My Iyashikei Game Chapter 70: Receptacle for the Black Box

“There is a butterfly inside Meng Changshou’s brain?”

“The doctor said big brother’s brain suffered abnormal development and it had caused permanent damage. It was a rare situation where biological influence could lead to potentially dangerous psychosis.” Meng Changxi’s every word radiated with chill. “It was at that moment that I realized the animal was not the only sick individual in our family. The big brother who had been helping me and looking after me was equally insane.”

“So Meng Changshou is the butterfly?” Han Fei gasped.

Meng Changxi was shocked when he heard Han Fei say that. “Wait, you knew about the butterfly?”

“What I know is that Meng Changan has been searching for the butterfly, but I have no idea what exactly this butterfly is… Until now of course.” Han Fei paid full attention, he was going to memorize everything Meng Changxi said.

“No, you got it wrong. Big brother is not the butterfly, in fact, the butterfly is not even a person. However, it did manage to corrupt my younger brother through my big brother.” Meng Changxi elaborated. “When Meng Changan started school, his condition worsened, the treatments he attended had no effect at all. The counselling treatments were arranged by my big brother who by then was already working. After the hospital visit, I started to suspect this whole arrangement. Digging through some old files, I found the information about the psychiatrist big brother supposedly hired. The doctor said he had no record of treating Meng Changan at all. So it turns out it was not a psychiatrist who had been treating my younger brother but something else.”

“Something else?” Han Fei noticed Meng Changan used ‘something’ and not ‘someone’.

“Yes, I don’t know how to describe it, the thing is not like us humans.” Meng Changxi peeled back his sleeves. Scars were left on his arms. They looked like a string of numbers. “I’m sure I’ve seen it before but for some reason, I cannot remember its face. To make sure I do not forget the last bit of information I have on it, I recorded everything o

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