.

Before our eyes, the car door slowly opened.

She was met with kidnapping sentences ranging from 3 to 11 years.

But that's not all. She knew that her disappointed mother would not only refuse to bail her out, but would also send her back to China the moment she was released.

It doesn't matter.
Anyway, her heart was already dead.

So, one night, she committed suicide by cutting her wrists in prison.

[Defeat~]

【.】

[Defeat CG has been unlocked]

[Ending D: Death Row Inmate]

Yan Huan knows all your secrets, all your dirty secrets, and has completely broken ties with you.

You refused to hypnotize him and even chose to let the tiger return to the mountain.

By handing your fate over to others, you gain nothing but disappointment and death.

【GAME OVER】

【Do you want to return to the save point? 】

"Om!!"

"."

In reality, not a single second has passed.

She remained kneeling on the ground, and only after uttering those hoarse words was she about to stand up.

But at this moment, Ye Shiyu, whose body was soaked in cold sweat, gradually focused her eyes, which had just shed tears, and came back to her senses.

Amidst the piercing ringing in her ears and the thunderous pounding of her heart, her original intention to let Yan Huan leave was completely extinguished.

“Plop. Plop. Plop.”

This time, Ye Shiyu simply stood up, trembling, and said nothing more.

"I'm going out to buy some necessities. Xiao Huan, please wait here for a bit."

Her hoarse voice was full of sorrow and vulnerability, yet she still dared not look at Yan Huan's expression. She simply opened the door a crack and then slipped out.

Hearing her words, Yan Huan also came to her senses.

"leaf"

He had just looked up at the door, intending to say something, when the door was already closed.

"Click~"

Incidentally, the sound of a lock being put on from the outside could also be heard.

"."

Looking at the tightly closed door, Yan Huan finally let out a sigh of relief that had been building up in her chest since earlier.

He glanced around. The basement was spacious, but there was nothing there except for the chair that had tied him up.

Yan Huan rubbed her temples, too lazy to sit on the stool, and instead sat on the floor, leaning against the locked door.

"How are you feeling, meow?"

Meow-chan finally spoke up, making Yan Huan look at it, who was looking at her shoulder with a concerned expression.

"Thanks, Meow-chan."

"It's okay, meow."

Yan Huan sighed, rested her head against the door, and stared blankly into space.

Immediately, a question suddenly popped into his mind.
"Nyan-chan, what exactly happened with that defeat cutscene?"

"What? What happened, meow? Shouldn't you have just triggered the defeat cutscene and seen the bad future if you didn't fight back, meow?"

Meow-chan tilted her head and continued,
"I've been thinking about it, and I'm sure the reason you suddenly wanted to confront Ye Shiyu is because you realized she wouldn't do anything to you, meow."

"."

Upon hearing this, Yan Huan turned to look at Miao Jiang and said,

"I did trigger the defeat cutscene just now, but it was a bad ending where I refused and she hypnotized me into losing my personality."

"Meow?!"

Upon hearing this, Meow-chan's eyes widened, her face filled with disbelief.

"In other words," "In other words, I was really planning to explode with Ye Shiyu just now."

"Meow?!"

However, upon hearing this, Yan Huan's expression suddenly froze.

"However, Ye Shiyu's reaction was completely different from her reaction in the defeat CG."

He suddenly remembered a problem he had realized during his meal with Ye Shiyu:
Nyan-chan is not in the defeat cutscene.

Look, he just chose the same "refuse" option as in the defeat CG, and then planned to explode at Ye Shiyu.

The moment the idea popped into his head, Meow-chan appeared to dissuade him and even helped him untie the rope.

What about in the defeat cutscene?

Why not?
Moreover, Ye Shiyu's reaction was completely different.

Instead of desperately hypnotizing herself, she actually...
He showed that expression.
"I was just wondering if it's possible that the content in the defeat CG was fake. It wasn't what Little Finger called futurism at all."

"Meow?! Could it be that that despicable little finger tricked us?!"

"It shouldn't be that bad. I heard Anle say that this is what it told Anle before the Tokyo Skytree incident. Why would it need to lie to Anle back then?"

"It looks like a cat too."

Yan Huan lowered her eyes, but she was still not entirely sure if her deduction was true.

After all, to be honest, what happened just now wasn't exactly the same as the scene in the defeat cutscene.

Although he refused, he suddenly sprang into action and planted a sparkler into Ye Shiyu's neck.
Could it be that these factors affected the CG?

"Yan Huan, what should we do now, meow?"

"."

Yan Huan, who was deep in thought, heard Miao Jiang's words and couldn't help but look at the door behind her.

But the door was old and dilapidated; if he opened it and broke down the door, he figured he could escape.

The main issue is that even if Ye Shiyu didn't hypnotize herself, Anle and Sakura Miyako are still in her hands.

Perhaps they are locked up there.

I don't care what happens to me, but no matter what, I should rescue them, right?

Thinking this, Yan Huan subconsciously decided to get up.

But the next second, he couldn't help but freeze slightly.

He suddenly realized that he had always assumed Ye Shiyu would do something to Tong and the others after their big battle.

So, the first thing he asked Ye Shiyu after he was locked up here was this.
But if.
She didn't do anything to Tong and Anle, did she?

如果
Is she just lying to herself?

If I just stay here and wait for her to come back, what will happen?

"Buzz!"

Just as Yan Huan was thinking this and gave up on getting up, her entire perspective was instantly enveloped by the energy of the defeat CG.

The defeat cutscene has been triggered!

He saw it, and he waited for Ye Shiyu like this.

The door was not opened until several hours later.

Ye Shiyu returned carrying bedding, dinner, water, and other daily necessities.
At the same time, she was also holding a chain in her hand.

"Xiao Huan, I'm back."

Ye Shiyu lowered her eyes, expressionlessly tossed aside the bedding and belongings, and picked up her phone.

He showed the scene to Yan Huan.

Inside, there stood Anle and Sakuramiya Hitomi, their eyes vacant and faces expressionless.
They sat on the first floor of the villa, staring blankly at Ye Shiyu recording the video.

"I'm asking you."

Then, Ye Shiyu's voice came through the video.
Who is Yan Huan?

"."

Faced with this question, Sakuramiya Hitomi and Anra, whose eyes were glazed over, tilted their heads, and then simultaneously showed expressions of confusion.

"Yan Huan. Who is that?"

"do not know"

Looking at the video on her phone, Yan Huan's eyes narrowed, and her face turned pale.

"Okay, you can leave now."

"Um"

"it is good"

Then, in the video, Anle and Sakura Miyako, with vacant eyes, got up and turned away from the villa without any hesitation.

As Yan Huan watched the two figures walk further and further away in the video, her heart almost stopped.

He could barely breathe, and even felt a pang of heartache.

"Click~"

At the same time, Ye Shiyu silently put a collar around his neck with a chain.

"It's okay, Xiao Huan, I won't hypnotize you."
"Because, even if you hate me, it doesn't matter, as long as the girl you like completely forgets you."
"In this way, you will stay here and spend your days and nights with me."
"Sooner or later, you'll fall in love with me~"

Ye Shiyu said this.

[Defeat~]

【.】

[Defeat CG has been unlocked]

[Ending G: Seeking one's own death]

You once had a genuine chance to escape, but you didn't cherish it.

[Alright then, so you'll have to stay here forever.]

【GAME OVER】

【Do you want to return to the save point? 】

"Ha ha."

Leaning against the door, Yan Huan's body broke out in a fine layer of cold sweat once again.

He stared wide-eyed as the immersive defeat cutscene gradually faded away, along with the despair and anger in his heart.

But this time...
He gritted his teeth and remained seated firmly in place.

"Meow-chan, this time, I'm going to stay here and wait for Ye Shiyu to come back."

"Meow"

"You're not in the defeat cutscene, so as long as you don't interfere with reality, the ending won't change. Go up to the first floor and see if Hitomi Sakura and Anaku are there, then come back and tell me. Don't do anything else."

"Good meow!"

Looking at Yan Huan, who was sitting still, gritting her teeth and not moving, Miao Jiang was confused but still obeyed the order and passed through the door in a blur.

"Meow?!"

However, as soon as it stepped through the door, it was suddenly startled and stopped in its tracks.

It was because it saw Ye Shiyu sitting on the ground, hugging her knees, with her back to the door, right behind the closed door.

She hadn't actually left; she was just one door away from Yan Huan, who was also sitting behind the door.

"."

She sat curled up on the ground, staring blankly with an expressionless face.

But the single tear that had been so precious to Yan Huan earlier now seemed cheap, sliding down her cheeks one after another, wetting her dress.

She was crying, but her crying was silent; she was like a tearful doll.

In her hand, she was still tightly clutching a jellyfish-shaped keychain with her name on it.

Miao Jiang recognized it; it was the one Yan Huan had snatched from Spencer when she first went to Ye Lan's house.

She always carries this keychain with her.

"Meow"

Ye Shiyu couldn't see Miao Jiang in front of her; she just let her tears, which turned into sadness, soak her through.

Her thoughts were in complete disarray, and she didn't know what to do.

If we let Xiao Huan out, he will retaliate and plunge us into an abyss of no return.

But if we don't let Xiao Huan out...
If he hates himself so much, what's the point?

Moreover, Hitomi Sakura and Anaku certainly won't let this go so easily.
As expected, it was the right thing to do.
Let Xiao Huan leave.
"."

At this moment, the future seems like a fog full of unknowns to Ye Shiyu.

A familiar, immense fear instantly enveloped Ye Shiyu's heart.

But at that moment, a virtual interface suddenly lit up in front of her.
[Yezi AI's coverage has reached a new milestone; it can now perform video projections of the future.]

[Should we perform a simulation?]

Looking at the interface that suddenly lit up in front of her, Ye Shiyu's breath hitched slightly.

To see the content, simply close your eyes and silently repeat "start playing" three times.

Ye Shiyu's eyes narrowed little by little. Then, as if grasping at a lifeline, she gently rested her head against the door behind her and closed her eyes.

In an instant, a scene unknown to outsiders unfolded before her eyes.

"Om!!"

At this moment, a boy and a girl sit side by side on either side of a door that separates them.

They were all shrouded in unknown fear and doubt, their bodies drenched in cold sweat, their eyes closed as if they were having the same nightmare.

It's just that the exits from nightmares are not all the same.

"!!"

"."

In the unspoken silence between them, a short while passed.
In the instant that nightmare shattered, Yan Huan and Ye Shiyu, seemingly back to back, opened their eyes simultaneously on either side of the door.

The difference was that their eyes displayed completely opposite colors.

"Inside the door," Ye Shiyu lowered her head, hugged her knees tightly, and trembled slightly.

Outside the door, Yan Huan gritted her teeth and clenched her fists tightly.

Then, one stood deep within the nightmare, and the other at its entrance, both uttering the same conclusion.

"I can't let Xiao Huan go."

"I can't leave."

(End of this chapter)