Chapter 348: "Who is Lin Xi?"
The other side.
Miyano Shiho, who was being looked for by Lin Xi, floated to the balcony of a five-star hotel.
She looked inside and saw a woman taking a nap on a lounge chair.
The man was lying in a disheveled position, with his legs crossed, his hands behind his head, a half-read book spread across his chest, his eyes closed, and he seemed to be asleep.
She sighed and floated in, "Sister Lin, Sister Lin. Wake up."
While a storm was brewing over there, she was enjoying a peaceful and tranquil life here.
Her voice was picked up by a small device on the table, distorted and transmitted to Dalinxi's ears. She rubbed her eyes and said, "Shiho, you're back? What's going on over there?"
"After diverting the stream to the gallery where the paintings were hidden, Karasuma Renya indeed attempted to control Jean Bonnard," Miyano Shiho said. "He had implanted his consciousness in Jean's brain without his knowledge."
Dalinxi thought of meeting the dual personality Jin in the future and was silent for a while.
Implanting your own consciousness in others is like planting a seed. You never know whether this seed will sprout when it meets the right water.
She straightened up and put the book aside. "The power outage and power on we arranged last night were too coincidental. Karasuma Renya will definitely be suspicious. If I put a little more pressure on him here, he'll completely abandon this place and take the other me to Japan."
"The biggest variable now is actually my other self. Unlike nine years ago, this time, Karasuma Renya has found my soft spot. She can't stand the idea of her friend being used as a threat. I can't predict what she'll do next."
Miyano Shiho sighed again.
Although I know that these are things that Lin Xi must go through, as long as he can get through these six months smoothly, everything will be over after the timelines overlap.
But seeing Xiao Linxi struggling sadly, Miyano Shiho still felt uncomfortable.
What kind of ending is worthy of all the hardships along the way?
"Don't sigh so much, Shiho. You'll become an old man," Lin Xi said. "The other me should be looking for you right now. Do you want to go see her? I'll have someone keep an eye on Kim Bonnar."
"good."
"Shiho..." When Miyano Shiho turned to leave, Lin Xi's voice sounded hesitantly from behind her, "The other me might say something very harsh to you. You..."
"I know, Sister Lin." Miyano Shian nodded soothingly.
After watching her leave, Lin Xi also began to sigh.
She rubbed her brows and stood up, looking a little tired. She went into the bathroom, tidied herself up briefly, and left the hotel.
Soon after, she came to an ordinary convenience store.
She immediately spotted the man in the knitted hat selecting coffee at the counter.
Seeing him drinking coffee, she felt like drinking some too, so she went over and got a latte.
Shuichi Akai was not surprised that she came over. He put two cans of black coffee into the shopping cart and paid with her one after another.
After leaving the convenience store, he said, "Your dark circles have deepened again. Coffee can only provide a temporary boost. If you want to live longer, you need to get enough sleep."
"A hard worker like you, do you have the right to criticize me?" Lin Xi looked at him inexplicably. "Besides, my dark circles are just a character trait, a badge of honor stained by the class atmosphere. If you don't understand, don't say anything nonsense."
Shuichi Akai opened the can with a click and took a sip of coffee.
"It's still early in the month," he said. "What happened?"
He defected two years ago, and the operation to capture Gin was sabotaged by Punch, and the FBI involved in the operation was almost wiped out.
However, Punch did not kill him, but helped him avoid Gin's capture and sent him and his team back to the United States.
The condition is to cooperate with her to rescue the Miyano sisters in the future.
Without being able to contact FBI headquarters, they agreed. Punch then arranged housing and identities for them, changed their appearances once a month, and promised to release them back to the FBI in the future.
And it was still too early for Punch to disguise them.
As for why Akai Shuichi didn't change his appearance... Punch's reason was that it would be a shame to cover up his handsome face. Of course, this wasn't the real reason. The real reason was that even if he were discovered, Akai Shuichi would run away if he had legs, but others didn't have that acuity or self-preservation ability.
Lin Xi had appeared before without Punch's disguise, so Akai Shuichi recognized her as Punch.
"It's almost time. I think you can go back." Lin Xi said, "You've been staying in the house for so long. You must be bored. Go back and pack your things. Wait for my news, and then you can contact your headquarters."
Akai Shuichi paused for a moment. "I'll report the information that you saved us. Is that okay?"
"It doesn't matter. I'll go back and report on my work early. I need you to take care of someone for me later."
Lin Xi took out a photo from his pocket.
Akai Shuichi took the photo and said, "If you want to protect him, you can do it on your own. Do you want the FBI to contact him?"
In the Polaroid photo, the blond young man had clear features, a straight and thin figure, and a smile on his face.
There seemed to be someone standing next to him, but the other half of the photo was cut off in the middle, leaving only a scissors hand sign in front of the young man.
"He's a talented person, and his family background is clean. You won't suffer any loss." Lin Xi said softly, "Take him with you on more interesting trips, don't let him get bored."
Akai Shuichi did not hide his surprise and glanced at Lin Xi.
The last time I heard her speak in this tone was when she was discussing with them the future rescue of the Miyano sisters.
It seems that this person is very important to her.
"Besides this, there is one more thing." Lin Xi opened the latte and took a sip.
It's no different from instant one, so hard to drink.
"This is a private commission," she said. "It's related to your father. You can choose to accept it or not."
When he heard "your father", Shuichi Akai stopped.
"I know you went undercover in the organization because of your father." Lin Xi dropped the bombshell in a calm tone, "Complete my commission, and I will tell you where Akai Wuwu is."
This was an offer Shuichi Akai couldn't refuse.
He once again sensed the unfathomable depth of the person beside him: "What is the commission?"
"When Lin Xi finds you, agree to her request." Lin Xi said.
Akai Shuichi frowned: "Who is Lin Xi?"
"You'll know later." Lin Xi waved her hand. "Don't worry, I won't let you do anything that goes against my bottom line, even though your bottom line seems very low."
This is to prepare for her to find Shuichi Akai in the main timeline and snipe her to the point of near-death - what is the name of the commission?
OK, let’s call it “Achilles’ Heel”.
…
On the other side, Miyano Shiho just floated back to Lin Xi's window and met the girl's red eyes.
Miyano Shiho: “…”
"Who the hell are you?" Xiao Linxi stared at her, her gaze burning a hole in her. "What exactly is your purpose? Why did you lure me to the gallery and let me see those paintings?!"
After regaining her memory, she had many questions, and things that she had not paid attention to before were connected.
The little ghost clearly lured her to the gallery on purpose!
"If your goal is to restore my memory, why not use a more peaceful method, like telling me directly... or letting me know your plans in advance so I can prepare!" She looked very sad, as if she really couldn't figure it out. "That way, we won't alert the enemy and will give me time to avoid implicating Jin..."
Miyano Shiho opened her mouth, but found she couldn't explain.
Lin Xi, who is in the past timeline, cannot understand the concept of "fate".
The so-called "destiny" means that when the timelines overlap, the living conditions of all characters can be self-consistent.
In other words, Jin, who already has a dual personality in the main timeline, must have his consciousness implanted by Karasuma Renya.
He must become the curator of Xiaolinxi, and they must also go through an unimaginably heavy past and be reborn in the fire.
She couldn't tell Xiao Linxi about this.
She couldn't even explain to Xiao Linxi all the coincidences that happened last night, because she couldn't let Xiao Linxi have the chance to discover Da Linxi - this violated the rules of time, which would at best cause time disorder, and at worst cause the world to collapse.
So she could only remain silent.
Seeing her appearance, Xiao Linxi smiled, but tears dripped down her cheeks.
"Aren't you from the future? At least tell me if Jin is safe and sound?"
Miyano Shiho exhaled.
Fortunately, this can still be said.
"He's fine," she said.
Lin Xi pursed her lips.
"Okay," she said. "Little ghost, I know you have your difficulties. You once said you came for me... from the future back to the past. Maybe you think that as long as I can make it to that 'future', I will be happy. But to me, the future has no meaning. Only the present and the past have meaning."
She gave Miyano Shiho a deep look. "I'm sorry, but I don't want to see you right now. Please don't follow me anymore. Since you can mobilize the gallery staff to make it power outages and power back on at specific times, I'm sure there's a powerful force behind you who's been keeping an eye on Karasuma Renya and me, right?"
"I only have one request - that Jin be well. For the past nine years, the affection Karasuma Renya has given me has been false, but I have gained a rare and genuine friendship. He is a good man, and he is the only one I feel sorry for."
After saying that, she closed her eyes exhaustedly.
After a while, a sigh was heard in the air.
"I understand. Before I leave, I'll leave you the Anchor. Use it to remember the thoughts you want to remember—it's more powerful than the memory hypnosis Old Man Joe gave you. No matter how many times you go through brainwashing and amnesia, you'll remember these thoughts and treat them as instincts etched into your bones."
"However, your brain is too fragile after all the torture you've gone through. You can only use it once every ten days."
"……Take care of yourself."
She used Chinese for the last sentence.
She approached Lin Xi, stroked Lin Xi's forehead, and unsealed the system in Lin Xi's brain.
Now Lin Xi could partially use it. Three golden potions lay alone in the system space, and the rest of the grid was all gray.
Tears flowed from Lin Xi's closed eyes.
She choked, wiped away her tears with her hands in embarrassment, turned over, and buried herself in the quilt.
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