Chapter 97 Something I Want to Hide
Chapter 97 Something I Want to Hide
"Sera, school is over already. Aren't you going home?"
"It's okay. You guys can go back if you want. I want you to stay in the classroom for a while longer." Sera Masumi responded with a smile.
Since the other party has already said so, they naturally won't force anything.
He just reminded her: "When you go home, please be careful."
"It's okay, don't worry!"
After Xiaolan and Sonoko left, the smile on Sera Masumi's face slowly faded.
Really, why did I inexplicably believe what that person said and actually stayed?
If I leave now, the prophecy will naturally become invalid, right?
She was just a little curious, wondering whether what would happen when she walked out of the school gate at the appointed time would really be as the other party said.
When the clock pointed to six o'clock, Masumi Sera stood up and left the classroom.
When I was about to reach the school gate, I found that there was no one around.
"What? I was deceived."
She didn't complain, but looked disappointed.
It would be nice if there really was prophecy in the world.
Thinking this, Sera Masumi walked out of the school gate.
"Sera? Doesn't high school usually end around four?"
Sera Masumi was stunned and turned to look at the person who spoke.
"What's wrong? You look a little strange."
For some reason, her body seemed to be out of control, and even her brain seemed to be empty, and she couldn't concentrate on controlling it at all.
Get out of the way!
She wanted to tell the other person this, but she couldn't say the words, as if the mute button was pressed.
Qinghai Chuantang naturally noticed something.
He didn't dodge, but just snapped his fingers, as if pressing the pause button, making the opponent stop instantly.
Sera Masumi was in a trance for a moment, and finally came to his senses after a while.
She looked at her hands, somewhat confused.
"What happened to me just now?"
Qinghai Chuantang looked him up and down before asking, "Have you met any strange people recently? Or, have you seen any strange things?"
Weird?
Masumi Sera nodded and told the other party about Coach Ishigaki jumping off the building today.
"After Kawase's accident, he miraculously woke up? No wonder, was he possessed by another spirit?"
"Seize the body?"
Masumi Sera found this statement difficult to understand.
"To put it simply, it means that the soul goes into another person's body. You can also call it 'reincarnation'."
"It sounds like a plot from a movie or TV series. It's impossible no matter how hard you think about it."
Qinghai Chuantang shook his head, "You can't say that."
"During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in China, people's souls took over other people's bodies and continued to live after they died."
The world is a nature, always filled with all kinds of strange things and some absurdities that are difficult for people to understand.
"However," Qinghai Chuantang smiled, "In this world, such a thing will definitely not happen. There must be another reason."
As she spoke, she took out her cell phone and prepared to contact her friends in the underworld to investigate the hospital where Kawase Tsusuke had previously worked.
"After the accident, Kawase was hospitalized for half a year because of PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder. His attending physician was a psychologist named Yamamura En? Yamamura Tatsuya?"
When seeing this name, Qinghai Chuantang was a little surprised.
Masumi Sera looked at the other person's reaction and felt a little strange.
"Could it be that you know him?"
"do not know."
Qinghai Chuantang flatly denied it and then found some news reports on his mobile phone.
"Yamamura was originally working at a psychology research institute in the United States, conducting research on human brainwashing. But he was forced to stop ten years ago."
Control other people's future through brainwashing.
During the conversation, the other party enters a trance state, and then induces the other party to take certain actions.
For example, if you hint at marriage to an actress, she will develop the desire to get married.
"This brainwashing and induction was intended to help him get out of the PSTD after the diving accident. I just didn't expect to find something like this."
"In other words, the strange behavior I had before was actually due to his hypnosis?"
Sera Masumi showed an expression of disbelief, "But, he didn't use a pocket watch or anything, it's just..."
Tatsuya Yamamura handed her a skewer of grilled meat.
Then he said, "In fact, sometimes, hypnosis does not require the use of any props. As long as a certain mechanism is set up in advance, it can be triggered later to make it do what was set before."
There are many possible devices for triggering the mechanism, such as clapping and music.
"I haven't heard the song called 'Lost Rivers' that you mentioned before. It should be a very niche song. I deliberately chose such uncommon music, perhaps to prevent the mechanism from being accidentally triggered."
"After calling him back, you even gave him a free lesson on post-hypnotic suggestion. You really have good intentions."
Although he was eating the other party's barbecue skewers, Qinghai Chuantang still spoke unhappily.
Tatsuya Yamamura smiled, shook his head and sighed softly.
"Hypnosis is not meant to kill people. It's like a kitchen knife, which is meant to cut vegetables."
"If someone uses a kitchen knife to kill someone, should we order a halt to all kitchen knife production to solve the problem at its root?"
Qinghai Chuantang stood up without saying a word.
"Fortunately, he is not too proficient at the moment. Although he has the prototype of a monster, he has not yet become a real monster."
The cause of the incident was just a trivial matter.
Coach Ishigaki likes Ina Ihara, but Ina Ihara likes Tsusuke Kawase.
Therefore, Coach Ishigaki became jealous.
On the day of practice, Coach Ishigaki turned off the diving wave maker just before Kawase Tsusuke was about to dive.
The function of the wave maker is to help athletes find the entry point to the water and to see the distance from the water surface clearly during the somersault.
The wave maker was turned off, making it impossible for him to judge the distance to the water surface.
The impact of entering the water was so great that it completely ended Kawase Tsusuke's athletic career.
After returning to school, he set a trap on Coach Ishigaki.
Rather than revenge, he was more curious about whether this method could really kill people.
During this period, he also conducted other experiments, which were unexpectedly successful.
So, this time, there is no exception.
After school the next day, Qinghai Chuantang met Kawase Tsusuke.
He stood on the diving platform as if he had expected it.
He smiled and said, "You are here."
"I am coming."
"I found traces of hypnosis on Sera-san. But your purpose seems to be to hide a certain memory of hers."
"I didn't expect that you've reached this level in such a short time."
Qinghai Chuantang did not hide his praise for him. After all, such talent was rare and precious.
Then she asked, "The hypnosis on Mao Lilan was also your work, right?"
Kawase Tsusuke did not deny it.
"I just saw her suffering from lovesickness, so I wanted to help her. After all, waiting with hope, this psychological suggestion is not too bad, right?"
As for the hypnosis of Masumi Sera, it was purely a prank of his.
Logically speaking, there shouldn't be anyone else around at that time.
"So, it's just my bad luck?"
Qinghai Chuantang was not angry, but found it somewhat funny.
Kawase Tsusuke didn't answer, but turned around, took a step forward and opened his arms.
"I set up a mechanism for myself. It allows me to forget all my past and feel like I'm reborn."
"And I will be reborn."
After saying this, Kawase Tsusuke jumped down.
The posture was graceful and did not cause much splash.
Qinghai Chuantang couldn't help but sigh: "This splash is quite well suppressed."
If it weren't for that accident, he would indeed be the athlete most likely to represent the team at the World Championships.
Kawase Tsusuke set a trap for himself, and during the conversation, didn't Qinghai Chuantang also hypnotize him?
The part of memory that he deliberately preserved would support him until the moment of trial in court.
Qinghai Chuantang did not stay for long. When he was about to leave, he found someone standing outside the door, who seemed to have been eavesdropping on their conversation for a long time.
"Shiliang? Why didn't you go home?" Qinghai Chuantang asked knowingly.
Sera Masumi did not answer her question, but said: "No wonder I felt something was wrong a long time ago. It was as if I had forgotten something important."
"So that thing is called 'hypnosis'."
Her eyes suddenly became sharp, and she asked, "What is your purpose? What is my hidden memory?"
The relationships between people are sometimes so strange.
Qinghai Chuantang smiled.
"At least now, it's not the time for you to know."
She snapped her fingers, and the other person's eyes suddenly became blurred.
The words he spoke were as sweet as the sound of a clear stream, guiding me to sleep.
Sera Masumi slowly closed his eyes.
"When you wake up, you will forget everything you saw. You just accidentally went to the wrong place."
Her voice became lower and lower.
"Now, it's time to wake up."
Another snap of the fingers, and Sera Masumi suddenly became much clearer as if awakened from a nightmare.
She blinked and looked around, feeling something strange.
"Strange, wasn't I going to go home? Why am I here?"
She did not see a person named "Qinghai Chuantang" in her sight.
"Forget it, never mind. Let's go back first."
When Sera Masumi returned to the hotel room, she saw her mother standing not far away, as if she had been waiting for her for a long time.
"Where's the stuff?"
Sera Masumi was stunned and asked in confusion: "What is it?"
Akai Mary didn't say anything, she just walked over, reached into her left pocket, and took out a small black box-like object.
After examining it carefully, he continued, "The thing is still there."
Mary Akai pressed the play button, and all the previous conversations were clearly recorded in the small black box.
And this small black box is a miniature recorder.
After hearing this, Sera Masumi showed a look of surprise.
There was also a hint of panic and doubt.
"I, I was hypnotized again without knowing it?"
As she moved drastically, a piece of paper fell out of her pocket.
The paper was very clean, without any ink stains, making it feel like some silly prank.
"Zhenchun, bring me a lighter."
They definitely don't have this thing themselves.
So Masumi Sera ran to the front desk and borrowed a lighter.
The flames appeared, and as they were carefully roasted, the words finally appeared on it -
haven't seen you for a long time.
Mary Akai looked at the note and was silent for a long time, as if she was thinking about something.
"Majun. If you are in danger, you can ask this person for help."
She looked at Sera Masumi and her expression became more serious.
"But don't trust her too much."
(End of this chapter)