The Guts Test System? Who's Afraid!
Memetic Effects

"Well, it's so big!" said Adi who was astonished at how vast the house Rian. But not only Adi was stunned, but Thunder, Livia, and Tika were also stunned. Unlike them, Alena and Alicia look ordinary with all of this.

"Let's go in!" take Ryan.

Upon entering, Rian was surprised by the appearance of 8 women wearing maid uniforms, lined up on the right and left of the door. "Welcome sir!"

Spontaneous, Adi's eyes sparkled to see a row of beautiful women wearing European-style maid clothes. "Wow, you even have your own waitress, beautiful again …"

Livia and Alena looked at Rian sharply.

Rian did not have time to explain, Rio came and spoke first. "Boss Night! At the request of the Boss, I've recruited the servants of this house. Relax, I deliberately chose the one who was still a virgin. So the boss can't worry about playing, hehehe"

Hearing this, Alena's hand grabbed Rian's right shoulder. While Livia, she grabbed Rian's left shoulder.

"It looks like we need to talk a lot, fufufufu .." said Alena, glaring.

"Betul Alena, we do need to talk a lot with him, hehehehe .." said Livia.

"Ugh ..." Rian could only give up on fate.

After that, Rian got a lecture from the two of them for an hour. Although Rian had tried to explain it, the two women did not care about it.

When Rian returned, Rian saw Thunder and the others watching the news about mass suicide.

"Rian, what do you think of this mass suicide? It also has to do with your mission, right?" ask Thunder.

"Most likely, the person with the plague doctor mask was using the Memetic Effect to make them commit suicide."

"Memetic Effects?" Thunder and the others were confused by Rian's explanation.

"Memetic Effect is the effect of a symbol, image, or sound that can affect the human subconscious both through sight and hearing."

"The effect produced depends on the person who made it. The closest example is a picture of Rika behind the bathroom door. If we look at it for too long, unconsciously the intention to commit suicide in our minds. This is the Memetic Effect of Rika's image." explains Rian.

Thunder nodded. "So so .. it is appropriate that many people say that their friends before committing suicide had opened a chat."

"That's right, it's possible that the masked Plague doctor used an image sent over a chat to create a Memetic Effect like this."

"Well, if left this way continues, then there will be many more casualties" said Livia.

"Rian, I have an idea. How about you create TeckTock content that warns of the dangers of Memetic Effect. That way, people will be more vigilant."

Adi seems to agree with Alena. "What Alena said was right, let's now make the video."

"Are we not doing maths?"

Adi shook his head. "That's it later, Rian. The most important thing now is that we tell the public about this Memetic Effect. The sooner we tell them, the fewer casualties!"

Shortly thereafter, Rian began recording his TeckTock videos.

"Hai Guys .. sorry in advance, the broadcast at Surabaya General Hospital, suddenly turned off. Because in the search yesterday, there are indications of criminal acts from some individuals with mental disorders. Hence, the authorities immediately asked me to stop the trace."

"Okay, on to the next topic. I want to talk about the phenomenon of mass suicide that is now happening. According to my deduction, this phenomenon happens because of someone."

"There were several testimonies, before the suicide victims, they opened a chat message first. Well, from here began to appear oddity in the victim. The victims suddenly had blank stares. Then, they'll commit suicide."

"From this testimony, I concluded, that the cause of the suicide was a chat message containing a certain image or symbol. In the scientific field, this is called the Memetic Effect."

Rian then began to explain in detail about the Memetic Effect.

The television station also began airing Rian's videos on their channel. Psychologists are starting to emerge. Including Doctor Denis, Alena's father. He received an invitation from one of the television stations as a speaker teleconference.

"Doctor Denis, according to the Doctor, is what Rian said in his video true, that all this is due to the Memetic Effect?" ask a news anchorwoman.

"I can't confirm Rian's deduction. But, what I can confirm is that Memetic effect does exist. If it's true that someone created a Memetic Agent to influence suicidal people, this is really very dangerous!"

Hearing the statement of Doctor Denis, the public began to be aware of the incoming chat that came from an unknown number.

As if the culprit was afraid of getting caught, the sending of the Memetic chat stopped. No more reports of people receiving the chat.

......................

Two days went by so quickly, Thursday came. This is the day where the Ghost Lovers Community gathers.

"Rian, don't forget it tonight." whispered Yohan who passed Rian in front of the school gate.

"En ..." nods Rian.

"Oh yeah, one more .. You have to carry a mask."

"Mask?"

"Yes .. It is up to you to use what mask, because one of the Community rules is identity confidentiality. So, between members of the community, we don't know whose real identity he is. We usually call each other according to the mask we wear. Well, even if there's a woman who doesn't wear a mask anyway."

"Maybe?"

"He's one of the founders of the community, so how else, haah~" Yohan let out a long sigh considering the woman's behavior.

"She seems like a very troublesome woman."

"Indeed .. do you know what reason he wouldn't wear a mask?"

Rian thought for a moment. "Mmm, maybe it's overheating?"

"No. But because according to him, the face he had was already very perfect!"

"Ugh, looks like he's a very narcissistic person."

"Not narcissistic, but perfectionist. There was a bit of imperfectness in his body, like his hair was 1 cm long, so he cut it and re-measured it."

Hearing Yohan's story, Rian was reminded of one of the former patients of the Mental ward of Surabaya General Hospital. 'Is this not Body Dysmorphic Disorder? If not wrong, the sufferer is named Hani, a former occupant of room number 6.'

After chatting for a while, Rian and Yohan separated.

Later that night, Rian waits for Yohan in front of Avernus University Hospital.

Thiin

A Kijang Innova car honks her horn. "Let's ride!" take Yohan.

They then headed towards West Surabaya.

'Hmm? I seem familiar with this path. Isn't this the way to the Prosperous Family Apartment?' thought Rian.

And it turns out, Rian's hunch came true. Yohan's car stopped at the Prosperous Family Apartment car park.