Chapter 249: The Immortal Witch I’m sick, Beibei. …
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The rain was falling softly.
The breeze brought raindrops under the umbrella, making Lin Xi's clothes wet.
Through the edge of the umbrella, she gazed at the world under the rain.
Gloomy, damp, fresh, and wet.
She held a black umbrella in her hand, and her appearance changed as she passed by someone again, then fixed on the image of black hair and brown eyes.
A prompt sounded from the system.
She opened the system panel.
Completed
"Experimental subject or murderer?"
"Four years ago, Kiichiro Numabuchi overheard his father conversing with a member of the organization and was taken into custody to be used as a test subject. Three months ago, with the help of Shiho Miyano, he escaped. However, due to the various modifications the organization had previously performed on his body, Kiichiro, despite his formidable physique, also developed severe mental illness. Driven by hallucinations and fear, Kiichiro Numabuchi murdered three people in quick succession—innocent individuals whom he mistakenly identified as members of the organization seeking him, simply because of their clothing and behavior."
"Kiichiro Numabuchi was quickly apprehended by the police, but escaped by jumping out of a car on a highway in Gunma Prefecture. He had lurked in the mountains of his hometown, a place he knew better than anyone. Unfortunately, he was eventually discovered by the sharp eyes of detectives. Lin Xi and Conan Edogawa discovered Kiichiro Numabuchi's whereabouts and pulled him from the edge of a cliff. Kiichiro Numabuchi was taken away by the police, then taken into the custody of the public security bureau—it's hard to say whether this was a blessing or a curse for him. Sometimes, the living suffer even more than the dead."
"Perhaps, letting him fall on the edge of a cliff and die in the place where he was born is the best destination for him."
"Reward: 25,000 experience points."
Lin Xi raised his eyebrows.
Did the system not even bother giving me props this time? Just some experience points.
But these experience points come at the right time.
She walked slowly.
No one disturbed her and she enjoyed the rare silence.
She strolled to Teitan High School and, thanks to her youthful appearance, she was able to sneak in without showing any identification.
Today is Sunday and all students are on holiday. Only a few boarding students are hanging around in the school.
But the school infirmary has not yet closed.
Lin Xi folded her umbrella and stood by the door. She reached out and knocked on the door. "Doctor Xinchu. Are you there?"
A mellow voice of Aida Tomoaki came from inside: "I'm here. Please come in."
So Lin Xi pushed the door open and came in.
Seeing the newcomer, Arata Tomoaki was a little surprised. "Ms. Lin! Please take a seat. What brings you here? Or... did something happen that you needed to notify me specifically?"
"No, it's just that something happened recently that confused me, so I wanted to come and talk to Dr. Akaide." Lin Xi smiled. "I came to Teitan High School thinking I'd come back empty-handed, but I didn't expect Dr. Akaide to still be here during the weekend... and there weren't any patients."
"I'm such a lucky guy."
Arata Tomoaki smiled and said, "No, no, I should be the lucky one. I thought it would be a dull morning, but unexpectedly, there would be a surprise like Miss Lin appearing this morning. It has suddenly filled me with anticipation for life. I happen to have peach juice here. Please wait a moment, I'll get you some ice cubes."
Lin Xi sat down, holding her chin and watching Xinchu Zhiming busy himself.
Like Teitan Elementary School, Teitan High School also has the characteristics of an aristocratic school, with luxurious details everywhere. The small infirmary actually has a lounge specially prepared for doctors, and even a refrigerator, desks, and bookshelves.
The refrigerator looked like a home refrigerator, filled with fresh fruits and vegetables. Niide Tomoaki took out a box of ice cubes from the underground freezer, filled a glass with ice, poured peach juice into it, and handed it to Lin Xi.
"Thank you." Lin Xi took a sip.
It's exactly the texture and taste she likes.
"I'm glad you like it. Then, please tell me what's bothering you?" Arata Tomoaki sat down opposite Lin Xi.
Lin Xi was in a trance.
Vermouth's acting is really amazing.
Whether it was his movements, expressions or demeanor, they were completely different from the Vermouth that Lin Xi met at the charity dinner last time - if it weren't for the red dot on the system map showing that the "Aniide Tomoaki" in front of her was Vermouth, Lin Xi would never have discovered it based on his appearance alone.
"You." She said flatly.
An expression of surprise appeared on the face of "Tomoaki Aride".
"Me? Do I bother you, Miss Lin?"
"Yes." Lin Xi put the cup on the table, stood up and leaned closer to "Aniide Tomoaki", and gently touched the back of "Aniide Tomoaki"'s ear with his fingers.
"Arata Tomoaki" suddenly grabbed Lin Xi's hand.
"Beibei." Lin Xi touched the bulge on the edge of the penis. "I thought you would come to me on your own initiative."
After hearing Lin Xi reveal her identity, Vermouth finally dropped her disguise and spoke in her true voice, "Something unexpected happened. Your Highness. A nasty hound has set his sights on me. I'm afraid that if I continue to contact you, your identity will be exposed."
He relaxed the hand that was holding Lin Xi and pulled Lin Xi's hand against his cheek.
"Forgive me, I didn't mean to deceive you."
Lin Xi inexplicably felt that the person in front of him looked like a cat.
It is a very valuable cat. It always walks gracefully, appears in various places you don't expect, and stretches out its claws to scratch you from time to time.
Following Vermouth's strength, she pinched her face: "I was just joking. I'm not bothered by you."
"Why is that?" Vermouth's eyes became more serious.
Lin Xi pulled her hand back and sat back in her chair: "I'm sick, Beibei."
"It's not a common cold or anything like that...it's the kind of illness that's very difficult to cure."
Vermouth pursed her lips.
She didn't look surprised.
"When did it start, Boss?"
"Last month." Lin Xi took a sip of peach juice. "To be exact, it was June 18th. You once advised me not to delve into my past, but I still couldn't suppress my curiosity."
"I rented a studio and tried to create. Just after I finished a complete painting, a voice suddenly appeared in my mind."
"That voice is exactly like my own voice, the voice you hear now."
"She would sometimes sigh once or twice and comment on my paintings. Occasionally, she would talk to me, but sometimes she would disappear without a trace and no one would respond when I called her."
"It sounded like some kind of auditory hallucination, but it wasn't actually the case - on the third night after hearing the voice, I found myself sleepwalking."
"I installed a surveillance camera in my room. In the surveillance video, I got up from the bed, turned on the light, and rummaged through everything on the table in my bedroom - those things included newspapers, the diary I occasionally wrote in, the bills from my meals at the restaurant, and the ticket stubs from the movies I took Xiao Ai to."
"After looking through it, I put the things back where they belonged. They were exactly where I had put them before. If I hadn't installed surveillance in the room, I wouldn't have noticed that I was sleepwalking."
"When I woke up, I asked the voice if it was her who got up at night to look through things. She responded and said yes."
"After that, I started sleepwalking every night," Lin Xi described the terrifying incident in a calm tone. "Moreover, the sleepwalking sessions became longer and longer, and the areas of activity became larger and larger."
"It started with just a dozen minutes, then grew to a few hours, and the scope expanded from the bedroom to the entire neighborhood—yes, I would go out by myself at night. I would tie my hair up and never forget to put on a coat."
Lin Xi paused. "Before, at my suggestion, every intersection in my residential complex was equipped with surveillance cameras. So, I could see what she did when she went out using my body."
"She didn't go too far. She usually just walked to a quiet spot with a nice view to admire the moonlight. In the early morning light, she would return to the room and give me two or three hours of sleep." Lin Xi's voice was a little mocking. "In fact, I haven't been getting enough sleep for more than ten days in a row."
"Beibei, this is what really bothers me—there's another soul in my body, and you seem to have anticipated this. I want to know the solution, so I came to you."
Vermouth lowered her head and twisted her fingers nervously.
Lin Xi looked at her quietly, waiting for her answer.
After a while, Vermouth sighed.
"As expected, you just can't rest... But it's only a matter of time."
"You have your own guesses about the current situation, right? The body you are using now was not yours before."
"Gin and I discovered 'Lin Xi' a long time ago. She looks exactly like you, and her personality... is also similar, so it was hard for us not to notice her. At first, we thought that for some unknown reason, you had lost your memory of our time together. Later, we confirmed that this 'Lin Xi' was not the same Lin Xi we knew."
"Although we are certain she is not you, we are also certain that you and she are somehow related—you once recorded a genetic fragment when developing [Dead Water], and her genetic sequence is exactly the same as yours."
"After investigating her life, we discovered that 'Lin Xi' is very mysterious. Basically, all the information about her seems very credible at first glance, but a closer look reveals that it is all false and cannot be traced back to the true source."
"For this reason, we feel even more strongly that she is related to you. Therefore, we decided not to interfere in her life, but just to observe her and wait for you to appear."
"Later, you really appeared, appearing on her body. But...but..." Vermouth paused, "'Lin Xi' didn't completely disappear either."
"This is the reason for your 'auditory hallucinations' and 'sleepwalking'—Lin Xi's consciousness has revived in you, Boss."
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