Jim Ku, Jim Gu, Gu Jun, also known as Jim Mazurewicz.
Twenty-two years old.
An Asian orphan. When he was six, he was adopted by a white couple from Arkham. That was how he came to this small town in Essex County, Massachusetts. The Mazurewicz couple had a biological daughter, his older sister, Hannah Mazurewicz, who was two years older than him.
After he arrived at Arkham, Gu Jun lived there until a few years ago when he went to New York University to study human biology.
Last year, his application to Miskatonic University School of Medicine in Arkham was approved.
Therefore, Gu Jun returned to Arkham from New York and became a medical student at Miskatonic University. He was now in the second semester of his first academic year.
Speaking of Jim, everyone who knew him would praise him profusely. Jim was smart since he was young. Not only did he finish his studies earlier than others, he also showed talent in music and sports. Since the Mazurewicz family was middle-class, they had the financial ability to nurture Jim.
The orphan did not let them down, he had a meteoric rise. After he graduated from Miskatonic University, he would become a doctor.
In America, being a doctor was a very well-paid job. He was definitely middle-class, and it was even possible for him to move up the social ladder.
He had a bright future, a harmonious family, a handsome and optimistic young man … No one thought Jim would suddenly go crazy.
Therefore, his sudden onset of acute schizophrenia this time was very surprising to those who knew about it. They could not think of the reason. The doctor said that it might be related to his traumatic childhood experience. Due to the severity of his illness and his aggressive behavior, his family had no choice but to send him to Arkham Sanitarium.
For the past few days, the Mazurewicz couple visited him every day. They were worried sick about their adopted son.
Gu Jun listened to these stories. It was like listening to someone else's story, he had no memory or emotion.
In this small ward that looked like a prison, he saw the Mazurewicz couple, two honest middle-aged men. They showed him many photos, from when he was young, when he was a teenager, his daily life, his graduation photos, his prom photos, and his competition photos …
The couple kept appearing in the photos. They were both smiling brightly, and Hanna Mazurewicz was there as well …
Gu Jun realized the woman in the picture looked exactly like Keziah Mason but she was more mature.
But when he looked at Hannah's photos as a teenager, it was exactly the same.
Today, his sister did not come. Hannah was working at the newspaper office. Other than being too busy, it was also because she did not want to see her brother go crazy. Her spirit could not bear it.
This was what the Mazelewicz couple said.
"I want to see my lawyer." Gu Jun said to the couple and the hospital, "I request a new psychiatric examination. I'm not crazy."
The United States had a mandatory hospitalization system for mental patients, but not all mental patients were included in the system. Only those who were physically dangerous or unable to take care of themselves were considered mentally ill. If the mentally ill were able to take care of themselves, were not dangerous to the public, and had demonstrated willpower, then coercion would not be applicable.
Gu Jun wasn't sure about the laws in America, but he knew he couldn't take chlorpromazine or haloperidol anymore.
It would cause a normal person to be in a daze all day long. If it wasn't a mental problem, then it would seem like a mental problem.
To his surprise, his request to restore his personal freedom and reputation received a positive response from the hospital, and he was able to meet his lawyer without a hitch.
This was not something the Mazelewicz couple could interfere with. His next of kin could not go against his will.
If this was a trick, Gu Jun wanted to see what it was about.
"I'm really not crazy."
In a simple meeting room, there were no surveillance cameras and no one else. Gu Jun spoke to the middle-aged lawyer, Perry Sanders, who was sitting across the table.
Perhaps this was a parallel world, perhaps this was Nyarlathotep's trick, perhaps this was the influence of that unknown force, but he was definitely not crazy.
"Jim …" Sanders and Jim were familiar with each other. If everything went according to plan, Sanders would have been Jim's lawyer in his medical career. Now that this had happened, Sanders was worried that he might lose a client. "It's fine for you to rest here for a few days, it won't affect your work at the medical school, and your privacy is protected."
"Do I look like I'm crazy to you?" Gu Jun asked calmly, "Cognition, emotion, willpower, self-awareness … Which aspect is wrong?"
"Then do you think you're 'Gu Jun' or Jim Mazelewicz?" Sanders asked.
Gu Jun picked up on the strange implication, 'Gu Jun' was referring to him … the him from the Phecda World …
How much do these people know?
"What do you mean?" He pretended to be confused.
"Jim, the doctor told me not to trigger you, you shouldn't do that now." Sanders sighed.
His eyes behind the glasses were troubled. "You do have a clear mind but you're still trapped in a big fantasy … Your parents, sister and I want to help you walk out from the fantasy, we want that Jim Mazelewicz."
"Fantasy?" Gu Jun asked, "What fantasy? How much do you know? "
"Everything." Sanders said sincerely, "Jim, you're too engrossed in the book … There's a chapter in one of the books, the main character's name is the same as your Chinese name, Jim Ku, Gu Jun. He's also a medical student and an orphan, he shares many similarities with you …"
As Gu Jun listened, he frowned. A book?
"What book?" He asked, "Did you bring it with you? I want to take a look. "
Sanders was unwilling because the book might be the source of his schizophrenia. The doctor also did not want the patient to be exposed to the book before he recovered.
However, Gu Jun persisted. Based on his own strong will.
Sanders did bring the book with him. In the end, he gave in and took out a book from his black briefcase. He placed it on the table.
It was a large book. The brown leather cover had a classic design. There were golden words and some strange mottling on the cover.
Gu Jun reached out to pull the book over. His eyes turned to the title on the cover, THE KING IN YELLOW, THE KING IN YELLOW.
The author was Robert W. Chambers. Robert W. Chambers.
A strange suffocating feeling rose in his heart. He flipped the cover over and saw the table of contents. The book was divided into different chapters …
'The Repairman', 'The Mask', 'The Court of Hidden Dragon', 'The Yellow Talisman', 'The Flower of Deuce'
'The Prophet's Paradise', 'The Street of Four Winds', 'The First Cannonball', 'Rue Notre-Dame', 'The Lady of Bali Road'
At the end of the table of contents, there was another chapter, 'The Plague Doctor'.
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