Top game producer
#39 - I just...have to go
Doctor Watts seemed a bit taken aback: "These old guys are crazier than the last, aren't they?"
Afterward, Doctor Rosalene inquired with the maid about more information regarding the old man.
Although the maid had been working there for two years, she still knew very little about old Johnny. She told the two doctors that Johnny was a bit of an odd person, didn't talk much, his wife passed away two years ago, and she didn't know any other details.
The maid finally seemed to remember something: "Oh, if you wander around the house, you might be able to find more information."
Doctor Rosalene asked: "So, who of us two should scout around the house?"
Lin Fan chose Doctor Watts, controlling him to begin exploring the house.
As Doctor Watts walked down the stairs, the piano music became clearer, with two children sitting side by side, playing the piano.
Doctor Watts spoke with the two children, unexpectedly being given a hard time. The two children said that they would only help if he brought them candy canes.
The background music became whimsical and mysterious, perfectly matching the scene.
However, the candy canes were easy enough to find. After Lin Fan found them, the two children finally agreed to speak.
"I know!" The little girl Sarah jumped up excitedly, "There's an interesting room in the basement."
The little boy Tommy said: "I hate that room, it's quite strange."
Sarah said: "But you have to find the basement key first!"
"What exactly is in the basement?" Lin Fan was very curious.
After finding the key in the study, he finally entered the mysterious basement, fumbling to turn on the light, and was suddenly startled.
The light from the floor lamp was not very bright, making the basement appear very dim. The floor and table were scattered with densely packed paper rabbits, as well as several boxes of miscellaneous items. On a box by the door was a plain-looking black platypus toy, which looked very strange.
Doctor Watts commented: "What an ugly creature."
Investigation revealed: A stuffed platypus toy.
Lin Fan wondered: "What's with all these paper rabbits? What's the meaning of this platypus toy? I seem to have seen it several times in the promotional pictures."
After walking out of the basement, Doctor Watts also asked the children about this question. The children didn't know why old Johnny's basement had so many paper rabbits. But they provided a clue that there were also paper rabbits in the abandoned lighthouse, right by the cliff behind the mountain.
The little girl Sarah said: "Do you want to go take a look? I have the key!"
Doctor Watts commented: "Let me guess, the old man definitely doesn't allow you to go there, right? Looks like we'll have to keep you away from locked rooms in the future!"
Arriving in front of the lighthouse, Doctor Watts noticed that there was a stone tablet here.
Lin Fan controlled the doctor to investigate the stone tablet, which read: "In memory of Riva."
"This is the old man's wife who passed away two years ago, right?" Lin Fan felt that he was probably right.
"Come on, the lighthouse is right here!" The children urged.
At the top of the lighthouse, there were indeed paper rabbits scattered all over the floor.
One of the yellow and blue paper rabbits was placed on a small stool, very conspicuous.
Tommy: "Hey, this wasn't here when we came last week!"
Sarah: "Oh, yeah, Johnny must have come here before he got sick."
Doctor Watts: "Two colors, huh?"
Lin Fan pondered: "Why is the old man so fanatical about folding paper rabbits? What's the special meaning of the two-colored paper rabbits?"
Just then, Doctor Watts' phone rang, it was Rosalene calling.
Everything was ready, they could proceed with the memory traversal.
"Finally going to traverse the memory, I hope to unravel the suspense in the old man's memory," Lin Fan was a little excited.
As the two doctors put on their helmets, the screen went dark, then suddenly turned white.
The picture gradually gained color, and the two doctors appeared, still in the bedroom on the second floor, but the old man, the maid, and the doctor treating the old man had disappeared, and the light was much dimmer.
In addition, there was a lot more noise in the picture, sometimes blurry and sometimes clear, looking like an early old TV.
The background music became eerie, as if in the twilight, wind chimes were blown by a breeze in an empty room, sounding a bit sad.
Doctor Rosalene: "This is the earliest memory we can reach."
Lin Fan muttered: "Why does it feel a bit strange? Next is to find Johnny."
If Johnny wasn't in the house, judging from the previous plot, he might be at the lighthouse.
Lin Fan investigated the house while going downstairs.
The sheet music on the piano was called "To Riva", and the author was Johnny.
Doctor Watts complained: "What kind of music is this? Why are there only two notes repeating back and forth..."
Walking to the cliff, the old man was indeed there. He was sitting on a bench by the lighthouse, gazing at the sea, the rhythmic sound of waves lapping echoed in the air, and the background piano music harmonized like the waves, gentle and soothing, with a slight hint of sadness. The maid stood aside, quietly waiting for the old man.
At first, the old man mistook them for tourists who had come to see the scenery. After the two doctors introduced themselves, he realized that they were from the organization that fulfills wishes, and that this was already in his memory.
"...You're here to help me go to the moon, right?"
After receiving an affirmative answer, the old man seemed a little lost, muttering to himself: "Looks like my luck is not too bad."
He looked at the two doctors and repeatedly asked: "Can you do it? Can you take me to the moon?"
Doctor Watts asked: "Why do you want to go to the moon?"
The old man replied: "I don't know."
The two doctors were speechless for a moment.
"You must tell us, this is the necessary help for us to take you there."
"For fame? To get rich? There has to be a motive."
Johnny: "I'm sorry, but I really don't know."
He paused, his tone firm: "I just... have to go."
Doctor Watts complained: "I'm sure we've taken on a super troublesome mission."
Doctor Rosalene said: "Anyway, Johnny... we need to enter your childhood, but it's too far away to complete in one memory trip. So, we will perform step-by-step reverse jumps, traversing your memory."
Lin Fan read through the plot dialogue while sorting it out.
It turned out that although this technology can modify memories, the adaptation of memories must also comply with certain rules, and it cannot be arbitrarily fabricated.
The old man's wish was to go to the moon, so Doctor Rosalene decided to instill in the old man the ideal of becoming an astronaut in his childhood. In this way, the old man's memory would, due to the butterfly effect, eventually produce huge changes from small changes, virtually creating a scene where he became an astronaut and landed on the moon.
In addition to instilling the ideal of becoming an astronaut, it is also necessary to find out the old man's motive for stubbornly wanting to go to the moon, so that instilling the ideal will be more convincing and will not deviate into other results.
In addition, when jumping in memory, you need an item that is important to the old man and impresses him deeply in order to return to the previous memory fragment.
"Do you have any memory fragments so that we can begin?" Doctor Rosalene asked.
The old man thought for a while and took out a blue and white paper rabbit and placed it on the ground.
It was the special paper rabbit seen in the lighthouse when looking for information earlier.
You'll Also Like
-
In the Apocalypse, Hoarding Supplies with the System's Hundredfold Critical Hits
Chapter 5 hours ago -
On the day of the genocide, the parents of the Supreme Divine Dynasty came to
Chapter 5 hours ago -
Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts
Chapter 33 5 hours ago -
After deciding to give up, I became popular
Chapter 169 5 hours ago -
The strongest black emperor in the United States, I can become stronger if I am beaten
Chapter 142 5 hours ago -
Top game producer
Chapter 452 5 hours ago -
The Strongest Curse Master: Start by refining the Seven Arrows Book
Chapter 338 19 hours ago -
Douluo's self has a soul beast clone
Chapter 393 20 hours ago -
The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics
Chapter 910 23 hours ago -
Doomsday: Gain experience by hunting
Chapter 366 1 days ago