klisemfg Chapter 1041: Round of Chapter Treatment
Chapter 1041: Round of Chapter Treatment
Chapter 1041: Talk Therapy
When Huibara Ai pushed the door open and walked in, she found Tang Ze sitting at the head of the bed, staring at the door.
Half of those eyes were covered by the hanging hair, and the blue pupils were almost invisible, but Haibara Ai still instinctively felt that the look in Tang Ze's eyes when he was staring at her was very complicated and difficult to understand.
“No wonder my sister and the others asked me to come over.” She tilted her head, “You look as if you owe me a lot of money.”
Tang Ze pursed his lips and said nothing.
The teasing did not get any response, Huiyuan frowned and took a few steps closer: "...Why do you look so depressed? Could it be that you really owe a lot of money? Don't worry, even if you really owe it, it's not a big deal."
She walked to Tang Ze's bed and made sure that Tang Ze did not resist before sitting down next to him.
"What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?" Her tone became gentle and soft.
"It's not really a nightmare." Tang Ze spoke up, and his voice was quite normal. "It's just that my emotions were a little bit fluctuating. Did I scare them?"
Huihara Ai raised her head and observed Tang Ze's face carefully: "Don't worry about what others think at this time. Any patient who gets sick will make the family members nervous. I just want to know how you feel."
It is obvious that Tang Ze has psychological problems.
He grew up in an unhealthy environment, encountered too many setbacks, and never had normal family guidance. It was very difficult for him to complete socialization well.
In addition, Tang Ze is quite good at self-regulation, and in Haibara Ai's assessment, many of his problems are not easy to erupt.
Patients with mental illness who are not experiencing an outbreak are naturally in a stable period. Even if they go to the doctor seriously, the doctor may recommend stopping medication.
Therefore, as long as these problems did not break out, and since he was already far away from his original environment after moving to Tokyo, these problems were certainly not put on the treatment agenda.
In social environments, he often plays the role of providing psychological counseling, which makes it easy for people to ignore his own situation.
Tang Ze scratched his hair and didn't answer immediately.
The hyperthymesia symptoms of this life seemed to have a reverse additive effect on the memories of his previous life. Many details that he thought he had forgotten could now be clearly recalled.
So when Leon's words triggered his flashback, he was almost immediately overwhelmed by the overwhelming negative emotions and saw too many things that he should have forgotten long ago.
"I did have a nightmare." Tang Ze was silent for a few seconds and then replied, "I dreamed of something I really didn't want to see."
"for example?"
"For example, I failed to resist the organization's torture and revealed the content of my parents' research, which eventually killed my sister, and so on."
Haibara Ai curled her fingers and instinctively grasped the bed sheet at hand.
She did not respond like other people who normally hear such things, saying that dreams are fake and that one should not scare oneself.
Tang Ze is a very special case, and his personality is stable and mature enough.
Of course, he knew that dreams were all fake, but he specifically brought it up because the content must have been enough to affect his rationality, making it difficult for him to control his emotions...
"Is it really that bad?" She asked Tang Ze's hypothesis seriously.
"Well, it's terrible." Tang Ze lowered his eyes and gave a very affirmative answer.
"...If that's the case, it would be a terrible thing indeed." Huiyuan Ai sighed slowly, "If I hadn't left the organization yet, even if I could understand your difficulties, I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to face you again."
Haibara Ai is a pessimist herself and will assume things to be the worst.
She was not a person who could give others warmth. Now that her mentality had improved, it was also the result of her drawing warmth from others.
Just imagine, if Tang Ze really killed Miyano Akemi, other people might be able to overcome their emotional problems, rationally analyze the right and wrong, and slowly ease the relationship with Tang Ze. But if it were her, she probably wouldn't be able to do it.
Tang Ze lowered his head and did not refute her.
Ai Haibara raised her hand and patted the back of Tang Ze's hand which was clasped on his knees.
"But if it really turned out like that, it was actually my fault, not yours. You must have done your best and reached your limit under that premise. Even if I chose to break up with you, I don't mean to blame you. It's just that I can't handle the tearing emotions, it's definitely not that you did anything wrong."
At a time like this, it is somewhat inappropriate not to blame the culprit who caused all the suffering, but to isolate the relatives who are also victims.
It’s just that Miyano Shiho is just that kind of person, and it’s difficult for her to make any other choice.
"Besides, even without any external force, my sister and I would still be doomed to fall. We are the remaining problems. No matter what you saw, don't blame yourself too much, brother."
She leaned over, opened her little arms, and hugged Tang Ze, who was bending his back and lowering his head in silence.
"It's very hard to always take everything as your own responsibility."
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"how is he?"
As soon as Haibara Ai closed the bedroom door, people in the corridor looked over.
Tang Ze's emotional outburst actually only lasted for a short time. He quickly recovered and did not show any intense emotions again.
But of course no one who saw this scene could ignore his abnormality and discomfort. They sent him back to the bedroom and immediately notified Haibara Ai.
In theory, she should be Tang Ze's attending physician now.
"He's actually in good condition." Huiyuan Ai smoothed the hair by her ears and replied calmly, "After all, he's not the kind of person who would let himself get lost in his emotions."
"But the root of the problem is still difficult to solve?" Asai Narumi quickly understood the subtext of his fellow traitor.
"Even if it's psychological counseling, it has to be done with the patient's cooperation. Tang Ze is definitely unwilling to reveal what the stimulus is." Huiyuan Ai did not deny his guess, "On this point, you may know more information than I do, so you should understand what I mean."
Asai Narimi turned his head and looked at Shimabukuro Kimie and others.
Unlike Keimitsu Morofushi, Jinpei Matsuda and Kenji Hagiwara who joined later, they had seen similar performances from Karasawa.
In that mysterious underground space whose purpose is unknown...
"Tomorrow he will definitely act normally as if nothing happened." Asai Chengmi made a judgment and shook his head. "It will be difficult for us to do anything for him."
Tang Ze has a strong ability to regulate himself, and just as Haibara Ai said, he is not the kind of person who would allow himself to become depressed because of his emotions.
No matter how bad things were, he would not let himself feel depressed for more than one night.
Zhu Fujingguang, who was leaning against the wall with his arms folded, frowned as he listened to their conversation, then turned to look at Tang Ze's door.
They were all right. If Tang Ze had been able to control his emotions, he would never have let them see him behave so out of control.
But if he knew there were deeper problems but didn't solve them, it would not be good for Tang Ze himself.
We can't delay any longer. If we don't have a serious chat tonight, Tang Ze will definitely not talk about today's situation tomorrow.
They now need someone who knows Tang Ze well enough and can effectively influence Tang Ze's emotions...
"That..." Thinking of this, Zhu Fujingguang raised his hand, "I have an idea..."
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After parking the car at the corner, Toru Amuro got out, looked at the street ahead, and pulled the mask on his face.
This residential area in Ni-chome is very well-known to him.
Putting aside the reasons why Tang Ze chose this place as his base, the two families living next door to him alone are important enough.
Shirley, an important former member of the organization, and the Kudo Shin family, who was related to Gin and was somewhat tricked by Bourbon, are all here.
If they didn't know about their relationship with Tang Ze, and knew that it would be difficult to hide their presence from Tang Ze if they came here to investigate privately, the people from Group Zero would have turned the place upside down long ago.
This was a place that would make any intelligence worker itch to try his luck, but he himself always avoided getting close to it, with a sense of "out of sight, out of mind."
Exhaling, Toru Amuro put aside all those distracting thoughts, looked straight past No. 20 and No. 21, and stood in front of the door of No. 22 with the words "Amemiya House" written on it.
Exquisite European-style buildings and a well-kept small garden.
The building, which does not look out of place in this villa area, looks a bit old, which means it should have been arranged by the original owner. Tang Ze probably did not make any changes after buying it...
The sudden opening of the door interrupted his instinctive observation and judgment. Amuro Toru put down his hand that was raised to press the doorbell and looked silently at Hoshikawa Teru who was standing inside the door.
He saw Xingchuan Teru quite frequently, and no matter which identity he played, it was difficult for the two of them not to have interactions.
But it is quite rare to see Hoshikawa Teru in his daily state without any disguise.
After watching Hoshikawa Teru who played Karasawa and Akechi so many times, he almost forgot that Hoshikawa Teru himself was actually a young man with a rather gloomy temperament.
Xingchuan Hui opened his mouth, but found that he didn't know how to address him properly, so he just omitted the address and said vaguely: "Leader's room is upstairs."
Yes, this is the emergency plan that Zhufu Jingguang came up with, calling Amuro Toru over.
Of course, the people in the Phantom Thieves have a very good relationship with Tang Ze. They know Tang Ze's true face and are closer to him than most people.
But because of this, they all have some degree of acceptance of Karasawa's protection, and Karasawa himself is the leader of the Phantom Thieves, which makes it inevitable that they have a potential relationship of superiors and subordinates.
Toru Amuro is different. He is a rare person who is not a member of the group, but knows Tang Ze's situation well enough and can gain Tang Ze's trust.
At this time, no one is more suitable than him to play the role of communication.
"When did this happen?"
"After dinner, maybe."
"Jing said he just took a nap on the sofa, but he suddenly became emotionally unstable?"
"Well, that's pretty much it."
"What weren't you discussing?"
"No. Everyone just, uh, goes about their routine..."
"That's strange. He just followed Mr. Maori to an event today and handled a case. He shouldn't have encountered anything..."
The Phantom Thieves who had invited him here temporarily obviously had no intention of guarding against him, and almost every door along the way was left open.
Toru Amuro tried hard to keep his eyes straight and not to investigate the situation in other rooms. He first thought about Tang Ze's problem.
Tang Ze was acting normal the whole day today. He even greeted him before closing time and said he was going to Ni-chome tonight and there was no need to stay for dinner.
He was also quite surprised to suddenly receive a call from Zhufu Jingguang.
However, the person who came to open the door was Hoshikawa Teru, who was not very good at this kind of communication and was somewhat evasive towards him. Feeling that he couldn't get to the point, Amuro Toru could only quicken his pace and go up to the second floor in the corridor.
As soon as he walked up the stairs, everyone standing in the corridor turned their heads and looked at him in unison.
Even though he was mentally prepared and knew that Tang Ze's Phantom Thieves had actually been recruiting new members, the welcoming scene still made him silent for a moment.
There are already so many people here...
Even if we remove the three friends who were used to fill the number, they have attracted a large group of people...
His gaze briefly passed over Miyano Akemi and the faces of Haibara Ai who was holding the corner of her clothes and hiding behind her, but he quickly and restrainedly retracted his gaze and looked at Morobushi Kagemitsu.
"The situation is not very good." Zhu Fu Jingguang gave a straightforward conclusion, "He doesn't resist talking to him, but he seems to be a little out of control and keeps making some bad assumptions."
In addition to Haibara Ai, Miyano Akemi also went in to talk to him, and the answers they got were almost the same.
Not only did Karasawa not give up on the statement that if he was not careful, he might help the organization's capabilities, but he also elaborated on this part when facing Miyano Akemi.
"If it weren't for Shuichi-nii's reminder, I wouldn't have known that you and Shiho are my relatives. I might not have planned to save you at all. What's more, I might really play the role of monitoring the scene for Gin like I did that day..."
"…Maybe, not only did I fail to save you, I might even be the one who killed you. Even if that happens, you won't blame me, right?"
"Well, given your personality, you might not blame me, sister. But I myself, I'm afraid I can't accept myself doing this, that's all I'm bothered by..."
"...Don't worry, I'm fine. I'm just being emo late at night. Don't take it seriously..."
He said this, but according to Miyano Akemi's observation, the situation he imagined was probably worse than this. He just restrained himself because he might have seemed too pessimistic and unbelievable if he said all those assumptions out loud.
It’s not that they want to take turns to have talk therapy, but Tang Ze’s condition is so abnormal that it’s hard not to worry.
Zhu Fu Jingguang briefly spoke about Tang Ze's situation, then turned his head and pointed to the closed door.
"Except for Ms. Miyano, the others don't have such a deep relationship with the organization, and my death originally had little to do with him... So, you should go talk to him, Zero."