Chapter 305
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Chapter 305: Inquiry
After finishing a pot of tea, Lin Qiye calculated the time and realized it was time to return to the hospital, so he stood up to bid farewell to Master Chen.
“Recently, I need to make a trip to Huaihai City. If you have any issues at the prison, just find Xie Yu. He is the acting warden here, and when I’m not around, he is responsible for all matters in the prison,” Master Chen called out to Lin Qiye, giving him this instruction.
“Thank you, Master,” Lin Qiye thanked him again and hurriedly left the carriage, running towards the hospital.
When he arrived at the hospital entrance, he was surprised to find that Nurse Li had been waiting there for quite some time, and even Dr. Li was present.
“Have you seen Master Chen?” Dr. Li asked with a smile.
Lin Qiye was taken aback. “I have… How did you know?”
“I naturally know, after all, Master Chen came to the hospital to find you, but you weren’t here, so I had him wait for you in the activity area,” Dr. Li said as he closed the transparent door, walking alongside Lin Qiye.
Lin Qiye nodded.
“Moreover, I came this time to inform you of some news.” He handed Lin Qiye a document. “Your three phases of observation have concluded, and you can now choose to engage in activities within the hospital’s activity area without needing to share the activity zone with the prisoners.”
“Phase observation?” Lin Qiye took the document, a look of confusion appearing on his face.
“The first phase, ’72-hour pathological observation,’ primarily involves comprehensive assessments of your mental and physical state within the 72 hours after awakening;
The second phase, ‘pseudo-freedom solitary observation,’ involves secretly observing whether you exhibit any unconscious odd behaviors or irrational actions while alone. The reason you were sent to the activity area alone was for this purpose; only in an unmonitored environment can your subconscious be most relaxed, revealing many issues;
As for the third phase, it is ‘stress combat situational response observation,’ which is the most crucial part of all observation projects. It mainly observes whether you exhibit dullness, excitement, aggression, or bloodthirstiness when emotionally agitated, under high pressure, or in combat situations. Only after confirming that you can handle high-pressure combat can we preliminarily determine your ability to perform normal tasks.”
Lin Qiye carefully read through all the observation documents and realized that the entire process of his battle yesterday had been recorded, with every action and expression analyzed to determine if there were any abnormalities.
“So, you had me share the activity area with the prisoners just to complete these three phases of observation? You already knew I would have conflicts with them?” Lin Qiye turned to Dr. Li.
“This is a process that every mental patient sent here must undergo,” Dr. Li said seriously. “You should understand that the reasons for the Night Watchman’s mental breakdown are mostly related to intense combat, so the best observation method is to simulate a reasonable combat scenario.
To be honest, initially, we expected the ‘stress combat situational response observation’ to only require you to fight with three or more prisoners. You should have met the criteria when you fought those three prisoners the next day, but…”
“But what?”
“But Commander Ye specifically requested that your ‘stress combat situational response observation’ sample must be larger! More intense! To ensure that your mental state does not have issues in an extremely high-pressure combat environment.” Dr. Li shrugged helplessly. “I thought it would take at least over a month to meet this condition, but I didn’t expect your ability to stir up trouble to be so strong…”
Lin Qiye coughed a few times. “So, does the conclusion of the three phases of observation mean my mental state is fine?”
Dr. Li pondered for a moment. “Not necessarily. Theoretically, only after a year of observation can we be most assured.”
“…” Lin Qiye’s heart, which had just been excited, suddenly felt cold again.
Just as Dr. Li was about to say something, Lin Qiye suddenly spoke up, “So, Dr. Li, starting tomorrow, do I have to engage in activities in the hospital’s activity room?”
Dr. Li was taken aback. “Not necessarily. If you prefer to continue sharing the activity space with the prisoners, that’s fine too.”
“That’s good.” Lin Qiye nodded.
As the two reached the entrance of the research institute, Lin Qiye suddenly remembered something and asked, “By the way, Dr. Li…”
“Mm? What is it?”
“I have a friend… cough cough, I previously heard about a case regarding mental illness.” Lin Qiye started to say but suddenly recalled some unpleasant memories, quickly changing his wording.
“Oh?” Dr. Li raised an eyebrow, instantly intrigued. “Are you also interested in mental illness? Please elaborate.”
Lin Qiye organized his thoughts and continued, “There was a patient who behaved normally during the day, but at night, after falling asleep, another female personality would emerge, putting on makeup in front of the mirror… But in reality, he wasn’t suffering from schizophrenia; both personalities existed independently and authentically… Do you understand what I mean?”
Dr. Li hesitated for a moment and nodded. “Are you saying that there are two different souls residing within his body?”
Lin Qiye: “…”
Seeing Lin Qiye’s strange expression, Dr. Li looked puzzled. “Is that not the case? Did I misunderstand?”
“… No, you understood it… too accurately.” Lin Qiye took a long time to respond slowly.
He had tried hard to rephrase it to make this seemingly unscientific matter sound more scientific… but as soon as Dr. Li spoke, he hit the nail on the head.
One could say he truly is the top mental health doctor…
“In any case, that’s the situation,” Lin Qiye spoke again. “For such cases, is there any way to cure it without harming either soul?”
Dr. Li fell into thought. “Do these two souls repel each other?”
“No.”
“Are they aware of each other’s existence?”
“The male personality is unaware, but the female personality knows.”
“Have these two souls interacted before?”
“They were once a married couple.”
“Besides the personality changes, are there any other complications? For example, anxiety, extreme entanglement, disordered thoughts, hallucinations, etc.?”
“There are none.”
Dr. Li remained silent for a moment before slowly speaking. “I think I understand… If we look at this purely from a modern medical perspective, it may not be able to explain this situation well, because it doesn’t actually fall under the category of ‘disease,’ but leans more towards the mysterious side.
This situation is quite complex; traditional mental illness treatment methods cannot effectively treat it and can only use unconventional methods…”