Chapter 1377 Traces of fog (the weather is hot and everyone is going up the mountain)

Under the guidance of the doctor, Duanmuhuai met the woman - and then he understood why the doctors here were so confident.

“Ah……Ah………………”

The woman standing in front of Duanmuhuai had dull eyes, her mouth was wide open, and drool was flowing from the corners of her mouth. She looked like a zombie. It's just that zombies can at least bite people, but she seems to be a simple doll. After being brought over, she stood there without saying a word and could only make these indistinct shouts.

"I think you should give me an explanation."

Duanmuhuai glanced at it and knew that he would get no information from this woman, so he turned his head and looked at the doctor next to him, who sighed.

"As you can see, the effect of this lady is not good after entering the hospital for treatment. Perhaps because of excessive sadness, she has completely closed her mind. Now she is as described in the literal sense. , just a bunch of walking corpses, in fact even we can’t communicate with her..."

"Oh, okay."

Duanmu Huai was obviously too lazy to pursue this girl's nonsense. He just sneered, then raised his phone and pointed it at the lady in front of him. Then with a "click", the flash light came on, and then Duanmuhuai put down the phone and nodded to the doctor.

"Okay, thank you for your cooperation, I'll leave first."

"………………"

Seeing that Duanmu Huai actually chose to leave so straightforwardly, the doctor was stunned for a moment. But soon, it returned to normal.

"certainly."

"goodbye."

After saying this, Duanmu Huai turned around and left the mental hospital. Looking at his retreating back, the doctor frowned, but in the end he didn't say anything and continued his work.

And leaving

After entering the mental hospital, Duanmuhuai drove away.

"Okay, now you can tell me the situation."

As Duanmuhuai spoke, the shadows around him began to roll like a swamp, and then, a middle-aged woman appeared silently in the back seat. This is exactly the old ability held by Duanmu Huai, Shadow Copy - by copying the other party's intelligence data and then reproducing it as a shadow, there is no difference between him and himself.

It's just that Shadow will completely obey Duanmu Huai and will say anything as long as it is an order given by him. This is also the biggest reason why Duanmu Huai can solve those cases - what could be simpler than asking the prisoner to confess on his own initiative?

Therefore, Duanmu Huai did not expect to obtain information from the woman from the beginning. For him, as long as he met and then used the shadow copy, the problem would be solved.

This is how it should be...

“Ah……Ah………………”

However, the woman sitting in the back seat of the vehicle was still no different from before. She was still looking ahead blankly, like a zombie. Seeing this, Duanmu Huai frowned. Shadow copy is to copy the current human memory and completely copy it, but it will not have the state of the original subject.

For example, if a person takes drugs and becomes unconscious, the memory of the person copied by Duanmuhuai will be normal and he will not be in a drug-induced state. Duanmu Huai originally thought that the previous woman became like that because she took some psychotropic drugs, but now it seems that is not the case?

But this does not mean that Duanmu Huai has no solution at all.

"Please explain, what's going on?"

As he spoke, Duanmuhuai glanced at the rearview mirror - and saw the psychiatrist from before appearing next to the woman.

The latter looked at Duanmuhuai with a flattering smile.

"Sorry, Master, I don't know the specific situation. I only know that the dean personally performed the surgery on her. After that, she became like this."

"Be specific and explain the causes and consequences."

"Yes...about three days ago, our hospital received a notice from the police, saying that a violent suspect was suspected of having mental problems, so he was sent to our hospital for treatment. When the woman was brought, she Her hands and feet were tightly tied, but even so, she kept trying to attack the police officers, which was indeed consistent with a manic and aggressive state. Then, the dean immediately admitted her to treatment and sent her to a hospital. treatment in the operating room.”

"Send to the operating room immediately?"

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai frowned. This is not an emergency like a car accident. To take a step back, is it necessary to send a patient to the operating room for a mental illness?

"What kind of surgery was done?"

"This... I'm sorry, I don't know about this. Only the head nurse in the entire hospital may know something about the director's surgery. Others are not allowed to talk about it."

"Does your hospital receive many patients? I mean like her?"

"Yes, there are many. We cooperate with the police. As long as they find mental patients, they will send them to our hospital for treatment. In fact, many patients have been cured by the director and returned to society!"

At this point, the doctor became excited.

"Perhaps you don't understand what this means, Master. Mental patients can be cured through surgery. This is a great progress in medicine! In this hospital, almost all doctors hope to be taught by the dean and master this technology! "

"Becoming like her?"

Duanmu Huai glanced at the woman behind him who looked no different from a robot servant and spoke.

"No, this is just a side effect of the operation. In fact, after the operation, the patient will go through such a period and then return to normal - at least that's what the dean said. During this period, the patient will remain in this state."

"Then this side effect is quite strong."

Duanmu Huai silently complained and then changed the subject.

"So, you mean the police station and your hospital are in a cooperative relationship?"

"Yes, this is a care plan from the city hall. I heard that the content is to maintain social order. After all, the police used to arrest mentally ill prisoners but couldn't do anything with them. Later, the mayor issued this plan and allocated a sum of money from the city government to establish a care foundation, which is mainly used to treat those mentally ill patients who have caused harm to society for various reasons and provide them with treatment expenses."

"Even the mayor is involved. To be honest, I'm not surprised at all."

Duanmu Huai seemed very calm about this. After all, this matter could be covered up for so long, there must be a relationship above - then the mayor is very suspicious.

"How long has this plan been implemented?"

"About five years..."

"Five years..."

Hearing the doctor's answer, Duanmu Huai frowned.

"So how many patients have been cured and discharged from your hospital in the past five years?"

"About... more than 300?"

"Are these 300 people sent from the police station?"

"It should be about the same. At least in my memory, the large increase in patients started after the implementation of the Care Plan."

"Okay, I know."

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai laughed and then glanced at the passenger seat next to him.

"That's what he said. So, Mr. Chief, what do you have to say?"

As Duanmu Huai's voice fell, the shadow began to expand again, condensed, and turned into a pot-bellied police chief.

"Hehe... Master... I can only say that I was following orders... Of course, I got a lot of benefits from it. After all, the mayor promised me that I would be paid for every person I caught... And my subordinates also need to share the money."

"So who are you going to catch?"

"No, of course not. Our main target is those who have noticed the abnormality of this city. Unfortunately, there is always a loophole. After all, our police force is limited and we can only do this. The mayor was furious because of your arrival and ordered us to send you away as soon as possible."

"So, what is the mayor going to do?"

"The mayor has a plan."

"Plan?"

"Yes, a great plan, for that lord..."

At this point, the director's fat body suddenly began to tremble.

"Dedicate everything to it! Whether it's our flesh and blood! Or soul! This is about to begin, and no one can stop it! For---!"

"Bang!!"

However, before the police chief finished speaking, his body suddenly swelled and became a huge human-shaped balloon, and then burst completely. At the same time, the psychiatrist and the woman sitting in the back seat of the car also turned into a pile of rags. The scattered black shadows splashed like mud, stained the car, and emitted an unpleasant odor.

"What a trouble."

And Duanmu Huai seemed to turn a blind eye to it. He just held the steering wheel tightly and looked ahead, muttering.

As for why this happened, the reason was very simple. The other party had already established a connection with a certain evil god. Therefore, when Duanmu Huai tried to control it, the power of the evil god also began to fight back and eventually self-destructed.

Now it seems that at least his idea is correct. This city is involved in some conspiracy, and it is related to the evil god.

I just don't know which one it is.

So far, Duanmu Huai's investigation has come to an end. He sent the car to a car wash and asked them to wash it clean from inside to outside. He went to the hotel room to take a shower and change clothes. At the same time, Duanmu Huai did not forget to ask Ziyuan Temple Youzi to investigate the situation of this caring foundation on the Internet, and sent a text message to Sha Jiuye to explain the situation.

After Duanmu Huai finished his shower and changed his clothes, he also received a call from the food detective. It seemed that the investigation there had also come to an end. In order to exchange information with each other, Duanmu Huai went to a nearby family restaurant according to the address on the text message.

"Hey, this way."

As soon as Duanmu Huai entered the door, he saw the food detective sitting not far away waving at him, so Duanmu Huai also came over and sat down opposite. Next to the food detective sat an idol detective girl in a school uniform who looked like a high school girl.

The former was eating curry rice in big mouthfuls, while the latter was fiddling with her phone boredly. Duanmu Huai nodded to the two of them and then sat opposite them.

"What did you find?"

"Some, what about you?"

"Me too, let me talk first."

Duanmu Huai asked for a glass of juice, and then explained what he had heard from Shadow. When they heard Duanmu Huai's story, the food detective and the idol detective showed surprised expressions.

"You have investigated so deeply?"

"It's okay, it's not too difficult."

After all, just copy the shadow and ask questions, everyone can do it.

"The police transport mental patients to hospitals for specialized treatment? Is this really okay?"

The idol detective became obviously serious.

"In this case, doesn't it mean that the police can take someone to the hospital if they say they have mental illness? And since this is within the scope of medical treatment and does not involve law enforcement, doesn't that mean they can arrest whoever they want?"

"Just in time, I also have some information to tell you."

The food detective took another mouthful of curry rice and spoke at the same time.

"I still have a few old friends in this city, but when I went to look for them today, I found that they were all missing... No, it can't be said to be missing. They all seemed to have left the city. Even their The neighbors didn’t know where these people had gone. I asked an old man’s assistant and learned that he was investigating a disappearance case before he disappeared.”

"I have similar news here."

The idol detective also spoke now.

"I inquired around the school here and found that there was indeed a situation consistent with what Mr. Duanmu said. I heard that a student suddenly went crazy during class and attacked many students. Then the police came and took him away and transferred him. He was admitted to a mental hospital for treatment. He was later cured and discharged, and he is still in school. According to the teacher, he seemed to have returned to normal after being discharged from the hospital and no longer had similar symptoms of madness. But..."

"but?"

"His friends don't think so. I asked the student's childhood sweetheart, who told me that she felt like a different person since the student came back, although her behavior was the same as usual, and her behavior was also different. It's the same, but she always feels that he is some kind of monster wearing a human skin. Now it seems that the mental hospital... seems to be very suspicious. "

As he spoke, the idol detective frowned and looked at the gourmet detective.

“Can mental illness be treated with surgery?”

"Lobotomy can indeed relieve mental symptoms to a certain extent, but I don't know the specifics. However, I know a few doctors and I can contact them to ask."

The food detective is not a professional doctor, so naturally he cannot make a professional judgment, and the same goes for Duanmu Huai. So soon, the three of them skipped this topic.

"So what's next? Do you want to continue investigating the mental hospital?"

"To be honest, I think there must be something wrong with that place."

Duanmu Huai didn't care at all. If he were the judge, he would just rush in and execute him on the spot without saying a word. It's a pity... In this world, he doesn't have the qualifications to be a judge, which is somewhat of a trouble.

"No, I think the mental hospital can take some time off."

The food detective shook his head.

"You came to inquire today and have aroused the other party's alert. If you continue the investigation, you may force the other party to destroy the evidence. I think we can start with that student. At least we must first know how he was cured. , and...what has he become now."

Of course, the important thing is that high school students are easier to handle. How can two adult men on my side not be able to deal with a high school student?

"No problem, when will you leave?"

The gourmet detective said nothing and looked at the idol detective, who smiled proudly and raised his phone.

"I've already made contact. We'll go after dinner."