Chapter 324: Silver Bullet "This is true *destiny*."...
"Why……?"
Blood rushed to his throat, blocking his words from coming out.
When the bullet passes through the heart, the first thing you feel is not pain, but warmth.
Warm blood gushed out at the most critical part of the human body's blood circulation. The high-speed bullet completely destroyed the fragile organs. By the time the brain realized it should be in pain, the body had already entered a dying state that would block out the pain.
At this rate, he'll be dead in less than thirty seconds...
die?
No, he won't die. He still has a system that will automatically rewind after death. He won't die...
The boss felt that he was only 0.001% away from complete control of his body.
But this 0.001% is like the final blow that PDD cuts. No matter how many friends and family members he invites, he cannot push the number to 100%.
He has not fully integrated, the system does not belong to him, and he cannot go back.
He realized he had been tricked.
Anger ignited deep in his consciousness, and he suddenly appeared in the conscious space.
In the pure white space of consciousness, the bench turned into a single chair. Lin Xi was sitting on it, looking at him mockingly.
When his true appearance was revealed, he had thin lips, phoenix eyes, black hair and black eyes, narrow eyebrows, a tall and thin figure, pale skin, and a body that was somewhat similar to Lin Xi.
Lin Xi sitting on the chair also looks different from his body.
Thinner, paler, with bigger eyes, straightened curly hair, and two deep dark circles under his eyes.
At this moment, the two faces were full of sneers, as if mocking the boss for his efforts in vain.
"You...you!" The boss stared at her, "You ordered Gin to kill you! You lunatic, if you do this, you will die too..."
And the fusion progress was stuck at 99.999, which was obviously manipulated deliberately by Lin Xi. I don't know what method she used to increase the fusion progress so high when she knew that he and she were not the same person!
"I will die? Haha, death is [fate]." Lin Xi's voice also changed, becoming clearer and more ethereal. At this moment, it was filled with strong sarcasm, and the words were like a sharp knife stabbing into the BOSS's heart.
"Since I will die today no matter what happens, I will choose the way I die."
Even if it was death, she wanted it to be controllable.
So when she knew the time of her death, she grabbed Gin's clothes.
[——"You are the person I trust the most."
"You'll do whatever I ask you to do, right?"
Gin's green eyes were as calm as a deep pool, but only she knew how magnificent the world was hidden beneath it.
The deep pool rippled, reflecting her pale cheek.
"Yeah," he said.
Lin Xi's hand exerted force, and he followed the force and put his ear close to it.
A whispered voice, thick with the smell of blood, reached his ears: "At that time... kill me. Use your □□."
Gin subconsciously wanted to raise his head, but Lin Xi's hand suddenly exerted force and grabbed him.
She was covered in blood and her life was hanging by a thread, but her eyes were like dark flames, burning with persistent vitality and capable of bursting out with powerful strength.
"Only you can kill me, Gin." She spoke clearly. "Everyone in the organization says Akai Shuichi is the 'Silver Bullet,' a secret weapon that can kill werewolves and vampires... But he can't kill me. I asked him to shoot me. My collarbone is broken and my lung is punctured, but I'm still alive."
"You are the real Silver Bullet. You are the perfect experimental subject for that project. You are the base liquor for the Silver Bullet... You must aim for my heart at that time and kill me."
She took a breath, her fingertips lost strength, and Gin's collar was finally freed.
"That's an order," she said, smiling. "Do it for me."]
BOSS remembered what Lin Xi said not long ago.
——"Destiny cannot be changed, but the process can be changed."
"Madman." He shuddered, walked forward, and grabbed Lin Xi's collar: "Are you going to die with me?"
Lin Xi sat on the chair, forced to look up at him, but her eyes were full of contempt: "Die together? Haha, you are worthy of it?"
She grabbed the boss's wrist and said forcefully, "You're the only one who will die today."
The boss felt a phantom pain in his wrist. Because both of them were sentient beings, they couldn't actually hurt each other, and the so-called pain was just an illusion. But the boss still sneered and released his grip.
"You think you can kill me like this?" He looked straight at Lin Xi, "Do you think that if I'm completely merged with you and then killed by Gin, you can kill me?"
"I'm actually very curious, when did you know I wasn't yours?"
He had clearly prepared every step, the drugs, the scenarios, the psychological hints, and the system that had been placed on Lin Xi long ago. Everything was prepared so perfectly. It was obvious that she could not still have a self after losing her memory.
"From the very beginning." Lin Xi looked at the astonishment that was hard to conceal on the boss's face with pleasure, "I don't believe a single word you said to me."
"I can't be you. We are completely different individuals. I knew that from the beginning."
"Are you reflecting on where the flaws in your plan are? Do you need me to give you some hints?" Lin Xi looked at him leisurely.
The boss remained silent, standing there, clenching his fingers.
"Actually, they're all mistakes. First of all, your guidance was too deliberate." Lin Xi said, "If you really were my past self, you only needed to find a suitable opportunity to tell me everything. There was no need to use various means to induce a split personality in me."
"Secondly, you shouldn't have let me know I was 'X'." She raised the corner of her lips playfully. "What a coincidence, isn't it? Her exhibition 'New Life' attracted a lot of people, but everyone who saw those paintings became infected with mental illness. Even those who seemed to have recovered actually just developed stable split personalities."
"Jin is like this, Kamijou Shin is like this, and..." She called out many names, and with each name she called out, the boss's face became paler.
"I don't believe in sudden illnesses in this world, especially since I developed split personality after trying to create my own work," she said. "I had people closely monitor those people and record the periods when they became ill. I found that the time of their illnesses and my own illnesses formed a perfect cycle."
"In other words, 'Lin Xi' always appears when they're not ill, and when they're ill, 'Lin Xi' doesn't appear." Lin Xi stood up and approached the boss. "So, I had a bold idea at the time... In fact, they're not ill. The so-called mental illness is just because a consciousness that doesn't belong to them has messed with their minds, just like you messed with mine."
Moreover, the example of Shin Kamijutsuji made her understand that personal consciousness can overcome external consciousness, and with the care of family, friends or lovers, this process will become much easier.
According to the report from her psychiatrist who monitored him, Shin Kamijutsuji has basically returned to normal with the help of Rika Asayama.
Seeing Lin Xi approaching, the boss subconsciously took a defensive stance.
He was clearly sure of winning tonight, but Lin Xi's bullet almost shattered all his confidence.
A strong sense of unease arose in his heart.
She actually knew so much! What about his spare bodies...
He gritted his teeth and decided to take a step back, first withdrawing his consciousness from this body and going to another body, and then coming back when Lin Xi automatically reverted due to death. However, he found that he could not move.
"Why, do you want to escape back into your backup bodies?" Lin Xi looked at him with a smile, "Sorry, you can't leave. Their bodies no longer belong to you."
"I told you not to induce my split personality. After knowing that our illness was man-made, I deceived you in return."
"I monitored everyone who attended the exhibition, including Jin and Ando Hui. When no one else was sick, I pretended to be led by your nose, because I knew you were watching me from inside my body. And when they became sick, that was when I took action. I upgraded my medical skills to Level 4 and used all my time to research how to completely eliminate you. I had ready-made research materials: Kiichirō Numabuchi, those who became sick... and myself."
"I succeeded. My people have destroyed all your spare bodies, including Madera. Even though he hasn't seen the exhibition, how could I let go of someone who violated my orders and conducted human experiments?"
"So, I'm sorry, you can't leave anymore." Her expression was playful. "You can only stay in my body, okay?"
The boss's veins bulged and he suddenly grabbed Lin Xi's neck.
"You think you've won?" With his retreat cut off, he finally revealed his ferocious side. "Don't forget who gave you this system! If you die, the system will automatically revert to the previous state. Then, you'll be entangled with me forever!"
"I created your body, I gave you your life! Even the name Lin Xi was given by me! Haha, you really surprised me tonight... But you will never escape from my palm, not half a year ago, and not half a year later..."
Lin Xi coughed twice after being pinched by him, but she was still laughing: "Ahem... This is your final mistake... You trusted the system too much."
"You feel that the system was created by you, that you created it to rebel against the rules of this world."
"If I'm not mistaken, you've probably gone back more than once, right? Someone as conceited as you must be unable to accept being defeated by the rules of this world. You want to rely on your own abilities to crush the protagonist of this world."
"But don't you find it strange? If the world really wanted you to die, why would it allow you to create something like the System that fundamentally violates the rules of the world?"
"The only possibility is that the world has acquiesced."
The boss's hand loosened, and Lin Xi got more air.
She grinned: "You know, the day I was sniped by Akai Shuichi, Gin not only told me the date of my death, but also told me a piece of information."
"He said, 'If I die, the world will end.'"
Her face turned a little redder, and a happy smile played on the corner of her mouth: "But why? Why will the world end if I die?"
"You and I both know that this world is not normal. It's a work of art. What does my death have to do with this world? If I'm just cannon fodder, then death is death. If I'm one of the protagonists, it doesn't seem that important. I will become the dead white moonlight that constantly inspires the protagonists. My dead self is more valuable than my living self. What if I'm the villain? The story won't end with the villain's death. There must be a sequel."
Panic swept through the BOSS.
All his confidence was shattered. He let go of her hand and stared blankly at Lin Xi.
Lin Xi coughed lightly a few times, touched his neck, and straightened his collar.
Then she looked up and smiled a genuine, bright smile: "Then there is only one answer."
"I am the protagonist of this world."
"This world is closely related to me. It was almost created for me. I am blessed by nature. The author created me, the readers love me, the system is my golden finger, and I and the stories built around me are the meaning of this world's existence."
"And you, you are just a villain. No matter how many times I go back, you can only die in my hands - this is the true *destiny*."
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