Chapter 163: Drowning in the Deep Sea Maybe it’s because of different customs. On our side…
No, no...
She must never know those things.
Kim Bonnar turned his head, avoiding Lin Xi's concerned gaze.
What have you done?
If I had known that she was such a perceptive person, why would I have asked her to meet here and expose all my flaws?
…
Wait, was this meeting really your own idea?
Having figured something out, Jin suddenly froze.
"Lin Xi. I——"
However, before he could finish, severe pain jumped into his head again.
He covered his head in pain.
"gold!"
Lin Xi quickly put away what she was holding and grabbed his shoulders.
Ah, what a guy!
After saying the last sentence, she felt as if she was dying of pain. How could she have the nerve to continue asking questions?
Could it be that someone has cast a forbidden spell on his brain, so that whenever he tries to tell a secret, he will have a splitting headache?
She complained in her heart.
"Oh, forget it, forget it..." She sighed. "Even if you don't tell me, I can still figure it out. It doesn't matter if you don't tell me—"
"--Yeah?"
Lin Xi paused.
From Jin's mouth came words with a completely different tone from his previous words.
The white-haired man raised his head, his eyes becoming cruel, playful, and extremely aggressive. A strange smile appeared on the corners of his mouth. "But don't you want to know?"
Lin Xi's expression faded.
"Who are you?"
Well, I thought Kim Bonnar was deceived by someone and was used as a pawn just like Jack the Ripper, but I didn’t expect that the person who deceived him was hiding in his body.
Is this a split personality? Jin's other personality?
As expected of the world of science, the plot development is very consistent with a suspense novel.
"you guess"
Lin Xi: ...
Damn, I hate talking to the Riddler.
"Guess, I guess."
She folded her arms.
Really, who spoils him?
Even if he didn't tell her, she would have found out herself.
No matter how deeply hidden the conspiracy is, if it wants to harm her, it will always show its hidden tricks - that way, no matter where the person behind the conspiracy is hiding, she can find him, or herself.
"hehe……"
The Riddler chuckled softly.
"Lin Xi...I always thought this name suits you very well."
Lin Xi: "Thank you, I like my name too."
"So, nice to meet—or should we call it, first time—Kim Bonnar's other, uh, personality."
The Riddler's laughter faded. "I am Jin, and Jin is me. Why don't you call me Jin?"
Lin Xi:?
Who are you? I don't know you, bro.
"Uh." She considered her words, "I've also read a few suspense novels... Don't you people with split personality all use different names?"
Riddler: "Stereotype."
Lin Xi: "So you are also gold"
Her eyes gradually became complicated: "My name is Jin, how do you know who I am calling? I have to give you a different name."
"Well, should we call you Black Gold and Platinum?" She was a little overwhelmed. "No, can we not turn the suspense set into a comedy set? These two names sound like supermarket VIP users..."
The Riddler pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "Then I should be Black Gold."
Lin Xi: “”
"Why, don't you realize that you are more evil than Jin looks?"
"No, because black gold is more valuable than white gold," the Riddler replied.
Lin Xi: “”
"Of course, if by evil you mean I asked him to give you that bomb, then I am indeed more evil than him." Kurokin shrugged. "Do you like my gift?"
Lin Xi took out the bomb: "You call this a gift"
Kurogane: "You don't like it? The fruity aroma and candy color suit you perfectly."
Lin Xi: "I'm sorry, maybe it's because of different customs. We don't usually give flammable, explosive or dangerous goods as gifts here."
Kurokin smiled, "Come on, you and I both know that little toys like this can't hurt you."
"I carefully selected this. We should consider its aesthetic value more than its practical value, right?"
"You were an artist, after all."
Lin Xi:?
Me? Artist?
Me?
Am I not a student?
Oh, this guy seems to be a curator who worked with "Lin Xi" before...
"Thank you," Lin Xi shook her head. "You've given me such a big gift. Can you tell me where you got it from?"
Hei Jin: "Ah, it's so boring to talk about it. Some things, if you know, you will understand naturally, and if you don't understand, you won't understand even if you tell me. Don't ask, the interests involved are too great, and it won't do you any good to tell me..."
Lin Xi had no expression on his face: "Oh, Riddler——"
Hei Jin continued: "—Get out of Los Angeles"
Lin Xi was shocked: "Why can you pick up my joke?"
Kurokin: "Of course you always say that to me every time I say that."
Lin Xi: “……?”
Wait, wait.
Was Lin Xi, who I knew before Jin, always very interesting?
That "Lin Xi"... She originally thought that was the identity assigned to her by the system. Could it be that she wasn't a native of the scientific world?
Could it be myself in the past timeline?
Thinking of this, Lin Xi subconsciously opened the system panel.
According to my experience of traveling through time for so long, if I meet important characters in the main timeline and have active or passive interactions with them, the entrance to the copy of the past timeline will open, and I can go back to complete the plot.
But no... all the past copies are still unable to be opened, and are displayed grayly on the system panel.
In addition, the names of those copies are as literary as the mission names, making it difficult for Lin Xi to tell which one is related to gold.
Hei Jin saw Lin Xi's eyes were distracted for a moment, and then he raised the corner of his mouth with interest: "What are you thinking about?"
Lin Xi said unhappily, "I'm wondering how dual personality crimes are sentenced in the United States."
"Need I remind you? You're the instigator who indirectly caused the deaths of three people. Do you think you can avoid jail just because you're mentally ill?"
Hei Jin sneered, "Come on, the guy who just blew someone to pieces this afternoon is talking about something so righteous now?"
"Since the gift I gave you is still in your hands, then you were the one who placed the bomb that killed Jack the Ripper, right? Tsk tsk tsk... That guy is so pathetic. He certainly couldn't have imagined that after being used by others, what took his life wasn't a just verdict, but a bomb that was left behind..."
Lin Xi was silent for a moment.
Well, she was the one who planted the bomb.
but……
"Sorry, I don't understand what you're saying." Lin Xi smiled. "I'm a good citizen, where did the bomb come from?"
Hei Jin also responded with the same smile, but the curve on Lin Xi's face was even bigger:
"I'm also a good citizen. Who did you just say was the instigator?"
"Hehe, I don't understand what you are saying either."
Lin Xi: “…”
Oh no, I met someone as shameless as me.
If a tree has no bark, it will surely die. If a person has no shame, he will be invincible.
The fact that Kim Bonnar was the instigator was like a wild goose passing by without leaving a trace or the wind passing by without leaving a sound. Lin Xi had no way to provide direct evidence to prove it.
If it must be proven, then Noah's existence must be exposed.
And now is not the time.
Moreover, Lin Xi suspected that even if the FBI believed that Kim Bonnar had a dual personality and was an instigator, they probably would not let go of such a useful labor force, let alone publicize it and let the "Whitechapel Serial Murder Case" have another reversal in the media.
The audience will get tired of the same old twists and turns.
At most, they would keep a closer eye on Jin.
and……
"The other Jin, how involved was he in this matter?" Lin Xi asked, "You know what I'm asking."
Moreover, if these so-called "crimes" were committed without Jin's knowledge or without his ability to control his body, it would be unfair to put all the blame on him.
Lin Xi thought of the man's "I'm sorry" just now and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
Hearing Lin Xi mention that Jin, Hei Jin's smile widened. "Of course, one hundred percent. After all, we're actually one and the same, aren't we? It's just a small glitch in time and memory that prevents him from fully accepting me."
"Do you think he's really a qualified FBI agent? No, no, no, he's essentially a cold-hearted guy. He doesn't care about other people!"
"What can really break his defenses isn't hurting others, but hurting you... Hahahaha. But it's a pity, he must feel that he has hurt you now, and he doesn't want to face the reality, and is feeling sad in his mind. Otherwise, I wouldn't come out."
Lin Xi's fist hardened: "Don't bully him."
Seeing that Hei Jin was smiling but not saying anything, Lin Xi sighed and talked about something that concerned her more: "What do you mean by 'small errors in time and memory'?"
Time and memory...
These two nouns made her subconsciously think of the system.
She herself is a player who can travel through timelines, and the system improves the plot by modifying the memories of other people.
Now, Jin's other personality also heard these two terms... making it difficult for Lin Xi not to care.
Hei Jin didn't answer, but put his index finger to his lips: "What a shame, it's not that I don't want to tell you, but now is really not a good time, my... friend."
"Don't you realize that you have similar problems?"
"Like Jin, you have a past you can't escape."
"If you want to know what happened to you, look back at your past."
"Everything you want to know, maybe you can find the answer there..."
That’s right, maybe it’s not the answer you want.
Heijin smiled happily, as if he had already seen the person in front of him being torn into pieces.
Lin Xi was speechless: "Thank you for reminding me, but I was planning to do this anyway."
Looking back at the past, doesn’t it mean to explore the past of the identity “Lin Xi”?
She had originally wanted to do this, and the first step was to go to the school after returning.
"So, you..." She looked at the white-haired man who was smiling evilly with a look of caring for a psychopath, "When will the other Jin come out?"
Kurokin: "Why, you like him more than me?"
Lin Xi:?
"Isn't this nonsense? Who would like an instigator?"
The corners of Kurokin's mouth flattened: "Humph, in a way, you are as hypocritical as Kim Bonnar."
"You're a murderer yourself, yet you still look down on other people's morals. What a hypocrite."
"Your little sister, what's her name, Huibara Ai? Does she know that you are such a person?"
"After she knows this, will she still love you, be attached to you, and trust you as much as she does now, uh—"
The rest of his words were cut off by Lin Xi's hand around his neck.
Her face was completely gloomy at this moment, completely different from her usual self, and even looked a little scary.
However, the person whose throat she had grabbed wasn't afraid at all. Even with the coughing and choking, he would still make a mocking sound from his throat: "Haha, she'll be afraid of you and stay away from you, hahaha, cough - uh, and hurt you together with others!"
"What will you do then, Lin Xi?"
The face, which was paler than that of an ordinary person, was already turning purple.
Sometimes, Lin Xi also admired this kind of people. Even at this time, they still had to talk big.
She let go of her hand.
Jin took a deep breath.
He now has black eyes.
When he had recovered a little and was able to stand up straight, Kurokin felt his hair being grabbed.
Lin Xi inserted her fingers into his hair, grabbed the hair at the back of his head, and forced his eyes to look at her.
Kurogane heard the girl's calm voice, as if she wasn't the one who had just choked him emotionally and was now grabbing his hair.
"She'll find out sooner or later."
"By then, it won't be her leaving me, but me leaving her."
"But before that..."
"Do you think I should eliminate all of you 'variables' that are disrupting my life?"
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