Elliot stared at the bloody words on the mirror, his fingers gradually beginning to tremble.
Had he hypnotized himself before?
Had he himself been behind all those inexplicable hallucinations?
This answer was completely beyond anything he had expected, and even sent a faint chill down his back.
But why? Why would he interfere with himself, or even guide himself in a certain direction?
Most importantly, I have absolutely no memory of any of this! Elliot thought, his gaze flickering.
Having no memory made things complicated.
Had someone erased his memories, or had he lost them because of something like an alteration to history? Or...
Had he willingly discarded certain memories?
Elliot let his gaze linger on the bloody words on the mirror for a while, then wiped them all away with a handkerchief.
He took a deep breath and wrote another question:
"Did I willingly forget certain memories? Write down the answer, then wake from Hypnosis."
He quickly hypnotized himself. The moment he woke, he looked up at the mirror.
The mirror was blank.
Not "yes," not "no," but entirely blank.
"Refusing to answer? Or were those memories locked deep inside my mind?"
Elliot soon shook his head again. "No, that's not right. The command I gave myself was 'write down the answer,' not choose between two options. Even if I didn't know the answer myself, it shouldn't be blank!"
"Could it be..."
Elliot picked up his pocket watch again and began hypnotizing himself, his eyes fixed on the time it displayed.
This time, he wrote nothing and gave himself no instructions.
The Hypnosis took effect, and his vision gradually darkened, but he kept his eyes locked on the pocket watch.
At last, his vision went completely black.
The moment he opened his eyes again, he checked the time on