Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1229 Dissociative Disorder

"Wait, Senior Brother isn't here too, is he?"

[This is very possible! Do you remember what Xu Fu said just now? He said there was a boy who was very difficult to deal with.]

"I remember Xu Fu saying that the boy 'turned into three'. Is this him? Although it's suspicious, my brother said he was fine."

【Ah!!! Ah!!!】

"what happened?"

【This is dissociative disorder! 】

"what?"

[You don't know, it's normal. This disease of extraordinary people has been systematically studied in Rome - because there are many extraordinary people suffering from the disease. Long-term illness makes a doctor.]

"What is dissociative disorder?"

[It means that the patient's body is separated for some reason, and one becomes two, or three or four.]

"Wait, why body and not soul?"

[The soul is in the brain, so you don't need magic to split the soul. But if you want the body to split, you need magic to create a new body - this dissociative disorder is very serious.]

"Is it incurable?"

【Bu Shangluo is a disease of extraordinary people. The impact it causes is often not limited to medical issues, but more of an ethical issue. Because from a medical point of view, the treatment of dissociative disorder is very simple. From an ethical point of view, dissociative disorder is incurable. 】

"What do you mean?" Shangluo made a knife gesture with his hand.

[Although I don't want to admit it, it's true. The method of 'treating' dissociative disorder is very simple, just kill the other selves. But can this really be done? Can a person really kill another self without hesitation? If he can't do it himself, then it is even more impossible for outsiders to do it! How can a mother think of killing one of her sons when her son has changed from one? These two are her sons, both are real. But! What about work? What about insurance? What about contracts? What about marriage? 】

Although a bullet could solve the problem, no one can do it. If this "once and for all" treatment is not possible, then this disease will bring a major ethical test. The most direct question Shangluo can think of is: Is it considered bigamy if one person becomes two?

"Ah, so that's the problem. This is really... really an incurable disease. By the way, what do those internal guards who can split themselves, such as Mr. Titus, say?"

【The Inner Guards are ready to devote themselves to the Empire. In fact, they have completed the transformation before they reach adulthood, and will start their own lives after the split. This can minimize the loss, because the love of parents for their children is unconditional, and even if there are seven, it will not test the parent-child relationship. But the relationship between husband and wife is different. The relationship between husband and wife corresponds to a specific person, even if they are exactly the same. So as long as the split is completed before leaving the lives of their parents, it will not cause too many problems. But.】

"but?"

[However, the splitting method of the blood of Hydra is somewhat special. First of all, the recruitment of the inner guards is not always so ideal, and they can always complete the transformation before adulthood. Sometimes even adults have to be recruited by the empire, and this often requires long negotiations - and there is also the most terrible problem, which is the problem Titus is facing now: he was united before. ]

"Ah!" Shangluo understood. As six independent natural persons, Titus was now six in one, which meant that the six times the original social relationships were all gathered in him.

"He's pretty strong then! Even in this situation, how could he still be so relaxed and cheerful before?"

[Maybe he was well prepared, so he didn't start his personal life. I don't know him very well. After all, I can't understand everyone's mental state - but you should be able to feel how serious this disease is. This problem is particularly prominent for the emperor: if the emperor is divided into three, what will happen to the queen? ]

"Why is this happening???" Shang Luo asked in surprise, "Didn't he go into seclusion? Why did one go in and three come out?"

【How would I know? Although the symptoms are the same, the causes are many. There could be countless reasons for a person's broken hand, but the result is the same, that is, the hand is broken. For Qigong practitioners, the reasons may be more complicated - so Shangluo, the new world of extraordinary people, will also face new problems. Maybe your extraordinary people are too stable, and the current base number does not show the common "disease-causing" factors, and everyone's symptoms can be treated specially. But after a large number of people are upgraded, I'm afraid you will have to conduct a systematic study on this.】

"He has made some achievements in the practice of alchemy. As a result, he has become a person in need of treatment, right? This is troublesome. We can..." Suddenly, the creaking sound of the door opening interrupted Shangluo's words.

"Eh? Shangluo, why are you here too?"

Zhu Xianxin suddenly appeared behind him, about a few hundred meters away.

"Brother? Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. I've been fine."

"You just now, actually split into three, right?"

"Did you find out? Well, I'm fine now. Look, I've recovered. Come on, let's go out."

Zhu Xianxun glanced at the map in his hand, turned around and closed the door behind him. Shangluo could vaguely see Xu Fu's figure appearing in the depths of the door. But as the door closed, Xu Fu's figure also disappeared.

Zhu Xianxi walked over quickly with a map in hand, walked around Shangluo for a few times, and squatted in front of a small wooden door:

"Eh? The exit is right next to you, why don't you go out for so long? Are you waiting for me here?"

[Ah, this. The exit is right next to us. Xu Fu really didn't dump us in a strange place. We are just a few steps away from the door.]

"Uh" This is a bit awkward. But I just went to interview the senior user, Hira Kiyomori, so it was not a wasted trip.

"Shangluo, is this the right door? Why does it look like a dog hole? Is there a road outside?"

"Yes, I came in through this door - but it's not a dog hole, it's a land temple."

"Oh, then I'll go out and take a look first." Zhu Xianxi lowered his head and stretched out his hand.
——"Ah!" Phaethon crouched on the spot with his head in his hands, "What should I do! Shangluo was sucked in! It's all my fault! I shouldn't have said that he was the only candidate. He was sucked in! What should I do!"

Fu Yuanshan next to him was also banging his head against the wall, cracking the cement.

"Excuse me, could you lend a hand?" Suddenly, a hand stretched out from the shrine.

"Hey?" Fu Yuanshan raised his head suddenly, "It's the Emperor! Emperor, are you okay?"

"I'm here. I'm fine. Give me a hand and pull me out."

Phaethon hurriedly asked, "Where is Shangluo? Is he here?"

"He's behind me."

The two were pulled out of the shrine one after another. Everything was normal, except that there was some dust on their knees.

"Ah, very good, very good." Zhu Xianxun patted the dust, "Everyone is happy. Shangluo, you got the pill, right? Everyone is here, we can go back now."

"Wait a minute." Shang Luo still stood there, "Brother, you should tell the truth - how did you kill the remaining two of us?"

(End of this chapter)