âFor now, letâs put Nataliaâs matter aside.â Alice paused and leaned closer to him. She lowered her voice and asked solemnly, âIs there really no other way?â
âWhat? I donât understand what you mean.â
âAlthough you may not be famliar with Youyouâs situation, Iâve mentioned him to you before. Butâ¦â
âOh, I understand now. Youâre asking me to join you in coming up with a cure for the boy.â
âUh huhâ¦â
âBut you donât seem to trust me very much. You see, youâve never even shown me the boyâs detailed medical report.â Romanka looked at her calmly, probing.
Alice took a deep breath. âThereâs no way Iâm going to show you the boyâs medical report,â she said firmly.
Instead of getting angry, Romanka laughed. âLook, if youâre not willing to tell me about his health situation, how can I collaborate with you on a treatment?â
âGiven what youâve said, it seems youâll be able to come up with an appropriate treatment plan even if you donât know his health situation!â Alice obviously trusted Romankaâs strength.
Romanka laughed out loud, however. âWhat do you take me for? A god? Youâre a doctor yourself. Donât you think itâs unreasonable to say such a thing?â Romanka paused, then said, âIf a doctor doesnât understand the patientâs situation, he canât come up with an appropriate treatment plan at all! Moreover, the field of multiple personalities is still fraught with difficulties. Conversely, even if we had complete medical records, it doesnât mean weâll be able to come up with a perfect treatment plan.â
Agitated, Alice sat up straight. âI canât put it off any longer! If I canât come up with a perfect treatment plan, then Iâll have to destroy every personality apart from the primary personality, by hypnosis.ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âOh?â Romanka, on the other hand, became interested and caught the point. âAll personalities other than the primary? Does that mean heâs already spawned a third personality or more?â
Alice had not expected him to be so sharp as to grasp the point at once.
âYou sound as if youâre in a hurry. As if the boyâs condition is now beyond repair?â Romanka studied her expression as he spoke. When he finished, he suddenly smiled. âIt doesnât seem as bad as I first thought. After all, youâre still unwilling to let me have Youyouâs medical records. It doesnât look that pessimistic.â
Exasperated, Alice had no choice but to say frankly, âI really have no choice. After all, Iâm not the authority in this field, but you are! Right now, I want to save both Gong Fan and Youyou! However, something has happened recently.â
âWhat happened?â Romanka pressed curiously.
âFor unknown reason, he had made an assassination attempt.â
Even Romanka, whoâs a veteran, frowned at this.
No longer bothering to guard against him, Alice recounted the events of that day to him in detail.
Romanka listened and was silent for a moment. Then he said immediately, âIt seems heâs gone through a second split.â
âA second split?â
âUnder a certain condition in the split personality disorder, a single personality can split into two, and two personalities into four, and so on. As for how many times this can take place, thereâs no detailed record to-date.â