"Maho-nee" is a long story.
As we all know, Jiyan Daohua is a superpower with a bad personality. What he likes to do most is to provoke others' emotions and gain his own attention.
This man's boldness was well-known throughout the city. He dared to call Caldesia "Miss Lion" in front of her, and said to the skull that the skull was rotten. Aurus was called "the painted young man" by him. , Badman was nicknamed "the leader of the pigs, the fool of all fools." Except for Mo Yuankai and Chi Zijing, every superpower person has been angered by him to the point of rage, and doctors are no exception.
The doctor's real name is Akaguchi Maho, and she hates being called by her name. The doctor is three years older than Gongsun Ce, and the two have known each other since childhood. This is how the name "Sister Maho" came about. Gongsun Ce would jokingly call her this every time he paid for a doctor's treatment. He would take pleasure in watching the other party's dissatisfaction, at the cost of paying double or even several times more medical expenses. (He didn't dare to call her "Akaguchi Sister" because the doctor actually peeled off his skin after he teased her like this.)
In short, in the simplest terms -
It's because of the mistakes I made when I was young.
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"I'm really sorry!" Gongsun Ce clasped his hands and apologized in shame, "Such annoying teasing is despicable behavior. I didn't realize it until recently. I used to be too naughty. I know It makes no sense to say this now, but please believe that I will not do this in the future!"
The doctor nodded and imitated someone's previous tone and said, "Maho-sama, please give me a hug."
The gray-haired boy covered his ears: "Please forgive me..."
The blue-haired woman stared at him indifferently, as if she were looking at a piece of garbage.
"Maho-nee, you're so cute when you treat me just to make money even though you don't want to."
Gongsun Ce fell to the ground and screamed: "Stop talking! Just kill me with a knife!!!"
The doctor sat down on the chair, crossed his legs casually, and hung his sandals over the head of Gongsun Ce, who was rolling on the ground.
"Master Taoist also has a sense of shame. I am surprised that you have really changed."
"……ah."
Gongsun Ce stopped and his voice deepened.
"When I looked at the outside world, I realized my own insignificance...and my own ridiculousness."
Gongsun Ce's tone reminded her of the airship seven years ago.
The doctor gave up the idea of continuing to take revenge on the other party and talked about the main topic of his visit.
"What are your symptoms?"
Gongsun Ce got up from the ground and sat back on his sofa.
"...hallucination." He clasped his hands tightly, "You should have seen the news. I was in the kingdom not long ago. After I came back, I still felt that I was still in that place from time to time...
do you understand? I always feel like I'm dead and everything I'm experiencing now is just an illusion before I die. As long as I find some stimulation for myself, the illusion will disappear... and I can return to the real reality..."
Saying these words seemed to consume a lot of energy on his part, causing cold sweat to break out on Gongsun Ce's forehead.
"But I should die there." His hands began to tremble more and more violently, and his voice became strange. "I should have-"
clatter. A ballpoint pen touched the back of Gongsun Ce's hand, stopping his abnormal movement. The gray-haired boy gasped and looked up, seeing the doctor's calm face.
"……Feel sorry."
"For common PTSD, you need to take medication, but more importantly, psychological treatment." The doctor took out a form from the medical kit and said, "First do a psychological assessment."
"No." Gongsun Ce refused subconsciously, "You know psychological treatment is meaningless to me. I can't live without lying."
The doctor looked at him for a while and put away the form.
"Then I can only give you some medicine."
"Thanks, that's what I need."
The doctor took out several different medicine bottles and ordered the dosage one by one.
"Did you remember it?"
"Of course." Gongsun Ce repeated, "Of course...what did you say?"
The doctor put the medicine bottle aside and took out a brand new medicine box. This medicine box is divided into small squares, with a total of 14 squares in two rows.
"Put the medicine in a box and take one box a day."
"well."
No one spoke for a long time. The doctor carefully arranged the medicines, and Gongsun Ce watched blankly.
"……doctor?"
"What's wrong."
"Brother, how is he?"
The doctor did not stop his movements.
"The body is healthy, but other aspects are abnormal. His heart is still functioning normally, but the information disturbance shows extremely abnormal data. The release of superpowers will bring a great burden to him, which is something we have never encountered before. past phenomenon."
"So the conclusion is?"
"Mo Yuankai is basically unable to fight." The doctor said indifferently, "He is not much stronger than an ordinary person now."
Gongsun Ce lowered his head and remembered that Mo Yuankai called him yesterday afternoon, encouraging him to go out for a walk and get more fresh air in his usual manner, but did not mention how bad his condition was.
"……I know."
The doctor completely ignored his reaction and kept talking to himself.
"Aulus Optimis has been very active recently. John Garcia and Badman Ives are also planning something. Chi Zijing is as quiet as before. Many small organizations appeared during the time you left... Everyone has a plan."
"...Ah." Gongsun Ce closed his eyes, "I understand what you mean."
The doctor said nothing and just placed the pills quietly. Click, click, click, the sound of the medicine box opening and closing sounded monotonously.
"I won't be involved in this anymore. They can do whatever they want. I won't involve my current eldest brother in danger. The official people are protecting him, right?"
"Yes."
"That's fine."
Gongsun Ce took off his glasses.
"The hero is tired. His clown followers are tired too." He said softly, "Everyone has graduated from the second phase of high school, so the hero activities should be over."
The doctor put down the last pill, pushed the pill box to the boy, and looked into his eyes.
"You've really grown up."
"Just becoming more cowardly."
"Learning to give in is also a kind of growth." The doctor stood up and picked up the medical kit. "This visit is free. If you don't want to receive psychological treatment, just spend more time with the new person."
"Hey, I'm just a bad guy."
The doctor turned back and looked at his unconscious face.
You're much better off talking and laughing with that girl than when you're alone. She is a brand new visitor in your life who will not remind you of past sorrows.
The doctor didn't say this, he just said.
"Now that you have grown up, stop being a follower and act like a good senior."
After saying this, she turned and left.
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After leaving Gongsun Ce's apartment, the doctor headed towards his next destination. She looked at the people on the street and noticed a few black figures among them.
It's the Wings of Death. It was not a common thing for people in black to roam around the Thorny Area blatantly... During this period, their relationship with the Mutual Aid Association was very tense, and there were many frictions between the two parties. This may be the beginning of another conflict.
The doctor adjusted his course of action and stayed away from the gangsters. But she didn't expect that a gangster would come over on his own initiative. The doctor had an impression of this man. He dyed his hair yellow and used a pistol. He was an old member of Zushou's team.
"Sister doctor, I'm sorry to bother you! Can I take you half a minute?"
The doctor stood silent.
The yellow-haired gangster rubbed his hands nervously and asked, "That's right, a batch of new people have joined our organization in the past few days... They are not very discerning and can easily cause trouble... I want to ask if anyone has provoked you without looking at them."
The doctor shook his head, feeling relieved as if he was being pardoned.
gas.
"Thank you doctor sister! Thank you, I'll go find a new person!"
The yellow-haired gangster left, and the doctor pondered his words. This time, Deathwing didn't seem to be looking for trouble, it seemed like he was looking for someone. One of their members went missing in the Thorns?
In the current undercurrent environment, disappearance and death can basically be equated. If she thought about it more carefully, she could analyze more things: for example, the target they suspected was mostly a woman, and they had a certain recognition of the newcomer's strength... but this information had nothing to do with her.
The doctor is not going to wade into this muddy water.
She could already see the "Nanfeng Pavilion" sign. She put the matter behind her and walked into the door of the family restaurant. A familiar top hat appeared on the third booth on the right side of the door, and the blond girl on the seat waved to her.
"Senior~~"
"Um."
Like every previous meeting, the school girl gave her a warm hug, like a docile big yellow cat. The doctor scratched his friend's chin and sat down at the other end of the booth.
There were desserts and drinks ordered in advance on the table. Caldesia ordered a glass of ice juice for herself and gave her a cup of black coffee: "How is our silly old friend doing?"
The doctor took the coffee and looked at his reflection in the black liquid.
"Do you remember seven years ago?"
"Oh God, I remember," Caldesia said listlessly, "He destroyed the whole ship, you turned the soldiers into monsters, and the blood was everywhere like ketchup... I almost went crazy because The turd of Orus was laughing wildly until Chi Zijing hit him in the face with a stick... Do you know, senior sister? If our life is a B-level movie series, then one day this series can still be bad even if it is guaranteed to be low-end It’s a battle between five and three.”
"10% freshness?" the doctor asked.
"That's too conservative, 5%." Caldesia used a fork to poke ugly holes in the cake one after another. "Don't tell me he's going to go berserk again."
The doctor took a sip of coffee and recalled the long past in his mind. The silver-white metal walls, the room with no visible door, and the ubiquitous surveillance... were quieter than at Zero Island, but with a different kind of depression.
"After that day, we changed cells. Gongsun Ce and I were locked up in a special area because we had gone berserk. We were the only two who couldn't go out... We were the only two who were taking medication."
"I was 12 years old and I didn't have control over my emotions. I thought it was all his fault and that his reckless behavior had affected me and made me lose control. So I cursed as hard as I could. Talking to him, using the language of Zero Island, because I had not learned Imperial Language at that time. I knew that I was just venting my anger, but I didn’t care.”
"Until I saw his eyes. I thought I would see sadness, anger, or something else. But I was wrong. There was nothing in his eyes. They were empty and muddy like a corpse."
——Like Ayane that day.
The sudden association reminded the doctor of the forest on Zero Island, of corpses, flames and laughter. She was quiet for a while, waiting for her mood to calm down before continuing.
"Even if there is no expression, we can still see the inner activities in the eyes. If there is nothing in a person's eyes, what is left in his heart?" The doctor said softly, "I was stunned for a moment, and then I heard Gongsun Ce speak, saying sorry in a very low voice."
"He was sitting next to me, with his head hanging down, repeating over and over again like a machine. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
"At that time, I realized that he was actually younger than me. I was 12 years old and he was 9 years old. I vented my unreasonable anger on a child without caring about his feelings."
Is that why you indulged his nasty jokes so much later? Caldesia almost wanted to speak like this, but she noticed that the doctor's voice was not as calm as usual, but with a sad emotion.
The blonde girl sat next to her friend and took her hand.
"It's not your fault, senpai. We were all just kids back then."
"We are still children now." The doctor said
Turning his head and looking out the window, "I was at Gongsun Ce's house ten minutes ago and looked at him now. He has changed, his hair has turned gray, he wears normal clothes, he has learned to respect others, and he can use his acting skills Hiding his emotions...but deep down inside, he has not changed at all. He is still the child in the cell, saying sorry over and over to people who don't know where he is."
There was a miserable silence between the two.
After a while, Caldesia said sadly: "I went to see Mo Yuankai yesterday, and he has really changed. He pretended to be energetic, but everyone could see that he was decadent. Damn it...I never imagined that the overly energetic Chuunibyou could become like this. What on earth have they experienced?"
"Don't ask." The doctor shook his head.
"Oh! Senior, what do you think we should do?"
"I'm only responsible for treating patients."
The doctor thought for a while and then said, "Gongsun Ce is taking care of new people recently. Let's find an excuse to take them out to play."
"He's already so rotten himself and he's bringing in new people..." Caldesia felt powerless, "Okay. I know, I'll act like I don't know anything... I'll just act like a heartless person who leads them to have fun. Stupid friend."
"You have never been stupid," the doctor said. "You are a gentle girl."
"I just burned down a street last week because some mean guy messed with me." Caldesia said listlessly, "I'm so gentle."
"Have you been picking up people at home recently?" The doctor changed the subject.
"Not recently. I feel very bored. Their behavior is always the same, either they scream in fear when they recognize me, or they want to have a relationship with me with ulterior motives..." The girl in the top hat sighed, "Okay, I admit it. I am not entirely kind-hearted, and occasionally I wonder if I can pick up a handsome boyfriend who falls from the sky, but it seems that there is really no Mr. Right for me in this world."
The doctor recalled the criteria for choosing a mate that his friends had told him in the past, and comforted him considerately.
"It's always there in dreams."
