Monster Tea Party

Chapter 6008 Two Choices
The old lady pointed to her head.

"There are some problems here."

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what?
The girl with the ponytail opened her mouth wide.

Being so young, she couldn't really understand what the old lady was saying.

Is there a problem here?
But the girl with the ponytail felt a little uneasy.

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"Ah."

The old lady nodded.

"He was hallucinating."

"So he often behaves strangely."

“Saying some strange things,”

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"Hallucination?"

The girl with the ponytail opened her eyes wide.

The unfamiliar vocabulary left the girl with the ponytail somewhat bewildered.

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"It's seeing something you think you've seen that doesn't actually exist."

Realizing she had spoken in a roundabout way, the old lady explained, "For example, like you said, you see him talking to someone, but then you realize there's no one in front of him."

"Because he was hallucinating."

“In his eyes, he was really talking to someone or something.”

"But that person or thing doesn't actually exist in reality."

"To others, he just appears to be talking to himself."

“…It’s strange.”

"is not it?"

The old lady smiled slightly at the child.

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Ok.

The girl with the ponytail nodded silently.

Very strange.

It gave her goosebumps all over her body.

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"Don't go near him next time you see him."

The old lady reminded the child.

"We've all warned our children to stay away from this person."

"We ourselves are avoiding him."

"Normal people should avoid contact with people who have mental problems."

"It will have negative consequences."

"Although there's something wrong with his mind... it's not contagious..."

The old woman muttered, "Who knows?"

Especially children.

Their values ​​and worldview have not yet been formed.

Spending too much time with abnormal people can really have an impact on you.

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"You did the right thing."

The old lady praised the child.

If you sense something is wrong, run away immediately.

"You are a clever child."

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The girl with the ponytail was a little embarrassed by the compliment.

The old lady's affirmation and praise gradually dispelled the lingering strangeness and slight apprehension in the girl with the ponytail.

She is a smart child.

Hey.

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"If only every child were as smart as you."

The old lady sighed.

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what?
The girl with the ponytail was a little shy.

She's not that smart...

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A hint of a smile flickered in the old lady's eyes as she watched the child's awkwardness.

The old woman then looked somewhat wistful, "There was once a child..."

"Just like you, I happened to see that person when they had an attack."

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"Sickness?"

The girl with the ponytail looked puzzled.

what?
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"Ah."

The old lady nodded.

"That is when hallucinations occur."

"Even if a person is hallucinating, they won't be hallucinating forever."

"It's not that the hallucination occurs at some point."

"What if I keep having hallucinations..."

The old woman shuddered, feeling a sense of dread. "That person is truly ruined."

Wouldn't that mean living in a false world and being unable to extricate oneself?
"Even if it only causes hallucinations..."

"That person is practically half-destroyed too."

The old lady shook her head.

Far away.

The old lady got back to the main topic.

"If a person is experiencing hallucinations, then they are ill."

"It's a very serious illness."

"A disease that is difficult to cure."

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"Children should stay away from people who are sick."

The old lady reminded the child again.

"You did very well."

"But that child didn't do as well as you."

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what?
The girl with the ponytail looked at the old lady curiously.

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The old lady's eyes showed a hint of disorientation.

It was as if she was lost in memories.

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"...That child is just like you..."

“When I encountered that person having an attack…” the old lady repeated the beginning.

"But she's different from you..."

A look that was hard to tell whether it was sympathy or regret appeared on the old lady's face.

"She didn't run away."

She didn't avoid that person.

"...She was very curious about that person."

She wanted to know who that person was talking to...

"She clearly didn't see anything."

She walked over to that person.

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Isn't she afraid?

The girl with the ponytail blurted it out.

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"Yes."

The old woman gave a wry smile. "Isn't she afraid?"

"It seems her curiosity outweighed her fear."

The old lady shook her head slightly.

"She chose to get close to that person."

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"After several encounters..."

A sigh escaped the old woman's voice, "She didn't understand what was going on with that person..."

"I was actually influenced by that person."

"It has also become somewhat...abnormal."

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"what?"

The girl with the ponytail unconsciously made a sound.

what?
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The old lady lowered her eyes.

I looked at my hands resting on my knees.

Children always like to imitate.

Even if she didn't see it...

"She imitated that person and started talking to the air."

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The girl with the ponytail opened her mouth wide.

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"...The children's unusual behavior was finally noticed by the adults."

The old lady slightly curved her lips.

"They were angry and worried."

"They forbade the children from going near that person again."

"They made a lot of efforts to help the children understand..."

"That person's behavior is abnormal."

"Don't be like that person."

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The old lady looked up and smiled at the girl with the ponytail.

"This is not easy."

"To change a person's perception..."

Even if that person is still a child.

"The child is very stubborn."

"Trust what you see with your own eyes."

"She even secretly went to see that person."

"That person also secretly came to see the child."

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"After the child's parents caught him several times..."

The old lady shook her head.

"They moved."

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move place?

The girl with the ponytail was surprised.

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"Ah."

The old lady nodded.

"The child's parents want to take the child away from places where that person is."

"went to a new place..."

"The child will never have the chance to see that person again."

"The child can recover faster."

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The girl with the ponytail nodded.

Oh.

That's how it is...

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"……look."

After a few seconds of silence, the old lady smiled.

"That child isn't as smart as you."

"You've made a mess of yourself."

"She made things very bad for those who cared about her."

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Do you know how many times that child's mother cried because of this?

"She even beat that person up."

The old lady frowned slightly.

"Luckily, someone stopped me."

In the end, all that was left was a scar on that person's face.

The old lady wasn't sympathizing with that person.

I just feel that someone committed a crime because of a mentally unstable person...

not worth it.

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The girl with the ponytail opened her mouth.

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The old lady came to her senses.

"...Hallucination is a terrible disease."

"Don't get close to people who are hallucinating."

"You can't help him."

"It might even harm myself."