Chapter 267: The Immortal Witch: Her company must not discriminate against people based on appearance...
The Tiangang is reversed.
This little girl is really taking advantage of me. She used the money I gave her to buy things for her.
Lin Xi was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"What gadget?"
——Some random little gadgets.
A dress and shoes suitable for Linxi, beautiful accessories, desktop decorations, and a bag of wisteria seeds.
These were all collected by Chris when she was out.
"I had wanted to plant a full field of wisteria with you in the backyard," Chris said. "You said you loved wisteria. We could watch it sprout, climb the trellis we built together, and bloom in the spring."
Lin Xi pinched the flat, round black pieces.
"From the time the seeds are planted until they bloom, that takes a long time."
Even grafted seedlings take two or three years to bloom. If you start directly from seeds...
That might take longer.
"I originally wanted you to stay with me until the flowers bloom."
She didn't care how many years it took.
Lin Xi changed her position and lay down.
Are you kidding me? She hasn't even been in this world that long.
But she still said, "Let's pick a good time and plant the seeds."
They spent the next week doing this in the garden.
Chris consulted a "professional gardener" - Oda, who had lost one job but had one remaining, and got guidance on how to grow wisteria.
They cleared a small area in the garden and buried the soaked seeds in the soil.
Then I watered it every day and made a climbing frame out of wood for the branches that would grow in the future.
This period of time was very comfortable. Lin Xi did not mention the topic of taking Chris to meet other people, and Chris did not mention it either. The two of them lived in the manor with only the two of them as if nothing had happened.
Sleep until you wake up naturally, explore new ways to eat, learn new things, read books...
Lin Xi feels like he is in retirement.
It’s the kind of retirement life where someone takes care of everything and you don’t have to do anything yourself.
After learning from her, Chris’s cooking skills also improved.
Smart people learn things quickly. Lin Xi thinks that if Gin is willing to try, his cooking skills... should be pretty good too.
She just couldn't imagine the tall, silver-haired man wearing a pink apron.
Ahem, I’m getting off topic.
In short, if Lin Xi didn't know that this was the past and she would have to return to the main timeline sooner or later, she really wanted to continue living like this.
But one morning, when Lin Xi was making flower tea, Chris asked to meet Rum.
"Have you decided?" Lin Xi looked at her in surprise.
She thought Chris would continue living like this with her for a while longer before bringing up the matter.
After all, they all knew that once Chris showed up in the organization, the countdown to Lin Xi's departure would begin.
Chris nodded.
She whispered, "I'm afraid if I continue to stay with you like this, I won't want to leave you."
Her answer was a cup of scented tea.
Lin Xi threw a few ice cubes in. As the ice cubes melted quickly, the steam rising from the cup subsided.
"Try it."
Chris took a sip.
It was sweet and she tasted honey.
"I'll go talk to them first. You can contact them normally when the time comes." Lin Xi said happily.
"Oh, and if they ask later, don't tell them that Shibahara Hiroshige is me. This is a secret between the two of us. Okay, Beibei?"
Chris nodded without asking any further questions.
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Baijiu Pharmaceutical.
Underground x floor, research institute.
Karasuma Shigeharu sat on a chair, looking through the information about [Silver Bullet].
The place is very quiet now. Everyone has left, and soon it will be destroyed.
The only passage leading to the underground - the elevator shaft will be blocked, and Karasuma Shigeharu plans to set a fire on it to burn down the company and move away from its original location.
As for the experimental data, they have of course been backed up.
But it's not with him, it's with Madeira.
For some reason, Karasuma Shigeharu didn't want to ask him for the information, so he came here directly and looked through the old paper materials.
"Results of Experiment No. 03, 173"
"Injection... produced a strong immune response. Similar to the results of experiments 145 and 80, it is initially suspected that the specific gene fragment possessed by 03 enabled her to produce antibodies to...."
"Note: The initial prediction from the experiment was that 03 died from autoimmunity. However, after 72 hours, 03's immune response subsided and her body returned to normal. We recommend that she undergo genetic retesting..."
The words after "note" were crossed out, and Karasuma Shigeharu found it particularly difficult to read.
After a rough reading, Shigeharu Karasuma wondered if the results of these experiments indicated that there was a defect in the gene fragment of No. 3, Chris Wynyard, that could be attacked by specific drugs?
"Genetic defect..."
He put down the information and rubbed his sore eyes.
At this moment, a voice came from behind him: "Don't think about it, she no longer has this defect."
Karasuma Shigeharu was startled to death.
Adrenaline is rushing, and the heart rate can jump from 70 to 140.
It's because he was well-educated, otherwise he would have uttered Japanese swear words more or less.
He turned his head sharply and saw a woman wearing a beige jacket, a plaid skirt and loose curly hair standing behind him.
...I don’t know how long I stood there.
"...Boss?" Karasuma Shigeharu calmed down and said, "Have you always walked without making any sound?"
I'm wearing shoes that make noise...
"Besides, didn't you say you were leaving?" He stood up and gathered the documents in his hand. "Why are you back?"
Lin Xi shrugged, "Before I left, I suddenly remembered that there was something I didn't tell you."
"What do you think of Number Three? I'd like her to join us."
Karasuma Moharu was stunned for a moment, then said helplessly: "So... you must have been in contact with her a long time ago."
Seeing Lin Xi looking away guiltily, Rum confirmed his guess in his heart.
"No wonder... I was wondering how she could have accomplished that on her own. Turns out you had some help behind the scenes," he said. "You just said she no longer has that flaw. What do you mean..."
"I injected her with [Dead Water]."
Lin Xi said, "Otherwise she would have died at that time."
Rum suddenly realized, "I see."
[Dead Water] will transform the structure of human genes, making people immortal while giving them powerful self-healing abilities.
I'm afraid that the defects were modified along with the genes?
However, doesn’t [Dead Water] have to be made based on the genes of the injector... So the boss has long wanted to incorporate No. 3 into the "Garden of Eden"?
He was thinking a lot, but he didn't ask a single question, nor did he let go of the information. "I will obey your will. Does the child have a code name?"
"Ah, her code name is Vermouth."
Rum nodded.
"You came back just to tell me this?" He looked at Lin Xi. "It's only been a few days since we last met, and your hair has grown longer again."
"Of course it's more than just this one thing." Lin Xi pulled over a chair and sat down. "I just couldn't bear to let you handle so many things by yourself, so I came here to help."
Rum said helplessly: "Gin and Madera can help me... and now there is Vermouth. I will be able to get rid of the remaining gang of Karasuma Renye soon, you..."
Every profession has its own expertise, so you'd better not get involved.
Lin Xi understood what he hadn't said yet, and without feeling angry or ashamed, she patted his shoulder and said, "I understand, I understand. Professional matters should be left to professionals. I'm mainly focusing on emotional companionship. Do you understand?"
Rum was silent.
Should he understand?
"Gin should be on a mission right now." He glanced at the clock on the wall. The quartz clock, unfazed by the absence of the person, continued to tick faithfully. "If you're interested, you can go pick him up."
"After you left, he's been in a bad mood. Not only does he take it out on the subordinates I assigned him every day, but he also picks bloody and violent tasks." He took the opportunity to complain. "Teenagers need companionship at this age. If you don't intervene in time, I'm worried about Gin's mental health."
Lin Xi:?
Has there ever been such a thing as mental health for Gin?
It would be more worrying if he became mentally healthy.
"Okay, I'll go see him."
However, it had been a long time since I last saw the young Xiaoqin, and Lin Xi did miss him a little.
He looks cold and hard when he grows up, but he was cute when he was a child.
"Wait, Boss, there's one more thing." Rum pulled Lin Xi.
Lin Xi turned around.
"Are you selecting people based on appearance?" the young man asked seriously. "If there are requirements for appearance, I will add additional criteria when selecting core members of the organization in the future."
Lin Xi: “???”
Damn, has Rum seen through me?
Yes, she is obsessed with looks...but her company must not discriminate based on appearance!
She said righteously: "How is that possible? I always only look at ability."
Rum didn't say whether he believed it or not. We usually call this situation as believing it. He nodded: "I understand."
After watching Lin Xi leave, Rum turned his gaze to the pile of information again.
Their boss is good in every way except that he is too soft-hearted and easily deceived.
As a subordinate, he still has to be more careful for her.
…
A building in Kyoto.
There was a commotion coming from one of the rooms.
Just like throwing a stone into calm water, the turbulent ripples spread from the point where the stone landed, and finally covered the entire surface of the lake. After several dead bodies were found in that room, everyone in the building felt insecure and fled in all directions.
In the midst of the commotion that could be created, one man disappeared into the crowd.
The people around were all focused on other things, so naturally they didn't pay much attention to the silver hair fluttering under the brim of the man's hat.
He also ignored the dark marks gradually spreading on the man's black clothes.
Even though he was injured, Gin's expression remained the same.
This injury is nothing to his body.
Even these pains that do not threaten his life are beneficial to him.
Pain has different effects in different situations. Sometimes it helps us remember, and sometimes... it helps us forget.
Gin needed pain to help him distract himself and stop thinking about that person.
I remember that person's smile and jokes, the smell of that person and the frequency of his breathing... her farewell when she left and the unbearable wait.
He would have to get used to the vacuum she would leave behind.
In addition, the wounds on his body also serve as proof to Rum how incompetent the people he sent to pick him up were.
It's because of those idiots that this mission has become so troublesome, he thought coldly.
He walked to the back of the building where his Porsche was parked.
But at the corner, he suddenly stopped.
The man was standing next to the car she had given him, looking at him with a smile.
...Gin regretted getting injured today.
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