Chapter 111: The World of the Mentally Ill

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Thanks to the joint efforts of experts and professors from all over the world, the plot to kidnap Akihiko Kayaba was foiled and thousands of players trapped in the world of Sword Art Online were rescued.

As for the truth, no one can know the specific process, anyway, everyone urgently needs such a shot in the arm.

That's right, what a wonderful booster! Not only did it successfully solve the problem, but it also effectively responded to public opinion, saved the reputation of the government, the government, and the country, and effectively refuted the label of "incompetent".

Let those guys who always have a pessimistic view and think that maybe no one can be saved, at least if they rely on the government, they won't produce results for three or five years-

It only took them about a month to solve the problem, which shows that the government and the country have a way!

As for what the truth is, it doesn't matter, don't care about the details...... And although all kinds of news are singing praises of virtue, they are all brushed aside for specific details, and at most they focus on how many people have survived.

Compared with the previous major incident of more than 2,000 direct deaths, the new casualties of less than 1,000 people are simply drizzle, and it can be brushed aside.

What's more, the thousands of players who have woken up, almost without exception, have shown mental madness and insanity, and the past has also been ignored - anyway, the government was going to be responsible for treating these players, and this kind of thing was naturally expected.

That's right, for such an event, there is naturally a plan, whether the person is rescued or not, it is always right to prepare various plans in advance.

It is impossible to say that when everyone is rescued, and then find out that there is no real possibility of successful rescue, and only then do you rush to arrange the follow-up work when the matter is over.

So......

For those victims who suddenly encountered such a thing, there were more or less mental problems, which was something that had been considered for a long time.

After all, whether it's war or abuse, or any other strong personal experience, can be mentally traumatic, let alone this unprecedented game of death?

In all fairness, any normal person is suddenly forced to break away from the previous world and daily ...... because he has played a game Then he was thrown into a virtual world, forced to attack the game to be able to leave, and was also told that dying in the game was really dead.

Then this kind of pressure is absolutely impossible for people who have not experienced it, and a month is enough to cause distortion and trauma to the minds and spirits of these people......

Therefore, psychotherapy is also a plan that has been planned for a long time.

It's just that the situation is a little unexpected for them-

Thousands of people, without exception, have developed psychological problems and seem to have been scared crazy...... Is it because it's too scary inside, or is it because this year's players can't do it, and their psychological quality is too poor?

Of course, these detailed and specific questions do not need to be released and made public to the public.

The most important thing at the moment is to show that they did get people out...... This is the most important fact at present, and it needs to be promoted.

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A medical institution in Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture, is a state-of-the-art general hospital built in the suburbs.

The hallway was clean and tidy, and the air was filled with the smell of disinfectant water.

A doctor had just pushed the door out of a ward in exhaustion when he was stopped by two people claiming to be from the "Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications SAO Incident Countermeasures Headquarters", a notable organization formed immediately after the SAO incidents.

The man asked, "Doctor, may I ask how the patients are doing now?" ”

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It's this question again, really, this is the first time I've been today......

Sighing, the doctor glanced at a man and a woman in front of him, although he was very impatient and didn't want to answer, but the situation was stronger than people, and now they are paying attention to this matter.

Taking a deep breath of the air with the smell of disinfectant water, the doctor endured his impatience, tried to calm his mood, and said in a flat tone:

"This is the seventh time I've answered this question today...... It's not getting better, see for yourselves......"

After a moment's expression of displeasure, the doctor turned around and grabbed the doorknob, opening the door that had just been closed, revealing a gap.

The soundproofing of the ward was so good that I couldn't hear anything before, but as soon as I opened the door, some tormenting sounds came from it.

"Hmm——!!"

"It's ......"

Although it was only two seconds, the two investigators couldn't help but change their faces slightly.

Why does it sound so creepy, is there treatment going on, or is the patient being tortured?

The voice disappeared, and the doctor in the white coat closed the door, and then rubbed the center of his eyebrows: "Hear it, it's basically like this, we can't give them sedatives all the time, right?" ”

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The two investigators glanced at each other, and at this time they also found that the corridor of the hospital was not calm, and there were constantly doctors and nurses walking around quickly, not to mention entering and leaving.

At the same time, from all the wards, there were screams of fear, hysterical wails, crazy words, and moaning sounds......

These abnormal sounds are mixed together, very terrifying, and extremely weird and terrifying.

Fortunately, this is a big hospital, the lighting conditions are very good, and it is still daytime, and there are many people in the corridor who are busy coming and going, not lifeless.

If it had been at night, and it was just the two of them, I would have been scared to the point of weakness.

The doctor sighed, shook his head and said, "After all, we are not a special psychiatric hospital, and we are really a little powerless, so it is better to ...... It is better to transfer to the hospital as soon as possible. ”

"Ahem, we came here this time for this question, mainly to ask which patients are in serious condition and must be transferred...... And those who are in a better position to stay with you? ”

The short-haired female investigator coughed and explained.

"You should also know that it is not realistic to arrange thousands of people at once...... We had a plan before, but it wasn't far from being able to accommodate that many people. ”

After all, the official only considered that there might be "some" players who had psychological problems after being rescued, but did not think about the possibility of "all" players having psychological problems.

- It's unrealistic, but it's happening.

"We combed through some of them and found that the degree of mental damage and mental trauma of each patient is different, and it is indeed mild and severe......

The doctor thought for a moment, then replied.

"Fainting, screaming, running away in a panic, hysterical emotional outbursts, as well as incoherent speech, aphasia, intense phobias, hallucinations...... All of these symptoms are present, but some people have multiple symptoms at the same time, and some people show a single problem. ”

"It's just that I don't know the general situation, and I only have a specific small number of patients in charge, and if you want to know the specific information of all patients, you still need to go to the list above......

After quickly explaining what he knew, the doctor was hurriedly called away by the nurse who arrived.

Watching the doctor's back quickly walk down the long hallway and disappear into the end, the two investigators tugging at the corners of their mouths, then glancing at each other.

"Go in and have a look?"

"Well, go check it out, or I'll always feel like there's something bad going on inside."

The two quickly reached a consensus, and then endured the risk of the magic sound, carefully opened the door of the ward, and quickly dodged in.

Two minutes later, they came out with a bitter face, and then they went to other rooms to check the wards, and then checked several wards one after another.

When they stood in the hallway again, they both breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads.

The pressure was so great that it was as if all of them were going crazy, showing a kind of hysterical madness, which was extremely terrifying...... The slightly better one is a trance, curled up in bed like a fetus.

They have lost interest in everything and cannot act independently unless they are guided by someone else...... The advantage is that it is quiet, but it seems to feel even more intimidating.

It was as if it were just a breathing puppet, a living corpse, with dazed and unfocused eyes, unresponsive to external stimuli.

"What the hell have they been through? It's scary to think about......"

The female investigator hugged her shoulders and felt a little cold, and she didn't know if the air conditioning was too cold, or if the hospital was always so shady.

"Who knows? That damn Kayaba Akihiko never seemed to wake up, and the SAO-dedicated server automatically deleted the files again, and those experts were trying to find a way to recover and extract the data from it, but there was no hope......

The other replied casually.

"Specifically delete files.,It's a mechanism that has been set up automatically for a long time.,It's said that as long as players can log out again,,This self-destruct mechanism will be triggered......"

The female investigator pondered, "Does this mean that Akihiko Aoba had expected such a thing a long time ago, and this result was also part of his conspiracy?" ”

"Perhaps, there's a special team investigating that madman's file anyway...... It is also said that a deleted file was also recovered from his computer, which is also similar to the technology of NERvGear......"

The man seemed to remember something, looked around, and said in a low voice.

"They plan to use that thing to directly connect with Kayaba Akihiko's consciousness to extract his memories, because the people above think that the madman may be hiding more advanced technology......"

The female investigator nodded strangely: "I've heard of this too, speaking of which, that Kayaba Jinghiko is actually really a genius, why can't you use your talents in the right place?" ”

"Maybe it's because there's always a fine line between genius and madman, should we continue to ......," the man sighed, and then asked.

"Go on, I'm going to write a report later, I can't avoid it...... Although I always felt uncomfortable being in the same room as those patients......"

The woman bit her lower lip and said so.

She always felt that those people might not simply have some psychological problems under mental pressure, but had seen the real abyss.

Who is a normal person? How should normal concepts be distinguished? Mentally ill people may just see the real world......