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Chapter 8

Author: One Big Watermelon
A week later, I was released.

The official reason cited was insufficient evidence, alongside a psychiatric evaluation stating I was in a state of "intermittent sanity".

The second I stepped through the doors of the psychiatric facility, I headed straight for my apartment, eager to verify my hypothesis.

However, before I could make it far, something heavy smashed into the back of my head, knocking me out cold.

When I finally woke up, I found myself bound tightly to a rusted iron chair. A sing
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