Love Healing Manual

Chapter 18 The Junior is Terrifying

A diagnostic device? Is this a system-provided tool for detecting the severity of illness? But the panel linked to the patient already displays a visible percentage value.

"Patient: Kitagawa Ayane"

"Critical condition level: 61%"

As Lin Ze thought about it, he took a bouncy ball out of Kitagawa Ayane's schoolbag and waved it in front of her.

The senior student initially looked conflicted, but when she saw the bouncy ball, she immediately became very interested and stared at the red ball without blinking.

Lin Ze knew that excessive intervention would indeed cause Kitagawa-senpai pain, so he did not continue to forcibly correct her behavior logic, but instead took the pet food back, since the mission was already completed.

He threw the bouncy ball.

The senior student instantly left his side, using all four limbs to chase the bouncy ball on the soft foam board. However, the ball bounced around so fast that only afterimages could be seen. She could only pounce left and right, making a series of "thump-thump-thump" sounds in the equipment room.

Fortunately, no one usually comes to this floor.

Otherwise, upon hearing this commotion, everyone would be curious and take a look, and Lin Ze and Kitagawa Ayane's bizarre behavior would become big news at the academy...

Taking advantage of the gaps in Kitagawa Ayane's playtime.

Lin Ze mentally opened the email.

Suddenly, a black collar that was spinning appeared on the pale blue fluorescent screen.

It looks no different from ordinary jewelry.

It is called jewelry because the necklace has patterns and decorations, and it looks like it is made of a relatively soft material, which has a unique and forbidden beauty.

Lin Ze had also seen other people wear such accessories. When he was in high school and working part-time in Shibuya, Tokyo, some girls would wear them while shopping, but they usually wore a black dress, smoky makeup, leather boots, and a spiked choker.

He exuded an aura of danger.

People often jokingly refer to this type of girl as a "landmine type".

"Successfully claimed"

"Pain threshold detection device function (1): Wear this device on the patient's neck to detect the pain threshold, which is divided into 1-9 levels from low to high. This level is different from the critical illness value and is mainly used to record and monitor the cycle of one illness."

"Pain threshold detection function (2): Wear this device around the patient's neck, and you can open a first-person perspective in the system to monitor the patient's living conditions without the patient noticing it."

"This item is a gift and can be purchased again using points in the system shop."

"Select to use: Yes or No"

Lin Ze was quite surprised after reading the introduction.

Because the functions of this detector are simply too amazing.

The first one is somewhat understandable, but the key is the second function: monitoring the patient's life without their knowledge.

It may sound trivial, but it is actually a feature that is very suitable for psychiatric medical treatment.

It is understandable that most patients with mental disorders, after experiencing trauma, are particularly resistant to recalling the trauma or to treatment by doctors through interventions in their daily lives.

Even if they rationally know that treatment is necessary, patients who already lack normal thinking will instinctively choose to escape when faced with pain and life changes, and will hide a lot from their doctors.

This leads to misalignment and suboptimal treatment.

This is also why many patients ultimately choose to commit suicide.

Similar examples are common in the medical field. Many famous Japanese writers have died by suicide. The stories of Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Osamu Dazai are well-known. More or less, everyone has mental or psychological illnesses, and even the intervention of doctors is of little use.

Lin Ze had every reason to be suspicious.

The system within me is likely something that the medical community of the future has researched and developed.

"Yes"

Lin Ze's mind raced.

Suddenly, the black collar flashed and appeared out of thin air in his hand.

Kitagawa Ayane-senpai wasn't looking this way; she was completely absorbed in her toys, crawling around in the equipment room, a thin layer of sweat already appearing on her forehead.

Lin Ze lowered his head and began to study the detector, pinching it here and there, and unfastening the metal buckle.

Actually, it doesn't have any high-tech feel; it's no different from a regular neck ring accessory, and it's even quite soft.

suddenly.

Kitagawa Ayane-senpai suddenly sprang out from under his bench and between his legs, her long, flowing hair swaying, beads of sweat glistening at her temples. Her pretty face was full of curiosity as she leaned closer, sniffing the neck collar.

Lin Ze was startled and almost squeezed his legs together. He calmed down after realizing it was her.

"Do you want to wear it?" he asked, waving the object in his hand.

Kitagawa Ayane paused for a moment, then nodded frantically, her eyes practically gleaming with desire.

"Okay then, turn around."

Since the senior was kneeling, Lin Ze could easily wrap his arms around her fair neck after turning around, and then put the metal buckle around her neck.

Some of the neck collars he had seen before came with a small pink bell.

Thankfully, I don't have this one, otherwise it would seem too suggestive and inconvenient to show to others.

And the moment it was put on.

A threshold bar appeared clearly in front of Lin Ze's eyes.

The bottom layer is green, followed by white, blue, yellow, and red.

Each color is divided into two levels.

It's easy to understand; it refers to the same levels as critical illness: healthy, sub-healthy, ill, critical, and severely critical.

not only that.

"Patient: Kitagawa Ayane"

Pain threshold: Level 7

It's worth mentioning that there's a downward arrow on this threshold bar, meaning that the treatment is in progress and Kitagawa's pain is rapidly decreasing.

"Estimated time of next onset: 78 hours later"

Lin Ze raised an eyebrow, noticing even an estimated time.

This will make it easier to understand the specific situation of Senior Sister Beichuan.

The equipment room was very quiet.

After putting on the neck collar, Kitagawa Ayane lowered her head, trying to get a glimpse of it, but she couldn't see its exact shape. She could only reach out and touch it out of curiosity.

"how do you feel?"

The senior ignored him, crouched down, crawled under his knees, and went to play with the bouncy ball again.

"Wait a minute." Lin Ze suddenly realized something.

He got up from his seat and grabbed Kitagawa's arm.

A sudden thought surfaced in Lin Ze's mind:
Since this collar can test the senior's estimated disease cycle, he must have a similar unknown disease.

Couldn't the onset time also be tested?
Think of this.

Lin Ze quickly took the neck brace off his senior and tried it on himself.

But soon.

He stood there, stunned.

Because after putting on the neck brace, his data was clearly displayed.

Patient: Lin Ze

"Pain threshold: Level 3 (increasing)"

"Estimated onset time: 744 hours later"

744 hours, which is thirty-one days.

Even though Lin Ze is usually a very stable person, he still couldn't help but twitch his eyelids and his heart sank.

He didn't understand.

There are essentially two scenarios that increase the risk of developing mental illness. One is congenital, meaning there is recessive inheritance in the genes, and if one close relative has such a condition, other members have an increased risk. The second scenario is acquired, caused by lifestyle and social factors, abnormal brain development, psychological factors, etc., including but not limited to drug side effects and substance abuse (such as alcohol and DP), which can also affect brain function.

According to Lin Ze, none of his ancestors or close relatives had any history of mental illness. Furthermore, the elders in the Lin family were exceptionally long-lived.

Even the deaths of his parents were due to unforeseen circumstances.

What is the cause of this inexplicable mental illness I have?

The key point is that he lives a very healthy life and has not suffered any major psychological trauma.

Lin Ze felt that his illness had appeared out of nowhere.

As he watched his senior sister crawl around the room so playfully after he let go, he couldn't help but ponder deeply.

What if he gets sick one day?
What would the symptoms be like?
Will I experience hallucinations then?

……

"Patient: Kitagawa Ayane"

"Pain threshold: Level 5 (decreasing)"

……

"Patient: Kitagawa Ayane"

"Pain threshold: Level 2 (decreasing)"

……

Time passed by minute by minute.

Downstairs in the teaching building, a training match for a football team had just ended, and the students from the University of Tokyo's football club lay on the green grass, panting heavily.

The sky was azure, clear and bright.

In the equipment room.

Kitagawa Ayane-senpai regained some of her senses. Perhaps she was tired from playing, she lay on the ground, her beautiful eyes looking at the ceiling, her expression relaxed and at ease, occasionally reaching out to brush away the strands of hair that were being blown by the breeze outside the window.

She felt particularly cool; the sunlight streaming in wasn't hot.

Lin Ze watched as his senior sister scribbled notes in her notebook.

Although there were no detectors before, he observed that, under normal circumstances, Kitagawa-senpai had difficulty communicating with him normally in human language when she first started "simulation therapy." During that stage, she was completely immersed in hallucinations.

The presence, gaze, and any interference of others are irrelevant to her, unless it is Lin Ze, who intervenes as the "master."

As the "simulation therapy" progressed to the middle stage, she was occasionally able to control her behavior.

Near the end, most of her consciousness has returned. At this point, it depends on whether the senior student feels satisfied with the treatment. If she feels satisfied, she will end the treatment process on her own.

So……

林泽记录下“1~3级为清醒状态”，“4~6级行为逻辑缺失”，“7~9级无法控制”的详细数据。

After a while.

He snapped the pen back into place with a "click".

"Senior?" Lin Ze asked first.

"What's wrong?" Kitagawa Ayane, still staring at the ceiling and enjoying the tranquility, blinked as she answered.

Did you bring your diary?

"..."

She did not answer.

Instead, he turned his head away and paused for a few seconds.

"I forgot to bring it."

"But I sent you the LINK yesterday and told you to put it in your backpack. Have you forgotten that?" Lin Ze said, somewhat annoyed.

"I'm sorry," Kitagawa Ayane said guiltily, biting her lip lightly, "I'll bring it next time."

Will you bring it next time?
Not necessarily.

Lin Ze already knew the answer.

In fact, she was running away and didn't want the contents of her diary to be seen. This is a common psychological phenomenon among patients, especially for someone like Kitagawa.

Yes, it has something to do with personality.

After spending a few weeks together, Lin Ze felt that his senior had a significant deficiency in this area.

Perhaps she didn't care so much about whether the treatment would be successful. Success would be best, but if it would take too much effort to cure her... she might as well die.

Lin Ze recalled the scene when the two of them first communicated in the equipment room. At that time, she had her head down and her indifferent attitude made it seem as if she was talking about someone else's fate.

This is not indifference, not nonchalance, not cowardice, and certainly not courage; it is simply a habit of resorting to avoidance to solve problems far too often.

There is no "just die" option with doctors. Indifference to life, even if it is used by the patient to punish themselves, is an unforgivable mistake.

“Alright, if you feel you’re not ready yet, let’s talk about it another day. But I’ve already reiterated this many times, and I know you don’t like hearing it, but I still have to say it again,” Lin Ze got up from his seat, walked to her side, and squatted down: “The current treatment is only to prevent your condition from worsening. Will it always be effective? It’s hard to say, so you need to actively cooperate with the treatment.”

Hearing his somewhat magnetic voice, Kitagawa Ayane turned her head slightly in the opposite direction and couldn't help but lick her slightly dry lips.

However, this action caused her to taste the fishy smell of pet food in her mouth again.

She really wants to rinse her mouth right now.

But what I really want to do is find a crack in the ground.

“As a doctor, I will not make any subjective or biased judgments about your life. Everything is for the sake of treatment, and I will also protect your privacy,” Lin Ze said, squatting down and taking a few steps to the other side of her face as she turned her cheek. “A person’s mental state is undoubtedly closely related to their life. In the end, no matter which doctor’s treatment plan is used, it will involve lifestyle intervention. The longer it is delayed, the longer the process will be. Do you understand, senior?”

"I understand……"

"Will you definitely bring your diary next time?"

"I...I'll try my best." She hesitated for a moment, not daring to look Lin Ze in the eye.

do not know why.

Whenever the topic of treatment comes up, she feels a little intimidated by the junior in front of her. Even though he is younger than her, his skin is so tender that you could pinch water out of his face if you reached out.

The male students she studied with in graduate school never made her feel afraid.

Is this the natural pressure that comes with being a doctor?

Kitagawa Ayane thought to herself.

"You just said you would bring it, and now you're saying you'll try your best, which proves you were lying."

"..."

"So why did you lie? Because you didn't want me to see what was in the diary, and that's very important," Lin Ze deduced, ignoring Kitagawa-senpai's increasingly blushing cheeks, and said earnestly, "I'll definitely bring it next time, okay?"

He made a second request.

Kitagawa Ayane was getting annoyed.

She refused to answer.

But deep down she knew that Lin Ze was doing it for her own good.

Because she had to admit that during the treatment, Lin Ze didn't ask her for a single penny, and he devoted a lot of time and treated her like a professional doctor. She wouldn't be foolish enough to be an ungrateful wretch for such a selfless person.

However, that diary was really not presentable.

Is she, a beautiful young woman in the prime of her youth, really going to show her "simulated dog urination" experience to Lin Ze, her junior?

Just imagine the scene of the other person receiving the diary and reading it carefully.

Ayane Kitagawa couldn't resist the urge to climb the Tokyo Sky Tower and experience a freefall.

Living is so tiring...

She took a deep breath.

"I will bring it."

"Thank you for your cooperation. Also..." Lin Ze suddenly said seriously, "Senior, you've exposed yourself."

The words fell.

Kitagawa Ayane suddenly stood up, looked down at her cool legs, and quickly smoothed out her skirt to cover her white bear-patterned panties.

(End of this chapter)