Fang Zheng never thought that he was only one day late, and one of the houses was actually burned down?
To be on the safe side, he also sent Nymph to investigate. Nymph came back and said that the place had been burned down and not even a ghost was left. She also reported to Fang Zheng the case records that she had stolen from the police.
"So a bunch of idiots broke into a house and stole something, then they fought over how much they could get, then they killed each other and then they set the house on fire?"
Fang Zheng looked at the document in his hand with a strange expression, wondering if there was something wrong with his eyes.
"These people must have some problems with their brains!"
"In fact, they do have mental problems."
At this moment, Asakura Ryoko also came over with a smile.
"Oh? How do you mean?"
"The patient has been transferred to the psychiatric department. I heard that he was very emotional and yelling. According to the police, he was the one who set the house on fire. And according to the investigation information at the scene, it seems that this person used a kitchen knife to kill other accomplices before setting the fire."
"You are really crazy..."
Fang Zheng shook his head and stood up.
"Forget it, I'll go take a look."
Just as Asakura Ryoko said, Fang Zheng, wearing a white coat, had just walked into the territory of the Department of Psychiatry not long ago when he heard loud yelling coming from the ward in the distance, which made him frown. Then he brought Asakura Ryoko to the door of the ward. At the door of the ward, there were two policemen standing there. They also had bitter faces, and it looked like a pig-slaughtering scene.
"Hello, I'm Dr. Kasugano from the Department of Psychiatry. Can I come in and take a look?"
As he spoke, Fang Zheng took out his ID, and the two policemen took it, looked at it, and then nodded.
"Okay, no problem, but please be careful, this guy is very cruel and not someone you can easily deal with."
"I see."
Fang Zheng took back his ID, pushed open the door of the ward and walked in. Soon, he saw a young man tied up with restraints on the bed. He looked like a high school student. From the outside, he did not seem to be a bad boy. At this moment, his cheeks were pale and veins were bulging. He was struggling and roaring like an angry bull.
"Let me go! Let me go! I want to see her! She's mine! Mine!!!"
"Shut up!"
Hearing the boy's roar, Fang Zheng's face darkened and he snorted coldly. Hearing Fang Zheng's low shout, the boy who was still yelling just now suddenly shut his mouth and looked at Fang Zheng in horror. At this time, the two policemen outside the door also looked inside curiously, and only retracted their gaze after confirming that the patient was fine.
"Come, let me check you out."
As Fang Zheng spoke, he stretched out his hand and pressed it on the young man's chest, looking like a doctor listening to his stethoscope. But at the same time, his eyes turned into golden dragon pupils, staring at the man in front of him.
"Tell me, why did you go there?!"
"Because..."
Staring into Fang Zheng's eyes, the man seemed to be hypnotized, and answered in a low voice, muttering to himself.
"Because she said...she hoped we could help her...that was her home...she had something very important there, and she hoped we could help her find it, so we went there...but, it was clearly me who found it, it was clearly me..."
At this point, the man became excited again.
"But, that bastard Yamada, that bastard, I was the first one to find him. I was the first one to find the key from the corpse!"
"Wait, what body? What key?!"
Hearing this, Fang Zheng was shocked and asked again hurriedly, and the man obediently gave another answer.
"The body... is the body in the secret room. There is a secret room in the well... There is a body in it. The key on his body is what she wanted. I took it, but Yamada snatched it away! He snatched the key from me and gave it to her! Then they left! It was obviously me who found it, it was obviously me, those bastards, bastards...!!"
"What does the key you're talking about look like?"
Fang Zheng asked again, and the man's eyes became more confused.
"I don't know. It's silvery, silvery... a very beautiful, beautiful, quite beautiful key. It's just like, just like... haha, hahaha, hahahaha... just as beautiful as her. Ah, why didn't I think of it? It's her, that key, it's her... hahaha..."
The young man in front of him was becoming more and more crazy. He opened his mouth and showed a silly smile like a mentally retarded person. Saliva flowed from the corners of his mouth, and his eyes were staring at the ceiling blankly without any distance between them.
"Who is she you are talking about?"
Hearing this, Fang Zheng seemed a little annoyed, and facing Fang Zheng's question, the man's expression suddenly changed.
"No, you are not allowed to snatch her away. She is mine! Mine!"
Having said this, the man actually stretched out his hands, broke free from the restraints, and grabbed Fang Zheng.
"She's mine, mine!!! She's my woman!! Tomie!!! I'm the man who loves you the most!!!"
"What are you doing?!"
“Let him go!!”
At this moment, the police at the door noticed something was wrong and rushed in, pressing the young man back to his bed. The young man seemed to not care at all, twisting his body desperately, screaming and struggling. Even the two strong policemen could hardly control him.
"Tomie! Tomie! I've done so much for you, why, why do you treat me like this!!"
“…”
Fang Zheng took two steps back with a gloomy face, then made a gesture and quickly walked towards Ryoko Asakura.
"Give him a sedative."
"OK."
Hearing Fang Zheng's order, Asakura Ryoko immediately stepped forward and, with the help of two policemen, gave the man a shot of sedative, causing him to fall into a deep sleep again. At this moment, Fang Zheng's face was gloomy and his brows were furrowed.
Tomie!
I never thought that this matter could be related to her!
Fang Zheng of course knew about Tomie, after all, she was one of the three great female ghosts in Japan along with Sadako and Kayako, but strictly speaking, Tomie was not a ghost or evil spirit like Sadako or Kayako. She was a complete living being with an outstanding appearance that could make any man who saw her go crazy and fall madly in love with her.
Not only that, Tomie also possesses a unique charm that will make the men who are obsessed with her dismember her. What's more important is that after the bodies are cut into pieces, a new Tomie will grow from each part... huh?
If you think about it carefully, this does seem to fit the characteristics of a Cthulhu creature.
Could it be that Tomie is also an Outer God follower of Shub-Niggurath like Saya? After all, if you think about it carefully, Tomie will make the SAN value of anyone who approaches her zero, and then dismember them, and each dismembered body part can be reborn into a new Tomie. Isn't this also another form of fission reproduction?
Thinking of this, Fang Zheng immediately returned to the office and found Saya.
"Saya, do you have any brothers or sisters?"
"Why?"
"You are the only black goat kid summoned by Dr. Oya Yayan?"
"Well, at least I haven't met any other compatriots."
Facing Fang Zheng's question, Saya shook her head.
"So, what experiments did Dr. Oya Masahiko do?"
"I don't know about this, but my father did collect some of my tissue and took it to the hospital for experiments. As for the results... I don't know."
So this thing called mad scientist is really harmful.
Fang Zheng already had some guesses, but... he still had to confirm it first.
"Saya, you and Nymph secretly check the hospital's archives and investigate some of the patient records over the years to see if there is a person named Tomie. I will have Ryoko cooperate with you in the investigation."
"Okay, I get it, but who is this Tomie?"
"It may be one of your father's experimental subjects. As for your father... well, according to the clues we have obtained so far, he is no longer alive."
"Yeah……"
Hearing this, Saya looked a little depressed.
"So, I can't go back?"
"No, there's no problem going back. The main thing is that the thing that opens the door should have been taken away by this woman named Tomie. Although I don't know what she wants to do, I'll start investigating her first."
As a doctor, it was not difficult for Fang Zheng to find patient information. It only took Nymph half a day to find the information of a patient named "Fujimoto Tomie" from the files.
"Fujimoto Tomie, 17 years old, was hospitalized due to a fire at home. Both of her parents died, she has no relatives, and she suffered third-degree burns. The patient once had suicidal thoughts, and Professor Masahiko Ogai of the Department of Psychology was responsible for her psychiatric treatment..."
I see.
Looking at the patient's information in his hand, Fang Zheng nodded. He had almost guessed the cause and effect of the matter. The original novel "Tomie" did not mention why Tomie had this ability, but in this world, Fang Zheng almost had a clue. It was obvious that according to his memory, Tomie was a beautiful girl who was quite conceited about her beauty.
According to the information in the archives, Tomie was hospitalized due to a fire in her home. Third-degree burns are considered very serious skin injuries. This was in the 1930s, when plastic surgery technology had not yet appeared. It can be said that if there had been no accidents, Tomie's life would have been ruined.
No wonder she had thoughts of committing suicide.
As a Black Forest cub, Saya has a very strong regenerative ability. In the game, she was finally killed by freezing her with liquid nitrogen, which means that ordinary weapons can't kill her at all. Dr. Ogai Masahiko obviously also took a fancy to Saya's regenerative ability. Maybe that's why he used Tomie as a test subject and injected her with something from Saya.
Ah, this familiar recipe and familiar taste reminds me of the blood therapy in Yharnam Town.
It turns out that human stupidity is passed down from generation to generation.
Just burn Japan down.
At this moment, Fang Zheng really had this urge.