Chapter 36: A Wish Held by the Wind (Edited) "Gin? First time...

She was woken up by the cat at breakfast.

When she opened her eyes, the cat was right next to her. It had a small, white, furry body and eye boogers in the corners of its eyes. It just looked at her.

She curled her lips, her heart softened, and she didn't get up, just lying on her side and touching the cat's nose:

"May I have your name?"

The cat blinked its blue eyes, tilted its head and meowed when it heard her question.

"What does meow mean?"

"Meow."

"Your name is Meow?"

“Meow!”

The white cat was a little crazy and patted Lin Xi's face with its soft and sticky paw pads.

Lin Xi smiled, confused by the system's methods. Usually, they gave her inanimate objects as rewards, but this time, they unexpectedly gave her a living, spiritual being. Even though it was clearly given to her by the system, she couldn't reclaim it because it was a living thing.

But it's really cute.

A pure and flawless white cat.

No one in this world can resist cats.

"Since you don't have a name, I'll give you one now. If you think it sounds nice, just meow, okay?"

"Meow."

"OK, um...how about candy? Look, you're all white. Candy suits you very well, right?"

The cat didn't meow this time, but just looked at Lin Xi quietly with its big eyes.

"Well, it seems you don't like such a sweet name. What about Xue?"

The cat still didn't meow.

"What about coconut? It makes me feel so refreshed when I hear it."

"……Meow."

Somehow, Lin Xi actually heard a hint of reluctance in the cat's cry.

There's nothing we can do about it, she's really bad at naming.

She got up, it was still early, she checked the apartment and sure enough found an ID card on the study table.

"Codename: Punch"

『Operation Team Codename Member』

Identity card given by the system.

She carried the coconut to the dressing table and changed her appearance according to her idea from last night.

Soon, a young girl appeared in the mirror.

Her eyelashes are long and curly, and her red hair is slightly curled. When she blinks, her eyelashes flutter, and she looks like a deer lost in the forest... or a little like a forest elf.

Lin Xi was very satisfied with his expression. He picked up the cat and asked, "Coconut, do you react to gunshots? Do you want to go to the training ground with me?"

The cat rubbed against her leg.

That means you won't be stressed and you should go.

So Lin Xi happily took the cat and drove her cool motorcycle to the organization base.

However, as soon as we arrived at the parking lot, something unexpected happened.

A black Porsche was parked in the parking lot of the organization's base.

Porsche 356A.

Gin is also at this base.

Lin Xi thought about it and decided not to use this identity to look for Gin.

Just pretend you don’t know him.

And the base is so big that you may not encounter it.

The elevator doors opened and she walked towards the training grounds.

Then they met Gin and Vodka walking towards them in the corridor.

Lin Xi: ...

It seems that God is against her.

She looked straight ahead and saw Shuichi Akai behind Gin out of the corner of her eye.

Shuichi Akai.

Ah, this character also impressed her.

A silver bullet that penetrates the organization.

Her appearance was indeed outstanding and eye-catching, and two pairs of green eyes looked at her.

Lin Xi smiled and greeted Vodka.

She would definitely find a reason to refuse Vodka's request to help buy some peripherals.

He didn't even tell her that Gin was coming to the base!

She passed by Gin.

However, the moment she passed by, Gin suddenly took action.

The fist came towards Lin Xi with a strong wind.

Lin Xi:?

She reflexively blocked Gin's fist, put down the cat she was holding, and then quickly counterattacked.

The two started fighting in the corridor.

Lin Xi vaguely felt that she had been exposed and recognized by Gin, but she didn't know what went wrong.

Was there something wrong with her disguise? Or was there something wrong with the identity the system had assigned her? But that wasn't right... Based on her experience from the last dungeon, the system would automatically fill in any gaps she hadn't completed, and the memories of related characters would also be automatically overwritten. Just like how she had never actually met Vodka, yet Vodka was familiar with Punch and even asked her to help her bring her idol's merchandise.

Could it be that the memories of the main characters can't be overwritten? Vodka and Chianti are relatively unimportant... but in the last dungeon, Karasuma Renye had already met Lin Xi long ago. Isn't he also an important character? Rum is not an important character?

His train of thought was interrupted, and Lin Xi took over Gin's move.

When she fights with Gin, her punches are always fierce, her moves are brutal, and she shows no mercy.

It was the same at the Lin residence many years ago. In the training room, she taught Gin the art of killing, and sometimes she would drag him into a sparring match. Their fighting techniques had the same origin, so while their moves were brutal, they also had a tacit understanding. They knew each other's every move, so they had never really hurt each other.

However, a lot has changed since 25 years ago. For example, gin has become stronger.

Fortunately, Lin Xi's fighting skills have been upgraded to Lv4, otherwise he would not be able to beat him.

Another attack. Lin Xi caught a glimpse of Gin's hand reaching into his arms from the corner of his eye. The corners of his mouth curled up, and he took out the gun at the same time as him, aiming at the opponent's vital points.

One aimed at the other's forehead, and the other aimed at the other's heart.

After a few seconds of confrontation, as if confirming something, Gin slowly put down his gun, and Lin Xi also put away his gun.

Lin Xi looked a bit disheveled. Her red hair was sticking to her face in strands from sweat, and her green eyes were surprisingly bright.

Gin was more calm, with his silver hair hanging down and his green eyes under the brim of his hat looking down at Lin Xi condescendingly.

Lin Xi: ...

Really, what did this guy eat to grow so tall?

In comparison, in order to distinguish herself from Lin Xi's height, she changed all her high-heeled shoes into low-heeled shoes, which made her look even shorter.

She missed the time when she first brought him home. At that time, when he stood up, he was not even as tall as her.

Forget it, I won’t compare my height with a guy who is 25 years older than me.

She is still young and she can still grow.

Vodka next to him was already terrified.

Holy shit, Big Brother and Punch are fighting in the hallway, holy shit, Big Brother is going to kill Punch, holy shit, Punch is actually fighting Big Brother back and forth, holy shit, why did they pull out guns!!

Should he go up and persuade her?

Vodka didn't dare to go up and persuade him. He just pinched himself to make sure that this was the real world and not a dream.

What a horrible dream! No, what a horrible real world!

Akai Shuichi, who was following behind, was also surprised.

Is this the normal style of the organization? Fighting at the slightest disagreement?

But they haven’t even started to speak!

They had only met for less than half a minute, and without warning, they started fighting!

Moreover, this girl...

Akai Shuichi turned his gaze to the red-haired girl.

He was actually able to fight Gin on equal terms when Gin suddenly became furious...

The organization is really full of hidden talents.

It seems that we cannot judge a person by his appearance. Even a girl who looks fragile should not be underestimated.

Lin Xi, who was the center of attention, smiled at Gin, revealing her cute little fangs: "Gin? Nice to meet you. I'm Punch. Shall we talk?"

Gin smiled as well, but his smile was cold and meaningful: "Nice to meet you, Punch."

He emphasized the word "first time".

He took the lead and walked aside.

Walking to a secluded corner and out of other people's sight, Lin Xi's straight back immediately relaxed and he leaned against the wall in an unruly manner.

"Fighting is so tiring... and you still smell of sweat. Xiaoqin, you're not being nice."

Gin: ...

It was indeed her.

He complains about this and that, not only about being tired, but also about the smell of sweat, blood, and gunpowder, and the smell of smoke is even more taboo.

He asked, "Are you hurt?"

During the fight, he saw the white bandages exposed under Lin Xi's clothes and smelled the scent of medicine.

"Ah," Lin Xi was stunned for a moment, "They are just bumps and scrapes. They will be fine in two days. But you, Xiaoqin—"

She looked Gin up and down with a smile in her eyes: "You are like the dough after the second fermentation, you have grown so big all of a sudden."

"I have to look up at you."

Gin: "Oh, you have become shorter."

Lin Xi: ???

It seems that what is fermenting is not only the figure, but also the courage.

"This is what my character needs, understand?" She curled her lips. "I just changed my heels. How can a person get shorter as they grow taller?"

Gin scoffed.

Lin Xi: ...

Although Gin didn't say anything, she felt his deep contempt.

hateful.

"How did you recognize me? I clearly changed my face." She poked her face.

She had carefully tweaked the facial features, making them completely different from Lin Xi's original appearance.

No one who sees it would associate it with her.

"Eyes," Gin said.

Lin Xi: “?”

Did she change the color?

Gin was too lazy to explain.

No matter what the eye color is, Lin Xi's eyes... are hard to describe in words, and no one can imitate them.

There is a kind of superior arrogance and alienation hidden in those seemingly kind eyes. In front of such eyes, everything in the world seems shorter.

That is her unique identity.

He could recognize it at a glance.

The sudden attack afterwards was just a further test.

Sure enough, as soon as she made a move, the familiar punches and kicks exposed her.

But why did he change his identity when he first appeared? And why was he injured?

Seeing that she didn't intend to say anything, Gin just thought that she had her own ideas.

"The organization has scar removal medicine," he said.

The killer cannot leave too obvious scars, so Madeira developed this scar removal drug for tissue culture killers.

After all, clean money, ghost guns, and killers without identity features are always the hard currency of all forces.

The Karasuma family had long since vanished in the swirling river of time, but its former assets and resources had become the fuel for the organization's growth. Over the years, under Rum's management, the organization's expansion had reached astonishing proportions—arms, pharmaceuticals (in this case, pharmaceutical companies and the medical industry), IT, automobiles, media...

There is collusion between politicians and businessmen, and both black and white are involved. The shadow of the organization can be seen everywhere.

No one knows about such an organization, and its boss is actually a hands-off boss who has been missing for many years.

Tsk.

"I see." Lin Xi said, "Well, don't tell anyone I'm back yet."

Gin stared at her, meaning, what are you going to do?

"Since you've discovered me, that's great." Lin Xi grabbed Gin's clothes and said with a grin, "You have to cooperate with me, okay? I'm here for serious business."

She exerted a little force to let Gin lean down to her ear, and his long silver hair fell to her shoulders, entangled with her red hair.

"I want to bring in new people. The one behind you counts as one, and I'll bring in two more new people."

Gin:?

This man never shoots without a target.

He began to wonder if there were any newcomers with outstanding looks.

Sure enough... there are actually a few.

Gin: "Whatever. Take whoever you want. The organization doesn't need any more people."

Lin Xi:?

Why does this sentence sound so strange?

Lin Xi looked up at the grown-up Gin. His features were still familiar, and his blunt demeanor seemed to have erased the unfamiliarity brought on by the long time, instantly putting her at ease.

"Xiaoqin, it's been so long. Can you give me a hug?"

She smiled brightly.

Gin found that after disguising herself like this, her mentality became even more like a child's.

He was a little speechless, but still lowered his head and gave her a hug.

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(Note 1: The first year of Conan Private Conan is 2005. 30 years ago was 1975, and 5 years ago was 2000.)