Chapter 342 Ring "To me, you are all the same person."...
"...You are talking so childishly now, Sister Lin?" Although she said these words with disgust, Miyano Shiho did not move.
Lin Xi smiled.
Even if you become a data ghost, you're still so easy to control, Shiho-chan.
She could probably guess how her past self had forced Karasuma Renya to show up, so she couldn't let Shiho go there now.
Let her see how half-dead I am, and I might as well just die.
Although the two Lin Xis had never had an in-depth communication, they reached a strange consensus on maintaining their own face.
"So what?" she said lightly. "I'm different now than I was when I was little. I'm being honest. I just want to spend more time with Shiho."
Actually, there's nothing different. Miyano Shiho thought, whether she was a child or now, she likes to act like a spoiled child.
But she just fell for it.
"To me, you're all the same person," she said.
"They're different in age, personality, and even their appearance is different because they've changed bodies." Lin Xi tilted her head. "Even so, is it the same for Shiho?"
Miyano Shiho nodded.
"You're a complete person," she said. "In you, I can see you as a teenager, and you in your twenties. Well, I can also imagine you even older. To me, they're all different states of your existence, and each one is my Sister Lin."
Lin Xi's little finger trembled unconsciously.
She understood what Miyano Shiho meant: don't be afraid to expose yourself in front of her. No matter what kind of person she is, whether she is cold or paranoid, she will love her.
"Really..." she said.
"Yeah." Miyano Shiho turned her head. "Even though you always like to hide things from me and do dangerous things behind my back, I'm happy to see your past. The night Noah predicted your death, I was so nervous that my hands were shaking. If we failed, you would never come back. I've already lost my parents and my sister, I can't lose you again."
"It's a good thing you're still alive."
Lin Xi wailed.
"Shiho, did you do this on purpose? You deliberately said this in front of me when you didn't have a physical body, so that I couldn't even hug you!! Wuwuwuwuwu..."
She didn't look like a lady at all now, waving her arms in the air like a jumping monkey.
Miyano Shiho looked away in disgust.
"Stop, stop, stop," she said. "Where are you going next? If I'm guessing correctly, you've been keeping an eye on your other self here, right?"
"How is that possible?" Lin Xi said, "I'm in Hong Kong to monitor Karasuma Renya, not for her. I'm, uh... because of the remodeling of my body, I've become very weak. If I fight with someone, I'll basically break at the slightest touch, so I can't be discovered by Karasuma Renya. You should have seen the experimental data I left behind, right? Although it's signed by Madeira, those are actually the research I did in our large fish tank."
"But Madera did lead similar human experiments, not in Japan, but in the United States. I previously suspected that Madera was Karasuma Renya's incarnation, and now it's completely confirmed that he is."
"Next, Madeira will bring my past self to the United States and implant it into the system. That will be the time for you to infect the system with the virus." Lin Xi smiled. "By the way, Noah is here with me. The time turbulence separated you, and it merged with the system in my body."
"I see." Miyano Shiho said.
"Yes. Karasuma Renya wants to use my past self to transform half of the world's prominent people into his clones. He can only do this with my help because I'm... the protagonist," Lin Xi said. "His method is probably to use the paintings I drew myself, combined with chemicals and special light, to put them into a psychedelic state, and then finally implant his consciousness into their bodies. He is indeed an out-and-out ambitious man, and he won't miss any opportunity to gain more power."
Those invited to X's exhibition were victims. Some of them eventually developed split personalities, one of which was Karasuma Renya. Some retained their consciousness through their unwavering willpower.
"However, it was precisely his greed that gave me the opportunity to kill him." Lin Xi recalled her final confrontation with Karasuma Renya. She had delayed the fusion process with Karasuma Renya, leaving him no time to assess the other victims. Vermouth took the opportunity to use [Anchor] to rescue them all.
This also led to the fact that Karasuma Renya had no way out in the end. He could only stay in Lin Xi's body when time and space reversed, and was eventually killed by Gin.
"In the past, I would have worked under Madeira for a long time, until the fall of 2004... no, the spring of 2005." Lin Xi raised the corner of his mouth, "The day we first met."
"So, when you were little, you were still controlled by that bastard?" Miyano Shiho gritted her teeth. "That's still eight years away, Sister Lin! Karasuma Renya is treating you like a machine that won't break down..."
"Well, after my fierce resistance this time, he shouldn't be so oppressive." Lin Xi said objectively, "He should find a controllable playmate for my past self, and punish my playmate if I disobey... Doesn't that seem even more hateful? Don't worry, I'll go with you, too. I'll be in the dark and provide you with help."
She glanced at the still-worried Miyano Shiho, smiled, and reached out to brush a hand across the Data Ghost's blue-glowing head. "Shiho, what you see now is only the past. Our future lies further ahead, bright and clear."
"So don't be afraid. The world is on our side."
The night breeze gently blew through her hair, as if greeting her.
…
In fact, Dalinxi didn't stay in the Jiuto family for too long.
The year after Zhufu Gaoming was admitted to the University of Tokyo, Lin Xi graduated from high school and applied to study abroad. With her gold medal in a math competition, excellent grades, and language certification, she received a full scholarship. Not only did she not have to rely on the Kudo family for tuition, she was able to save enough to send them gifts for every holiday.
While attending school, she used her identity as Ms. L to create value, founded a technology company with her partners, and rationally invested in companies with potential. Eventually, she became the richest person in the world.
During this period, she completed many tasks issued by the system, including but not limited to: saving Mineta Yukinori's life from Karasuma Renya, creating the Tablet of Destiny and secretly handing it over to Vermouth, registering a unique "Seven Children" brand email address for herself, developing an encryption APP for internal communication in the organization, and selling it to Rum.
Incidentally, she met Gin while studying abroad.
It is difficult to say what kind of luck brought them together in a foreign country - it was probably the author's influence - in short, she had just solved a difficult problem with her teacher and was being dragged away by her seniors in the research group to drink a celebratory drink, when she saw Gin at the corner.
He really didn't look like he was on a mission. His heavy black coat had been replaced by a light black shirt, and his silver hair draped smoothly over his shoulders. Seeing Lin Xi looking over, his hawk-like eyes quickly glanced over.
Lin Xi was stunned at the time, and her mouth was faster than her brain: "Hey, are you drinking, handsome?"
It was unknown why Gin recognized her this time. He actually came over and took the wine glass from her hand, looking at her with an inexplicable look: "When did you run here this time?"
"...I can't tell you that, little brother." Lin Xi raised his hands in surrender. "It's easy to have bugs. Just pretend you haven't seen me, okay?"
"Every time you appear in the past, it's for someone." Gin ignored her and continued, "Last time it was for me, the time before that it was for Vermouth, who is it for this time?"
...Objectively speaking, it's still you. Lin Xi looked at Gin with an indescribable expression.
After all, this copy was illuminated by Gin nineteen years ago.
Lin Xi gave up struggling and chatted with Gin for a while.
Anyway, this world already has enough bugs, so a few more won't matter. And since the author arranged for them to meet by coincidence, there seems to be nothing to be ashamed of.
"It's filled with juice." Seeing that he was still holding his wine glass, Lin Xi explained, "I'm not old enough to drink yet."
Hearing this, Gin looked at her with disgust and returned the glass.
Lin Xi was puzzled.
"What's wrong with your body?" Gin asked.
Lin Xi didn't know that he had come here specifically to catch her. He had seen her before when he was on a mission in the United States, and even followed her for a while - but this man hadn't noticed at all.
The weakening of her reconnaissance abilities was secondary. A closer look revealed she was shorter, thinner, and less muscular than before, now just soft flesh with no trace of training at all. If it weren't for her eyes and various small gestures that matched the person in his memory, Gin would have suspected he had the wrong person.
"Uh, well... for various reasons, I've become a wimp." Lin Xi looked away, feeling guilty. "I'm a fragile researcher now, so don't fight me, okay? You can kill me with one punch... Hey, hey, what are you doing?"
Gin picked her up by the hood of her sweatshirt behind her neck.
He used some clever tricks, but Lin Xi didn't feel uncomfortable. She just felt like a cat at the mercy of others.
"You've definitely gotten weaker." Gin concluded, "You can't even fire a gun, right?"
"...I can only say that my aim is accurate, but my reaction ability and shooting speed have decreased." Lin Xi said helplessly, "What do you want to do? Let me tell you, I can't help you with the mission right now. There is a traitor in the organization, and I can't let him find me."
Gin put her down and frowned: "Who."
Lin Xi straightened his messed-up collar and said, "Don't ask. You'll know later."
If I tell him now, what if he follows the clues and finds Karasuma Renya, alerting the enemy, or finds his past self, and the timeline is messed up?
"I'll take care of it, Xiaoqin." Lin Xi raised her glass and clinked it with his. "You just need to trust me. No matter what the circumstances, no matter what happens, just trust me."
Gin said nothing.
What Lin Xi said really made no sense - he had always done this: trust her. It had become a habit, and he had no intention of changing it.
"I should go back now." Lin Xi smiled. "See you next time, Xiaoqin."
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