Salize Theron's niece is Hope Schlattman, a student in New York. Although she is the niece of Charlize Theron, she keeps a low profile and almost no one knows that her aunt is actually a famous Oscar-winning actress.
Originally, Hope was just like an ordinary college student, going to school, playing, and falling in love, nothing surprising, but just three months ago. She suddenly lost contact with her family. Her father, Bob, had always cherished a daughter like her. After losing contact with his daughter, he went crazy and immediately came to New York to find Hope.
After searching around, I found out through Hope’s former boyfriend that Hope suddenly eloped with a man...
Bob almost went crazy. He felt that his daughter was definitely not that kind of person. Even if she wants to change her boyfriend, there's no need to elope, right? Could it be that as a father, he still cares whether she changes her boyfriend? But in the following time, Bob really couldn't find his daughter.
To this end, he contacted everyone he could contact in the hope of finding his daughter, and even called the police.
The police conducted an investigation, but did not classify this as missing. After all, Hope followed someone else. There was nothing special except for a sudden change of boyfriend. Moreover, by checking the credit card account, it was found that Hope had been spending money. Record. Therefore, the police are more inclined to believe that it was Hope's own behavior and did not constitute a disappearance.
Shalizi was also very anxious, and finally hired a private detective, but it was of no use. Her niece just disappeared from the world.
Until recently, they finally had news about Hope.
Unfortunately, it's not good news.
Hope was arrested.
The reason is that she killed a couple with a table knife in a cafe, and also planned to attack an old couple...and in full view of everyone.
This made Salize and Bob anxious. Everyone subconsciously thinks that the people around them, especially their relatives, are good people. Shalizi and Bob were no exception. They felt that there must be something fishy in this.
But before they could have any doubts about the case, the police gave them a new blow.
After testing by a police psychologist, Hope had very severe depression and schizophrenia tendencies. To put it simply, it is mental illness...
"So... what are you going to ask me to do? Find him a good lawyer?" Kai felt baffled, murder! What can he do? Help her get away with it? Isn't that a lawyer's job? Are you asking him to do it for personal gain? But there is no reason. This case does not belong to him at all, let alone the 15th Precinct. He is not even qualified to intervene.
"No!" Shaliz waved her hand, then hesitated, and then said carefully: "Bob and I don't believe that Hope would do that kind of thing... Do you think it could be... that kind of thing causing trouble? "
Shalizi couldn't figure out why her niece became a murderer three months after she disappeared. If it was before, maybe she still had that idea, but hadn't she seen those things in Los Angeles, so she thought... maybe it was something like evil spirits possessing it.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain that a sunny and beautiful girl like Hope suddenly became like this.
"You want me to go and see if there are any supernatural events?" Kai said a little embarrassed.
"Excuse me!" Shalizi immediately stood up and bowed.
Kai smacked his mouth and said a little embarrassedly: "Salize... I would like to believe that your niece is innocent, really. But you have to be clear about one thing... that is, even if your niece is really raped by something, It’s impossible to retract the confession if it’s possessed by something.”
This is why witchers live on the fringes of society, because those things can't be brought to the fore! For example, if a witcher kills a werewolf, the werewolf will not remain a werewolf after death, it will just be a human corpse!
The police and society would not admit that a witcher had done a good deed, they would just label it a murder.
In the same way, even if Hope is really possessed by a dirty thing and kills people, to the entire society, there is no supernatural event at all, only the fact that Hope kills people.
This case has never been overturned.
Not even Kai.
"How is that possible?!" Shalizi obviously didn't expect this. "We can explain the situation to the prosecutor and the judge!"
Kai spread his hands: "Who would believe it? Think about it for yourself, if you hadn't encountered such a thing, would you believe it?"
There is no way this kind of thing can be used as evidence.
"Is there really nothing we can do?" Shalizi murmured in despair.
Harley glared at Kai, then hugged Sharize and comforted: "We can find other ways."
"Well, maybe you can file a lawsuit based on her psychological problems. It's better to be in the hospital than in prison." Kai sincerely made a suggestion.
Shalizi smiled sadly, and then she became firm again: "I still have to ask you! I hope to know the truth, we have the power."
Kai had no reason to refuse.
"Can."
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"Thank you, Ms. Miske." At the hospital, Kai met the person in charge of this case, Detective Palmer Miske, head of the Major Crimes Team of the Eleventh Precinct of New York. She is a very tough-looking woman, short in stature, with a serious face and sharp eyes. Her overall temperament is very fierce, and she is not easy to mess with.
But this is not surprising. Without such momentum, it would be really difficult for a woman to reach this position. The police profession, no matter how you cover it up, is still a man's world in the final analysis, and there are really not many female police officers who can get ahead.
"It's okay." Misk's expression remained normal. In fact, according to her acting style, it is impossible for others to interfere in her case at will. But how can I put it, people can't live in a vacuum, so Kai asked George to smoothen the relationship. Strictly speaking, George is still Miske's boss. So... the United States also values human relationships, and even the United States itself is a human society.
"The suspect is emotionally unstable. You can ask some questions, but..."
"Understood, we are not here to cause trouble. I understand the rules."
"That's good."
After speaking, Misk led everyone to Ward 404. Very subtle number.
Kai saw through the door of the ward that inside the ward, Hope was sitting in the corner of the room wearing a formal suit, looking at the corner with dull eyes. He seemed to be like a walking zombie, lifeless.
Salize looked at Kai nervously.
As a result, Kai shook his head. There was no supernatural phenomenon left, and he didn't feel the cold soul breath of the evil spirit in Hope.
This has nothing to do with paranormal phenomena.
Shalizi's face turned pale, which meant...she couldn't find any excuse for her niece. Harry quickly put his arm around Shalizi's shoulders and whispered comfort.
Looking at Shalizi's expression, Kai could only sigh secretly in his heart, although Shalizi's experience made people sigh. But if you look at it from the perspective of the victim... Shalizi's sadness is not worth mentioning. The couple did nothing and were killed inexplicably. Aren't they even worse?
And there's no telling whether Hope is innocent or not.
"Is there anything new about her?" Kai saw that Shalizi needed time to relax, so he asked the doctor on the side.
"We tried various methods in the hope of establishing communication with her, but with little success. She rarely spoke. Only once did I hear her say, 'He asked me to do this.'" The doctor looked at Sarah. Liz, I didn’t expect this case to involve the Oscar-winning actress. Fortunately, the hospital has regulations that the patient's privacy needs to be kept confidential, so he can't ask casually, let alone tell it casually.
"He? Who? What did he make her do?"
"I don't know. We planned to ask in depth, but... her condition immediately became extremely bad. So we don't have much information so far." The doctor said regretfully. "Her mental state is extremely bad, which is a big problem. As a doctor, I still recommend not to stimulate her."
"It doesn't matter, we brought a psychiatrist here, she is professional." Kai motioned for Harley to come over and do some work.
Harley patted Shalizi on the shoulder, and then immediately changed her state and walked over.
"Psychologist?"
Like the police, doctors don't like their patients to be interfered with by other doctors, especially psychiatrists, because their profession is more special.
Harley smiled friendly, and then told her her education, degree, and position. In the United States, college is a very good status symbol.
Ivy League and regular universities, that's definitely a class difference.
After Hallie reported her doctorate from Stanford University and her position at Presbyterian Columbia and Cornell University Hospital, the doctor fell silent. There is no way, just crush it. Then the two of them had a very professional exchange. Anyway, it was just all kinds of professional terms, which ordinary people would not be interested in.
After communicating for about half an hour, the two entered the ward together.
Neither of them minded that Kai and Sharize were now in front of Hope. Leave professional matters to professionals.
A little over an hour later, the doctor and Harley came out of the ward.
Kai didn't want to waste time on politeness. He just "listened" outside the door and didn't miss a word. But he also wanted to hear the professional judgment of Harley, so he asked directly: "How is it? Do you have any clues?"
Harley nodded and shook her head: "There is indeed a problem with Hope's situation, and it should be related to a certain "him". But..."
Speaking of this, she hesitated.
"What?" Kai asked.
Shalizi also looked over nervously. What she cared about most was Hope's condition.
Harley was silent for another moment before speaking: "What follows is my speculation, which may not necessarily be consistent with the facts. You need to find out, okay?"
"Of course!" Kai nodded and looked at Harley. Is there a hidden meaning in this?
"Hope has been with a man during this period. This man may have performed long-term hypnotic suggestions on Hope." Harley said solemnly.
Kai looked at Harley in surprise: "You mean someone used psychology to control her?"
As he spoke, Kai glanced at the doctor, who actually nodded.
"Wait a minute, isn't this something only in movies?" Using psychological techniques to control people... This kind of thing sounds simple, but in practice it is difficult. If they were really that powerful, wouldn’t all psychiatrists become dangerous individuals?
Harley rolled her eyes at him, and then said: "Don't underestimate psychology! Although this kind of thing is difficult, it is not completely impossible to do."
"Then can you?" Kai asked curiously.
"Tsk..." Harley shook her head unhappily: "I can't do it."
Shalizi didn't care about this, she cared more about: "So Hope is innocent!!!"
Harley hesitated for a while: "You can say that."
It was finally clearing up for Shalizi, and she didn't expect things to turn around so quickly.
Just when Shalizi was happy, the doctor looked very embarrassed... An expert would know if there was anything wrong. Look at others, and then look at yourself... Even Misk, who had been standing by as a background, looked at Harley in surprise.
She felt that she needed to tell the bureau to find a cooperative psychiatrist.
"Then do you know who that person is?" Miske felt that this was her own case, and there were some situations that she had to know.
Harry paused, thought for a moment, and then continued: "It's not possible now, but... this person's behavior is a bit unscrupulous, and he didn't even issue a "gag order" to Molly. So as time goes by, Hope should be able to Tell us what you have been through these past few months, including his information.”
"Either he is a madman, or he is very confident in his hypnosis skills and is sure that no one can report him." Harley continued: "If you go to investigate him, you'd better be careful. His level of hypnosis may be very high. , and the effect is definitely much better than that of ordinary psychiatrists.”
Misk frowned, this thing... she had never encountered it before.
"Then can you break his hypnosis?"
Harley hesitated for a while and nodded slightly: "I can try to take it slow. Time is on our side after all."
Misk looked at the doctor: "Can I trouble you?"
Of course Harley had no problem, in fact she was very curious about what happened to Hope.
"No!" Unfortunately, Kai refused directly.
"Why?"*3
Seeing everyone's expressions, Kai curled his lips.
"Have you forgotten the principle of avoidance?"
Harley is Salize's good friend, and Salize is Hope's aunt. Although it's a bit convoluted, if Harley was really directly involved in breaking the other party's hypnosis, then the prosecutor would use this to make a case. In terms of psychology, it is really difficult to have intuitive evidence. If this joint relationship is revealed If you use it to talk about something, the damage is not that great.
Then instead of helping Hope, it will harm her!
Misk immediately reacted, indeed. Of course, this was originally not within her scope of consideration, because she was a police officer and only wanted the truth. As for the trial, it had nothing to do with her. But now that Kai has told this matter, she can't ask Harley for help.
"I will arrange for the bureau to find an expert to take charge of this matter." Miske said seriously.
And that doctor... he has the most complex senses, which means that his professionalism is completely questioned. But he didn't have a good way to explain it.
