Chapter 339: Ring "Do you need me to give you a ride?"
Lin Xi nodded modestly.
Even though she had just done something so bloody, her clothes were not stained with blood. After washing the blood from her fingertips, even her smell was filled with the refreshing scent of soap nuts and fragrance.
"In a quarter of an hour, have the Black Dragon Gang launch a general attack." She looked up and said, "Take care, old man."
Qiao Zheng suddenly felt a strong sense of unease. While the child's expression remained the same as usual, still full of the same arrogance that demanded a beating, her light words weighed heavily on him, causing his heart to skip a beat.
He straightened his face and pulled the little girl aside: "Is that all? Don't I have to do anything else? What are your plans next?"
"No need." Lin Xi said, "I will take care of the rest."
"Okay, okay." The old man scratched his back, "...take care of yourself too."
Lin Xi nodded and walked out of the room alone.
She was about to go to Black Crow by herself, but she saw someone from the winery wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a veil covering his face on the street.
This was the woman who handed over the guns and explosives to her at noon today.
This person was very mysterious, her veil covering almost her entire face, revealing only a pair of bright, dark brown eyes. During the transaction, she took the research materials about herself that Lin Xi had given her, which Miyano Shiho had secretly recorded, and gave her the weapons Lin Xi needed.
She was gentle and silent, didn't talk much, and completed the transaction very quickly, which made Lin Xi impressed by her.
At this moment, she sat elegantly in the car and invited Lin Xi: "Do you need me to give you a ride?"
Lin Xi wanted to refuse, but the woman's next words and the little ghost's excited attitude made her finally agree to get in her car.
From the moment he saw the woman, the little ghost acted very happy. They must be good friends, Xiao Linxi thought, feeling a little unhappy.
"I can help you intercept a truck carrying precision instruments," the woman said. "You were originally delivering the goods for the driver, right? But with your size, disguising yourself as a sturdy adult wouldn't be easy. How about letting me help you?"
Lin Xi paused. Did she know what he was going to do next?
"Black Crow's precision instruments are all unloaded at this dock. And I noticed that since two o'clock this afternoon, the dock has been under a restricted period due to a gang standoff. Goods can come in, but they can't leave," the woman whispered softly. "I believe you, who bought the weapons from the winery and used them as leverage in the gang, are the culprit behind this situation, right?"
"It's common for cargo to be detained at the docks, but this situation won't last long. The cargo will be released after three to five hours, so there's no need for the hauler to rush. Because it's normal, the late arrival of the equipment won't arouse suspicion from the Black Crows, so you can deliver the cargo to the Black Crow Company building without any problems."
"But the next step is going to be your test, because the cargo will always be inspected when it's unloading. A short, unfamiliar driver with substituted cargo—I'm guessing you'll replace that batch of precision instruments with the explosives you bought from me—won't pass inspection."
"So I think you must have reached a consensus with the local gangs. When you arrived at Black Crow, the conflict between them broke out. Black Crow's security was outsourced to the Quanming Gang. If chaos breaks out at the West City Wharf, the gang members from Black Crow Company will be immediately transferred to manage the wharf, and they will have no time to inspect your cargo."
"A feint to the east and attack in the west, concealing the truth from the world, sneaking through Chencang, killing two birds with one stone." The woman's voice was tinged with laughter. "Such a wonderful drama, why don't you let me be your audience?"
It was not pleasant to have one's plans guessed, but this person's soft attitude made it difficult to get angry.
Lin Xi lowered her eyes: "Whatever you want."
She sat in the passenger seat, and Miyano Shiho, relying on her lack of physical form, floated between the two of them, filling the gap between them. Her posture was very old-fashioned, one in her left hand and one in her right, which made Lin Xi twitch her lips.
The woman started the car. Though her face was covered by a black veil, her attire and taste radiated nobility. She had adapted to local customs, with her hair permed into the recent Hong Kong-style curls. Her black hair was tied back, with only a few playful bangs framing her pale face. She wore an elegant, form-fitting black dress and a pair of exquisitely crafted lace gloves. Sitting close, Lin Xi could already smell the delicate, elegant fragrance of flowers.
"Have you been in the port city all the time?" Black Crow's pharmaceutical company was neither far nor near to the port, and it would take some time to arrive, so Lin Xi asked.
She didn't expect the other party to answer, but the woman seemed very happy to answer her question: "Not really, I just happened to come here for a trip. The organization has always provided sufficient travel funds, and the scenery in the port city is also very nice."
"But you still received the task." Lin Xi pointed out, "Wouldn't you feel uncomfortable being assigned work tasks after get off work hours?"
"Oh, you misunderstood." The woman said cheerfully, "I took the initiative to accept this mission. Normally, the organization won't disturb employees on vacation. However, the factory knew that I had some connection with Karasuma Renya, and I happened to be in Hong Kong, so they gave me the mission."
Is she related to Karasuma Renya? What connection? Akai Tsutomu had said that Karasuma Renya faked his death twenty-one years ago. If this mysterious woman beside him had a connection to Karasuma Renya, she must be quite old. Yet, she still looked very young.
Lin Xi soon thought of the immortality that Akai Wuwu had hinted at. It seemed that there were many immortals in this world.
"What's your connection with Karasuma Renye?" Lin Xi wanted to know, and asked directly, "Do you have any grudges?"
"It's hard to sum it up in a few words." The woman shook her head. "But if you want to attack him, I won't stop you."
Lin Xi was silent for a moment, then asked, "Can I join the organization?"
"We don't recruit child laborers." The woman smiled. "We'll talk about it when you grow up."
Lin Xi curled her lips.
They didn't talk anymore. The woman hummed a tuneless tune to herself, and the wind blowing in from the half-open car window lifted her hair, making her relaxed and relaxed travel style even more obvious. After driving Lin Xi to her destination in her luxurious Porsche, she smiled and said goodbye to Lin Xi.
"Bye, and good luck to you. I've made Black Crow's delivery driver my own, you can ask him for help," she said.
"Thank you." Xiao Linxi said sincerely.
This person had practically maxed out her favorable impression of the organization. After all, not every adult could speak to a child as an equal, and her modest kindness was like a gentle spring breeze.
After getting off the bus, she saw the Black Crow delivery truck. She lowered her hat, got in, and nodded to the driver. A quarter of an hour had passed, and night had officially fallen. The docks were in commotion. Lin Xi saw the Quan Ming Gang swarming out of Black Crow. She and the delivery truck sailed against the current, successfully stopping in Black Crow's backyard.
The company was still brightly lit at night. The driver silently placed the container wrapped in white cloth on the truck. When he was about to help her carry it into the building, Lin Xi reached out to stop him.
"You go back," she said. "I'll handle the rest by myself."
The driver nodded without any objection, unloaded the goods and left the scene.
Lin Xi watched him leave and said to the little ghost beside him, "Go find that person."
Miyano Shiho's body froze in mid-air: "Ah?"
"You two know each other, right? Don't you want to see her?" Lin Xi said, lowering her head. "Besides, I'm going to the basement next. That's where I was born, and I want to face my past alone. I might feel uncomfortable... I don't want you to see that side of me. I'd feel embarrassed."
"...Okay." Miyano Shiho touched her head distressedly, "Everything will be over, okay?"
Lin Xi nodded.
She just watched as one person after another left, and then she pushed the truck into the company.
The little ghost had described the internal structure of Black Crow Pharmaceuticals to her in detail, and she easily found the hidden passage to the underground level.
The passage required dual authentication of fingerprint and iris, so Lin Xi prepared by taking out the eyeball and severed finger from his pocket.
The organ's owner was a core researcher at the Black Crow Group and a lackey of Karasuma Ren'ya, usually involved in field missions. Lin Xi had long been eyeing him. No matter which version of her plan, this man had to be killed to facilitate her access to Karasuma Ren'ya's secret laboratory.
She found the freight elevator and took it all the way down. The temperature inside the room dropped as she went down. Whether it was the cold or the excitement, Lin Xi couldn't help but shudder.
There were few people in the basement. The few remaining researchers were concentrated in the lab area, and no one had spotted Lin Xi yet. She placed the explosives along the corridor, then silently, like a ghost, moved through the basement until she came upon a beautiful expanse of azure blue.
Countless culture tanks are displayed in the laboratory, and soulless animals are raised in ice-cold nutrient solution. They are inserted with tubes and float in the ice-blue liquid.
From a baby less than one year old to a twelve-year-old boy and girl, Xiao Linxi seemed to see her hopeless past in this cold cage.
No, she was different. She remembered that she had consciously forgotten her memories, like treasures sunk to the bottom of the sea. One day, she would brave the high pressure of the seabed and retrieve them all from the rusted shipwreck.
Her past was not the silent darkness in a petri jar, but a wardrobe where she could hide, framed photographs, folded birthday cards in a tin box, and crooked paintings that were treasured.
She stared at the shells for a long time, then placed the last box of explosives in the center of the incubator.
A well-controlled explosion, she thought, was like a dazzling firework.
Using fireworks to put an end to something that should not exist in this world should be considered a qualified farewell.
After installing the detonator, she took out her cell phone and called Akai Tsutomu.
"You can move now." she ordered.
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