"Psychiatric... psychiatric Hospital?"
Ichiko looked at the message sent by Dr. Kaito, and countless news articles she had seen online flashed through her mind.
Sent to internet addiction schools, students fought desperately to expose that those schools were actually violent addiction treatments, and many deaths had even occurred.
Sent to a psychiatric Hospital, despised, neglected, and abused by various people inside.
Turning a healthy person sick, and a sick person to death.
A hallucination seemed to appear before her eyes; Haruko was sent to a psychiatric Hospital by her and came out completely stupid.
Or on her last breath.
Her hands trembling, she quickly typed.
Mimi: "Dr. Kaito, this isn't right. Why send her to a psychiatric Hospital? You didn't say that before."
Mimi: "Sorry, Dr. Kaito, I was too agitated. I mistyped."
Dr. Kaito: "It's not your fault."
"I was optimistic before because you were also optimistic. Your optimism would be transmitted to the patient, which would create an opportunity for treatment."
"But your current state tells me that you are already reaching your limit and can't hold on anymore. Being in this state by Orange friend's side will only have a negative effect."
"Moreover, I am also thinking for you. Your subconscious is already preventing you from contacting Orange. This is a protective instinct. If you continue, not to mention whether Orange can be cured, you yourself will go crazy."
"That's why I recommended you send Orange to a psychiatric Hospital. Although the chance of treatment is slim, it is better for both you and her."
Ichiko replied instantly, "No, Haruko absolutely cannot be sent to a psychiatric Hospital!"
Dr. Kaito: "See, you're afraid to face her, and you're anxious about sending her to a psychiatric Hospital."
Dr. Kaito: "What exactly do you want?"
Looking at her phone, Ichiko's lips trembled, "What I want... what is it?"
Scenes flashed through her mind one after another.
But she couldn't focus on any of them.
At this moment, Dr. Kaito sent another message, "It's too tiring to explain just by typing. Is a phone call convenient?"
Ichiko quickly came back to her senses and called Dr. Kaito on Massenger.
What she heard was the mature and steady voice of an Uncle, "Hello, Peach Miss, I am Dr. Kaito."
Such a voice was inexplicably reassuring. Ichiko composed herself, "Hello, Dr. Kaito."
Haruko... oh no, Dr. Kaito first used a disguised voice to open the topic, "I just talked about your problem. Since you have no clue, how about I ask and you answer?"
"As psychologists, we usually use a question-and-answer method to help patients sort out their situation."
Ichiko was already extremely confused and quickly responded gratefully, "I have no problem, Dr. Kaito."
"Okay, first, you don't dislike your Orange friend, even if she likes you, is of the same sex, and is a yandere who will do extreme things, but you still don't dislike her and don't want to abandon her, right?"
Ichiko sat back on the sofa and nodded gently, "Yes, Dr. Kaito, Haruko and I grew up together, and her family also entrusted her to me. I can't abandon her."
"No, no, no." Dr. Kaito said, "Don't let external factors influence your judgment, but base it on yourself."
Dr. Kaito: "Forget it, I'll ask more directly. Do you like her or dislike her?"
Ichiko was speechless for a moment: "I..."
Dr. Kaito explained with a smile, "Don't misunderstand, liking is not just about romance, it also includes other factors such as family, friends, admiration, longing, and yearning. If you really don't know if you like her, not disliking is liking."
"Not disliking... is liking..."
Ichiko opened her mouth, instinctively feeling something was wrong, but couldn't pinpoint it.
She just answered according to Dr. Kaito's words, "Then I like Haruko."
"Very good." Dr. Kaito responded, "Then from this, the previous two questions are extended: either send her to a psychiatric Hospital, or try to accept her yandere nature and try to enjoy it."
"But Dr. Kaito, is there no other way?"
Dr. Kaito: "I am giving you a multiple-choice question, not a material question."
Another choice...
Ichiko pursed her lips, "If I have to choose, I will... I will try to accept her, pretend to like her, and then... and then see if I can cure her."
Dr. Kaito: "Treatment is a later matter. Now you are choosing to accept her."
"But Dr. Kaito." Ichiko said anxiously, "That's easy to say, but when I think of her, I still feel scared when I face her."
"Don't worry, we are here to solve this problem."
"Infer the process and origin from the result." Dr. Kaito said word by word, "The current result is that Orange has become a yandere and likes you!"
"So, Peach Miss, here's our question: How did she become a yandere, and why did she like you after becoming a yandere?"
Dr. Kaito didn't give Ichiko a chance to think and answered his own question, "The formation of a yandere is deformed and twisted. Such feelings will not appear out of thin air. There must be influences from family factors, environmental factors, and even human factors."
"Next, we will analyze it little by little."
Dr. Kaito asked, "Only you know about your Orange friend. Recalling from childhood, what do you think are the family factors that influenced Orange's growth?"
Ichiko was in a daze, "Family... Haruko comes from a poor peasant family. Her parents only knew how to raise children but not educate them, and they lived a relatively hard life."
Dr. Kaito added appropriately, "Such children lack correct guidance and often learn what they see and gravitate towards it. Children cannot distinguish between right and wrong, which is the beginning of deformity."
"Then what about the environmental factors that influenced her growth?"
Ichiko's breathing became a little rapid, "Because she was thin and small, from a poor background, and not good at communicating, before she met me at school, she was always bullied and picked on. Her classmates looked down on her, the teachers didn't care, and the school was inactive..."
Dr. Kaito: "See, suppressed, extreme, and without a good education, the second step of deformity is thus planted. It is already very difficult for such a child to grow up normally."
In the Hospital, Haruko, with a bit of reluctance, but also with much excitement and anticipation, continued to ask softly.
"Then, most importantly, what are the human factors from you, the object of her yandere nature?"
At this time, Ichiko thought of something extremely terrifying, something she didn't even want to face.
Her legs trembled, and her lips were bloodless.
"The human factor is... when she was most desperate, helpless, and confused, I appeared by her side, pulled her up, and then..."
Dr. Kaito finished her sentence, "Then, in order to take care of her insecurity and encourage her, you kept saying that she was your most important person, that you liked her the most, and that you would always be together."
"Peach Miss, from our adult perspective, Orange Miss came from a poor family, did not receive a good education, was alone, and for many years, no one appeared by her side and stood by her."
"And at this time, you came, guiding her thoughts from childhood, guiding her emotions, making her value you, making her like you, making her think that you would always be with her, thus making her hopelessly dependent on you."
"These are all things you told me before. The naive Orange Miss was like a blank sheet of paper, absorbing and filling in all the knowledge she heard, saw, and was taught."
Dr. Kaito's voice was deep, "Based on the results, Peach Miss... you, are also a yandere!"
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