Death Game: Starting as a Trickster, Impersonating a God
Chapter 1882

Old Zheng (who personally caused his good friend's death): Fluoxetine has antisocial personality disorder!

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Lin Yu had relatively high trust in Old Zheng's "psychological assessment" and "professional competence".

So, upon hearing Old Zheng's words...

Lin Yu also realized what was happening.

It's possible that "Fluoxetine" was indeed confined to Mental Hospital in the United States for murder, and that he had interacted with Old Zheng because of this, without Old Zheng being aware of it at all...

However, this incident cannot be used as evidence that everything about "Lin Yin" is "true"!

Because Old Zheng clearly didn't have concrete evidence to show that the couple Fluoxetine killed were her "adoptive parents".

Even from Old Zheng's perspective... he's more inclined to believe that this possibility isn't real.

"Frankly speaking, given that the couple killed many children and deserved to die, coupled with the Chinese girl's strong antisocial tendencies, it's plausible that she was seeking revenge for her 'friends,' acting as a 'Vigilante,' or even randomly targeting a pair of villains for revenge against society."

"Boss, you said she's an adopted daughter... It's not impossible, but it's something that can't be verified."

Lin Yu raised an eyebrow. "Unable to verify? Why?"

Old Zheng sighed, "Because she was very uncooperative during her past psychological assessments and treatments—every time we asked her to state her motives for murder, she would give completely different reasons that sounded reasonable at first glance."

"Even after being investigated by US authorities for a long time, they were unable to identify her, and they didn't even know her name—the only information available about her was objectively verifiable details such as her gender, age, and height."

"And if you ask her about her identity, she'll give you a different one each time, just like she gives you her motives... She even claimed to be an 'alien,' and that alien story almost fooled the Doctor evaluated her last."

"The information I have indicates that she was given a temporary alias, 'Marie'... without a surname."

Old Zheng spoke, Lin Yu nodded in agreement, unsurprised.

This also fits the style of... "Fluoxetine".

At this point, Old Zheng himself realized—he belatedly understood that what he had just answered seemed to be the "key question" of this Q&A session.

So, Old Zheng tentatively asked, "So, boss... there's something strange about that girl, isn't there?"

Lin Yu said, "Of course, otherwise why would I ask her such detailed questions... After looking at her information and even talking to her and conducting a psychological assessment, don't you think she's very similar to one of the 'Player' you met later?"

Lin Yu asked in a low voice, "I know you haven't seen her face, but such a distinctive personality is rare, isn't it?"

Old Zheng was taken aback for a moment, then realized what he meant. "Boss, who are you trying to talk about?"

"Of course... Fluoxetine."

Lin Yu said in a low voice.

Old Zheng wasn't surprised by Lin Yu's answer, but he was slightly astonished. "So that's how it is... Although I never thought so before, when you started probing earlier, I had a vague feeling that you might think it was her."

Lin Yu asked, "Then why don't you ever think of her as 'Fluoxetine'?"

"Admittedly, this patient I evaluated in the US is a dangerous antisocial personality, Fluoxetine is also a lunatic," Old Zheng said, pondering, "But... Fluoxetine doesn't actually derive pleasure from 'torturing' people."

"She has a strong destructive Desire, no psychological burden regarding killing and creating chaos, and even somewhat enjoys it, but... she kills very cleanly and efficiently, rarely resorting to this 'bloodletting' method of slowly torturing others."

"And more importantly, it's because I actually talked to 'Marie' that I realized she's different from 'Fluoxetine' —because while 'Fluoxetine' is crazy, its Inner Core is firm and stable."

"Leaving aside organic 'lesions,' modern psychology and psychoanalysis actually have two sets of standards for evaluating 'mental illness' and 'psychological illness'... Whether the patient's internal self-consistency is consistent, and whether it causes subjective dissonance in the patient, such as pain, self-destructive tendencies, or even somatization symptoms, is one aspect."

"On the other hand, it depends on whether the patient poses a threat to society and whether they are capable of carrying out normal production activities."

"As for 'Fluoxetine'... although I didn't have in-depth conversations with her when I was leading the 'Psychology Society,' I could still tell that, considering her 'internal psychological structure,' Fluoxetine couldn't even be considered a patient."

"She has a very self-consistent logic and a very stable Inner Core... Her actions are even clearer than many of the people we call 'psychologically healthy'—her only problem is that her internalized logic is, in a sense, 'harmful to society.'"

"But the Chinese-American girl I assessed... from my conversations with her, it wasn't hard to tell that she was actually in a state of 'pain'—only this pain didn't manifest as self-destructive tendencies or obvious negative emotions, but rather as a sense of 'confusion' and helplessness, which formed the underlying tone of her soul."

"To put it somewhat incorrectly and unprofessionally, the biggest difference between Fluoxetine and Marie is that although both of them kill, Fluoxetine clearly knows why she is killing—killing is a means to an end."

Old Zheng shared his analysis.

However, this analysis did not convince Lin Yu that the two were different people; on the contrary, it made Lin Yu even more convinced of his judgment.

"It seems that, at least for the part that Old Zheng assessed, 'Fluoxetine' wasn't lying after all... Even the 'inner void' she experienced while searching for the 'Death game' in her 'story' confession has some credibility."

"It's just a pity that these details alone... aren't enough to confirm that she is indeed Lin Yin."

Lin Yu pondered for a moment, then casually reminded Old Zheng.

"Old Zheng, you seem a bit blinded by your own involvement... Perhaps the difference you mentioned is real, but it could also be... 'Fluoxetine,' in the period between undergoing your evaluation and joining the 'Death game,' also completed the search for its own Inner Core and the construction of its meaning."

"Even... joining the 'Death game' itself might be an opportunity for rapid growth in one's inner world, wouldn't you say?"

Old Zheng was stunned. "But I encountered her almost right before 'Fluoxetine' joined the 'Death game,' it's impossible for her to have only been in one or two [Instance]..."

At this point, Old Zheng himself stopped talking.

"It seems... there really is such a possibility."

Old Zheng muttered to himself, even becoming somewhat annoyed. "If that's really the case... Damn! Then it's entirely predictable that she'll kill me!"

"No wonder she claimed to be my patient, and that Second Generation rich kid thought so too... If this is true, everything makes sense, and this could even be further evidence that 'Fluorvosamine' belongs to the Second Generation rich kid!"

Old Zheng was speaking, Lin Yu asked curiously.

What evidence?

Old Zheng said helplessly, "Because 'Fluorvosamine' comes to see me so often, our relationship has sometimes become more like that of friends than that of my patients... Although this is not in accordance with regulations, I think it is beneficial to her mental health, and she also shares some of her own experiences."

"So, she actually knew that I had evaluated Marie's case in the United States... If, after my death, she returned to the Psychology Society and discussed this matter with Fluoxetine, then she would indeed have known earlier than I did that Fluoxetine was practically one of my patients!"

Old Zheng spoke, Lin Yu looked at the gleaming brain in front of him and nodded in agreement.

"So, this can be seen as retribution for your lack of Professional Ethics Psychologist."

Old Zheng felt a little guilty after being told that, so he didn't refute Lin Yu, but simply said...

"Maybe so... but boss, could you please not say that..."

Lin Yu laughed and said, "It's alright... I'm not some Ethics Review Committee here to review your medical qualifications and revoke your Business License..."

"In short, it's good to be able to connect all of this; the fewer uncertainties there are, the more advantageous it is for me to play the role of 'Schreiber' and take over the 'Psychology Society'..."

As Lin Yu finished speaking, Old Zheng's lights flickered for a while before starting to flash again.

"That's true, boss."

"Anyway, I have nothing more to ask about your Study Abroad Experience. I already know what I wanted to know, even better than I expected," Lin Yu said, then added, "Oh, by the way, but regarding something else... I also need to remind you."

"I was just talking with 'Writer' Zuo Xi and discovered some new information that differs from what you Memory... You told me that among the founding members of the 'Psychology Society,' the First Generation 'Jung' died before you, encountering some mishaps on Mist Island and his soul was scattered."

"Her statement can be cross-referenced with the words of the Second Generation 'Freud,' the 'Order's' data, and even that cell phone—in short, the First Generation 'Jung' actually fought with the Second Generation 'Freud' for 'Soul Authority' and even launched some kind of 'Rebellion.'"

"So... you were probably fooled by that First Generation 'Jung' back then—either he planned his fake death from the beginning, or he survived by sheer luck but didn't have time to tell you."

"Even after his Rebellion failed, the Second Generation 'Freud' couldn't kill him... This First Generation 'Jung' even came to the venue and impersonated 'Schreiber' once."

"The Murder Case that initially occurred inside the 'Player Mutual Aid Society' election venue—he was the killer."

As Lin Yu spoke, he saw the light flashing intensely in Old Zheng's mind.

If Old Zheng were still healthy, he would definitely be sweating bullets!

Lin Yu was not surprised.

"As expected... you didn't tell us everything about the First Generation 'Jung' either."

Old Zheng was silent for a moment before speaking.

"Yes, because I didn't expect him to survive..."

"To be honest, he didn't really die in an 'accident'."

"The First Generation 'Jung'... I should say I killed him with my own hands."

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