Chapter 274: The Disappearing Engineer—Further Out of Control…
"I don't think we have the right to say that," Lin Xi reminded him. "Don't you think that two consciousnesses sharing one body is even stranger than the body shrinking?"
"Haha, isn't dual personality much more common than rejuvenation?"
"But you also said we're not dual personalities," Lin Xi said, "You just stay in my mind all the time—"
"—Really?" Lin Xi retorted nonchalantly, "Why not raise your hand and take a look?"
Lin Xi had a bad feeling in his heart.
She did as she was told and raised her hand in front of the mirror.
The pair of white, slender, bony hands in the mirror were shaking uncontrollably.
Then clench it suddenly in the next second.
Lin Xi was shocked.
——This is not her move!
She forced a smile. "Are you trying to say that after torturing my mind endlessly, you can now control my body as well?"
She grabbed the still trembling hand with her other hand, and with some force, her wrist soon turned red.
Remembering that Haibara Ai was still outside, she suddenly let go again.
"Didn't I tell you I'd chase you away?" "Lin Xi" asked. "Do you still consider yourself a victim? You were the one who experimented on me... and took over my body... Your amnesia doesn't mean you can erase your crimes!"
"Speak clearly..." Lin Xi gritted her teeth, enduring the stabbing pain in her head. Whenever "Lin Xi" spoke, even breathing caused pain. "What do you mean I experimented on you? When and where? Even if you say I'm the murderer, you have to... produce evidence..."
"Evidence!" Lin Xi's voice suddenly became sharp. "I'm here, and that's the evidence! Haha, I don't know what happened to you to make you so...weak and hypocritical! You've even forgotten everything you've done!"
"Listen carefully. You once dreamed of taking over the world. I was merely a tiny cog in your 'grand' scheme. Your original plan was for you to smoothly take over my body, a brand new one free from all the constraints of the past... Perhaps amnesia was also part of your plan?"
"But you certainly didn't anticipate my existence. Haha... I won't let you go. I will torture you until I regain control of your body. I hate you. I will make you watch your plans go to waste. I will take care of your sister for you, socialize for you... You will only be able to watch me from a dark corner forever—"
Bang.
The sound stopped abruptly.
Lin Xi was breathing heavily.
The clenched fist smashed the mirror into pieces, and spider-web-like cracks radiated from the center of the fist.
She closed her eyes, felt the sweat on her forehead run down her nose from her eye sockets, and smiled bitterly.
I'm afraid I can't hide this from Ai anymore.
She retracted her fist and checked her injuries.
She didn't hold back her strength, and her fist punched a hole in the mirror. The broken glass fragments cut her fingers, and blood kept flowing out, gradually staining her entire hand red.
The hand was still shaking.
Lin Xi took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. After repeating this several times, his emotions finally calmed down a little.
She turned on the faucet to wash away the blood, then patiently cleaned the glass shards on her hands one by one, disinfected them, applied medicine, and then bandaged herself with one hand.
"Are you okay?" Noah's concerned voice came from the phone beside him.
Its steady mechanical sound always calms Lin Xi.
She mumbled "It's okay," tightened the bandage with her teeth, and cut it with a knife.
After doing all this, Lin Xi looked at the mirror that was no longer usable. The face in the mirror was shattered into countless pieces, and Lin Xi suddenly felt that the figure reflected in those pieces was very unfamiliar.
She said tiredly, "Noah...what kind of person do you think I am?"
"Now, do you still think I'm a good person?"
AI is silent.
"I don't know." It said after a long while, "But I will help you with anything I can do."
.
…
Twenty days ago.
Mihua Ankang Hospital.
Kim Bonnar looked at the girl sitting on the sofa and handed her a bottle of medicine.
"Take this and it will help relieve your symptoms," he said.
"Are there any... side effects?"
"Yes. Loss of appetite, irritability, and insomnia."
Lin Xi smiled helplessly: "Dear Jin, do you mean that the side effects of the medicine that treats my current condition are the same as the symptoms that bother me?"
"All psychiatric drugs are like this." Jin said calmly, his blue eyes expressionless. "I suggest you only take them when you really can't stand it."
"Are you dependent on drugs?"
"Obviously, yes."
Lin Xi had a headache and took back the medicine bottle.
Seeing Jin standing calmly, Lin Xi asked curiously, "You also have symptoms of a split personality. Are you taking this medication, Jin?"
Jin nodded, then shook his head.
"That was in the past. I haven't used it for a long time. After figuring out the pattern of his appearances, I was able to coexist peacefully with him. But in your case..." He considered his tone, "You both view each other as completely different objects, and she is full of hostility towards you. I'm afraid it won't be easy."
"Actually, I'd recommend using something other than medication. Your company's [Cocoon] might be able to help. Use it to create a mental space where you can have face-to-face conversations... or something like that."
"Let's talk about it later." Lin Xi rubbed his brows, "Thank you, Jin."
…
The memories ended, and Lin Xi looked at the medicine bottle in his hand.
She sighed, unscrewed the bottle, poured out a pill, and looked at it in her hand.
"Ms. Lin, you are on an empty stomach now. I don't recommend you to take it at this time." Noah reminded.
"Little Noah, if you eat now, I'm afraid I'll spit out the pills along with it." Lin Xi smiled and shook her head, "Record my physical condition, just like I asked you to do before. It's okay, don't worry about me."
"……yes."
Lin Xi swallowed the pills.
The pills didn't take effect that quickly, but perhaps it was a psychological effect, Lin Xi already felt much better.
Maybe it’s because “Linxi” has gone dormant again?
She scooped up water with one hand, washed her face, and then said sorry to Itakura Taku again in her heart.
Not only did he take the other person's CD, he also broke the other person's mirror.
At this moment, there was a knock on the bathroom door: "Sister Lin, are you in there?"
It was the voice of Haibara Ai.
"I'm here." Lin Xi rubbed his face and opened the door.
Ai Haibara immediately noticed the broken mirror and Lin Xi's bandaged hand hanging by his side.
There were red marks on the wrist of that hand from being pinched.
"What happened, Sister Lin?" Huiyuan Ai's voice was calm. "Did you break the mirror?"
"Uh." Lin Xi's eyes wandered. "I saw a fly landed on the mirror... I got startled and lost control of my strength, so I accidentally broke it, haha."
Huibara Ai let out a breath and did not continue asking questions. She just picked up Lin Xi's injured hand and looked at it repeatedly to confirm that it was not a serious injury.
She lowered her eyelids, and in Lin Xi's surprised eyes, she bent down and kissed the bandage.
Then he raised his head and pretended to be a child: "It hurts so much, Sister Lin."
Lin Xi was amused by her.
She hugged the little girl and rubbed her soft face: "Xiao Ai, you are so cute."
…
When Lin Xi came out, she was already wearing leather gloves.
When Kudo Shinichi asked in confusion, Lin Xi said confidently: "We are trespassing illegally. In order to avoid leaving fingerprints, of course we have to wear gloves."
"Then why didn't you bring it just now?"
"Of course it's because I forgot." The answer was equally justified.
Kudo Shinichi: ...
Well, it fits with Sister Lin’s always eccentric temperament.
The few of them took the CD and returned to Dr. Agasa's house to make their next plan.
"Three days from now, it will be the day of the transaction," Kudo Shinichi said. "My plan is to contact the number the organization uses to contact Itakura Taku and change the transaction location to a public place."
"I'll put a transmitter inside a CD and tape it under seats in public places so that if someone comes to trade carelessly, we can record their fingerprints."
"If we're lucky, after the transaction is completed, the CD box will be taken to a certain organization's base, and we can obtain the specific location of that organization's base."
Lin Xi nodded.
"But," she said, "what good would it do to know the exact location?"
Seeing Kudo Shinichi looking at her, she explained, "The organization doesn't just have one base. If the transmitter is successfully brought into the base as you expected, it will be discovered very quickly. Even if you send the exact location to the Japanese public security beforehand, they won't be able to deploy and arrest them in such a short time."
"Once the location is discovered, the base is most likely to be abandoned. There might be an explosion, and valuable personnel and items will be moved, while worthless items and evidence will be destroyed in the explosion. What's the point of that, Kudo Shinichi?"
"...It's better than nothing." Kudo Shinichi clenched his fists. "Do you have any suggestions, Sister Lin?"
Lin Xi: "Let's find an ally. Think about it, besides the Japanese Public Security Bureau, what other official organizations can operate freely in Japan?"
Kudo Shinichi was stunned: "...FBI?"
The only official institutions that can operate freely in Japan, apart from those established by Japan itself, are those established by Americans.
…It sounds like a hell of a joke, but it’s true.
"Bingo." Lin Xi snapped his fingers. "We are just a few people. Don't think of taking on a huge organization like this. Just put yourself in the position of the victim. The organization should be dealt with by larger institutions."
"But how do we contact the FBI?" Kudo Shinichi asked puzzledly.
Moreover, why not the police? Why the FBI?
Of course, Lin Xi would not tell him that this was because Toru Amuro's identity could not be exposed, and the FBI's former ace undercover agent Shuichi Akai had been exposed and expelled from Japan by the organization long ago, so he no longer had any scruples.
"Hmph, then of course you still have to rely on me." She took out her phone. "Actually, the FBI has been around you for a long time, Xiao Ke, but you haven't found them yet~ But it's not your fault. After all, you haven't been to school for a long time."
"Your new English teacher, Judy Santimillion, formerly known as Judy Stelling, is an excellent FBI investigator. Coincidentally, she shares our stance on bringing down the organization."
Kudo Shinichi was stunned.
He turned his head and met Huibara Ai's calm gaze.
The look seemed to say: Look, what did I say?
If we can get Sister Lin to our side, many problems will no longer be problems, right?
Kudo Shinichi gave her a thumbs up in praise.
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