“Hallucinogen is a hallucinogenic drug. Surely Professor Romanka knows the true purpose of this drug.” The boy paused, his facial muscles stiffening.
Alice hesitated for a long moment as she held the pathology report. Then it dawned on her. “Maybe… I have a good idea why Professor Romanka gave her this drug.”
The boy was perplexed when he heard this and asked for confirmation, “Tell me. What’s the reason? This drug can be toxic. Though I don’t think the dosage is fatal, it’s higher than the usual dose used purely for management of illnesses.”
“As you know, this drug causes hallucination.”
“Uh huh.”
“Generally, when a patient has bipolar disorder, for example, or is anxious and has insomnia, taking this drug at a low dose can have a calming effect. However, at this dosage prescribed here, the patient taking it will hallucinate.”
“Hallucinate…”
“Uh huh.”
“In other words…” The boy had obviously guessed Professor Romanka’s intentions. His expression froze over.
Alice nodded and sighed. “My guess is that Professor Romanka wanted to experiment on Natalia. By creating the illusion, he awakened or created Natalia’s second personality. By creating the illusion, he convinced Natalia’s primary personality that she actually had a twin sister. Through the illusion, he tampered with her memory. Once the primary personality believes deeply in this, a second personality would naturally be created. This is the case in theory, but no one had ever practiced it. Of course, back then, Professor Romanka wanted me to hypnotize Natalia so that he could create a second personality. I didn’t agree to it. It looks that he has gone down a crooked path to achieve his goal.”
The boy clenched his fists tightly.
‘The medication must be stopped at once.’
“My guess is that it has stopped.” Alice said, “This is last month’s pathology report. They should have stopped it this month.”
She couldn’t help being curious. “How did you get this pathology report?”
The boy pondered for a moment, then decided to keep the secret for now. “I got lost in the hospital, and then I happened to walk into a room where I saw this pathology report.”
Of course, he was curious. Natalia had been taken back to the ward by Alice. Why had she reappeared in the back garden? Although he was genuinely curious, he had to keep his word since he had promised Natalia to keep the secret.
“I see…” Alice nodded. “Professor Romanka has gone too far,” she said earnestly. “He shouldn’t have done this!”
“Natalia is his daughter. Doesn’t he find this cruel? Using his own daughter as an experiment is too much.”
Even as Gong Jie was amused by Youyou’s special concern for Natalia, he had to remind the boy, “Natalia is not Professor Romanka’s biological daughter. Not every adoptive father will treat his adopted daughter as if she were his own. Perhaps Professor Romanka adopted Natalia with a motive.”
Youyou found it heartbreaking. He suddenly looked up and tugged at the corner of his uncle’s shirt. He seemed to be negotiating, but his tone was clearly commanding. “Will you adopt Natalia, Uncle?”
“What?” Gong Jie was suddenly perplexed. “Why should I adopt her?”
“Because, that way, she can get out of here legitimately.”
