Addiction
The sergeant gazes at some pieces of certificates which are about to go moldy on the wall, “ Alas!” he talks to himself: “Such a pity !”
A police standing behind thinks the sergeant is talking with him, answers quietly: “ Yes, indeed !”
Hearing this, the sergeant turns around and gives the police a kick in his butt, scolds : “ No one talked with you, keep working!”
After 10 or more minutes, the police comes back, he gives his salute and reports: “The dead is 18 years old, male, initially judged as a suicide.”
“Is there any basis? ” The sergeant asks.
The police holds up a plastic bag with a diary in , saying: “ On the last page there are words of the dead .”
“ What did he write ?”
“ To put it simply, his long time video game addiction not only totally ruined his study, but also led to frequent squabble between his parents and divorce finally. After divorce, his mother committed suicide by taking pesticide. Observing his mother killing herself, his first thought is not calling the police, whereas, he thought he would have more game playing time ! The body of his mother had already stunk when he finally felt hungry.”
“ No way! When did his mother die?”
“ Last summer.”
“ Aren’t there reports about this case?”
“ There are some, but have all been held back by video game companies.”
“ Fucking video game companies!”
“ It also puts in this diary that after he truly realize the death of his mother, he ever determined to keep away from video games and find a job, but this plan only survived for as short as one day, he re-install the video games. He tried for thousands of times but all failed , he hated his own lack of perseverance and incapability, lived in self-contradiction and dilemma with extreme desperation and panic.”
“ Where is his father ?”
“ The father only coped with the legal procedures and then left him alone in this room again.”
“ Have informed him ?”
“ Yes, the father sounds quite indifferent, it’s surprising that he said : “I knew this would happen!”
The sergeant again turns to look at the certificates on the wall, shaking his head and sighing heavily.
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上瘾
警长注视着墙上的几张快要发霉的奖状，啧了一声自言自语低声道，“可惜了！”
站在他身边的警员听后，以为是在跟自己说话，便小声接话说，“确实啊！”
警长听后踢了一下警员的屁股骂过去，“谁跟你说话了，干活去！”
十几分钟后，警员上前敬礼报告说，“死者男，18岁，初步判断是自杀。”
“为什么这么判断？”警长问。
警员举起一个塑料袋，里面装了一本日记本，“最后一页有死者的遗言。”
“写了什么？”
“大概意思是，因为长期游戏上瘾不能自拔，导致自己的学业荒废，父母因此争执不休，最终离婚，而母亲在离婚后喝农药自杀，死者眼看着母亲自杀，心里的第一个念头不是报警，而是自己有更多的时间去玩游戏了，直到他实在饿到不行了，不过那时候母亲的尸体已经发臭了。”
“不会吧！他母亲什么时候死的？”
“去年夏天。”
“当时没有记者报道？”
“有一些，不过全都被游戏公司压下去了。”
“操他妈的游戏公司！”
“这个笔记本上还写了，自从真正意识到母亲死了之后，死者下定决心戒掉游戏去找一份工作，可是这个计划仅仅只持续了一天，死者就又把游戏装上了，如此反复几百上千次，他痛恨自己没有自制力，又没有任何办法，每天都活在自我矛盾和万般纠结之中，他感觉到极度的绝望和恐慌。”
“他父亲呢？”
“只是走了一下法律程序，然后就把他扔在这间房子里不管不问了。”
“通知他了吗？”
“通知了，死者父亲的态度冷淡，竟然说了一句，‘早就知道会有今天！’”
警长再次看向墙上的奖状摇着头用力叹了一口气。