4227 The Other Side 196

More astonishing was the fact that Alice, through the surveillance, had finally discovered Natalia's second personality. Natalisa finally made an appearance.

It was early one morning. Alice had set the alarm to wake up. Normally, Natalia would be up at 8am but Alice would set the alarm for 7am, waking up ahead of time to keep an eye on the girl. She realized there was something unfamiliar about Natalia the moment she opened her eyes.

The girl had no idea there were surveillance cameras in the room, let alone the fact that Alice was monitoring her every word and action. Hua Jin didn't know where Alice had placed the surveillance cameras, much less Natalia. In fact, Alice's surveillance system was very discreet.

There were a total of ten spots in the entire bedroom that had been secretly installed with surveillance cameras. One of them was at the head of the bed, pointing directly at Natalia's face.

When the girl woke up, she was without Natalia's usual expression, but with a coldness Alice had never seen before. Cold, dark, and devoid of any earthly aura. This had to be the second personality Professor Romanka had channeled… Natalisa.

The girl first sat up in bed. Instead of dressing immediately, she sat by her bed for a moment. Then she went to the desk and sat down. She stared at the calendar for a long time. She seemed to be observing the date, and, well, something else.

Alice made careful observations. She realized that Natalia was acting odd, in addition to the changed look in her eyes. That was when she was sure that she was looking at Natalia's second personality, Natalisa.

That, at least, proved… Professor Romanka's "manufacturing theory" was an absolute success. Even a person with a sound personality could develop split personality through external manipulation. This result almost subverted the understanding of all the researchers.

Alice got out of bed. By then, Hua Jin was up as well, preparing breakfast.

Natalia's breakfast was always prepared by the actor.

Surprised to see that she was already up, he asked Alice curiously, "Why are you up so early?"

Although Alice was up early, she did not have the habit of eating breakfast, so she did not come downstairs every morning. She said to the actor, "We have a problem."

"What's the matter?"

"I think it's quite possible that Natalia has switched personalities today. Just… pretend you know nothing about it."

The actor looked mildly surprised, but before he could ask anything, Natalia came downstairs.

Because Alice had doubts about whether this was indeed Natalisa, she approached the situation with reservation and made the assumption that it was Natalia even though she was not convinced at all.

By the time Natalia came downstairs, Alice had already realized, through her scrutiny of what she saw on the surveillance TV, Natalia was detached and not even like a normal child. Once downstairs, however, the girl put on Natalia's usual innocent expression.

"Morning!" The girl went to the foot of the table and sat down like a little angel, with an innocent expression on her face. "Are we eating ham and bread today?"

Hua Jin looked startled, but Alice interrupted him. "It's sandwiches with milk today."