Law Enforcer's Handbook

Chapter 703 Symptoms
Jock never expected that he would receive a bad news on this seemingly ordinary night, so that after he was silent on the other end of the phone for a long time, he couldn't help asking the other party, "Are you sure you're right? , that guy Hogg wants to commit suicide?"

"I'm sure."

Lucy was convinced of this, "When he was in the coffee shop just now, he planned to shoot himself in the head in front of me."

"But why? What's wrong with him recently?"

Jock was puzzled.

It stands to reason that Hogg has become a member of the Fishing Boat Club, and soon he will be able to replace the position of secretary-general and become a member of the high-level council, which means that his life will return to its peak, even in the most prosperous Foster family. During the period, they also failed to grasp such power.

He couldn't figure out why Hogg would think of committing suicide.

"Mr. Hogg's situation is just the opposite. His mental state seems to be positive. It's not the same as that of common depression patients. It's just..."

"Just what?"

"It's just that he firmly believes that he is a stand-in messenger. He thinks that he can stop the time of the whole world for 2 seconds. When he shoots at himself, his stand-in will activate the ability to let him avoid the bullet."

After a long period of communication, Lucy has roughly figured out Hogg's stand-in and ability. According to the other party's description, the image of his stand-in is a person wearing a windbreaker and a mask, but he is still at the beginner's level. At this stage, he still can't use his substitute proficiently.

"What the hell is that?"

Joker suddenly became angry. He had heard that Hogg's childhood dream was actually to become a psychic when he was drunk. The reason was that he felt that the rescuers on TV were very annoying. The wind, who makes people chase and scream wherever he goes, grows up and realizes that being a rescuer is no big deal to the Foster family.

As long as he wanted, he could meet any rescuers other than the Six Stars and the candidates at any time, and he also learned that most of those people only looked glamorous, and they had done many dirty deeds behind their backs.

Could it be that Hogg was so ill that he wanted to fulfill his childhood dream?

"I don't know, but his description sounds similar to that of a psychic, except that there will be images similar to 'evil spirits' appearing around him."

When these words came out of Foster's current authority, Lucy knew that the other party was terminally ill.

In particular, she observed that when Hogg talked about these things, his expression was as usual, without any ups and downs, as if he was talking about a very ordinary thing, which reflected his deep belief in the fact that he was a stand-in messenger.

"There have been similar cases before. I met a patient who imagined that he had the ability to fly. He was an employee of Uni-President Technology."

"Lucy, you know I'm not interested in these things, you just need to tell me how long it will take to cure him, we can't recommend a crazy person to be a member of the High Council."

"I mean, you need to prepare for the worst."

Lucy said, "In the case I just mentioned, the company employee climbed onto the roof of the company building one night and jumped from it."

Subjectively, the patient did not have any suicidal thoughts, but he had been suppressed for too long, and he climbed onto the rooftop on a whim, wanting to activate his ability to circle the night sky like a bird, and then return to his post to continue Work.

It's just that he couldn't go back after all. When Lucy arrived, the law enforcement officers had already sealed off the scene. Because the scene was too horrible, they had already covered the scattered parts of the body with cloth.

"Generally speaking, the more powerful his fantasies are, the more likely he is to self-destruct, and what's worse is that they usually don't realize that it is suicide."

Just the concept of "stopping the time of the entire world for 2 seconds" is enough to make Lucy think of dozens of dangerous behaviors. This ability is much more terrifying than flying.

"You mean I need to send someone to keep an eye on him 24 hours a day?"

"To ensure safety, I will take him to my hospital first, but this is also an opportunity for us to understand his true inner thoughts."

In the conversation just now, she also realized that Hogg became much more talkative when she learned that she was also a stand-in messenger. If you put aside his behavior of wanting to commit suicide with a pistol, it should be regarded as a harmonious exchange. .

"Then trouble you Lucy, I have already transferred the money to your account."

"understood."

Lucy paused and said, "I owe you a favor, so I will try to cure him as much as possible."

After hanging up the phone, she stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom for a long time, took out a simple cosmetic bag to touch up her makeup, and from now on, she must also become a stand-in messenger, this is the only way to get close to Hogg, if online If there is a lack of information about the stand-in messenger, she will fill in the gaps.

"You're back."

Seeing her coming out of the bathroom, Hogg said enthusiastically again, "Speaking of which, I don't know your substitute yet. What does your substitute look like and what abilities does it have?"

"about this point……"

Lucy deliberately lowered her voice, and said in a low voice, "My stand-in ability is to fly in the sky, but this city is full of people from psychic research institutes, why don't you come back with me, I can demonstrate it to you there. "

She had already thought about her rhetoric and made a corresponding plan.

When Hogg arrived at her place, she used the drugged water to make Hogg sleep well, and after he woke up, she used sedatives to let him slowly accept the truth.

This is a painful process.

The vast majority of patients cannot accept the process of their transformation from omnipotent ability users back to ordinary people, so even though they have faintly realized which side is the reality in their hearts, they are still unwilling to accept it.

But Hogg's practice of drawing a gun and committing suicide made her have to speed up the whole treatment process.

"No problem, I happen to be free tonight."

Hogg readily agreed. This was the first time he communicated with someone without his real identity. This feeling was very strange and pleasant, and he just wanted to learn more about the stand-in messenger from the other party.

For example, there are no other stand-in messengers in this city yet.

Or the trick to manipulating a double.

"That couldn't be better."

Lucy straightened her clothes, "Shall I call a car?"

"No, I still have a suspension car in my garage, and I haven't used it much."

"Then trouble you."

Lucy nodded.

In about 10 minutes, the suspension car stopped at the downstairs of the hospital. This is a hospital specializing in the treatment of mental illness. There is no department for prosthetic repair or implantation. In order not to cause pressure on the environment, the decoration style of the building is more It is close to an ordinary office, at least it cannot be seen from the outside that this is a hospital.

With her excellent professional ability, Lucy made her first pot of gold in the first district.

The first district may be the city with the highest frequency of mental illness in the coalition government. According to incomplete research reports, about two-thirds of the employees in the company are more or less prone to anxiety, depression, excessive work and intense The competition left them breathless.

But she doesn't dislike the First District's way of life.

It is this stressful life that provides them with plenty of opportunities to make money.

She knew very well that this city was not as peaceful as people imagined, just like now, sirens were heard again in the neighborhood near the hospital, and there seemed to be more and more criminals who dared to challenge the Terrorist Mobile Squad recently.

"Doctor Lucy!"

As soon as she got out of the car, a familiar figure sat up from the chair in the waiting area on the first floor of the hospital. He greeted the two of them excitedly, "I've been waiting for a long time."

The man was still wearing his work suit, and he seemed to have slipped out during work.

"Mr. Allman, if I remember correctly, you don't have an appointment today."

As the most famous psychiatrist in the hospital, Lucy naturally would not make her patients wait for a long time. She would confirm the time with the patients in advance for each psychological consultation.

She didn't like patients coming in uninvited, especially at a time like this.

Moreover, if she remembered correctly, this patient named Allman had recovered a week ago.

His symptoms are somewhat similar to those of the previous company employee who fantasized that he could fly. When we met for the first time, Mr. Allman firmly believed that his hands could be turned into iron blocks, and could even be transformed into various tools and weapons at any time. During the three hours of the consultation, she spent most of the time listening to the abilities Allman had set for herself, as well as the true thoughts hidden in his heart.

During the subsequent month of therapy, she helped Allman come back to reality, helping him accept who he really was.

Actually they are all ordinary people.

Despite fantasies, in the real world, it is impossible to turn your hand into a gun and blow the head of an annoying boss with a single shot.

Lucy has to lament that there are more and more patients of this kind recently, even big figures like Hogg Foster are no exception.

"I know, but this time it's a little urgent."

Allman seemed to be in a state of extreme anxiety. Compared with the last time we met, he was much haggard, with messy hair and a beard that hadn't been shaved for a long time.

"I still have some things to deal with now, I will talk about it later when I have time."

"But Dr. Lucy, you said that those are all my fantasies, and it is impossible for me to conjure a gun." Seeing that Lucy was about to leave, Allman suddenly raised his voice excitedly, "You He also said that if I hate my boss, I can kill him with my imaginary abilities!"

In this regard, Lucy does not deny.

Sufferers always need outlets, and if they can release their stress by killing someone in their imaginary world, that might be a solution.

"But, he was really killed."

Allman suddenly smiled, with a ferocious smile, "His head exploded, and white things were scattered everywhere."

And Lucy finally saw clearly the right hand that had been hidden in his sleeve.

Allman's palm was missing, and a suppressed pistol was strangely attached to the tip of his forearm.

The sirens outside were getting closer and closer to them.

Along with the roar of armored hover vehicles, they came to this block and stopped above the hospital.

　Small theater 130 one:

　　On a certain day of a certain year, Monday, morning.

　　Song Lan found that Lu Xiang had changed since he came into contact with the game.

　　Before, he never dreamed that adjectives such as timid and delicate could be applied to Lu Xiang.

　　Where is the danger of Lu Xiang at work? No matter how brutal the scene of the crime is, she doesn't even blink when she enters the scene. Sometimes she even needs to put on gloves herself to handle those highly decomposed corpses, even if she works overtime for more than ten hours. He never complains of being tired; Lu Xiang in the game is a thief who suddenly jumps out and will be scared out of breath. Every two hours of playing, his eyes will be so sore that he can't open it. He has to rub or hug him to slow down.

　　Song Lan didn't know how much Lu Xiang's game technology had improved, but her ability to act like a baby had improved several levels.

　　He felt that people in the counterintelligence department might never have dreamed that Minister Lu, who stayed at home, would be like this.

　　"Old Lu."

　　Looking at the cartoon-style thief who was not scary at all on the screen, Song Lan couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

　　But he still hugged Lu Xiang who was so frightened that he jumped up from the chair and threw himself into his arms.

　　"This game, it doesn't seem like a horror game."

　　Judging from the content, it is a thief catching simulator made by a small company, but sometimes players will go out suddenly and pretend to be full of thieves.

　　"I think it can be."

　　Lu Xiang quoted a sentence she saw recently, "The most important thing is to have fun playing games, and I am very happy now."

　　In the past few days, she has truly experienced the joy brought by the game, "Did you enjoy watching it?"

　　"happy."

　　
　
(End of this chapter)