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Chapter 251 He's so normal, there must be something wrong with him.

Jiang Weicai was a little confused.

He was just an ordinary reporter who had only infiltrated the mental hospital to find information about Lu Ban. Why did he become the focus of attention?

Jiang Weicai found Lu Ban during lunch and wanted to ask him some questions, but Lu Ban seemed to have noticed something and kept quiet, only saying a few words to appease him.

Is this how this person treats their fans?!

Dejected, Jiang Weicai was planning to try to extract more information, but unexpectedly, he was approached by the doctor.

In the meeting room, Jiang Weicai sat at the table, and there was a mirror on the wall next to him, reflecting his face.

The door to the room opened, and Jiang Weicai saw a person wearing a white coat walk in.

It turned out to be Lu Ban.

He sat down opposite Jiang Weicai, looking every bit like a psychologist.

"Name."

"You weren't just now..."

"Name."

"Jiang Weicai".

Jiang Weicai answered honestly that Lu Ban looked like a policeman interrogating a criminal, exuding authority without being angry.

"Your symptoms are... delusional disorder?"

Lu Ban glanced at the other side.

"Yes, I often fantasize about things."

Jiang Weicai felt he couldn't expose himself, otherwise he might encounter some bad things, so he hurriedly explained.

How long have you had these symptoms?

"It's been like this for several months now, doctor, can you help me?"

Jiang Weicai felt that his acting skills were so good that he even considered debuting in the entertainment industry for three seconds.

"There's still hope for you in this situation."

Lu Ban said seriously.

"But you need to cooperate with the treatment."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Weicai sat up straight and pricked up his ears.

"I'll show you some pictures now, and you tell me what you see."

Lu Ban pulled out several pictures from somewhere and handed the top one to Jiang Weicai.

Jiang Weicai had heard of this before; it was a psychological test that could analyze a patient's psychology by analyzing their imagination of blurry images. He figured he could pass by just saying random things, since Lu Ban was definitely not a proper psychologist.

As expected of me; if it were anyone else, they might have been intimidated.

He took the picture Lu Ban handed him and paused for a moment when he saw what was on it.

It was a cat.

It's not a metaphor; it's just a picture of a cat.

That's not right.

Aren't these tests usually just ambiguous pictures that patients are left to interpret? What's with this cat?

Although cats are cute, if I directly say that this is a cat, does that mean there is a problem with my test results?

In this situation, it's definitely impossible to say it's a cat, right?

But perhaps if we look at it another way, if you're clearly a cat but you're talking about something else, that's too obvious and you'll be seen through.

As he pondered, Jiang Weicai realized that he had already engaged in more than a dozen rounds of strategic maneuvering with Lu Ban.

Finally, he raised his head and looked at Lu Ban.

"It's a dog."

Lu Ban said nothing, only took back the first picture and handed the second one to Jiang Weicai.

"I don't know what he was thinking."

While Jiang Weicai was pondering, he saw the second picture.

It was a mahjong set with a perfect hand of three dragons and all three pungs, a wonderful hand that made you want to keep playing.

"?"

Jiang Weicai couldn't figure it out.

What should I say in this situation?

Report the card type?

Or are you pretending not to recognize mahjong tiles at all?

He hesitated for a moment before finally answering.

"These are ants."

Lu Ban retrieved the image without saying anything.

After several more tests, Lu Ban put away all the pictures and then looked at Jiang Weicai seriously.

Thank you for your cooperation.

He then left the meeting room, leaving Jiang Weicai alone in the room, bewildered.

next door.

Separated from this meeting room by only one wall, there is no mirror, only a piece of glass.

Across the glass was Jiang Weicai sitting.

This is similar to the layout of a police interrogation room, which is designed for use by doctors when consulting with patients. After all, some patients feel uneasy when they see many people, and this layout allows several doctors to carefully observe the patient's behavior without frightening the patient.

Lu Ban walked into the room, where a nurse and Dr. Hao were also present. The two had just witnessed Lu Ban and Jiang Weicai's conversation.

"Dr. Hao, you saw the examination just now, right? I think this patient's condition is very serious."

Lu Ban said earnestly.

"……really."

Dr. Hao was unsure whether it was reliable to have mentally ill patients treat other mentally ill patients.

But shouldn't they be able to accurately distinguish their own kind?

“At first, he acted very normally, responding to my questions just like an ordinary person. I think this was a sign that his symptoms had become very severe. He had progressed from expressing his mental problems in the milder stage to learning to hide his differences.”

Lu Ban pointed to Jiang Weicai on the other side of the glass.

"However, he may have realized that he was too normal, so in the Rorschach test I conducted, he deliberately misidentified the things in the pictures. These were all very common pictures that would not cause misidentification. If his previous normality was genuine, he certainly wouldn't have made a mistake now, but his answer was ridiculously wrong. Therefore, we can conclude that his normality just now was an act."

Dr. Hao was somewhat taken aback by Lu Ban's words.

This mental patient seems to be more talkative than I am, the doctor.

Is there such a thing as becoming a doctor through long-term illness in the field of mental illness?

Dr. Hao looked at the nurse, who was also completely confused.

“I looked at the medical records. This patient had a mild case before and was admitted to the hospital for a very short time. I think it was the result of him faking it. He should be a patient with severe delusional disorder, and also has the characteristics of paranoia and schizophrenia. If left unchecked, it could be very dangerous!”

Lu Ban reminded him.

"Such patients must be rushed to the intensive care unit and carefully cared for. If necessary, their movements must be restricted to prevent them from harming themselves or others."

After thinking about it for a moment, Dr. Hao felt that Lu Ban's words made sense.

A mentally ill person who goes berserk upon seeing people is not scary; what is scary is a mentally ill person who hides themselves and acts like a normal person. Such a person has been suppressing their emotions for too long, and once they have an episode, it may be irreversible.

He hurriedly contacted the caregivers, and soon saw several burly caregivers enter the room, hold down the bewildered Jiang Weicai, and try to inject him with sedatives.

"No, no, wait, wait a minute, I'm not actually sick, I was just faking it. I forged the hospital admission certificate. I'm actually a reporter, and I'm here to interview Lu Ban."

Jiang Weicai immediately shouted.

"Go ahead and check if you don't believe me. I'm a reporter, not a mental patient! I'm not sick!"

Seeing this, Lu Ban shook his head and sighed deeply.

"Look, he has already formed a complete and self-consistent worldview and self-awareness. Such patients are extremely dangerous and need to be handled with caution!"

After saying that, Lu Ban changed the subject and said seriously.

"Moreover, no mentally ill person would admit to being mentally ill. When a mentally ill person says they are not mentally ill, it means they must have a serious illness."

"..."

Dr. Hao witnessed this scene and was momentarily speechless.

Chapter 252 The Self-Cultivation of Horror Film Actors

After returning from the Jiangcheng City Mental Hospital, Lu Ban felt much better.

He came into contact with real mental patients and obtained a lot of first-hand information through communication and conversations with them.

Previously, Lu Ban only had a superficial understanding of mental illness. Like many other ordinary normal people, he thought mental illness was bizarre, difficult to understand, strange, and impossible to communicate with.

But after actually interacting with them, Lu Ban felt that these patients with illnesses were just like ordinary people, except that their way of thinking was distorted because of their illnesses.

For example, a typical case of delusional disorder may seem neurotic, as people are always afraid of or hate things that don't exist. But in reality, they just have frequent fantasies and mistake their imagination for reality. Imagine if there was an ugly creature next to you in reality, wouldn't you want to drive it away? But patients with delusional disorder are just making normal and reasonable decisions. In other words, apart from mistaking their fantasies for reality, they are no different from ordinary people.

Furthermore, some patients with delusional disorder construct their own worldview and act in accordance with the rules of this worldview. From this point of view, they are actually quite normal in their own delusions, even more normal than many ordinary people who don't know what they think about every day.

Once this is understood, the thought process of a mentally ill person can be captured.

Lu Ban wanted to study mental patients in order to learn about their irrational characteristics.

As we all know, the scariest part of horror works is the incomprehensible monsters or dangers.

The most terrifying moments are when the protagonists are being chased, killed, or threatened by something they don't know, and they don't know when or where the other party will appear.