You Look a Little Like Her

Absurd Deduction Game

Early the next morning, Yu Xing, dressed in clean, blood-stained new clothes, walked out of the hotel.

The bakery on the street was already open, and the elderly woman selling bread was plump. Although she had a kind face, her figure gave her a robust appearance.

When she saw Yu Xing, she was taken aback for a moment, then greeted him warmly, "Sir, would you like a piece of wheat bread?"

Yu Xing nodded, wanting to experience the local customs and culture, and ordered a piece of bread and a cup of iced tea from the beverage shop next door.

This is his breakfast.

Of course, he paid normally; he was carrying the wallet he had "politely" gotten from Daisy, so at least in this world, he was a happy middle-class person who could eat, drink, and take for free without any worries.

After all the guests have gotten up, there will be a great commotion in the hotel. After all, the sudden lifting of the curse will shock and exhilarate everyone for a while.

Yu Xing didn't want to waste any more words explaining anything, so she simply left the hotel early, planning to wander around the area and return to the hotel once things calmed down.

Yes, he has to go back.

Last night, when I mentioned needing to borrow Calodi, he was terrified, thinking that Calodi wasn't interested in Daisy and was instead eyeing me instead.

To this, Yu Xing could only chuckle and leave with the words, "If I only had my eye on your body, you should be grateful, because what you're about to face is far more terrifying than that."

He needs to train Calodi's spatial abilities.

To be fair, Calodi's special ability was triggered by the curse, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Spatial abilities are extremely rare, second only to the Witch's time abilities in terms of difficulty, effectiveness, and cost.

Unfortunately, with his current power, Calodi is not strong enough to create a teleportation array that can traverse two worlds. But Yu Xing knows that if he wants to return to Dead Silent Island first and then back to the real world, he can only rely on Calodi.

Unless he finds someone else in the world where the hotel is located who also understands the power of space or time, but that's too far-fetched and not worth the gamble.

Before this, the only person he could think of who was related to spatial power was the Magician Carlos in his team... That elusive, leaping feeling remains a mystery to this day.

Interestingly, the names Carlos and Calodi sound quite similar, which might be considered a kind of fate.

Yu Xing thought of Carlos, he thought of his own team. He wondered what the flow of time was like in those different worlds, and how much time had passed in reality during the time he was gone.

Are those people alright?

Yu Xing admitted that things had come to this point, and the people in his team could now stir his emotions. Unlike before, he no longer felt out of place or had any lingering attachment to them.

Okay.

I want to go back to them as soon as possible.

That means the hotel's Calodi needs to build a teleportation array as soon as possible.

Calodi will need to put in a lot of hard work to improve his abilities, but with Yu Xing's curse power as an aid, or rather, as nourishment, he can progress faster.

Therefore, Yu Xing will have to stay in a hotel for the foreseeable future.

Fortunately, he didn't have to pay.

After buying breakfast, Yu Xing ate it at a seat in front of the beverage shop, then strolled leisurely to another block.

This world is different from the history he knows, so it must be a parallel world, and many of its customs and traditions are refreshing.

For example, after walking two blocks, he came to a square and saw performers all around the square, mostly playing musical instruments. The performers were playing something similar to a harmonica, which Yu Xing couldn't name, but he thought it sounded pretty good.

It evokes the atmosphere he experienced when he was studying art abroad.

In the very center of the square stands a statue of a goddess. Her expression is both compassionate and solemn, and the clothes she wears have an ancient charm. She holds a round ball covered with eyes in one hand and points to the sky with the other.

The fountain pulsates rhythmically around the goddess statue.

The local customs here are indeed much freer than they were in the past.

Along the way, Yu Xing also saw a post office, a school, a hospital, a clothing store, a coffee shop, and a church.

The sunlight had only just begun to illuminate the city when a large crowd had already gathered at the church entrance. Yu Xing subtly inquired with passersby and learned that the church was established for a religious sect called "Saint Si Church".

The doctrine of this sect is that everything is for the sake of thinking.

The goddess of thought bestowed upon them the ability to think; they would dedicate their brains, spirits, and all products of thought to the eternal deity, praying for genius-level thinking.

Yu Xing: "..."

How should I put it? It's just amazing.

Unable to stop thinking, the people of this city's faith in the goddess grew stronger and stronger. A unique collision occurred between human thought and theology, which cannot be explained in a short time.

Yu Xing spent the entire morning wandering around aimlessly.

When he returned to the hotel in the afternoon, he found that Daisy was the only one there.

"They were so bored, they all went out," Daisy explained with a smile to Yu Xing as she sat in the hall. "Miss Mino said she was going to a bar to have some fun, and Grandma went back to her home. Although her children all passed away in accidents years ago, she said she still wanted to go home to spend her final days."

"Besides Grandma, does no one else plan to leave this hotel?" Yu Xing thought for a moment and felt it was within expectations. Little Rosie was said to have no family, and with her unique appearance—the mummy, the chef, and so on—she would have no way to move around even if she left the hotel.

Calodi already knew Daisy and had a unique position. Moreover, with Yu Xing supervising the training of spatial abilities, he couldn't leave even if he didn't want to.

"Yes, they're not leaving." Daisy shrugged, raising her hand to admire the gemstone ring on her finger. "But the mummy and the cook went out to play too, they probably won't be back until tonight. Xixi is with them, she won't let them cause any trouble."

The passengers were very happy.

The only change in the hotel staff was the Mask Face. He was killed by Yu Xing's curse at night, and naturally, he couldn't survive during the day either. Even his body disappeared without a trace.

Daisy raised an eyebrow at Yu Xing to go out for dinner with me tonight?"

"Um... no." Yu Xing declined her invitation. "Celebrating the disappearance of the curse is such a good excuse, why don't you use that to invite Xixi?"

"She... I'm afraid she doesn't want to go out to dinner with me." Daisy gave a wry smile upon hearing this.

"I assure you, she's much more resolute than I am in rejecting you." That's all Yu Xing could do for her. After all, it's still a long way for this mother and daughter to clear up their misunderstandings and accept each other back, especially for Xixi to accept Daisy.

Night.

Darkness fell again, but this time, there was no tense atmosphere at all; instead, everyone was unusually excited.

"Yay! From now on, Little Rosie won't be afraid of the dark anymore!" Little Rosie hugged her doll and sat on the sofa, swinging her little legs.

The chef still prepared dinner, albeit a little late.

Miss Mino also returned from the bar to attend the first dinner after the curse was lifted. Her white hair was styled beautifully and stood out so much.

Yu Xing stared at her face for a long time, then casually joked, "I went to a square today, and the statue of the Goddess of Thought in the square looks a bit like you."

"Really? Maybe all beautiful women have something in common." Mino touched her face and smiled happily. "I'll take that as a compliment."

After dinner, everyone else was free to do as they Yu Xing, but Calodi was taken by Yu Xing to a room that was temporarily unoccupied for "special training."

Rather than training spatial abilities, it's more about training Calodi's mental resilience, since Calodi's mind inherently possesses spatial attributes.

Yu Xing sat down in a chair, gazed at the slightly uneasy Calodi for a moment, and smiled, "No matter what happens later, don't be afraid, I won't kill you."

Calodi looked at Yu Xing with a complicated expression and extreme suspicion. "To be honest, your current wording is frightening enough."

However, even so, he was already prepared.

This was pre-arranged; it was Calodi's way of repaying Yu Xing for "saving his life," on behalf of everyone at the hotel.

Yu Xing tossed over a piece of charcoal she'd picked up from the kitchen. "Let's start with something simple. Hold this in your hand, sense it carefully, and then, using the lingering scent on it, try to travel directly to where it originally was."