My Iyashikei Game Chapter 58: Questions and Questions

“He Shouye, who despised kids, somehow became the director of an orphanage? That just screamed suspicion. While managing the orphanage, he adopted many abandoned kids and babies. Naturally, we were curious why He Shouye would make the decision that was so out of his character. To understand his twisted mind, we conducted a personality simulation experiment.” Li Xue mentioned a new term here. “We have conducted hundreds of simulations and our final conclusion is, He Shouye was exposed to some kind of extreme external stimulus. It compelled him to volunteer to become an orphanage director despite his intense hatred for children.

“With the suggestion from several criminal psychologists, we went through the notes left behind by He Shouye and we did notice some problems. After He Shouye’s son died, it was like he changed into a completely different person. His tone, his hobby, his personality had a 180 change. He started to peruse books about philosophy and the mental world. He’d lock himself up in his office and he was seen occasionally wandering out alone at night. It felt like he was looking for something or someone.

“We visited a few kids who grew up at the orphanage. Most of the kids had a very good impression of their director and they appreciated his care. However, a small group of them thought the man was very weird because he would often ask them questions that were inexplicable. Questions like whether they had dreamt about someone standing beside their bed at night; whether they had dreamt about a black box; and whether they had seen a butterfly that would only land on people’s heads.

“It sounded like He Shouye was looking for a specific child but he failed to find them. Therefore, he decided to create one that would fit his requirement and that child was most likely the 8th victim in the human jigsaw case.

“What kind of child was he looking for? And why would a dead child fit his requirement? No one has the answer.

“It felt like he was conducting some kind of ritual, a ritual that was guided by his twisted mi

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