Chapter 13: The Cuckoo Occupies the Magpie's Nest (Edited) David Dai's part...
The bowler hat really suited him, even though he was only wearing a thin black sportswear.
Lin Xi admired it for a while, picked up the book from the ground, and was about to continue reading when he suddenly realized that he had forgotten to say one thing.
Her original intention was to make this guy work for her for free, become her trusted subordinate, and help her become the boss.
Why did they suddenly start playing Miracle xx? The atmosphere in the room was so strange.
"Alright, Grisha," she shook her head. "Now that your lessons are complete, let's talk about the organization."
"After spending so much time together, I'm sure you've figured out that being the chief researcher at Baijiu Pharmaceuticals is just one of my identities. There's a force operating in secret behind me, a force that spans Japan, the United States, and other countries, with members spread across the political and business circles of each country... As much as I'd like to say this, it's a goal I haven't yet achieved." Lin Xi smiled. "I've always been alone. However, I've recently started looking for like-minded companions to create an organization together."
Gin looked at her quietly: "Is this the reason why you returned to Japan?"
Lin Xi was stunned: "...No."
That was her preparation for leaving this world.
"All members of the organization use alcohol as their code names." Lin Xi changed the subject. "What code name would you like to have, Grisha? Currently, Rum and Madera have been chosen."
"Huh, Karasuma Shigeharu and Morishita Yusuke?"
Lin Xi did not deny it. She propped up her face with her elbows and looked at him gently.
"...Get up for me." Gin said.
"Um, let me get up?" Lin Xi raised an eyebrow, "Are you sure?"
Gin nodded.
"Okay. How about gin then? Gin goes really well with your silver hair."
She reached out, snatched up a strand of silver hair, and toyed with it in her palm. A secret excitement welled up in her heart. It wasn't the excitement of completing a system mission, but the satisfaction of seeing things proceeding according to plan, along the lines she had laid out, and the pleasure of watching a vast secret organization being built from within her grasp.
This excitement made her actually think that traveling to this world wasn't bad. In her previous life, where had she ever had the chance to participate in something so exciting? In this game, she could create stories as she pleased, and with the system's golden finger, she wouldn't die.
It should be her blessing that she could gain such supreme freedom and happiness just by dying once.
Gin impatiently tugged at his itchy hair, and silver strands of hair escaped from Lin Xi's fingertips.
"That's it." He seemed indifferent to the code name, as long as it was Lin Xi's. "I'm going upstairs to draw blood."
Every afternoon, he had to go to the laboratory upstairs to draw a tube of blood as research material for Lin Xi and others.
"Okay... then I'll prepare dinner as well."
Lin Xi put down the book and stood up from the rocking chair.
This month, in addition to drug research and teaching, she is also interested in trying various food recipes.
Sometimes, when she saw a new recipe, she would ask the housekeeper to buy fresh ingredients, give the cook a day off, and tinker in the kitchen herself. They would also feast on their appetites because the meals Lin Xi cooked were very delicious, attracting praise from Karasuma Maochun and Morishita Yusuke.
Gin felt that if Lin Xi didn't become a researcher or set up an organization, she could live a comfortable life just by relying on her cooking skills.
So what made her choose to return to Japan and establish an organization? Gin didn't think Lin Xi's words, "There is a force behind me that operates in secret, a force that spans Japan, the United States, and other countries, and its members are spread across the political and business circles of various countries," were exaggerated.
He had a vague feeling that Lin Xi's sudden arrival as a researcher was intended to establish such a massive organization as she'd described. But what was the deeper reason? Why had she set such a massive goal for herself? Why had she established such an organization?
If it was all about power, she could have found another way to get it... and power itself didn't seem like what she was after. What about wealth? Although Gin didn't know how much money was in her wallet, Lin Xi wasn't that obsessed with money either.
Gin's intuition told him that Lin Xi had a deeper purpose behind founding the organization. That purpose was probably even more difficult to achieve than simply establishing the organization she envisioned. That was what the woman was desperately trying to achieve.
It doesn’t matter - as long as he is strong enough, he will find out all her secrets sooner or later, Gin thought.
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Dinner was stir-fried bullfrog and mushroom soup.
The stir-fried bullfrog was enough for four people. The tender and bouncy frog meat was stir-fried with the sour and spicy pickled peppers, and the aroma of the fermented broad bean paste was fully invigorated by the hot oil, soaking into the frog meat, leaving you salivating and drooling.
The mushroom soup uses soaked chicken mushrooms, tea tree mushrooms, morels, fresh cordyceps flowers and oyster mushrooms. The soup base is the chicken soup that was stewed at noon and the fat was skimmed off. The soup has a beautiful light yellow color.
The four of them ate very happily, even Gin ate with big mouthfuls of food with an expressionless face, his cheeks bulging and moving.
"Wow, teacher, this is so delicious. I'm so happy, woooo." Yusuke Morishita sniffed and said with emotion.
"That's right. The meal you cook is the best I've ever had...well, except for my mother's," said Karasuma Shigeharu. "Is this Chinese food? These ingredients...I've never seen them before."
"Are you talking about bullfrogs? I had my butler buy those from Osaka. There are several shops there that specialize in fresh bullfrog sashimi. However, I personally can't stand eating bullfrogs raw. I had my butler buy live bullfrogs and I prepared them myself. I was a little hesitant to peel them at first, but I got pretty good at it later. As for the pickled peppers, haha, I pickled them myself. I pickled them for a week. The pickled peppers in Japan don't taste familiar to me anyway. As for the fermented black bean paste and some dried mushrooms in the soup, they're all imported from China."
"Oh oh..." Karasuma Moharu sniffed while eating - the food was a bit too spicy for him - "It's really an honor for me to eat something like this -"
Gin said nothing.
These two idiots. They don't know how to appreciate delicious food. The time they spent complimenting him was enough for him to eat another half bowl of rice.
Instead of spending time trying to please your boss, it is better to be like him and eat with all your heart so that you won’t regret looking at the empty plate when there is nothing left.
"The soup is delicious too—" Morishita Yusuke took a sip of soup, "but after eating something spicy, drinking such hot soup—woooo, I feel like I'm going to fly to the sky—"
"Delicious mushrooms!" Karasuma Shigeharu praised. "Each one has a different aroma and taste!"
Lin Xi ate leisurely. Her movements were slow, yet her speed was remarkable. The food and rice quickly disappeared from her mouth, entering her stomach—completely invisible. Her stomach absorbed the food like a black hole, yet her body remained slender, leaving no trace. This was probably because her nickname in a previous life was David Dai.
The soup, rice, and bullfrog quickly vanished. The group slumped down in their chairs. Lin Xi preferred the Japanese tatami and low tables, preferring instead to eat at Western-style tables.
"So, Zero's course... is completed, right?" Karasuma Shigeharu turned his head.
Gin hummed.
"Ah, I'm almost ready," said Karasuma Moharu. "Ms. Lin, how about we just...?"
"Okay." Lin Xi wiped her mouth elegantly, wiping off some oil stains and lipstick on the napkin. "Morishita and I are ready too."
Gin slowly raised his head and glared at Lin Xi who was sitting opposite him.
What are you planning? This guy... has a plan but he won't tell him!
Lin Xi tilted his head to show his innocence.
"Ah, Zero, Miss Lin didn't tell you because she didn't want to disturb your studies," said Karasuma Shigeharu, who was very good at reading people's expressions. "We plan to tell Father about your physical condition. Miss Lin and Researcher Morishita have made progress in their research on the elixir of immortality and will soon be able to develop a true elixir of immortality. Father will definitely urge Miss Lin to prepare it... This is a key step in the plan. You, Miss Lin, and Researcher Morishita will all be under surveillance from now on."
"I'll try to get you out of surveillance as quickly as possible. But until then, I ask for your patience."
Gin had no objection to this.
It's just surveillance. He has been under surveillance for many years.
The only thing that bothered him was—"Does that mean a bunch of people will run into the house afterwards?"
"Uh, I guess so." Karasuma Moharu lowered his purple eyes slightly, revealing an apologetic expression.
Well, Gin thought grimly. There's going to be a new member of the family!
Not counting the servants for now, he already felt that having two guys, Karasuma Shigeharu and Morishita Yusuke, coming in was too many, and now a large group of people are coming in!
"Hey, Xiaoqin, don't be so petty." Lin Xi looked at him with a smile, "Just bear with it for a while."
Who's being petty? He hasn't said anything yet!
Also, why can this guy call his code name so disgustingly!
"'Gin'?" Karasuma Shigeharu was a little surprised. "It seems like you've finally joined us..."
What do you mean he finally joined "them"? He's been here the whole time! And he was the first one to arrive!
Looking at the low pressure around Gin, Lin Xi managed to suppress the upturned corners of his mouth.
It's fun to tease a child. Well, tease him while you can, because once he gets a little older, you probably won't be able to tease him that much anymore.
"Okay." Lin Xi stood up, "Now that everyone is ready, let's get to work."
"Xiaoqin, remember to put the gun away and hide it. It will be very troublesome if it is found."
"...I know." The boy said sullenly.
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Lin Xi decided to reveal the information of Gin's immortality to Karasuma Renya through Karasuma Shigeharu after careful consideration.
Faced with the immortality he longs for, the old man will definitely send someone to monitor her and control her and Gin.
The kind of control that won't let her out until she makes the elixir of immortality.
But Lin Xi didn't intend to tell only him.
As the saying goes, "Two peaches kill three warriors" - when Karasuma Renya knew that the number of elixirs was limited, even if other people who knew the truth didn't want to fight for it, Karasuma Renya himself would become suspicious of them.
Let suspicion destroy the Karasuma family. She could also use this opportunity to kill those who knew about the boy's identity and solve the problem once and for all.
She didn't need Subject Zero. She needed Killer Gin.
As for the matter of immortality, only she and her wine need to know.
Lin Xi stood quietly by the window, watching the last ray of sunset slowly pass through her window, coating the edge of her table with a thin layer of gold.
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