Chapter 98 Rabbit Hole - Falling Hmm, it smells so good
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In the falling darkness, the girl opened her eyes.
She saw many colorful, glowing fragments.
These fragments swirled around her like elves and butterflies.
[Where is this?] Lin Xi wondered.
She couldn't help but reach out and touch the fragments.
The fragment shook.
Then a flashing picture appeared like a light curtain.
It is an ordinary courtyard.
Flower pots, clotheslines, bamboo chairs, bird cages, and the afternoon sun, these simple elements combined together make Linxi feel very warm.
[Wow.] The girl exclaimed meaninglessly.
"When I retire, I'm going to buy a little yard like this," she said, pointing at the fragments. "It's all made of wood! I love it!"
Before she could express any further opinions, the fragments suddenly turned into points of light and dissipated.
The girl curled her lips.
She poked at the next fragment.
The fragments suddenly expanded, forming a light curtain larger than before.
Pure white space, cold tiles, the reflection of a scalpel and white figures hurrying back and forth.
Lin Xi seemed to smell the disinfectant so close to her nose.
The girl pondered: [You know, I've never really liked labs...]
Unless there's a handsome guy there.
The light curtain dissipated.
The other fragments were still shining, as if tempting Lin Xi to touch them.
But she didn't rush to touch them, but opened her arms.
"Ah, this feeling of slowly falling... It's like being in water, so safe. But where exactly is this place?" Lin Xi asked.
No one answered.
Only the endless darkness behind the fragments responded to her with silence.
【All right……】
The girl clicked on another fragment.
This time the picture looks like the deep sea.
Looking out from the seabed, everything is wrapped in a deep blue filter.
There was a vague figure outside the filter. Lin Xi couldn't see his face clearly, only the movement of his lips.
What are you talking about?
The view moved upwards again, closer to the sea surface, but still could not see the human figure.
Lin Xi stretched out his hand involuntarily.
Then she saw a pair of hands reaching out from the right side of the picture, almost overlapping with her hands.
The outstretched hand touched a transparent barrier.
Ah. So the sea is frozen.
Lin Xi retracted his hand, [No wonder I couldn't touch it.]
The deep sea. The frozen surface. An indistinct figure. The quivering of lips.
This picture is even worse than the previous one, she thought.
Just thinking about it makes me feel cold.
"Hey, I already know this is my dream," Lin Xi stroked her chin. "Why can't you give me some... you know, warmer scenes, or maybe some handsome guys—or even beautiful girls, my dear dream?"
The fragments seemed to have heard her words. The next scene had a warmer tone.
[Huh? This is...]
Lin Xi recognized it.
The picture shows my home.
At home *out of this world*.
A home where you feel safe whenever you are there.
This time the perspective is seated.
The desk in front of him was cluttered with bags of medicine, empty glass bottles, and a used syringe.
And a computer screen.
The screen flickered, and rows and rows of densely packed symbols gradually emerged from top to bottom.
【Well……】
Lin Xi felt a headache.
Hey, isn’t this a dream? Why am I still feeling pain?
Dreams should have a protective mechanism, right? If it hurts too much, I should wake up...
Lin Xi covered his head and complained in his heart.
But the increasing pain in her head soon made it impossible for her to think about anything.
「Don’t, don’t put that kind of thing in front of me, please! 」
she yelled.
The cold electronic screen simply paused for a moment, then continued to faithfully spit out those symbols.
The strange thing was that even though Lin Xi was in so much pain and wanted to close his eyes and turn his head away from the symbols, his body seemed to be frozen and he couldn't move his eyes away no matter what.
It felt like a huge iron nail was hammered into her head, drilling deep into her brain.
Such sharp pain is actually continuous.
「Please, it’s okay if it hurts in a dream... Why... Ugh, why do you have to show me something like this? 」
Her vision gradually blurred, and the pain made her tears keep falling from her eyes.
The speed of falling was gradually increasing, and finally it accumulated into a terrifying speed.
She felt like Sun Wukong, bound by a spell. No matter her subjective will, once the spell was spoken, she had no choice but to succumb to the pain.
Finally, amidst the pain and falling, a ray of white light pierced from below, and the darkness split open like a torn curtain.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
Lin Xi suddenly sat up from the bed.
She was covered in cold sweat.
She reached out and touched her forehead.
The pain seemed to be still dormant deep in her brain, ready to strike again at any time, plunging her into unbearable pain.
She closed her eyes, gathered her thoughts, and murmured softly, "Nightmare..."
Although she now knew that the dream she just had was a nightmare, no matter how she tried to recall it, she could not remember the process of the dream.
The adverse effects of the nightmare were rapidly fading, like snow melting in the sun. Lin Xi relaxed and stood up to wash up.
Everywhere you look you'll see warmly decorated rooms and various wooden furniture.
Lin Xi shook her head and put on her slippers.
After completing the dungeon last night, she returned to her little bed.
Just wrap yourself in the quilt and go to sleep!
As a result, she had a nightmare again - she had been having nightmares every night since Zhu Fujingguang died.
Every morning I wake up covered in cold sweat and have a dull headache.
She saw in the mirror that her dark circles had deepened even more and sighed.
If she continues like this, she will soon turn into a panda.
The good news is that her memory is almost coming back.
Now it is not too difficult to recall what happened before Zhu Fu Jingguang's death, and my head no longer hurts like an alarm.
Although the details are still unclear, Lin Xi can already remember the general idea of what happened.
This includes what she did in the second-to-last playthrough, and...
Arrangements made in the last week.
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Time goes back to when Lin Xi was still in the copy.
"...You must trust me with all your heart and never resist anything I do to you."
In the penultimate round, on the rooftop, Lin Xi said this.
"good."
Zhu Fu Jingguang responded.
"Now try this... I read the experimental report, and its clinical effect is unexpectedly good." Lin Xi took out a small medicine bottle filled with transparent liquid and a sealed syringe.
Zhu Fu Jingguang:?
Watching Lin Xi draw the liquid into the syringe skillfully, Zhu Fu Jingguang asked with difficulty:
“Senior, this is…?”
Could it be some contraband?
That won't do! This is a matter of principle!
"Don't let your imagination run wild. I'm an expert at giving injections—"
Before Zhu Fujingguang could finish his confusion, Lin Xi had already pulled his hand over, found the right vein and injected him with an injection.
Zhu Fu Jingguang closed his eyes subconsciously.
The needle only caused a slight stinging sensation, which soon disappeared.
As Lin Xi had said, she was an expert at giving injections. Long ago, when she was a researcher at Baijiu Pharmaceuticals, Lin Xi had mastered the art of giving painless injections, thus avoiding causing unnecessary pain to the test subjects.
"Then..." Lin
Xi took out a whole projection device while Zhu Fu Jingguang was stunned.
"Senior, you, you..."
You came here a long time ago and put these things here in advance, right?
No matter how you think about it, it's impossible for a person to hide so many things...
Lin Xi: You know nothing about the power of the system.
"This potion requires special hypnosis techniques and targeted keywords to make people forget the relevant fragments in their memories," the freckled young man explained seriously, pushing his glasses.
[“Hmm? How does it work?” Lin Xi asked curiously.]
"First, administer an intravenous injection. This is a compound medicine, and all its ingredients are essential. Then, play this video footage—it's composed of many special symbols and rhythmic music. My research team and I believe these symbols and music can stimulate specific areas of the human brain, working together with the medicine and keywords to achieve the effect of amnesia."
Madera had introduced this medicine to her at the organization's research institute.
It was in the big bag he stuffed into her before leaving the institute.
"If done right, you can even make the other person forget their identity." The young man smiled. "Just set the keyword to his name."
Forget your own identity.
This is exactly the effect Lin Xi needs now.
"Sit here and put this on." Lin Xi pulled him to sit on the ground and put on headphones for him.
It wasn't a pair of headphones with soundproofing capabilities, so Zhu Fu Jingguang could still hear Lin Xi talking.
"Then relax, don't think about anything, and just stare at the projection on the wall over there."
Lin Xi observed Zhu Fu Jingguang's condition from the side.
"Are there any side effects?" She stroked her chin with interest.
"Of course not. There are no side effects," the young man said. "That's why it works so well. If someone forgets their name and can't remember it, they'll definitely notice they've lost their memory. But what if they forget something 'small'? Like their computer password, the location of an important item—"
"If no one reminds me, I wouldn't even realize I've lost my memory. I wouldn't even suspect my memory has been tampered with, I'd just think I'm forgetful," Lin Xi continued.
"That's right." Madera nodded. "The biggest side effect is possible drowsiness and lack of energy, but that's all within the normal range."
The young man in front of him was very obedient, staring intently at the projection in front of him.
But if you look closely, you will find that the young man's eyes have begun to blur.
The medicine that Lin Xi had just injected him began to take effect.
But his face didn't show any pain at all; it was even calmer than before. The dull pain from his injured arm seemed to have dissipated.
Lin Xi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
She followed Madeira's instructions and spoke calmly:
"From now on, forget the Organization. Forget Punch. And then..."
"Forget [Zhufu Jingguang]."
He saw the young man blinking in confusion, as if tears were dripping from his eyes because the projection in front of him was too dazzling, but his expression was still confused.
His eyelids soon began to droop, and he leaned his head against the wall and fell asleep.
Lin Xi sighed, sat down next to him, put away the projector, and waited patiently for half an hour.
Half an hour later, the young man slowly woke up under Lin Xi's poking and rubbing.
The blue eyes looked at Lin Xi with confusion, making Lin Xi imagine a Scottish Fold cat that had just learned to walk and was staggering.
Too cute, Zhu Fujun.
"Ahem," she cleared her throat, "hello."
"Um, hello?"
The young man blinked and moved his arms, "I seem to be injured."
"Yes. What's your name? Do you need me to take you to the hospital?" Lin Xi asked with a smile.
"Ah, I..." The young man was stunned.
He rubbed his head and thought for a long time, but he couldn't remember his name.
But looking at the girl in front of him who was smiling and looked very happy, he felt that he couldn't let her know directly that he couldn't even remember her name - that would definitely make her look like a fool.
So he decisively gave himself a pseudonym.
"My name is Sato... Hiroaki Sato."
Then he saw the girl in front of him smile even more happily.
"Well, congratulations on joining the Three-Faced Yan family, my friend."
"Uh," the young man blinked, "Excuse me, what is the Three-Faced Face?"
"Band." Lin Xi lied with his eyes open, "Their band and Whiskey are the two kings of Japanese pop music."
youth:……
How come his impression of the Japanese pop music king is not this...
However, seeing the girl's matter-of-fact expression, the young man wisely chose not to speak.
"Well, what's your name, please?"
"Linxi." The girl tucked a lock of red hair behind her ear. "Lin, where the trees stand out among the trees, and Xi, where the stream flows silently."
What a nice name, the young man thought.
This pronunciation reminds people of some kind of musical instrument played in bamboo forests or by streams.
Just as he was about to speak again, he saw the girl's face move closer to him and then stop at a fairly close distance.
He faced the deep green pool and for a moment forgot what he was going to say.
"Do you remember 'the organization'?"
Lin Xi stared at the young man's eyes closely, not missing any slight fluctuation.
—Nothing. The young man looked bewildered, not reacting at all to what she said, his face flushed from being so close to the girl.
"W-what?"
He stammered in response.
Lin Xi tilted her head and blinked: "It's nothing, it's just that you should go to the hospital. Although I gave you a simple treatment, you still need professional treatment, right?"
The young man nodded involuntarily.
"Ah, yes."
Then he remembered that he had just made up a name and didn't have an ID card on him. Could he really pass the hospital's identity check?
And most importantly—
He seems, maybe, probably...
No money.
The girl seemed to see his predicament and helped him up:
"Come on, come on, I have a medical insurance card. Use my medical insurance card! It can be reimbursed!"
The young man stood up with Lin Xi's help, and always felt that the girl's words were very familiar.
He must have worked for a large company before, right? Otherwise, how could he be so familiar with the term "expense reimbursement"?
Maybe it's about, uh, finance.
They went downstairs together and walked into the street.
The young man was somewhat relieved to find that although he could not even remember who he was, he still remembered the road here clearly.
He even knew how many corners this street had and where he could hide from a sneak attack.
Hey, why does he know this?
The young man tilted his head in confusion.
The girl in front looked back at him, as if asking why he hadn't caught up.
He quickly quickened his pace.
It was evening, the time when people were leaving work, and the streets were bustling with people and cars. Before it was completely dark, the lights outside the various shops on the street had already lit up, attracting customers to come in.
The young man followed the girl and for some reason felt as if he was in another world.
It was as if he hadn't walked down the street so calmly and peacefully like this for a long, long time.
Such a harmonious and down-to-earth scene, such an ordinary scene, moved him so much that he wanted to cry.
This won’t do, he said to himself. I’m already this old, it would be embarrassing to cry again.
He quietly let the girl lead him away.
He found that he had an instinctive trust in the girl.
He'd already realized he wasn't an ordinary company employee, much less one in charge of finance—how could an ordinary company employee get shot? And just now, as he'd looked at the surrounding buildings, his mind had automatically selected several good sniping spots...
Could it be that I was a killer before?
His amnesia seems to hide a deeper secret.
Similarly, the first girl he saw after losing his memory was certainly not an ordinary person.
But even with so many doubts, he still chose to follow his instincts and followed the girl obediently.
It seems that as long as I follow her, I don’t have to worry about anything.
It was not until he was bandaged and lying on the hospital bed with an IV drip that Zhu Fu Jingguang came to his senses and seriously thought about his situation.
First of all, I have completely lost my memory.
He couldn't remember who he was, let alone his family and friends. He had completely forgotten his past, his relationships with others, and his profession.
Second, his previous profession was dangerous.
He must have been doing something dangerous before he lost his memory. In Japan, a country with strict gun control, Morobushi Kagemitsu did not think that the gunshot wound to his arm was accidental.
Third, after his injury heals—maybe before that—he has to leave here.
As for Lin Xi... although he had an instinctive trust in her, he always had a premonition that if he stayed with her all the time, it would lead to very terrible consequences.
This premonition was hard to explain, but it was so strong that Zhu Fujingguang could not ignore it.
So, no matter whether the girl is an enemy or a friend, he has to leave her.
As he was thinking, the door of the ward suddenly opened.
He turned around and it was indeed Lin Xi.
The girl had changed her clothes—the white dress she had been wearing when he first met her had been changed, and he guessed it was because the dress was covered in dust—and she slipped in with a food box in her hand and a white cat in her arms.
Seeing him looking over, the girl smiled at him: "Hey, I went to the street to buy some snacks. I know you're not hungry, you just had a glucose drip - but I am hungry. You shouldn't mind me eating next to you?"
Zhu Fujingguang smelled the smell of fried chicken.
He was somewhat helpless: "Miss Lin, please go ahead."
Injured people cannot eat greasy food, and he is not hungry.
But Lin Xi was eating next to him, and he could only watch helplessly on the hospital bed. Isn’t this a bit too much of a bullying for the patient?
However, Lin Xi didn't feel embarrassed at all.
To be honest, she has been craving fried chicken for a long time.
Mm, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, full of juice...
The yellow mustard sauce on top is also very refreshing...
Zhu Fu Jingguang looked at the girl eating with relish. Although he was not hungry originally, he became greedy now.
Did this guy do this on purpose?
He swallowed.
"Hehe, just kidding—" Lin Xi took out another plastic glove from the packaging bag, "I got a glove for you too. But you can only eat with one hand, Sato-kun."
The young man took it reluctantly.
No matter what, he looked much older than her, and being called "Jun" was too...
He took a bite of the hot fried chicken.
Mm, it smells so good.
As for why they were able to eat fried chicken in the ward so late...
Because the girl said that she opened this hospital.
They are now living in a VIP single room, and Zhu Fujingguang is the only patient in the warmly decorated ward.
So it doesn't matter even if the smell of fried chicken covers up the smell of disinfectant in the hospital.
"Mr. Sato, do you want to go to the rooftop later?" Lin Xi asked.
Zhu Fujingguang was stunned for a moment, then looked at his hospital gown and the IV drip.
Although going out for a walk was exactly what he wanted, was it appropriate for a patient like him to sneak to the hospital rooftop?
And no matter how you think about it, in a place like a hospital, the rooftop is definitely locked...
Oh, the hospital is owned by her family, so that’s fine.
For some reason, even the abuse of power feels familiar.
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