The Devil Doctor's Spicy Love
Chapter 358: The dangerous game (2)

Chapter 358: The dangerous game (2)

Mingshen stared at the patient before him, Li Bao, Beiye’s brother. He alternated his gaze between him and his charts, tilting his head.

Li Bao laid still on the bed. His vegetative state was starting to make him look a older than he was.

"Clearly, the prefrontal cortex here that controls decision-making abilities is severely affected," he said while looking at the latest scan.

"It matches with the information that you got," he eyed Huojin. "That his behavior started to change and became more agitated. The brain is all lit up and not in a good way. Personality changes."

Jia was dumbfounded. "I mean...I know kids can get too obsessed with games and all but, can it really cause personality changes? Isn’t it a little far-fetched? How does a game do that anyway?"

"All sorts of things are possible today, Spicy. The code which that woman found is a part of it."

Huojin slowly said, "Remember how I said Li Beiye was starting to get headaches? I think this is related to that."

"But if this game is so dangerous, then why is it out in the market?" Jia couldn’t fathom.

"How many cases of comatose teens or players in general have you heard of?" Huojin asked back.

The answer was none. Li Bao was the first case she had heard of such an unnatural comatose condition.

"That’s because we didn’t search for such cases. Who said that Li Bao could be the only case? Hundreds of people are playing this game. There ought to be more cases."

Mingshen said, "But not in every case will the person end up in a coma. Every person has their own health constitution and limits. He couldn’t bear it, doesn’t mean that the rest of the world wouldn’t either."

She said nothing.

"Also we couldn’t connect behavioral changes necessarily to the game. It’s like blindly throwing an arrow in the dark. Plus, most of the population playing this are teen brats and young people in their early twenties, which I would still call them as brats," he sneered. "Brats are always troublesome. It doesn’t mean that we can blame the game for it even if we know the truth."

A somber silence enveloped the room, making Mingshen feel the most depressed.

He cleared his throat. "But certainly, they would keep walking more and more towards the extreme if they don’t stop playing this game."

The door opened and they saw a middle-aged man step in. He looked up at them in surprise.

"Why are the cops here?"

Mingshen asked, "Are you his father?"

"Yes..."

The father rushed towards Mingshen and asked, knots of anxiety appearing on his forehead.

"You...Did you find something? L-Like, is there any change in Bao’s condition?" He asked in a trembling, hopeful voice.

Mingshen lightly smacked his lips and said, "Not yet."

His shoulders slumped in defeat and tears rimmed his eyes.

"Please...please don’t say that..." his voice choked. "It’s been almost a year now since he..."

He couldn’t speak more and broke down into soft sobs.

"I only have my children with me. My wife already left me years ago...Please Dr. I cannot afford to lose my children. Please do something..."

Mingshen remained silent for some time and said, "There is one experimental procedure we can try."

The hope returned in his dimmed eyes.

"W-What is it?"

"Deep brain stimulation. In simple terms, we implant electrodes in the brain to reawaken the specific part of it causing the issue. But there are risks."

"Risks?"

"It requires extremely precise mapping of the neural pathways. It cannot go wrong. It’s the brain and every possible bodily process is linked to it. If some other area in any other lobes gets affected in the process, then there are high chances he could end up in some form of a disability."

"So...it’s brain surgery."

"Yes. It’s risky but it’s an option which is why we offer. Ultimately, it’s the family’s choice to go through with it or not after understanding the risks. His condition is not deteriorating so we can wait for some more time. Maybe he will come out all by himself. But if he doesn’t..."

The father trembled.

"I...I cannot make this decision by myself. I need to talk to my daughter."

"It’s fine. Like I said, we have time. Li Bao’s condition is stable. You can talk to her in the meantime."

He nodded, his frail shoulders sagging. "Thank you..."

He then looked at Jia and Huojin, perplexed.

"But I don’t understand why the police officers are here...?"

Huojin and Jia had a tacit understanding of not telling about the game and dumping all the information at this time.

Jia quickly said, "Dr. Yang helps us out with some cases with his forensic expertise so we just came to meet him about one case."

"Ah, I see..." he nodded.

They quietly exited the ward. Jia gazed at the father, who was placing fresh flowers in the case. He sat down, holding his son’s hand.

I won’t let this go on...I won’t let more innocent people get gripped by this mess...

"We need to shut down this game for good. It cannot be made available to download or play. Which means that Miss. Xie has to step in."

"The one I am going to London with?" He grimaced. "I don’t want to go with her."

"That’s not the concern here. She is the CEO of Quantum Games. Survival Grounds is a product of that company. She is answerable and responsible."

"For which we need evidence," Huojin said. "Li Beiye doesn’t have the complete code yet. We will be only falling flat on our faces. We don’t have anything solid to make our case with. But..."

"But?"

"I really wonder how she sanctioned this game in the first place? Such a dangerous code is embedded into this game and she and her team had no clue about it?" He raised his brow.

"Maybe somebody under her did it to gain quick cash? They craftily hid the problematic part of the game. Which is how..."

Jia turned and met Mingshen’s eyes. "You come into the picture. And your London trip."