Most Wanted [Interstellar]

Chapter 46

When meeting with Anne Schubert again, Charles decided to take Gray with him.

"Are you okay?" Gray asked him.

"Last night I had insomnia." Charles rubbed his neck.

Charles rarely suffers from insomnia, and he has no habit of preparing sleeping pills.He was inexperienced in dealing with insomnia, so he just stared at his ceiling in a daze, and ended up staring at his ceiling all night without falling asleep at all.

"At least he's not as disgusting as an economic criminal who confesses every day?" Gray said.

"..." Charles doesn't like economic criminals either, "Rearrange my work, temporarily dismiss other cases, and wait for this matter to progress."

It seems that such a strong person does not like to be passive, Gray thought.

The car quickly arrived at the union, and Gray in uniform looked much more intimidating than the secretary in a suit.She showed her ID at the front desk and asked the receptionist to manually schedule an appointment for them.

Luckily this time, the person they were going to meet didn't go to the lab today, and they met her in her office about 10 minutes later.

"Sorry, I didn't bring any gifts this time." After sitting down, Charles put the briefcase on his lap.

"It's okay, I didn't eat what was brought to me last time."

Upon hearing this, Charles raised his head and smiled at Galen who was standing beside him.

"This time, I have something else I want to ask you for advice."

"I'm not used to your attitude suddenly becoming so humble." Anne didn't know what he was here for yet.

"The prison guard I mentioned to you last time—Gus Schlieffen, admitted that he had contact with Erwin Herman, but he said that this part of his memory may have been erased."

Annie was holding up the water glass, and when she heard this, her hand shook and spilled water on her lap.

"He... sure?"

"During the conversation, he accidentally said a sentence: life is a claustrophobic world. This sentence is not a common sentence, at least I haven't seen it on any TV channel or movie or TV before. You know it? This is a line from Professor Irving's dissertation."

"Yes, that's indeed a line from his essay," Anne felt her heart beat faster, "and it's from a very old essay of his."

"I looked it up, and it's not a title, a key word, or something, it's a line in a mundane discourse that's not even cited by other authors much. I don't think a single line that never Correctional officers who went to college had access to this article."

"Did he say anything else?"

"No, during the previous questioning process, he wrote down his experience in space for three months. The content is very detailed, including some details of life and feelings. After preliminary identification, the possibility of lying is very small. I Knowing that Professor Irvine is a scientist, I wonder if it is possible to fabricate a memory to overwrite the original memory in cutting-edge science."

"To be honest, there is not yet. It is very simple to erase a memory, but it is very difficult to fabricate a memory to fill it in." Anne explained, "Many researches on the brain involve ethics, and the Scientific Ethics Supervision Committee will implement supervision. Filling in memory The resources that need to be consumed are greater than you can imagine, but this kind of research does more harm than good to human beings, so... as far as I know, no research institute is studying this topic."

"That is, it could exist in theory, but no one has done it technically."

"There is a theory, because our biological signals can not only be exported, but also imported. But it is only a theory. The encoding of biological signals is very complicated and error-prone. Have you done a physical examination on him? Does he have hydrocephalus? Or epilepsy?"

Charles took out his physical examination report: "His physical examination is normal. If we simply erase the memory, will there be traces in the brain?"

Annie shook her head: "The essence of erasing memory is not fundamentally different from the forgetting that humans already possess, so it cannot be distinguished by detection. Of course, amnesia caused by injection of drugs or external force can be detected, but this method is generally impossible Targeted elimination."

Charles thought for a moment: "Assuming all this is true, can the lost memory be restored?"

"You mean treatment?"

"Yes, treatment."

"It depends on how the other party erased his memory," Annie flipped through Schlieffen's medical examination report, "I'll do a detailed inspection of his head later, if there are no traces of trauma, then it might be a wave sweep to erase his memory. If the scanned original tissue is still there, without resection, it is possible... just that it is possible, the memory signal can be retrieved, and we can try to decode the retrieved signal."

These words gave Charles a general idea. He likes scientists. This is the truth. Every time he talks with scientists, he will find that many impossibilities become possible.

"Can you cooperate with us to carry out a treatment?" Charles asked.

"Of course!" Annie said, "I will turn down my recent work to cooperate with you. To be honest, although Alvin is cold-blooded and rational, he is not a cruel person. It is hard for me to imagine him killing someone himself. If they really Having seen it, I tend to think that he has done memory processing on him, which is also an area he is good at."

Charles has one last question:

"If he doesn't have amnesia... can it be detected?"

"Yes. Because in the human brain, the area of ​​creation and the area of ​​experience are separated. Since he can write the life experience of those three months, this signal will be very large and very easy to find."

"Thank you! This is very helpful to me. So can I understand that people can deceive people, but the storage area of ​​​​the brain can't deceive people. If there is a problem with the storage area, at least we can tell him This behavior raises doubts.”

"Yes." Annie began to like this person, and it was easy to talk to him, "However, this behavior needs to be reported to the Science Ethics Supervision Committee, and this kind of inspection report cannot be used as evidence with legal effect."

"I understand this." Charles was very satisfied with the result, "Thank you for your efforts!"

"You're welcome," Annie sighed, "I hope I can find him soon..."

"This is our common goal, I will." Charles stood up and patted the back of Anne's hand.

On the way back, Charles felt sleepy, and almost got into the car, he fell asleep on the cushion.

He was then woken up by the secretary's voice, who he heard scolding Gray for not covering him.

"Okay, okay, I'm awake." He yawned and got up, looking at his watch, he had only slept for half an hour, but it was really a comfortable sleep for half an hour, he took out his bag He handed a recording pen to Gray, "This is the recording of the conversation I had with the vice president just now, you go to the hospital now and play the recording for him."

Gray knew what he meant: "If he refuses to check, I will report to you as soon as possible."

Charles nodded: "Don't miss the details, ah! Also! Delete the last sentence of the vice president."

"Yes, sir."

As soon as Charles came out, the secretary stuffed him with a cup of hot milk.

"Don't catch a cold, sir."

What a delicate person——Charles sighed in his heart, it would be great if he was an alpha, so that he could be exempted from taxes for the rest of his life... This is of course a fantasy, he knew that he was doomed to have a bumpy road to love (blind date).

"You are in a good mood."

"Yes, I will prepare an official document to the federation later, and make an appointment with them for testing as soon as possible."

Having been a public prosecutor for so long, Gray has also developed the habit of being suspicious of everyone. She thought that Gus Schlieffen would not agree to the inspection, but she did not expect that the other party would readily agree.

The detection time was set two days later, and Annie also designed several possible treatment plans.She was even more looking forward to the test results than Shire. After all, she had something to say, and she hoped to say it to Erwin in person again.

Because the testing instruments were temporarily set up with large-scale laboratory equipment, the testing location was arranged in Anne Schubert's laboratory building.In order not to arouse the resentment of the College Federation, Charles specially arranged for a civilian car to pick up Schlieffen.Schlieffen's wounds have been bandaged, and he is fixed in a wheelchair with a medical isolation blanket covering his neck.

They were in the same car, but there was no conversation in the car, and Charles did not speak until they were approaching.

"Thank you for cooperating with the testing. If I did make a mistake in judging your situation, I will apologize to you."

Schlieffen seemed to choke up when he heard this.

"Thank you!"

A group of them entered through the side door of the experimental building, and one of Anne's students led them into the experimental room where they were going to be tested.The room is somewhat similar to the iron room in the 'hospital', with a huge glass wall separating the experimental area from the operating table, but the lighting here is milder, and the surrounding environment is more normal.

Gray began to secure Schlieffen's wheelchair and check the safety equipment, while Anne prepared various skin patches for later testing.

"Wait," Galen questioned, "Should Annie contact the suspect in person?"

"You can rest assured that he is very cooperative," Charles reassured, "and even if he doesn't cooperate, he won't be able to break free from the restraint device."

Even Alpha couldn't break free from the carbon steel handcuffs.

Galen approved of the arrangement.

Everything is ready, and the test is about to start. Maybe because the result is too important, everyone is holding their breath.

"Hi, I'm Anne Schubert. I'm in charge of checking you today." Annie walked into the test area, and out of habit, she greeted the people in the wheelchair.

"Hi, I'm Gus Schlieffen." Schlieffen also greeted her politely.

"Don't be nervous, these are just skin patches. I will stick them on your scalp in a while. You will feel a slight tingling sensation during the test. Don't panic. This test will not cause you any wounds." Annie Put on rubber gloves, "Don't be nervous, I will be very light."

There were sixteen stickers in total, and Anne placed them one by one starting from his head. When she walked around to Schlieffen and was about to stick the last one, she saw that he seemed to be holding back tears.

"What's wrong? Does it hurt anywhere?" Annie quickly stopped.

"Ma'am! Ma'am!" Schlieffen bit his lower lip and tried his best to control, "Please, help me!"

"What?" Annie didn't know why his mood changed drastically.

"Please pull off the medical blanket on my body, please! Please!" The tall alpha's face was full of tears at the moment, and his whole body was shaking, "Please! Help me! Ms. Anne! help me!"

Although Anne's body temporarily blocked the view from the console, there was a microphone in this room, and every word he said was accurately transmitted to the control room.Charles froze for a moment, then pushed Galen away and grabbed the microphone: "Grey! Get him under control! Now! The test is terminated! Professor! Leave him! I order you, leave him now!"

But it's too late...

Annie pulled off the medical blanket covering him...

She saw a pair of hands with no fingers... and those dense wounds on her stomach!

"Oh my God..." She covered her mouth.

omg...