This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr novel Chapter 259

“I’m indeed telling you the truth, but that doesn’t really matter. Anyway, there is something I want to ask you. Is a hypnotist capable of causing chest pain to their target?” Toby asked, staring at Kurtis.

Kurtis responded with a low hum. “Would you mind telling me more about it, President Fuller?”

“Sure.” Toby nodded. “I believe you can still remember how I described my fiancée to you, as well as the promises I made that I would protect and love her, right?”

“Of course!” Kurtis nodded.

Toby’s face darkened. “Here is what happened. In the past two days, I realized I felt intense chest pain when I didn’t do as I promised.”

“I see. Well, that was indeed a hypnotist’s doing, but I want you to know that the pain you felt wasn’t real. In fact, it was more like a psychological pain,” Kurtis looked at him and replied.

“A psychological pain…” Toby looked down in a preoccupied manner. “So, you’re saying the pain that I felt was caused by my mind and subconsciousness?”

“Exactly. Hypnotists may be good with what they do, but they are no gods, which makes it impossible for them to control anyone’s pain reception. In fact, this is one of the ways to hypnotize a person, and it’s called the ideomotor phenomenon, which only works on your mental consciousness. In your case, whoever did this to you just wants you to love your fiancée. If you don’t do as instructed, you will suffer from intense chest pain.”

Toby clenched his fists so hard that a popping sound could be heard from his finger joints. “I see. Can you undo it?”

“I doubt I can. After all, I failed to even detect his hypnotist’s influence in the first place, so I don’t think I can rid you of those effects. Therefore, I can only say that whoever did this to you was super talented and… young! Wow! I can’t believe that there’s someone so good hiding among us!” Kurtis exclaimed.

After hearing the doctor’s reply, Toby had his face darkened. When Kurtis noticed that, he chuckled in embarrassment. “I’m sorry, President Fuller. I guess I got a little too carried away.”

Oh man! I just made a fool out of myself. I was rubbing salt on his wound by complimenting the hypnotist who brainwashed him, wasn’t I? Ugh! It’s no wonder he doesn’t seem so happy about it.

Nevertheless, Toby only shot a cold gaze at Kurtis and asked, “I have another question. Since you can’t remove the hypnotist’s influence from me, why does my chest pain go away whenever I’m close to Sonia?”

“Who is Sonia?” Kurtis asked instead of answering Toby’s question.

“The love of my life.” Toby’s eyes seemed to become slightly friendlier.

Kurtis raised his eyebrows. “Are you referring to the one that you truly love instead of the one you’re hypnotized to love?”

“Yeah.” Toby nodded.

Kurtis pondered for a short while and replied, “Well, maybe it’s a miracle. In fact, hypnotism has its fair share of limits, even though it may be able to do a lot of wonders. Sometimes, the power of love is far beyond one can imagine. Thanks to your love for her, you managed to subconsciously snap out of your influence when you were around Miss Reed, which is why I think your chest pain went away.”

Toby jutted his chin in a preoccupied manner. “Alright, I understand now. Thank you, Dr. Anderson.”

While Toby’s face turned more and more glacial, Tim went on and revealed the answer before he could say anything. “She said no because she was confident that you wouldn’t discover anything. Upon hearing that answer, I confusedly wondered why she was so confident, but after putting all the pieces together now, it all starts to add up that she could be referring to your hypnotic influence. I guess I’m surprised to find out that she does know a hypnotist herself!”

“And you’re aware of that too, aren’t you? You’re close with her after all.” Toby responded with a glacial voice.

Tim produced a scalpel from his pocket and fiddled with it like he was spinning a pen. “She and I only started growing close to each other eight years ago, but how was I supposed to know her story before we met?”

Toby looked down slightly, unsure whether he should believe Tim’s words. A few seconds later, he looked up and asked, “Can you undo the hypnotic influence within me?”

“I’ll have to know who hypnotized you first because every hypnotist has a unique way of going about his or her hypnosis. If I were to remove the effects recklessly, it could cause damage to your mental health,” Tim explained.

“It’s a good-looking man who did this to me,” Toby pursed his lips and answered.

Tim, who was spinning his scalpel, paused and asked, “A good-looking man? Does he have long hair? Was he wearing a white robe?”

Toby’s face changed after he heard Tim’s response. “You know him?”

“It’s my senior!” Tim’s expression eventually changed from an unconcerned look to a serious one.

“Your senior?” Toby clenched his fists.

Tim responded with an affirmative hum. “Yeah, I think it’s likely him. If he was the one who hypnotized you, I don’t think there is anything I can do. The most I can do is just help you keep the situation under control.”

“Even you can’t remove the effect?” A surprised look flashed across Toby’s face.

Tim nodded in response. “My senior was born to be a hypnotist. Since he is plagued with Schizoid Personality Disorder, there are no emotional feelings or traumas that can hurt or harm him, which makes it a lot easier for him to learn and practice hypnotism. By the time I was taken in by my mentor, he was already among the world’s best hypnotists. With a snap, a simple eye contact, or anything as subtle as a few mere words, he can literally just control his victim’s mind without anyone knowing.”