bookbashuk Chapter 2817: Demonic Restricted Area (3)
Chapter 2817: Demonic Restricted Area (3)
Chapter 2817: Demonic Restricted Area (Thirteen)
Schiller felt a little tricky.
The bishop invited him, obviously not to let him get the consultation fee for free. His fees are indeed very expensive, but again, he may be unscrupulous, but he is definitely not a quack. If he takes people's money, he has to do things for them.
But this situation was a rare case he had never seen before, and it was rare for two reasons.
First, the source of the patient's illness was not groundless, nor was it fabricated. Schiller now knew that the patient's hallucinations were most likely not hallucinations, and the monster was real, which was a situation Schiller had never encountered before.
Most of the patients he had come into contact with in the past had hallucinations for various reasons, but what they had in common was that the monster was just a figment of their imagination and did not exist in the real world. Usually, they were aware of this and were able to muster up the courage to fight the monster.
Secondly, the patient's condition deteriorated too quickly. Up to now, he can be said to be terminally ill. That is to say, even if he was just frightened when he first saw the monster and did not develop any pathological disease, he is basically a complete mental patient now.
Generally speaking, most people would not wait until this situation to see a doctor. They would choose to go to the hospital when hallucinations seriously interfere with their daily lives. But if nothing unexpected happens, this patient should have never been to the hospital, at least not to a psychiatric department, and probably could not take any medication.
Schiller believed that the patient was Martha Wayne.
As for why it is not Bruce Wayne, it is because the Bruce in the world is not such a person. Batman is actually extremely conceited. If he sees a monster and judges that he is mentally normal and will not have hallucinations, then he will definitely firmly believe that the monster is real and will not doubt that he is crazy, thus causing internal friction.
Just like the psychological problems that Cobert developed, ordinary people rely more on social recognition and affirm themselves through the affirmation of others, and they have almost no absolutely stable anchor for self-cognition.
But it's different for people like Batman and the Joker. These are usually not a problem for crazy people. Their self-cognition anchor is stable enough and their wisdom is high enough. Even if they are deceived for a while, they will eventually be able to tell on their own whether there is a real monster or they are crazy.
Therefore, only ordinary people will feel confused, bewildered and frightened by this. There are not many people in Gotham who can be called ordinary people. Cobblepot is one of them, but his symptoms do not match the standard. The only one left is Martha Wayne who once appeared in the phantom.
Little Bruce had mentioned to Schiller before that it was not that simple for him to be targeted by Naija, and he also mentioned his mother. Now it seems that perhaps the source of all the contamination lies with Martha Wayne.
So the question is, Martha Wayne died a long time ago, so what about the abnormalities that broke out in the hotel and the city 20 days ago?
Schiller believed that in the eyes of ordinary people, death is like the extinguishing of a light, and since people are dead, they naturally cannot cause any trouble. However, things are not that simple. They have previously discovered that human brain waves may be affected by the earth's magnetic field and turn into abnormal waves, which are commonly known as ghosts.
Since it can be affected by the earth's magnetic field, it can naturally be affected by other magnetic fields, or it can also be affected by other radio wave interference. Schiller had previously speculated that the knowledge that the outer gods imparted to humans might be a kind of radio wave interference.
If Martha Wayne had been disturbed when she was alive, it is very likely that her brain waves did not dissipate, but instead turned into something similar to a ghost.
It is not completely unreasonable to say that ghosts are confined to their obsessions during their lifetime. Although their brain waves have become abnormal, most of their basic properties remain unchanged. They may still have memories of when they were alive. For Martha Wayne, her soul and the pollution were left behind.
If you want to solve the mystery of the hotel, you naturally have to find the ghost of Martha Wayne. The Martha that appears in the room is just an illusion, but it also explains some problems. Martha may have indeed wandered around the hotel and has not left until today.
To find Martha's ghost, we have to start with her mental state and figure out to what extent she had deteriorated before her death. However, if we want to find out her mental state before her death and explore deeper step by step according to the rules of the hotel, we will undoubtedly fall into some kind of trap.
Schiller had already planned to speed up, so it was naturally impossible for him to play by the other party's rules. Otherwise, even if they could find Martha deep in the hotel, they would definitely not be able to comfort Martha.
Schiller knew that this was why the bishop had called him over. They could explore step by step like investigators, but in fact the easiest way was to use their expertise to guess the answer without practice.
Schiller does have this ability. He has extensive clinical experience and has seen the complete course of disease development for many such patients.
He knew that his private space was invaded and that feeling of being monitored was actually just the beginning of this phase of the disease. Thinking of the people close to him as monitors who might harm him at any time was also only the initial stage of the disease development.
If Schiller's judgment is correct, if this step is not curbed, the patient will begin to become aggressive. At first, he may just talk nonsense, yell, and say something like "You are all here to hurt me", and he will keep repeating how you are going to hurt me.
At this stage, the patient is actually still rational. He will keep yelling or even attacking, but in fact, he is just trying to push away the people close to him. His instinct makes him want others to stay away from him, so it is not dangerous.
They will also have obvious periods of excitement and fatigue. During the period of excitement, they will make random accusations and push each other, and may even spend more than ten hours talking rapidly. Depending on their individual physical condition, they will have different degrees of delirium.
But during the fatigue period, they will show disappointment and frustration, lose interest in everything, and even panic to the point of numbness and inability to move, entering a very typical catatonic state.
If left untreated at this stage, the aggressive behavior of the agitated phase will become increasingly severe, with complete loss of orientation, sensory confusion, abnormal limb behavior, and ultimately disordered, chaotic attacks.
Most of the doctors and nurses who are beaten by patients in the hospital are attacked at this stage. The other party does not actually want to hit people, they just cannot control their brains, and their brains cannot mobilize their limbs correctly. If you accidentally get close to them, you may get punched, but if you let them go, they may fall directly to the ground and will not be able to move normally.
Schiller believes that if all the abnormalities in the hotel are caused by Martha's contaminated brain waves, then each part may represent each stage of her illness. The manor above the swimming pool is the transition from mild to severe illness, which can be said to be a watershed in the course of the disease.
Schiller was not sure whether resolving the events here could reduce the pollution in Martha's brain waves, but now they had entered here, and in order to survive they had to find a way to solve the problems in the manor.
But after all, this is not a purely mental problem. As mentioned before, monsters really exist, and now they are in the patient's hallucination. There is no way to interfere with the patient's illness as an external condition. Schiller has no such experience, and as a doctor, he cannot be so arrogant.
Schiller thought about it and felt that it was necessary to hold a consultation.
But the consultation requires funds. After all, each personality trait is now adjusting to its new body, and it is not easy to invite them back to the tower. Schiller feels very painful because the consultation fee he just received is not even warm yet.
However, Schiller had to do so out of responsibility to his patients.
The bishop was still confused when he came back. He looked at his hand and found no note left behind. Greedy who returned to the tower only said a few words in a hurry, just asking him to wait, and did not give any useful clues. His medical fee was wasted.
The bishop thought it unlikely. He understood greed. This guy was the typical one who would do as much as he was paid. Although the sacrifices were not many, they were not so few that he would do nothing.
While the bishop was wondering, greed had already begun to shake people in the superego's office.
After a while, Pride pushed the door open and said impatiently, "What's wrong? Do you have another patient you can't handle?"
"Believe me, this is a very tricky one." Greedy showed a worried look. He said, "It's not just a pathological problem, it also involves magic. If you have time, go ask those magic-related personality traits. We need to have a general consultation."
Arrogance originally wanted to make a few sarcastic remarks, but when he saw Greedy's expression and realized the seriousness of the matter, he left without saying anything.
After a while, many personalities came knocking on the door one after another. Seeing Greedy busy sorting out the documents, they were tactful and said nothing. They turned around and walked towards the meeting room.
When Greedy had sorted out all the information, he opened the door and found that there were already two rows of people sitting in the conference room. Everyone was basically looking through the information in the memory bank to see what the bishop had streamed back about the interior of the hotel.
Greed walked to the front, aligned the information on the table, and then said: "I believe everyone has understood what the current situation is. The specific details of the whole incident are in the memory bank. You can look it up yourself."
"Because this is a multidisciplinary collaborative consultation, in order to save time, each discipline will first conduct group discussions, and then each discipline will issue a consultation opinion before a large-scale discussion."
Whispers immediately broke out in the conference room. Arrogant, sitting on the right chair in the first row, did not seem flustered at all. It was obvious that he had already reached a conclusion. He was even in the mood to chat with Greedy.
"You are really willing to give. The sacrifice is quite a lot."
“Only those who have never seen money would think that those small amounts are not a small amount.” Greedy could look at his own records while retorting to arrogance.
Arrogant sneered, and rarely refuted. He sat there and thought for a while, then said, "I always feel that we will encounter a lot of such things in the future. If we all go to new bodies by then, it will be troublesome if we encounter such things."
"It doesn't have to be this way to solve it." Greedy lowered his head and turned another page, then said: "It's just that this case is very rare. I have never seen a real monster. If you miss this opportunity, you will never get it again."
"I knew you didn't mean so well." Arrogant shook his head and said, "Martha's personality is really unremarkable. Don't expect me to analyze anything that can turn the situation around. She is just a good mother in the traditional sense. She can't provide any clues in this regard."
"Then tell me your best." Greedy finally had time to glance at him and said, "Don't think you can take the consultation fee and do nothing. You have to write enough words for me."
"Don't worry, I'm not Bruce." Pride smiled and said. Greedy thought he would try his best to analyze what he said, but Pride said, "I'm pretty good at making up the word count."
(End of this chapter)