"Woo …"
As the car drove away, Fangzheng put down the travel bag in his hand and turned his head to look around. As far as he could see, this should be a small rural town in Japan. The station in front of him was dilapidated, just a canopy made of wood. The station sign placed next to it had begun to fade due to the wind and rain, and even the name on the sign could not be seen.
"Ah, you're finally here, Fangzheng."
At this moment, a voice sounded behind Fangzheng. He turned his head and saw a woman with short blue hair waving at him with a smile on her face.
"Senpai Zhiki-senpai, long time no see."
The moment he saw the woman in front of him, just like in the Dark Soul World, memories of her immediately appeared in Fangzheng's mind. The woman in front of him was called Rumiko Zhihui, and she used to study in the same school as him. After graduation, she came here to be a teacher, but she was very troubled by the lack of manpower. So she thought of Fangzheng, who had a very good relationship with him at school, and wrote a letter to invite him to come here. Fangzheng's identity this time was to respond to Zhihui's invitation to come here to be a "village teacher".
"It's indeed been a long time. This place is very remote. Thank you for your hard work."
"It's nothing."
Hearing Zhihui's words, Fangzheng smiled and shook his head.
"I'm already very happy to be able to help you, senpai."
"Ah, you've been like this since long ago …"
Hearing Fangzheng's answer, Zhihui showed a somewhat complicated expression. She looked at Fangzheng quietly, then smiled and reached out her hand.
"Anyway, Fangzheng, welcome to Hinami Zawa."
Hinami Zawa.
Although Fangzheng had a hunch in his heart, when he really heard the name from Zhihui's mouth, he could not help but tremble. At this moment, he could finally confirm what world he had come to — "The Time of the Cold Cicada Crying".
Fangzheng was very familiar with this work. It told the story of young boys and girls living in a village called Hinami Zawa. If it was changed to a routine ten years later, it would mostly be a daily drama. But "The Time of the Cold Cicada Crying" was different. The reason was that in Hinami Zawa, there was an extremely terrible disease — Hinami Zawa Syndrome.
This was a very special pathogen that was transmitted through human mucous membranes, which meant that almost anyone who came into contact with the pathogen would be infected. This pathogen was divided into five stages. In the game and anime, it was referred to as L1-L5.
L1 was the incubation period. At this stage, the human body would not have any problems and would not have the slightest awareness of being infected. L1 patients were no different from ordinary people. In fact, most people would not have an attack until they died.
As long as the patient left Hinakami Zawa, he would enter the L2 stage, similar to the warning period. During this period, the patient would not get sick, but the pathogen could be detected from the blood. As long as the patient returned to Hinakami Zawa, he would get better. However, if he did not return for a long time, he would enter the L3 stage.
"If it enters the L3 stage, the patient will have auditory hallucinations and itchy throat. At the same time, there will be mental anxiety, which means that the patient will gradually fall ill."
"But if it enters the L4 stage, the situation will be more serious. The patient will have long-term hallucinations and physical discomfort. They will be hostile and suspicious of everything around them. They will even have extreme mania and anxiety."
"When it reaches the end of L5, the patient will have fear, visual, auditory, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and severe anxiety. Their consciousness will be extremely violent, and they will have a strong tendency to attack." "Due to the itch in the throat, they will almost always choose to tear their throat and scratch the carotid artery, causing them to bleed to death."
The popular saying on the internet was that "Hinasawa Syndrome" was actually a virus that darkened people. In the story of "When the Cicada Chirps", almost all the protagonists were infected with this virus and turned into murderous maniacs with hands full of blood.
At that time, the appearance of this animation brought a great shock to many viewers. Although there were animations of dead girls at that time, things like cute girls turning evil and killing people only appeared in a few non-mainstream animations such as "Fairy Melody". "The Time of the Cold Cicada Crying", where all the protagonists were blackened and killed everyone else, and the way they died was extremely cruel and horrible, which really scared a lot of viewers.
But to be honest, Fangzheng had always been skeptical about this statement.
Although the protagonists in "The Time of the Cold Cicada Crying", Keiichi Maehara, Rina Ryuzumi, Shiin Sonasaki, and Saduko Hojo, all had different degrees of illness, Fangzheng always had other opinions about whether it was really the influence of Hinami Zawa Syndrome. The reason was very simple. Because if you looked closely, you would find that these people who had the disease, without exception, had been burdened with mental stress.
Keiichi Maehara, as the protagonist of the story, had committed a crime of hurting children. Ryuzumi Ryuzumi's father was blackmailed, and his family property was lost. Even his house fell into the hands of others, and Goshi, whom Shiin deeply loved, was missing and unknown. As for Saduko Hojo — — under her abusive family environment, if she didn't have mental problems, then that would be the biggest mental problem.
Even Goshi Hojo's illness was very suspicious, because the background of Goshi Hojo's illness was because his family supported the construction of the dam, and they were ostracized by the village. After that, both of Hojo's parents died, leaving Goshi and Saduko to depend on each other. In this case, losing the care of their parents and being ostracized by the villagers, the two young children naturally had a lot of mental stress. Goshi Hojo was at the age of a chuunibyou, a rebellious period, so it was not surprising that he would do something like that.
At that time, Fangzheng majored in psychology in college, so out of curiosity, he compared the actions of these protagonists. As a result, he found that even without the so-called "virus", humans under great mental stress would also act in extreme ways. Not to mention, these protagonists were a group of high school and junior high school students, so their minds were not particularly healthy. If there was no one to guide them, it would be easy for problems to arise.
Upon careful observation, one would find that the protagonists who killed people all had a common characteristic — they were under great mental stress, and there was no way to solve the problem. They could only resort to extreme means to fight against it. In psychology, there were many clinical cases, but in Fangzheng's view, Hinakami Zawa was just gathering these extreme mental cases together.
Of course, this was just Fangzheng's guess. But now, he had a chance to verify his guess. The reason was very simple. This time, he came to Hinakami Zawa not only because he was invited by Rumiko Chie, but also because he had another identity ….
"So, you're Fangzheng. Welcome to Hinakami Zawa!"
The bald principal in a black suit, who looked like a mafia leader, strode forward and held out his hand to Fangzheng.
"Welcome. I've heard about your matter from Miss Chie. I didn't expect you to have such an idea about 'the mental health of rural children'. But it makes sense. As educators, we should not only pay attention to the physical health of our students, but also their mental health …. But to be honest, Miss Chie and I are really too busy, hahaha …."
"That's why I'm here."
Shaking the bald principal's hand, Fangzheng replied with a smile. That's right. According to the setting of the "Dimensional Code", Fangzheng came to Hinakami Zawa this time because he was invited by Rumiko Chie to serve as a teacher at the Hinakami Zawa branch school, as well as the school doctor and psychological counselor. According to Rumiko Chie, she came up with this idea after reading his paper on the mental health of rural children, so she invited him here.
However, could this world really solve his problem?
The free world did not issue missions like the mission world. Instead, Fangzheng was left to find his own way. But according to the identity given to him by the "Dimensional Code", Fangzheng could almost guess what his mission in this world was.
To train his will, and at the same time, to protect the boys and girls who should have been facing the fate of death, freeing them from the fate of certain death.
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