Conan: I Am Not a Snake Spirit

"I was killed by a monster. When I woke up, I found myself back in the ward... But do you understand? I didn't wake up. It was a dream. I thought I had woken up. I completed the experiment in the dream again. I got paid and went home. The neighbor is also very strange..."

The young girl said, holding her head in her hands, her face collapsed in horror, "My mother, like before, told me that there are monsters that eat people lurking among normal people, but I know she is also a monster... I have experienced all these things, and every time I find terrible things, every time I am killed by a monster, I will return to this ward!"

"Okay, it's all right now," the female graduate student said softly, reaching out to gently stroke the young girl's back, "This time you really woke up, the nightmare is over."

The young girl sat on the edge of the bed, put her hands together, raised her head abruptly, stared at the group of people at the door, and asked coldly, "You are not pretending to be monsters, are you?"

Looking at the girl's bloodshot eyes, the male student and young researcher at the door felt terrified and stood there stiffly.

Behind the crowd, after whispering a few words to Chi Feichi, Tori Guzhi took the initiative to pass through the crowd and into the ward, looked at the young girl firmly and said, "You can call your mother, she will definitely not say that there are monsters in the world this time."

The young girl froze for a moment, and her emotions calmed down a lot, "Yes, I'm sorry, I was really... really scared just now..."

Beside the girl, another young girl who was testing the drug was awakened by the nightmare, sat up profusely in sweat, stared blankly at the wall in front of her, and was distracted.

Chi Feichi stood behind the crowd, observing the expression of the young girl. Seeing that Toriyaji retreated with a worried expression on his face, and seeing himself hesitating to speak, Chi Feichi shook his head slightly at Toriyaji.

Things are a little off.

After the previous drug tester woke up from a nightmare, there were signs of confusion between dreams and reality. This state has a high probability of causing mental problems for the girl. A psychiatrist must come over later.

The mental trauma caused by drugs is also trauma, and when the trauma is severe, it can be rated as 'disabling'.

Although the drug testers have signed the exemption clause in advance and purchased insurance, the institute does not need to pay much compensation, but if other drug testers have the same problem, the drug will be assessed as a dangerous drug, and the clinical trial will no longer be able to continue in a fair manner.

But now the situation of other people has not been determined, they still have to look at the situation of other people.

In the ward, after the girl who woke up last was comforted, her panic subsided faster, and she soon regained her spirits, talking about her nightmare.

"I dreamed that I was gaining weight uncontrollably. Obviously I had tried very hard to lose weight, but I was still getting heavier. I could only exercise and run non-stop... It was terrible, I was so tired..."

Afterwards, the other three girls in the ward also woke up one after another, and stayed for a while in horror, without the female graduate student asking any more questions, they joined the discussion when they heard other people talking about nightmares, talking about the nightmares they had last night.

Some people dreamed that they could not pass the entrance examination, but they completed more than ten exams in the dream, and their voice was still trembling when they spoke. Some people dreamed that their family members, friends and lovers had passed away, and they almost cried while talking...

Everyone's nightmares are different, the only thing in common is that the nightmares last for a long time and are extremely painful.

Even if they hadn't had nightmares of goblins and ghosts, these young girls were tortured enough by the nightmares that they still had lingering fears when they said it.

In the end, two girls even said that they were unwilling to participate in the experiment of this drug, and planned to leave after this time.

Outside the door, Chi Feichi didn't stay for long. After the young boys in Ward 1512 woke up, he quietly left the crowd while others went to Ward 1512 to see the situation.

As long as the drug testers do not collectively suffer from mental problems, the situation is under control.

Even if there are already people who are scared by the nightmare and want to quit, even if there are more than one or two people who are scared by the nightmare and want to quit, even if some people still feel scared when they think of this nightmare after a while, even if the drug testers have an information circle, the side effects of this drug will definitely spread, but...

None of this will affect the continuation of drug experiments.

Would other drug testers be terrified to hear that these people quit because of nightmares?

Even if someone thinks that someone's nightmares are really scary, it is difficult to understand why the other party is so afraid. Without personal experience, it is difficult to understand the mental trauma that the other party suffered in the dream.

Just like those people standing at the door just now, they were frightened by the girl's inability to distinguish between reality and dreams for a moment, and it was only for a moment.

Of course, there are psychiatrists in this hospital. As long as the doctors intervene in time, these people will not be left with serious psychological trauma. Compared with some high-risk drugs, the side effects of this drug are not serious.

Since the follow-up experiments will not be affected, it is good to leave the subsequent matters to Toriyaji.

...

Eight thirty in the morning.

Chi Feichi took off his disguise, changed back into his original clothes, returned to the small building in Mihua Town, gave the orb that absorbed the power of Oneiroi to Nanatsuki Koshimi, and went to the bedroom on the second floor to catch up on sleep.

Koizumi Hongzi and Chi Feichi went to the Seven Detective Office one after another, sat with Koshimizu Nanatsuki and drank a cup of tea, then left with the orb.

At noon, Chi Feichi woke up as the alarm clock rang, took a shower in the bathroom, ate something, and went to Mihua Station with Yueshui Nanatsuki to pick up the cheap apprentice Long Weijing.

Long Weijing came to Tokyo to visit friends this time, and brought a lot of Nagano specialties, one each for Chi Feichi and Mori Detective Agency, and also brought gifts prepared by Yamato Kansuke and Zhu Fu Gaoming, along with the words of two Nagano prefectural policemen.

"Officer Yamato said, tell your teacher, the God of Plague, that the Nagano prefectural police are investigating two old cases recently, and they are very busy with work, so let him and his teacher, the God of Plague, calm down and stop making trouble in Nagano County, and don't let the boy with glasses and Miss Xiaolan come over. After we are free, we will entertain them to visit Nagano..."

The God of Plague teacher at Longweijing—Chi Feichi: "...tsk."

Chi Feichi's plague god teacher—Moori Kogoro: "...huh?"

The real god of plague—Conan: "...hehe."

Long Weijing imitated the impatient tone of Dahe Dahe's help, and after finishing Dahe Dahe's words, he said to other people, "After that, Officer Yui said that she wanted to explain to you that the Nagano prefectural police are currently re-investigating two old cases, and they are extremely busy. Officer Yamato just quarreled with Officer Mobu a little more because of the case, and complained a little more recently. There is no malice. When you get together, what Police Officer Yamato really wants to say is... please forgive me if the reception is not good at that time."

Koshimizu Nanatsuki complained to Mao Lilan with a smile, "Officer Yamato will definitely walk away with a bad face when he hears Officer Yui say that..."

"That's right, that's right!" Mao Lilan also smiled and said, "Just put on a look of 'you said that, I didn't say it', but actually didn't refute it!"

Mori Kogoro looked disgusted, "That guy is really awkward."

Chi Feichi agreed with Mori Kogoro's evaluation, "Officer Yamato is really awkward. On the surface he is very direct, but in fact he is not that direct."

Conan thought of Yamato's appearance of being fierce and daring to help, so he smiled and teased, "It's just the outside that isn't what you say!"

Long Weijing smiled and continued, "The other is Officer Zhu Fu Gaoming. When I went to the police station, he went outside to investigate. He asked Officer Yamato to pass the gift to me, so he didn't ask me to bring anything."

Mori Kogoro complained in a low voice with a speechless face, "Even if there is, it's probably something that people can't understand..."

"Xiao Lan, let's also prepare some Tokyo special gifts for them." Koshimizu Nanatsuki suggested to Mao Lilan.

Mao Lilan immediately nodded in agreement, and looked at the wall clock on the wall, "Let's go shopping now... let's have dinner together tonight!"

"Ah, yes, I told the doctor that I will go to his place tonight." Conan jumped off the sofa, picked up the skateboard beside the sofa, and ran to the door without looking back, "Sister Xiaolan, I will stay at the doctor's place tonight, you don't have to wait for me to come back!"

Now that the video sent to Uncle Kogoro by the children has been deleted, he doesn't need to stay in the office anymore, and now he has to hurry up and discuss the situation with the friendly army!

"Hey? Conan..." Mao Lilan stood up from the sofa and found that Conan had already run out of the door. She sighed helplessly, "Really, Conan has a runny nose in the morning, and I want him to rest at home. If the cold is serious, it will be troublesome..."

"Has Conan caught a cold too? It can't be the flu, right?" Koshimizu Nanatsuki thought of the flu that people around him frequently caught, and was a little worried that more people would fall ill. He suggested, "Call the doctor and ask him to urge Conan to take a rest. If it doesn't work, ask the doctor to find him a cold medicine."

"I'll call right away," Mao Lilan took out her phone with a serious face, turned and walked away, "wait for me!"

Chi Feichi looked at Mao Li Xiaogoro's spirited head, and asked aloud, "Teacher seems to be in good spirits today, is the cold gone?"

"Yeah, I felt much better after going to the hospital yesterday. I woke up today and felt completely recovered, but I always felt like I forgot something..." Mori Kogoro frowned in confusion and thought about it for a while, then raised his hand and patted his forehead, "I remember! Those brats promised to send me photos of the cherry blossom scenery in Gunma, but there was no news at all, and they simply forgot about me!"

"Xiao Ai also said before that when I go camping, I will take pictures of small animals," Koshimizu Nanatsuki explained with a smile, "But they encountered a murder incident and were caught up in the incident, and they only got a rest at night. It's normal for them to forget to take pictures."

Mori Kogoro put away his dissatisfied expression, and muttered softly, "Speaking of the incident, Conan did say it when he called back last night...then forget it, they probably won't be able to take any good photos!"