Mary's Nineteenth Century

Afternoon, two o'clock.

In winter, there is a fireplace in the consulting room.

The curtains were all drawn up, but they were translucent fabrics.

It can make people vaguely feel the sunshine outside the house, and it just keeps the cold wind out.

There was a slight crackling sound as the firewood burned.

With a touch of pine fragrance, it actually makes people feel quiet in winter for a while.

Mary looked around, and there was a large area of ​​graffiti on the wall.At first glance, the color scheme and composition are a bit mysterious, but not offensive.

The overall style of this room is based on comfort, with fresh flowers in vases and some kind of scented candles.

"Please sit down."

The witch doctor Guru pointed to the soft chair.

This is a chair that would make you feel comfortable.

After Mary sat down, she felt as if she was lying on a cloud.Such a description must be exaggerated, but it is indeed a rare comfort.

"Witch doctor, may I start channeling into dreams?"

Mary's attention was not on the chair, and the faint scent at the tip of her nose brought back distant memories.

The scent comes from an extracted mixture of American plants.In layman's terms, its effect is to help people relax.

Combined with the layout of the entire treatment room, the layout here highlights safety and comfort everywhere, all in order to make people no longer be in a state of mental tension.

The problem is coming.

There is a saying that three parts of medicine are poison.

If other hallucinogenic ingredients are added to some auxiliary therapy aromatherapy, will it become a control agent that makes people unable to maintain a clear mind?

Mary could almost presume that the so-called spiritism of the witch doctor in front of her was hypnosis.

Hypnotism, it can be used to treat mental illness, but it can also become an invisible weapon to control people's thinking in those weird rumors.

Does the latter exist?Perhaps it exists, using continuous and well-designed psychological hints to finally achieve a certain purpose.

Needless to say, Mary must have participated in such interesting things related to subconscious manipulation in her previous life, and it is the type of informal hypnosis process.

At that moment, the witch doctor took out an exquisite pocket watch, and he said in a dignified manner, "This thing is the key to communicate between the world and the undead. To meet the dead Mrs. Roman, you need to cross the boundary between life and death. The flow rate of time is different from that of the living world. Please follow my instructions."

"Okay, listen to you."

Mary was very cooperative, but she was full of disdain and

Suspect.Hypnotizing with a pocket watch, these are all old-fashioned props, why can't we have some fresh ones?

I almost forgot that hypnosis is still a very mysterious thing in the eyes of ordinary people in this era.

Mystery is because of the unknown, and hypnosis is the exploration of the subconscious, which is a field that is difficult to verify with physical things.

However, no matter how mysterious hypnosis is, it is inseparable from one premise - trust.

There must be trust between the healer and the physician.Because trust is willing to allow doctors to treat psychological distress, this is a complicated but simple process.

Unfortunately, trust is a rare emotion for Mary.I still remember that in my previous life, a psychiatrist diagnosed her as a suspected high-functioning antisocial personality tendency.

Even if she thought the diagnosis was wrong, she couldn't deny that she was indeed not capable of the emotional fluctuations of ordinary people, so she kept pursuing excitement.

At this moment, Mary's sitting in the soft chair is also a way of looking for stimulation.

Stepping into the black forest, facing a murderer who is suspected of murdering and replacing the identity of a witch doctor, and acting in a scene of being dreamed, this is a legitimate reason to seek excitement.

The witch doctor Guru only saw Mr. Minton's expression of expectation and trust.Anticipation is the reunion with Mrs. Roman, trust is the belief that the witch doctor will be able to help fulfill the wish.

In this regard, Guru secretly ridiculed, this is really an infatuated idiot.No matter how high attainments Minton had in the field of mathematics, he was still foolishly sending money to his door.

He likes this kind of obsessive clients, and he chooses those with a lot of money to give them treatment, which can make a lot of money.

"Okay then, let's start the dream spell. Now, I'm going to ask some questions."

Guru said solemnly, "After I understand the following questions, I can help you locate Mrs. Roman's position in your dream more quickly. It's like picking someone up at the train station. Knowing the other person's clothes can help you quickly Find each other. Do you understand?"

Mary also nodded seriously, "Please tell me."

"first question."

Guru held a notebook, "Where is the part of Madam Roman's body that impresses you the most?"

Mary didn't hesitate, "The eyes, that one has a pair of gray eyes. It's like the sky in London, it's gray and foggy, and you can't see the real emotions clearly, but it's intoxicating."

Guru drew an eye symbol and continued, "What's your favorite name for Mrs. Roman?"

Mary: What else can I call her? Can I still call her by her real name?

, that's the hell.

"I think it should be dear M, or dear Mark."

Mary could only make it up, solemnly using a seldom-used pseudonym.

Guru wrote down one by one, "The third question, what is the token of love between you? Or what is the most memorable thing?"

The custom-made sunglasses popped into Mary's mind.However, a bunch of things soon followed.Unexpectedly, there are quite a lot of commemorative things between her and Mycroft.

For example, the magic coin triggered Minton and Roman to sneak into the Hermes Club Ball in disguise as a couple, and danced a waltz that was embarrassing to both of them; escaped on the black sand island.

"The Shakespeare anthology I read together."

Mary finally chose another answer, which was a book that the United States read together when they were separated.

Guru felt that it was not specific enough, "Shakespeare's book? Is it "Romeo and Juliet"?"

Of course, it is not limited to this. To do probability statistics, one must read all Shakespeare's existing books.

Mary can't tell the truth, and has a sad face. "Oh! Yes, your guess is too correct. Who would have thought that the ending of the book would be like Mrs. Roman and I, it is really..."

too what?

This sadness can no longer be expressed in words.

Guru symbolically comforted, "Please be sorry, and please relax. Today you may meet the ghost of Mrs. Roman again. I will try my best to perform spiritism. Unlike those bluffing liars, my ability is quite There is a legacy."

The purpose of this Guru meeting is to enhance the confidence of the customer and also to draw closer the relationship with the customer. He pretended to be casual and said:

"You may not know that Guru is not my real name but a title of respect. I was given this honor by the cheers of the crowd. It is the English translation of the Sanskrit word guru, which represents light and eliminates all darkness."

Guru talked about his spiritualism, which was a special inheritance after he went to India by sea.

Because of his outstanding skills, he was worshiped by a group of people and called 'guru', 'guru', which gave him the title of witch doctor Guru.

"I see."

Mary seemed to be in admiration, but there was an inexplicable sense of disobedience in her heart.

From stepping into the forest residence of the witch doctor, there is no trace of India here.Including the abandoned flowers are also from Australia and America.

combined with mycroft

As far as the plant merchant Moody knows, Moody used to go to sea to Australia and America, and besides, Marquis T also went to the Pacific Ocean.

Witch Doctor Guru was a name that had been spread ten years ago, so it wasn't fabricated in the past year.

There are obviously no traces related to India, so how can you take a Sanskrit meaning as the title of guru?

Mary tried a little, "Master Witch Doctor, have you ever been to India? Have you also studied Sanskrit?"

Ask so many what to do!

Can anyone learn Sanskrit?

Guru wanted to maintain a superior posture, "Oh, I will recite some mantras later. One more thing, today's first dream may not be successful in recruiting spirits, but don't be discouraged, and you can continue to work hard in the future."

"Now get ready to start dreaming."

Guru didn't say much and closed the second layer of curtains. The room was dark now, leaving only a scented candle on the table. He put the pocket watch on top of the candle and began to shake. "Relax and look at the pocket watch, I will say the spell as it swings, and you close your eyes without resistance."

It was very quiet inside.

There seemed to be only very shallow breathing and heartbeat.

The guru began to say the mantra, a string of unfamiliar words.His expression was sacred, as if he was sincerely reading scriptures.

Mary was very cooperative, staring at Guru's dangling pocket watch, she began to act a little dazed, and then her eyelids closed heavily.This acting skill, out of [-] points, deserves a high score of [-] points, and if you give it twice as much, you won't be afraid of pride.

Guru's face is satisfied, very good, it seems that he has fooled another one.If it weren't for the sake of Minton's deep love, he would not take over the customers who came to him.Just because the preliminary investigation was not done well, there was no way to make up a perfect script.

However, the scandal between Minton and Mrs. Roman is well known, and one of them died in the sea.Since there is no evidence to prove it, you can safely make it up.

Guru also glanced at the scented candles on the table.This thing plays an auxiliary role, and it is easy for people who are not determined to fall into the illusion he wants to see.In this way, it is not for him to say casually whether he sees the undead or not.

"Now, you close your eyes, and there is a hazy scene in front of you."

Guru's voice was soft, "Go forward, don't stop. Follow my spell and keep walking, and soon you will see that the fog is getting deeper, and it is almost black."

Mary couldn't see black at all, she was only thinking about one thing.

These mantras are not Sanskrit at all.Although she

Can't speak Sanskrit, but have heard a thing or two.

Not only that, she seemed to have heard some syllables of a string of spells.It's not that I've heard it in this life, but where I've heard it in my previous life.Where is it?

Guru is still guiding in a decent manner, "See the black? You reach out your hand to check it out and keep it flat. I will count down to 15 seconds."

"15, 14... 1."

Guru continued, "Do you feel a little cold? You are about to enter the undead zone ahead, you have to concentrate. Soon there will be a cloud of gray mist flashing by, which looks like dots, but it is actually Mrs. Roman's eyes."

Mary remembered.This deja vu intonation comes from the local language on the island of New Guinea, north of Australia.

She didn't know what these words actually meant, she only knew that it was the language used by the high priest, and she memorized part of the tone of voice.

The room was quiet for a while.

Guru seems to have given enough time to wait for the gray mist representing Mrs. Roman's eyes to appear.

There is no fog in Mary's mind at all.

At this moment, a string of fragmentary clues flashed by.The nursery rhyme said that the red shoes danced non-stop, and there was another Corondo man-eating monster.Guru, Guru, New Guinea.

"I saw."

Mary suddenly said, "A gray fog appeared. Oh! It's a little far away from me, but I think it's a figure."

Guru nodded in satisfaction, "Go ahead, try to call Mrs. Roman with your heart. Listen! Listen carefully! There is a faint female voice saying "M" next to your ear."

"Oh?"

Mary closed her eyes and seemed to be listening very hard, but she frowned slightly. "Someone is talking, no, not 'M'. Someone is saying 'kuru', 'kuru'. Sir witch doctor, did you hear that?"

what?

The guru is confused, can this be called guru (Guru) and can be interpreted as calling him, what is it about being called kuru (Kuru)?

Mary didn't hear the witch doctor's response immediately, but one thing was almost certain.

Wrong, wrong from the start.There are no Guru, only Kuru.

Kuru is not an honorific name, but a disease, and the local tribes of New Guinea call it kuru.

This disease will cause high fever, giggles, the whole person is like a demon, and finally the body is completely uncontrollable and trembling to death.

In the 19th century, there was no in-depth research on this special disease. In her previous life, it was not until the late 20th century that the cause of kuru disease-prion was discovered.

Prions, simply put, are the consequences of cannibalism.

There is a cannibal tribe in the affected area of ​​New Guinea.It's not that they live by cannibalism, but that they have the habit of eating human corpses during sacrifices.

Regardless of the cause of the disease, or whether there is a tribe with such customs in the Pacific Ocean, these news can be said to be little known today.

In this day and age, Mary can't say that no one else knows about prions except her. Maybe the truth has emerged in a certain fork in scientific research but has been buried again.

What she can be sure of is half the secret of the "Red Shoes" nursery rhyme.Why do nursery rhymes say "Whispers of Corondo", because that kind of monster eats people.

The so-called non-stop dancing in red shoes is actually a symptom of cannibalism.Convulsively exaggerated into dancing, only death can stop.

Plant merchant Moody, Marquis T, and Ben Barden who have traveled to sea may have all arrived in New Guinea on the side of Australia.Either witnessed kuru, or something more horrific.

What exactly have you encountered?

Mary knew that the fake witch doctor in front of her didn't know, otherwise she wouldn't understand the meaning of Kuru. This person would only read a passage in the local aboriginal language and pretend to be Sanskrit.

At this time, the witch doctor Guru also spoke, "Yes. Kuru, you heard Kuru. This means that Mrs. Roman can't come today, don't worry, you can wait until tomorrow, now you slowly back, turn around, run back.

If you need to concentrate, there will be candles in the front and back, and there will be a faint sweet fragrance.I count down to ten, and you can wake up from the dream world. "

Ten, nine, eight, seven...

Guru's countdown has begun, and he didn't intend to succeed in fooling around once.You can make more money with a few more courses of treatment, which is just an excuse to end the first treatment.

The Guru raised his voice and shouted, "One! Open your eyes!"

Mary seemed to open her eyes in a daze, and saw the scented candle in front of her, and the faint hallucinogenic aroma became more intense.

"Okay, you may be a little unconscious just now. Go out for a walk, and you will recover soon."

Guru said, "Tomorrow, we will conduct the second summoning of spirits into dreams. We need to change the time period, which is closer to the haunting time of Mrs. Roman's undead."

"Is that so..."

Mary seemed to be disappointed by today's failure, but soon pulled herself together and said with complete trust, "Okay, then please ask the witch doctor to perform magic tricks tomorrow."

Without staying any longer, he left the consultation room.

I want to go out to breathe fresh air, smell the faint incense, not to mention hallucinogenic, but more or less always feel a little sleepy.

Open the door.

Mary saw Mycroft in the corridor.

Mycroft stood half a meter from the door, and thirty-five minutes and forty-four seconds passed, seemingly unperturbed.

When he heard the sound of the door opening, he turned around slowly, as if he didn't care much and asked, "How about treatment?"

"Not bad, half progress has been made."

After Mary answered, she felt a very faint candy-sweet smell from the tip of her nose.

Who eats candy?Do the elimination method first, she definitely doesn't have it.

No way?When Mycroft seemed to be waiting outside the door without worry, could it be that he took a few candies to relieve his tension?

"Mr. Holmes."

Mary blinked and asked abruptly, "Do you have candy? Lend me one."