Chapter 988 [View] Is this a horror movie?

After walking with Xiaoqian for about ten minutes, R took him back to his room.

The two sat facing each other. R took out a document that the man had given him earlier and handed it to Xiaoqian, a smile playing on his lips. "This is the information we found about your parents."

He paused, then added, "But you need to be mentally prepared before you watch it."

Xiaoqian blinked, reached out and took the document to read it.

After reading everything, he calmly put the documents back on the table and looked up at R.

The actual situation was pretty much as he had guessed.

R moved the documents in front of him, glanced at them, and said to Chiyo, "Your parents' surname is Chino, and they named you with the character 'Bamboo' before you were born. Do you want to change it?"

Xiaoqian was stunned.

R smiled and said, "It's okay, you can make your own decision."

"Okay." Xiaoqian nodded, paused for a few seconds to think, "Let's add the character 'qian' to it."

R smiled and nodded, "I'll take care of it for you."

"Thanks."

R glanced at the habitually obedient Xiaoqian and couldn't resist reaching out to pinch his cheek.

It feels really good.

After giving Xiaoqian a communication crystal and teaching him how to use it, R smiled and said, "If you need anything, just contact me or Yuna."

"Okay." Xiaoqian nodded.

Not long after R left, Chihiro, who was looking at the books R left behind, heard a knock at the door.

He looked up, then got up to open the door.

Morataya stood quietly outside the door, looking at Xiaoqian and scrutinizing him for a few moments before asking in a low voice, "What's your name?"

Xiaoqian remained calm and smiled slightly at her before replying, "Qianye Qianzhu, you can call me Xiaoqian."

"Hmm?" Morataya was somewhat surprised, then her expression changed instantly. "It sounds like a name from Japan."

"Because my parents are Japanese," Chihiro replied with a faint smile.

“Oh…” Morataya nodded slightly, introduced herself and handed him a small, crystal-clear bead. “My name is Morataya. This is for you as a gift.”

"Thanks."

Xiaoqian blinked, then smiled and reached out to take the small bead. Her amber eyes sparkled with tiny, shimmering lights, like stars.

"Then you continue to rest, I'll be going now."

Morataya straightened her skirt slightly awkwardly, then turned and left after saying that.

"Ah...? Okay."

Xiaoqian looked at her retreating figure with a hint of confusion, blinked, then backed away and closed the door.

"Oh~" Liu Qingyao made a strange sound.

Behringer turned to look at him with a strange expression. "Brother Liu, don't make strange noises here."

Liu Qingyao frowned, feigning an impatient expression as she looked back at Behringer, "...What's strange about it? It's perfectly normal, okay? Nobody else finds it strange, only you do. Why don't you reflect on yourself more often? What if the problem lies with you?"

Behrfinger looked completely bewildered: "...???"

It seems like he's become increasingly unruly ever since the clips featuring Brother Liu aired.

Did the previous second personality disappear, and thus another second personality emerged?

Behfinger turned to look at Qianzhu, his eyes filled with complaints.

Qianzhu, look at him!

Qianzhu pretended not to see anything.

Despite the escalating conflict around them, Qianzhu, positioned in the center, remained detached, even leisurely sipping a glass of juice.

Everyone: It's so noisy! ×N

...

Qianzhu had been on Jiaodao Island for a long time and had gotten to know everyone he needed to. Although he knew he wasn't suited to have too much contact with other people, that didn't stop others from taking the initiative to come to him.

For example, a young man with long pink hair, and a young woman with curly blonde hair.

Qianzhu: "?"

Morataya smiled and took Qian's arm. "Qian, are there any more cakes?"

Upon hearing this, Alex looked at him with shining eyes and anticipation.

Qianzhu: "..."

He paused for two seconds, then nodded with a helpless smile, "Yes."

Since there was nothing for him to do there, he learned to cook various dishes on his own.

At first, he just asked Yuna or R to help him taste it, but before he knew it, Morataya and the others started coming over more often.

"It's really delicious, it has a very unique flavor." Morataya held a small cake in her hand and enjoyed it with her flower tea.

Alex nodded in agreement.

This is the first time I've ever thought that human food tastes really good.

Qianzhu was speechless for a moment, then brought over the remaining portions. "Please help me deliver these to Icarus and the others later."

Morataya squinted her eyes. "Actually, you could have delivered it yourself."

Upon hearing this, Qianzhu smiled slightly and said nothing more.

Elex turned and exchanged a glance with Morataya, both of them shrugging helplessly.

They all knew about Qianzhu's situation. To be honest, they didn't really believe that simply caring for someone would link their lives together, and even thought that what the gentleman said was just to scare him.

Perhaps Qianzhu himself felt that this statement was somewhat exaggerated, but...

If one doesn't believe something simply because it seems exaggerated, and ends up implicating others, Qianzhu feels she would end up like "them."

Qianzhu smiled and looked at them without saying a word.

After finishing her own portion, Morataya magically produced a bouquet of flowers and placed it in a vase on the table next to her.

She planted almost all the flowers in the garden behind the church, and they were of very high quality. Apart from R and her own room, she would never pick the flowers she planted to use as decorations.

After greeting Qianzhu, Morataya left with the dessert for Icarus.

Ellex left a small gift and then took the two gifts for Nathaniel and Lorenia and left.

They left, but Qianzhu remained sitting in the same spot, staring blankly at the corner by the door.

After a long while, he slowly came to his senses, tidied up his desk briefly, and then went out for a walk.

He ran into Lorenia not long after leaving the church.

Qianzhu politely greeted the other party and was about to turn and leave, but Lorenia suddenly called him back.

Qianzhu turned around in confusion.

Lorenia remained indifferent as he said to Qianzhu, "My godfather asked me to teach you martial arts."

Qianzhu: "?"

Lorenia said with a serious, cold expression, "After learning it, you can protect yourself and also improve your physical fitness."

"……good."

Although Qianzhu was a little confused, she felt that what he said made a lot of sense, so she nodded in agreement.

Besides, since Mr. R has already said it, he must have his own plans.

After thinking for a moment, Qianzhu looked at Lorenia and asked, "Should we start today or tomorrow?"

"Anything is fine with you, if it's convenient for you."

"Okay." Qianzhu smiled and replied softly, "Then let's do it tomorrow."

Lorenia nodded and turned to leave.

Conan Edogawa recalled some distant memories.

Qianzhu once explained that he learned martial arts from a retired policeman...

He glanced at Liu Qingyao, then at Lorenia on the screen.

Well, Qianzhu probably didn't know that Brother Liu was a person with a split personality at the time.

Conan Edogawa thought it made a lot of sense, so he nodded to himself.

【the next day.

Qianzhu, who was ready, trained with Lorenia.

However, although he was the only one studying, Morataya and the others, including Icarus, came over. Except for Icarus, whose eyes were covered by a cloth strip, the others stared at Lorenia with a slightly threatening look in their eyes.

It's one thing for you to scold us harshly, but Qianzhu is a delicate girl, and we're keeping an eye on you.

Although Lorenia remained expressionless, he couldn't hide his speechless expression: "..."

He knows perfectly well what they're looking at; he really wants to chase them all away.

But even if he thought that way, he might not actually be able to get rid of them all.

So four people followed Qianzhu and Lorenia at a moderate distance along their jogging route.

…………

Qianzhu is very talented in martial arts, but his physical abilities are not up to par.

However, to be precise, he has great talent in many things.

When Qianzhu stopped to rest, a group of people surrounded him.

Morataya wiped his sweat, and after he calmed down, Ellex handed him a glass of room temperature water to replenish his fluids.

Nathaniel kept a cold expression on his face, then secretly cast a healing spell on Qianzhu.

Qianzhu wanted to refuse, but she didn't even have time to open her mouth.

"..."

There's absolutely no need for that.

Morataya looked at Qianzhu with a smile, holding a fan in her hand to fan him.

But in reality, they couldn't explain why they had such a strong liking for Qianzhu.

Maybe it's because he's too good?

Their social circle wasn't extensive, so Qianzhu was the first person they met who was gentle and approachable to everyone.

R Godfather doesn't count.

Although he was gentle, that was just his attitude towards people, not his true personality, and sometimes people were a little afraid of him.

After completing today's training, Morataya and the others accompanied Qianzhu back to her room and then left.

Bertrand let out a not-so-loud scream, "Ah—!"

Behrfinger turned around instinctively, looking at him with concern. "What's wrong? What happened?"

Is this a horror movie?

However, Bertrand exclaimed with dissatisfaction, "You guys have gone too far! You've spent more time with Chi-chan than I have with her! That's outrageous!! I won't accept this!!"

Behrfinger: "…………"

Behringer remained silent for a few seconds, speechless, before suddenly realizing, "Huh? I think so too..."

He opened his eyes wide, then turned around and hugged Qianzhu tightly. "Then I'll take this opportunity to hug her as much as possible!"

Bertrand pursed his lips resentfully: "…………"

You dare do this in front of me? I'm going to hit you!

What a terrible movie theater! The seating arrangement is so inexplicable!

Pshaw!

...

...

Although Qianzhu got along well with everyone on the island, he felt inexplicably uneasy.

Especially after learning that Alex had shrunk.

He learned from Morataya that he had shrunk because of what "they" had done to him.

Qianzhu stayed quietly in her room for a long time.

Ultimately, he made a decision that surprised and puzzled Morataya.

He planned to leave.

When Morataya heard this, she was stunned for a moment, then frowned and looked at Qianzhu, "...Are you sure? If you leave here, they will soon be watching you. There is nowhere safer than staying on the island of Zaizhai!"

After hearing what she said, Qianzhu couldn't help but smile slightly. He nodded and said, "I know, but I want to go and see my parents' hometown."

Morataya paused, her fingers pausing.

She wasn't unaware that Qianzhu's statement was merely an excuse, but...

The godfather had told him that if Qianzhu really wanted to leave, then she should do as he said and let him leave.

Morataya was speechless for a moment: "…………"

After a long pause, she sighed helplessly and finally relented, "Alright, I'll take you away tomorrow. Go back and pack your things first."

With a faint smile, Qianzhu said softly to her, "Thank you."

Morataya moved her lips slightly, and finally whispered, "...You're welcome."

After glancing at Qianzhu's retreating figure, Morataya rubbed her forehead and muttered to herself, "Seriously, although I knew he would leave after hearing it from the Godfather, this is still too fast, isn't it?"

She frowned deeply, thinking about how to secretly help Qianzhu get rid of some trouble...

Let's find a group of reliable people to protect him secretly...

Morataya shook her head, exhaled, and stopped thinking about it. Instead, she got up and went to the prayer room, preparing the tools she needed to extract Qianzhu's memories.

…………

The next morning.

Qianzhu has already packed her things.

He didn't let Morataya tell anyone else about it, intending to leave quietly.

As for what happened after them...

Qianzhu didn't know either.

After Yuna took the luggage from his hands, Morataya quietly laid Qianzhu down and made sure he was completely unconscious before taking him to the prayer room.

She needs to remove some of his memories related to the island from his mind, and even add some memories that didn't exist originally.

for example…………

He didn't have a good relationship with them, etc.

Morataya didn't quite understand why her godfather wanted her to do this, but she could only do as he said.

Being good to them is also being good to Qianzhu.

Like peeling back layers of an onion, she extracted some memories from Qianzhu's mind and preserved them in a glass bottle. Then, Morataya began to merge the prepared memories with Qianzhu's original memories.

It wouldn't be so abrupt or unreasonable, nor would it arouse his suspicion.

After finishing her godfather's instructions, Morataya paused for a moment, looking down at Qianzhu's calm and gentle face, and extracted all the memories of her from his mind.

Looking at the other glass bottle next to her, Morataya smiled slightly with satisfaction.

Yay! Now she can go directly to him!