When Hogg followed the army back to the pavilion in the First District, it felt like a world away.

The "evil spirit" disappeared, and the councillors who had ended the discussion went back to their homes, and after a while, Jock, who had finished greeting people, greeted him and said, "I will contact you later about the psychiatrist, and I won't let anyone in your family know." ”

"Hmm."

Hogg just nodded.

He now wants to know more about the "evil spirit" than consulting a psychiatrist, and he is sure that during the banquet, the other party paused for about 2 seconds.

Is this an aggravation of his condition, or can the "zealous citizens" really appear by his side by some means?

After the meeting adjourned, Hogg made a difficult decision.

Consult a professional about this.

And the only thing he could think of at the moment that would help him in that regard was Rob Lucci, and they had agreed on a time and place at his private residence in the 1st arrondissement, a luxury apartment in a grand high-rise in the heart of the city, where most of the councillors had bought their houses, but they rarely lived in the 1st arrondissement, and only came there during meetings.

Every month they need to pay an expensive fee to maintain their temporary residence.

Hogg hadn't slept well for days, and he felt that if he didn't solve the matter sooner, he would be driven crazy by nightmares sooner or later, so he fidgeted in the living room, opened a bottle of wine and drank most of it, but now that it was quiet, the "evil spirit" did not appear again.

After a series of events, his emotions about the "enthusiastic citizens" are extremely complicated.

On the one hand, I hope to ask the other party for clarification in person, but on the other hand, I am afraid that I will be killed in the first area.

After anxious waiting, the doorbell of the apartment finally rang.

"Mr. Lucci."

Hogg greeted him, and looked vigilantly down the hallway, and saw that no one else was following, before letting him into the house, "No one has spotted you along the way, has he?" ”

After all, in the High Council's understanding, Rob Lucci should be waiting for trial in District 6 now.

"No, what's the matter with you looking for me in a hurry?"

"Mr. Luch, I think I'm sick."

Hogg sat down on the couch, his whole body languishing, now at least he didn't have to worry about his personal safety anymore.

"Are you sick?"

Song Lan was stunned for a moment, "Do you think I look like a doctor?" ”

"Doctors can't solve this disease."

Hogg shook his head.

He has been lacking sleep for a long time recently, and his whole thinking is chaotic, and his series of symptoms are perfectly consistent with the psychiatrist's diagnosis, so even he can't tell what is really happening around him.

But he can't trust the family psychiatrist, let alone Jock, and God knows if he will use the High Council to brainwash himself?

In terms of the degree of illness, he felt that the people of the High Council were not less sick than him.

He thought that the so-called worship of the gods was just a political ploy they used to attract people to the church, but when he went, he was surprised to find that all the people there had become devout believers from the heart, and they believed in the future that "God" had shown them.

The world made of plants is unusual, but in the eyes of a normal person, the instinct is not "God", but alien creatures, or the product of some biopharmaceutical company that has gone out of control, never learning their lessons, and has made countless discoveries that are beyond human understanding.

He still remembered the infamous experiments of Yungang Biopharma in the "outside world", the entire laboratory was destroyed by runaway creations, and no one knew what happened to those creations.

"Mr. Luki, do you believe in the existence of 'evil spirits'?"

Hogg asked after a pause.

"You mean the ghosts in horror movies?"

Song Lan deliberately pretended not to understand, at the beginning, a certain bad boy also regarded the invincible platinum star as an "evil spirit", and locked himself in the detention center, he moved out the lines that had been prepared a long time ago, "As far as I know, all the incidents that are identified as 'evil spirits' have finally been proven to be the work of psychic people, and in the MI7 database, there has never been a real 'evil spirit', so Mr. Hogg, I hope you believe in science." ”

"But he's been following me, yes, I'm sure he seems to be able to stop the clock for about two seconds."

Hogg retorted unconvinced, that he had plenty of motivation to prove the existence of "evil spirits", and if everything was his imagination, wouldn't that confirm his identity as a psychopath?

Hogg never wanted to make himself mentally ill, let alone anyone who knew about it, especially those with whom he had an interest.

Therefore, Rob Lucci's judgment is crucial for him, and the latter is a judgment made from an impartial and objective point of view, in his capacity as the executive of MI7's highest operational unit, and it is very credible.

And he believes that Rob Lucci doesn't want him to be a psychopath – at least for now.

"You mean, you saw evil spirits?"

Song Lan asked.

"Not only did he see it, but he could also affect reality, the anti-fatigue medicine I brought was gone, and this is the most direct proof that he snatched the medicine and put it in his pocket."

In order to prove that what he said was true, Hogg opened his pants and clothes pockets in front of Song Lan, and put the mobile phone, documents and other items on the table, he stared at the other party nervously, and his heart rose to his throat.

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"Mr. Hogg, you know that doesn't prove anything, everyone with paranoia says so, they may even have a friend who doesn't exist in the real world, and they insist that a lot of what happens around them is done by a friend."

Song Lan easily said the case of a mentally ill person, thanks to Director Lu, who has a wide range of knowledge, and she also has a very in-depth study of psychiatry and psychology, "The world seen by mentally ill patients is not the same as that of normal people, maybe in the eyes of other councillors, it is a completely different scene, not to mention that 2 seconds is too short, it is likely that you just took a moment to mistakenly think that time was stopped." ”

Hogg wasn't satisfied with these answers, but he couldn't refute them.

Indeed, all the evidence he provided was not enough to directly prove the existence of "evil spirits", not to mention that the severely mentally ill patients he had met would also behave similarly.

Some people think of themselves as a mushroom lonely.

There are also people who claim to be the reincarnation of gods.

And they all ended up in an insane asylum, and they may not be released in this life.

So, will this be the end of Hogg-Foster for him?

"You mean, I'm really mentally ill?"

"That's what the psychiatrist will say to you, and then he'll advise you to get treatment as soon as possible and put you in a psychiatric hospital."

"But you don't think so?"

Hope reignited in Hogg's eyes.

"Not long ago, on my mission, I passed by a place called Egypt, which was the name before the Third War, and is now near the Fifth Neutral Country, where I happened to read a document about a special group of people called stand-ins."

"Stand-in messenger?"

"That's one of the forms of psionic abilities, and in different regions, psionic people display their abilities in different ways."

At this critical moment, the theory put forward by Song Lan's friend who died in an accident, the former president of Wisteria Academy, played an important role, "A friend of mine who has an in-depth study of spiritual abilities once put forward a theory, he believes that the myths and legends in many regions are not made up, but the result of the local people witnessing the spiritual powers, and adding exaggerated descriptions and the imagination of the writer himself, such as witches, Taoist priests, and demon hunters who have appeared in legends. ”

Hogg sat up straight unconsciously, sleepy for a moment, his eyes blazing.

That's what he wanted to hear.

According to Rob Lucci, instead of going crazy, he could have become a psychic?

"You mean the stand-in messenger could also be real?"

Even though he had never heard of the term, he preferred to believe that these special groups of people were real.

"The book says that the powerful spiritual power of the stand-in messenger can concretize specific images, and even manipulate them to fight with people, and when I went to some psychic research institutes to investigate, I also found that there were also psychic people who were accustomed to fighting in a similar way in the territory of the coalition government."

Song Lan has always believed that the existence of spiritual abilities represents infinite possibilities.

Even if there is a stand-in messenger one day, there is no surprise.

"But how can I be sure if what you're saying is true?"

"You don't seem to have learned how to control your mental powers, but I do know a way to verify it."

Saying that, Song Lan took out a pistol and put it on the coffee table in front of Hogg, "Even if they can't control it, their spiritual power will protect them." ”

"Then if your conclusion is wrong, wouldn't I ......"

"You could die, or at least you have to endure the pain of being bullet through your body."

Song Lan responded positively to Hogg.

Hogg's gaze wandered back and forth between him and the gun, and he admitted that the other man had come up with a theory that was compelling enough, but if he thought about it, he realized that it was all based on a book of unknown origin that had never been proven.

Are stand-ins real?

Hogg reached out and picked up the pistol on the coffee table, and the remaining reason in his heart told him that he must be crazy to do this, but the only remaining reason was quickly crushed by the unprovoked impulse.

He slowly aimed his gun at his chest.

His eyes froze, and he pulled the trigger.

"Bang ——!"

…………………………………………

In the afternoon, Jock received a call from a psychiatrist.

He hired the best psychiatrist in the first district for Hogg as agreed, but when it came time to meet him, Hogg, who had promised him before, suddenly changed his mind.

"I'm pretty sure Mr. Hogg is seriously mentally ill."

The psychiatrist said in the affirmative on the other end of the phone that she was able to make a judgment even if they hadn't met yet.

"Why? Didn't he refuse to meet you? ”

But he gave reasons for refusing to meet.

The psychiatrist tried to make his voice sound as calm as possible, "Mr. Hogg said he wasn't sick, he just became a stand-in. ”

……

Jock sat at his desk with a shake of his hand, and coffee spilled all over the table.

The silence between the two lasted for nearly a minute before the psychiatrist took the initiative to speak, "Do you still need me to continue to contact him?" ”

With Hogg's mental state, she could imagine that it must have been a very difficult patient.

"It's still according to the original plan."

Jock's eyes were dark, and he couldn't help but wonder if inviting Hogg to the club was the right decision, "You find a way to meet him first, and you must find a way to cure him." ”