The third floor study room, the rich man was reading Wu Jiang Tao's medical records, and finally found a line of small, unblinking words among the 300 pages of medical records.
—— This action actually has nothing to do with Wu Jiang Tao himself, it's his family's medical history.
Medical history shows that his family has had three generations of schizophrenic patients, among whom the one closest to him is his mother.
Wu Jiang Tao's mumbling state was indeed very similar to that of schizophrenia. If he really had a seizure, they could have used that kind of pink spice to stabilize everyone's condition.
During the day, the team members only did some mechanical testing without conducting any analysis.
That night, everyone did not drink the refrigerator drinks, but also did not get the same quality sleep as Ye Xi the day before.
... Because Ngo Giang Dao completely went crazy, crying and laughing as he rolled around all night.
Outside the small, dark room was a large, dark passageway. His crazy voice echoed in this kind of environment, making everyone panic.
But even so, early the next morning, the vast majority of people still felt their minds had never been clear before.
It was as if the thoughts were suddenly cleared, and many previously deliberately ignored logical points naturally came together. This feeling was as if a rusty, clogged water pipe had suddenly been washed clean and smooth, with clean, clear water flowing through, bringing a refreshing, comfortable feeling.
After breakfast, the family gathered on the third floor again, everyone was very excited. Tieu Lanh went to make coffee for the family, to dispel the misery of not being able to sleep enough.
Just add the coffee shop upstairs, the team members on the third floor have already brought out the background of the strange conversation.
After letting go of the idea of "infecting a mutant" that had always trapped the tycoon, all the elements of the bunker, imprisonment, flattery, cutting off contact with the outside world, everyone realized how strong this strange talk was towards pervert criminals.
To summarize, the doctor "Xiao Ming" took advantage of his position to use a group of patients as prey, luring them into his home and locking them up to satisfy his own desires.
Because these patients themselves have mental problems, it is easy for "Xiao Ming" to hesitate. Although "Xiao Ming" is not a psychologist or a mental health expert, as a professional doctor, he has definitely learned this knowledge, and breaking through their psychological defenses is as easy as turning over one's hand.
At the same time, he also wove a "Dream Scene" for them.
First, he should tell them a story, such as the outside world being invaded by zombies, and he is protecting them. This kind of story is not convincing to normal adults, but as their doctor, he should have natural credibility, not to mention he also has medicine as an aid.
It is also their room's kind of "special drink".
From previous experience, this kind of drink will make them create some real but fake dream scenes, for example, Ye Xi dreamed that he was running away, Zhang Liping dreamed that he was being attacked, although the feeling was only one, but it just happened to be able to prove that "Xiao Ming" made up the story, helping Xiao Ming complete the brainwashing on them.
These are outrageous stories, how many of the victims actually believe them, it's hard to say, but imprisoning themselves day by day can easily bring them down.
For the slightly knowledgeable new team member Nguyen Thu Ham, the brainwashing that "Xiao Ming" could give to the big guys was only at the elementary level, but after they discovered that they couldn't escape, they started brainwashing themselves, convincing themselves to accept their fate.
Humans have very strong adaptability and self-protection mechanisms. When they realize that escape is hopeless, both physiologically and psychologically they will begin to anticipate and immediately respond to the survival environment, trying their best to survive.
Therefore, they began to "win over" the little brother, began to work hard to provide him with "emotional value", and even began to fight for his affection, just to rob him of survival resources.
But Xiao obviously enjoyed it. He prepared a lot of gifts, used as "rewards" to please him. In order to survive, the brainwashed victims of the group took a step further to "enter the role". If they got the reward, they would show it off to others. If they didn't get it, they would be jealous and unconvinced, and would therefore work even harder to please Xiao Ming.
Another detail is that the makeup items that appear in their room are all very low-quality. And in Xiao Ming's master bedroom's dressing table drawer, all the skin care products and makeup items are all brand name products, not a single one is cheap.
Unsurprisingly, this is probably something he can use only when he "sleeps". On the one hand, this will give him more enjoyment, on the other hand, it is also another kind of "reward" for the victim.
His rich medical experience, taking advantage of all kinds of opportunities to surround and eliminate victims, made them unable to not please him.
The last rule of the underground group says: Stay here, you will be safe, comfortable, and happy, so there is no need to research those trivial matters.
——After reading the background of the story as "Pervert commits a crime", these words seem very much like a victim deceiving himself.
They tell themselves that staying here makes them "safe, comfortable, and happy", but even if you just look at their living space, you can tell that living here has nothing to do with these three words.
Nguyen Thu Ham felt that it was very likely that there were still people who resisted, so although Tieu Minh was interested, he was still wary of them, so at night he used handcuffs to interrogate the "sleeping companion" to limit his movements.
After finishing this summary, the pervert Xiao Leng felt very uncomfortable. He placed the coffee in front of the boss and sat there silently, trying to accept his own personality.
Compared to him, Zhang Liping was in a worse mood. Realizing that the strange talk was about sexual assault, he trembled as he looked towards his teammates: "This kind of… this kind of need, why is there still… There are men… Ah..."
But human joy and sorrow are not mutually exclusive, Yang Ge obviously did not feel that he was broken, hearing this question very gently told him: "Bisexuality."
"Probably mainly likes girls, but occasionally also wants to find a man… Um… A bit more refreshing."
"Ah ah, stop talking!" Zhang Liping covered his face, "I must have a psychological trauma! This counts as a work accident!"
Tieu Lanh's face was gloomy: "I'm the work accident."
"What do you mean!!!" Truong Lap Binh roared, "You are the one who has benefited!!! You are really cool!!!"
Everybody: "..."
Xiao Leng's forehead veins were throbbing: "Don't tell me it's like I really slept with you."
"..." Truong Lap Binh fell into silence.
Xiao Leng coughed softly: "The basic logic is now established, but I still have one problem."
Truong Lap Binh expressionless: "Pervert, please speak up."
Xiao Leng frowned slightly, glanced at him, and slowly said: "You guys are trapped in the idea of 'infecting mutation', because of the effects of the medicine. But I have never come into contact with this kind of drink, but two days ago, I was also always thinking about the mutation."
"Even before two days." Xiao Leng's words paused, "Until now, there has been a voice in my heart trying to convince me that your analysis is wrong, the mutation infection is the real thing."
"What would be disturbing my thoughts?"
The teammates looked at each other.
Diep Tich asked thoughtfully: "Have you checked the things you eat? Could it be that the food you eat has something added to it?"
Tieu Lanh shook his head: "The things I eat are just extra portions that I made for you when you cooked. It's just that your rice has 'light pink seasoning', I don't have it myself."
Regardless of whether the pink spice was used to control their illness or not, not eating it would instead cause problems in his mind.
Diep Tich asked in a low, gentle voice: "So do you… eat other things? Like snacks, sweets, etc?"
Tieu Lanh's eyebrows twitched: "I don't have it."
Diep Tich: "Really?"
He turned his face to look at her, his thin lips pursed into a small string. Diep Tich saw his expression and laughed unkindly.
... She was aware that he felt that her problem in front of the newcomer was embarrassing him, but she really only wanted to ask to the end because she wanted to analyze the problem clearly.
But his appearance, revealed a kind of unreliable child's frustration.
She waved her hand: "If you don't eat, then don't eat. Why are you glaring at me?"
Xiao Leng silently withdrew his gaze, and Ye Xi gently said: "Then, would you please accept the public opinion a little? What else would cause this kind of influence?"
"Well, I feel… It might have something to do with those games." Huang Jing said while looking towards Zhang Liping.
Yesterday, she and Zhang Li Ping and Nguyen Thu Ham checked out the game room across the street, but Nguyen Thu Ham didn't understand much about the game, so she was basically just watching the fun.
Huang Jing said: "There are two game consoles on the other side, one is PS5, one is Switch, there are several zombie-themed games inside… Could it be that you play this game too much, you can't distinguish between reality and fantasy, and you've fooled yourself?"
"I don't think so?" Wang Xinran shook her head, pointing to the medical bookshelf behind her, "Yesterday when I was checking the books, I saw a folder on that bookshelf, inside were some documents of all kinds, such as utility bills and so on. The folder has these two months' salary, 'Xiao Ming' not only has the basic salary, but also the surgery bonus."
"... So what?" Hoang Tinh did not understand.
Wang Xinran tilted her head: "Dissection is a very delicate matter! If a gamer can't even distinguish between reality and fantasy, then not only will his mental state most likely not be suitable, his own physical condition probably won't be very good either, can he still perform surgery?"
"This is also true." Huang Jing frowned, "If he really 'deceived' himself, then let alone surgery, he probably won't even be able to go to class! A person who believes that he has been trapped by a zombie is unlikely to be able to go out normally."
"I don't think this matter is likely to be that complicated." Nguyen Thu Ham spoke again after thinking carefully, "First of all, we must know that 'Xiao Ming' is a pervert. Most of you who came out from the police station must have studied criminal psychology, right?"
"Learn too much!" Duong Ca said firmly.
Criminal psychology is a great weapon to help them solve crimes. As police officers, they not only study, but also practice.
"However..." Yang Ge changed the subject and scratched his head, "If you were just that perverted part, I would have already given it to the teacher."
"..." Nguyen Thu Ham was speechless.
This is actually not Yang Ge's fault, because even for the police, the probability of "perverts", "antisocial personalities" and other crimes appearing is still too low. Moreover, the majority of the people in their three teams were still transferred here from the drug trafficking department. Although the drug trafficking group had bad morals, were extremely vicious, and had many crimes, they were not perverts or antisocial personalities.
In other words, from the perspective of a specialized attack technique, this topic is extremely tough for Yang Ge.
Nguyen Thu Ham organized his thoughts a bit, using few words but many meanings to summarize the knowledge points: "Simply put, those psychological changes are actually abnormal, their minds are not complete, so if we analyze them with a normal person's mentality, it doesn't have any meaning."
"Of course, as normal people, we cannot possibly understand them from a 'perverted' perspective. So I feel that if we want to forcefully dig up the reason why 'little Ming' was brainwashed, it is better to refer to real-life cases."
"Real situation?" Yang Ge became even more flustered, her expression depressed, "I really have never done this kind of death sentence..." As she spoke, she turned her gaze to her teammates who had worked with her for many years, but her teammates all showed regret.
Nguyen Thu Ham pondered for a moment: "I watched a death case in an American drama that is very similar to this strange story… Although it is a drama, it is an adaptation of a real case, I feel it can be used as a reference."
Duong Ca nodded: "Tell me."
Nguyen Thu Ham said: "The criminals there are not much different from this place's 'little bandits', they all kidnapped women and imprisoned them in their own basements, sexually assaulting them. Moreover, he also gave the victim a story, there is no such thing as a mutant zombie flying in the sky, it is said that they were entangled together and passed through the wash. Previous convictions, therefore, were tracked by the A country government, required to be hidden, from him to take care of them. Although the stories are different, the effects are not much different, both achieve the purpose of making the victim give up and run away, also giving the victim a reason to deceive themselves and others."
"When the police finally arrived, the criminal himself and the police had already fought fiercely, and even tried to let the victims escape through the window. This detail shows that the criminal himself also believed this story."
"At the same time, in the eyes of outsiders, the criminal is an elite lawyer, rich, prestigious, mentally sound, even his parents cannot believe that he would do such a terrifying thing."
Nguyen Thu Ham finished spreading the blanket in one breath, the background of the story was inevitable, but Duong Ca was still a bit anxious: "What happened next?" Duong Ca pressed on, "Why would he believe in his own story?"
Nguyen Thu Ham said: "The police were also very confused about this issue. They thought he was pretending to be crazy, pretending to be mentally ill, and using this as an excuse to get out of trouble."
"The psychiatrist came out to consult... He found out that he really had psychological problems."
Duong Ca paused, guessing from her words: "Schizophrenia? Or multiple personality disorder?"
"Neither." Nguyen Thu Ham slowly shook his head, "He simply deceived himself, simply put, his psychological problems made it very easy for him to deceive himself. No matter how outstanding he is outside, when he returns home, as long as he wants me to believe that what he is doing is right, he can do it."
"Therefore, he easily rationalized his own criminal behavior in his heart, and there was no connection between the 'elite lawyer' and the 'perverted criminal'. Even when he entered prison, he still believed that he was innocent, that he was only protecting those girls."
"You can say he is double-minded, say he is stubborn, say he has chosen to lose his memory... But his world is just like that. We are unable to understand his thoughts, because we are normal people, and he is not."
Nguyen Thu Ham said up to here, glanced at Tieu Lanh: "This kind of situation is very similar to 'Xiao Ming'? Xiao Ming has a villa, can be a doctor on the operating table, in the eyes of outsiders, he should also be an elite class. But in reality, his mind might not be as perfect as it looks on the surface."
"This is also a kind of explanation..." Yang Ge nodded thoughtfully, "If we can't find another reason, it's probably because of this."
Tieu Lang's expression was gloomy and uncertain.
It wasn't because "Xiao Ming's" emotions were bothering him, but Nguyen Thu Ham's explanation showed that his character was more perverted than he had imagined.
In silence, Tieu Lanh looked into Diep Tich's eyes without a trace.
Her original impression of him was not very good, and now it might have become even worse because of this strange conversation.
Xiao Leng's expression became a little gloomy, but his voice was still steady: "The basic background of the story is clear, let's continue to complete the test that was not done yesterday." He looked at the surrounding bookshelves, "Right now we are missing the section called 'clearance method', the next test will be to use this as the target to find clues."
"Alright." The team members followed the voice and dispersed once more, checking for clues one step at a time. The main focus of the check was still on the third floor, because there were a large number of books and games on the third floor. The possibility of finding clues from these things was much higher than the living things on the second floor.
Diep Tich walked towards the bookshelf, after clearing her mind, she no longer continued to flip through those medical books, but instead turned her gaze to the novels on the shelf next to her.
The novels had a wide range of topics, and it was easy to develop a liking for them. She stood in front of the shelf, carefully examining the titles on the spines of the books, while pondering whether or not to tell everyone about last night's dream.
... Last night, she had a very complicated dream. But the dream was chaotic, with fighting, struggling, screaming, and trying her best to think in fear.
At that time, she felt that the dream had a clear timeline, but after waking up, the timeline was completely disrupted. She tried hard for a long time but still couldn't smooth it out. The heart-pounding images in the dream also became very blurry.
So now when she tells this dream, she doesn't know how to explain it, her mind is a mess.
After thinking about it for a long time, Diep Tich decided not to mention this dream for now. On one hand, her memory was vague, and if she spoke harshly, she might mislead her teammates; on the other hand, if this dream was really a strange story, then the clue couldn't have remained vague all this time. If it remained vague, then it might just be an ordinary dream.
A few steps away, Tieu Lanh looked at the bookshelf in front of Diep Tich, silently walked towards the door, and when he passed by Duong Ca, he touched her arm.
Duong Ca was stunned, turned around and walked out with him. Tieu Lanh went to the second floor without a word, turned around at the end of the porch: "... Help a little."
Duong Ca: "What?"
Xiao Leng glanced upstairs, his expression not very natural: "This time, strange talk… Next time, I will have less contact with Ye Xi. If there is anything, you can help me pass on the message. I will give you half of the reward."
"?" Duong Ca felt his sincerity and seriousness from the conditions he proposed, but...
"Why?" Her eyes widened, "Xi Xi said you are more normal in the strange pond than outside, you are still avoiding her in the strange pond, do you think of escaping?"
"Think." Xiao Leng replied with a single word, at the same time his expression became even uglier, "But this time the strange talk..." He took a deep breath, "I, am a pervert."
"..." Duong Ca silently looked at Tieu Lanh.
Tieu Lanh looked at Duong Ca earnestly.
A few seconds later, Duong Ca forced a smile: "That makes sense."
Finished speaking, she patted Tieu Lanh's shoulder, eyes filled with pity as she comforted him: "Think about it, the way you are now and how you grew up in reality are different, Tich Tich probably won't avoid you because of this."
Tieu Lang was silent: "Yes."
Duong Ca said again: "Moreover, in reality, you are more beautiful than this version. Trust me, this one in Tich Tich must be more prominent!"
Tieu Lanh bowed his head: "Okay."
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On the other side of the break room, although Zhang Liping really wanted to search for clues in the game, but when he actually searched, he still felt a bit aimless.
There are too many games, and there are many ways to clear the game. Right now, he only knows that the game's background is a "pervert commits a crime", which is not enough for him to think about how to clear it.
He therefore followed the instructions and opened one game after another, playing each for three to five minutes, then turning them off one by one.
At the moment of opening the sixth Switch game, Zhang Liping suddenly stopped and grabbed Huang Jing beside him: "Quickly go call Captain Xiao!"
Hoang Tinh: "Ah?!"
Truong Lap Binh could not help but explain and pushed him: "Hurry up and go!"
"Oh..." Huang Jing ran outside in confusion, ran to the opposite study room, and shouted out Xiao Leng, who was continuing to search for computer documents.
Seeing this, the others also gathered in the break room together, then glanced at the game screen: "Gather! The Animals Will Gather".
Yesterday, this game did not attract their attention at all. Because there were too many game consoles, they could not help but take some and leave some. Therefore, Zhang Liping roughly divided the games into two types, one type that existed in reality, the other type that was fictional.
They naturally thought that the clue would be hidden in the fictional game's ghost story, because this ghost story has a complete plot, and the game's design is good at hiding clues based on the plot, while real-life games may not have this kind of condition.
Then the game that exists in reality is further divided, one part is related to the mutation infection and the detective case plot, the other part is "other type".
"Gather! The Animal Ginseng Friends" was a farming cure type mini game, of course it was put into the "Other category", the priority was very low. In Zhang Liping's opinion, this kind of perverted crime clue was impossible to hide in this kind of game.
So, it was not until today that he opened this game for the first time.
But when the main character entered his own small room, Zhang Liping's body got goosebumps.
This version of "Animal Ginseng You Will" where the player resides is also a villa. The difference with this "Little Ming" villa is that the villa in the game only has two floors above ground.
But underground, there is also a whole floor of underground basement.
Zhang Liping manipulated the game character happily running into the underground basement, the entire scene instantly turned gloomy.
——Because the game has a very high degree of freedom, players can completely design their own decoration style. That underground basement is decorated in a dark style, and there are countless small rooms separated inside, which is very similar to the dungeon used to imprison the rich. However, it is limited to the in-game room layout, and the room arrangement method is a bit different.
In that part of the room, there is a photo.
In the game, the player lives on a small island, besides himself, there are also other NPC islanders, these islanders are all small animals, with different personalities, normal players can talk to them, can also give gifts, this increases favorability.
When favorability increases to a certain level, the islanders will give their photos to the player as a souvenir.
Currently, these small rooms are releasing photos of these little animals. They don't seem to have any direct connection to the audience, but in the dark environment, those images of little animals filled with happiness are still terrifying.
"These photos must have directions." Xiao Leng stood in front of the TV screen, as if thinking about something, "I have played this game before, and also captured some photos, but I never thought of displaying them all."
Diep Tich suggested: "First check if the photo is repeated?"
"Okay." Zhang Liping immediately operated his character and ran towards the small rooms, adjusting his vision to carefully examine each photo.
Those photos were hung on the wall, some were placed on the bedside table, after checking they confirmed that each one was different, they were 14 different islanders.
At the same time, everyone also noticed: "There are more than 14 rooms?" Ren Ningning looked at the last two rooms on the left, and said, "We have taken 14 photos, but there are still two rooms that are missing."
Moreover, at first glance, those two rooms also do not have photos.:,,.
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