As early as before subduing Yuri, Haruko had thought about it.
Ichiko must be completely confused facing herself right now. Due to her special nature, she wouldn't talk to Sento, Inari, etc., so she would inevitably look for others to ask about her situation.
Now, having just entered university for two months, among the supporting characters who have a good relationship with Ichiko, the lurking Yuri is one of them.
As long as Ichiko asks Yuri about her, her room for maneuver would be very large.
Thinking of this, Haruko sent a message to Yuri, "What did she tell you?"
Yuri: "She said strange things, like if someone was originally quite normal but suddenly became strange, having episodes and asking what Chi Xiaocheng tasted like or something."
Yuri: "You're playing such a big game, and what does she even mean?"
Haruko: "Why do you think it's me?"
Yuri: "Didn't you tell me to stay by her side and not show myself precisely to deceive her? Just tell me how to reply to her."
Haruko felt a little embarrassed.
Was it that obvious?
She pushed a Massenger account over, "Have Ichiko add this account. This is a professional psychological Doctor."
Yuri: "Psychological Doctor?"
"Anyway, just say it's someone you know, very reliable."
Haruko quickly switched to a Massenger clone and logged into another one of her small accounts.
This psychological Doctor was an account she created. Both the content of the Moments and the contacts were disguised very well by her.
As for where the methods came from, this was thanks to a skill she got from a single draw of the System last time - Hacker (Intermediate).
Haruko originally didn't think this skill was very useful. The original owner was just a normal student, and she was already very fortunate not to be in debt from the start. She had no money to buy a series of hacker tools at all.
She didn't even have a botnet, so what kind of hacker could she be?
But on second thought, even without tools, having obtained the corresponding knowledge, it was still fine for her to do some basic concealment of her information.
For example, creating this relatively perfect psychological Doctor small account.
Another example is that she knew her changes would be investigated by Inari and Sento, so she spread a lot of information that could cover up her becoming strange.
For example, bullying!
The original owner had always been bullied, and Haruko could completely use being bullied to explain her psychological changes.
With Ichiko's character setting, if I were bullied, she would definitely blame herself for not protecting me, right?
Although Yuri didn't know why Haruko was doing that, she still recommended the psychological Doctor's Massenger to Ichiko according to her instructions.
Then she found a few more reasons.
Not long after, Ichiko added Haruko's small account.
Haruko looked sideways at the wall on the right, as if seeing Ichiko sitting on the hospital bed holding her phone, with a cute look of slightly furrowed brows.
A small smile lifted the corners of her lips, and she sent the first message.
Dr. Cheng: "Hello (handshake)."
Taozi: "Hello Doctor, I'm very sorry to bother you."
Dr. Cheng: "It's alright, it's normal for a Doctor to solve patients' problems, and besides, you were recommended by my distant niece. If you have any questions, just say them first."
Taozi: "It's like this, I have a friend, because of certain things, someone around her has become very strange. I'll organize my words a bit and try to be as brief as possible."
Seeing this message, Haruko burst out laughing.
Classic 'you have a friend'.
"Ichiko, being so simple makes you easily deceived!"
Haruko decisively exposed Ichiko's disguise, "Peach Miss, I am a Doctor, and we are two strangers. Perhaps you think my skill is not good, so we can delete each other. There's no need to hide it. If you don't tell me the truth, how can I analyze it specifically?"
A long sentence made Ichiko in the next room blush.
She subconsciously didn't want to face Haruko's strange state.
This kind of thing wasn't easy to talk about.
"Sigh, she even recommended her distant uncle to help me, so I can't let down her good intentions!"
So Ichiko calmed down.
She started talking to Haruko, this "Dr. Cheng," about what had happened during this time.
First the basement, then the rooftop.
And she emphasized that Haruko had a relatively serious tendency for self-harm.
Finally, she asked, "Doctor, why do you think she became like that?"
Haruko pretended to think for a while, then typed and asked, "A person's significant personality change will only gradually occur after experiencing some unacceptable things."
"Did your friend experience any discrepancy because of something about you?"
When Ichiko saw this message, she immediately thought of Haruko saying she liked her.
So she replied, "Yes, we grew up together since childhood. At that time, she was bullied, and I helped her. At that time, she already had some psychological problems and was very insecure."
"So I often said things like 'You are the most important person to me', 'I will never leave you' to comfort her, although I actually thought so too."
"There were no problems for many years. Now that we are in university, many boys are pursuing me, and she misunderstood because of this, so she self-harmed and said things like she liked me and told me not to look for others."
"Doctor, is it possible that Haruko developed the wrong feelings for me?"
Wrong feelings?
Of course not.
I really like you, Ichiko!
Sighing in her heart, Haruko typed back with a serious expression, "That's also possible. Long-term lack of love and insecurity can lead to mistaking dependence for liking."
Taozi: "As expected, that's how it is. After all, we are both girls, and her saying she likes me is really giving me a headache."
Dr. Cheng: "But that possibility is very small. According to what you said about her forcing you to say you like her and wanting to jump off the building, I think she might really like you."
Taozi: "Ah?"
Taozi: "But... but we are both girls."
Dr. Cheng: "That's not the point."
Taozi: "This... this isn't the point?"
Dr. Cheng: "I have treated countless patients, and there are many with same-sex relationship problems. In my opinion, it's very normal. As long as there is love, gender can still be crossed."
Dr. Cheng: "Getting off track, the point is your Haruko's condition."
Dr. Cheng: "Based on my many years of experience, she is most likely unable to leave you. This is an unhealthy psychological disorder, comparable in severity to common depression."
In the next room, Ichiko was stunned. Because she was completely led by Haruko in the conversation, she didn't even notice some loopholes in the chat messages.
She just anxiously asked, "Doctor, please don't keep me in suspense."
Dr. Cheng: "Peach Miss, don't worry yet. I wonder if you've heard of people like Yandere?"
"Yandere?"