Chapter 99 Rabbit Hole - Moonlight I have to hide it from all of them and...
They came to the rooftop.
It's already late at night.
Just as Zhu Fujingguang guessed, Lin Xi really had the key to the rooftop.
She is really the kind of person who can do whatever she wants and has a strong sense of action...
It's really enviable.
The wind on the rooftop made him feel a little cold.
He shuddered as a thick coat was thrown over him.
It was worn by Lin Xi.
She took out the men's coat from somewhere, which was clearly not there when they went upstairs just now.
"Thanks."
Zhu Fujingguang pulled his coat closer.
The girl smiled friendly, telling him not to worry, then raised her head to look at the bright moon and the starry sky.
Zhu Fujingguang also looked up.
The moon is full.
He then remembered that the date he saw in the hospital was October, and the Moon Festival had already passed a month ago. (Note 1)
The moon waxes and wanes, wanes and waxes again this month.
When people look at the full moon, they will inevitably think of their hometown and the old friends they meet.
But now he has lost his memory and can neither remember his hometown nor his old friends.
What about Lin Xi? Facing this moonlight, does she also miss her hometown?
The wind blew through them, and he smelled the smell of fried chicken, the slightly pungent camphor smell from the coat he was wrapped in, and the lingering smell of laundry detergent from the girl's newly changed clothes.
My uncooperative brain immediately sketched out the brand and scent of the laundry detergent in my mind.
It's a very common brand in stores.
She chose the soft and fragrant lavender scent.
Zhu Fu Jingguang's face turned red again.
How come I can still remember this after forgetting everything else? Stupid brain!
He stole a glance at the girl.
The moonlight covered her with a layer of silver gauze.
The emerald eyes stared intently at the moon.
The girl's appearance is quite dazzling.
Her mixed-race face, clear eyes and quirky personality make people's eyes follow her involuntarily.
However, she herself was unaware of this, her eyes always focused elsewhere.
Zhu Fujingguang had a feeling that that "elsewhere" was a place that they could not see, touch or grasp, and it was a secret that belonged only to the girl.
He was lost in thought when the girl's call interrupted his thoughts.
"Sato-kun..."
"Ms. Lin."
"I'm very happy." said the girl.
"You know what? This is the first time, out of all the attempts, that you've made it this far."
"...Ms. Lin?"
Zhu Fu Jingguang didn't understand what she was saying.
"The moon is round." Lin Xi smiled. "We've never seen the moon rise before, so I never knew it would be so round, so big, and so beautiful today—like a mooncake."
The young man gave up thinking and listened quietly. When he heard this, he wanted to laugh:
Mooncakes have always been compared to the moon, but how can the moon be compared to mooncakes?
"This proves that the direction we're trying is correct. Memory—perhaps the key to determining whether the plot is complete. Just now, I witnessed the death of 'Zhufushi Jingguang' with my own eyes—you were still lying in bed at that time, and I returned to that rooftop."
"I found a volunteer and spent some time putting on a delicate makeup for him. Luckily, the system is not so strict about time after you lost your memory—"
The young man listened quietly. Even though the girl had just mentioned his past name, it did not arouse the slightest reaction from him.
"I've been wondering how the system actually works. Writing down the answers in the 'present' and then completing the process in the 'past' would be too prone to all sorts of bugs."
"Now that I think about it, it probably used a crude method to circumvent the bug. For example, after I returned to the 'present', it returned other people's memories of me in the 'past' to them."
"So, the reason we keep encountering plot-related kills is because—'Zhufushi Jingguang' is *already* dead in everyone's memory. To prevent bugs in the world, the system can only kill you over and over again."
Lin Xi stretched out his arms and rested them on the railing of the rooftop.
"I have to hide you from all of them."
This sentence is a joke with a sarcastic tone, and even the ending tone is light.
The words floated into Zhu Fu Jingguang's ears, making his ears feel a little itchy. He shook his ears subconsciously, but did not dare to touch them, as if a butterfly had landed on his ears, and he was afraid that if he moved, the butterfly would be frightened and fly away.
Is this saying, we have a secret together? Just you and me?
A secret joy rose in his heart.
But that joy was also accompanied by a huge sense of bitterness.
Because the girl's words seemed to say that she was going to challenge an impossible goal - the difficulty was not that she couldn't find a way to complete it, but that it sounded too tiring.
Why bother?
"Ah." The girl sighed almost simultaneously with him. "I've kept it a secret until now. However, the plot isn't complete yet. It seems those 'everyone' must include myself. I need to find a way to make myself forget you..."
“——No.” The young man said subconsciously.
It was terrifying enough that he had forgotten who he was. He couldn't imagine how uneasy he would be if Lin Xi, the only person he knew after waking up, also forgot him.
Lin Xi looked at his revealed emotions in surprise and smiled.
Compared to his past self, after losing his memory, Zhu Fushigi Jingguang's emotions are written all over his face, which is so adorable.
"Don't be afraid," she soothed skillfully, "Trust me."
"We can definitely do this. It's not that hard! I've already figured out how to do it."
The girl said with confidence.
The young man looked into those green eyes and was stunned for a moment.
He always felt that these eyes should be a different color.
What color is it...
"I believe you," he said softly, his voice so low it seemed like he was sharing a secret. "I always believe in you."
"Then be confident!" Lin Xi patted his shoulder. "We are on the last step of our journey to the West! We can even see the moon!"
The uneasiness and anxiety were dispelled by the girl's vitality, and he couldn't help but smile and replied, "Okay."
"Let me tell you, we all have a patronus," the girl continued. "It can help us fulfill our wishes. I'm not kidding. If your patronus is absent and blown away by the wind, I can also work part-time as your patronus."
Ah, the guardian angel...
Such warm words. Warm and familiar.
He was sure that he must have had a relevant conversation with the girl before he lost his memory.
But he himself had no desire to fulfill.
Rather than fulfilling the girl's wish, he hoped she wouldn't be so exhausted. Being someone else's patron saint, fulfilling their wishes, was exhausting just thinking about it.
He looked at Lin Xi and wanted to say: Thank you for being my guardian angel. If one day you get tired, please give up on me.
But he didn't say it out loud, because he had a subtle feeling - Lin Xi was just that kind of person, and no amount of persuasion would be of any use.
"Okay." That was all he could say in the end.
"So, Sato-kun, just to be on the safe side, can you do another experiment with me?"
"Uh, okay..."
"I was just thinking, if my age changes, the chances of being recognized would be even smaller, right? But I'm not sure if you can do that... After all, this drug is selective about genes..."
The girl came closer to him and showed him what she had in her hand.
There are two red and white capsules.
APTX4869.
A drug that kills without being noticed. It can make a person appear to have died of cardiac arrest, and an autopsy can't find the cause of death. But under extremely rare circumstances, miracles can happen in death.
It can rejuvenate those who take it and make them ten years younger.
Madeira speculates that the effect of APTX4869 may be related to a specific gene sequence.
Zhu Fu Jingguang blinked and reached out to pick up the capsule.
"Hey, don't be anxious." Lin Xi retracted her hand. "But let me tell you, this medicine might make you feel very uncomfortable, right?"
She remembered that every time Xiao Ke transformed, he always felt uncomfortable, trembling all over, sweating profusely, and his heart ached terribly...
The young man nodded and did not take back his hand that was about to take the medicine.
There was no fluctuation at all due to the statement that "I might die".
Lin Xi sighed helplessly:
"One is for you, and one is for me. Men first."
"……good."
The young man suddenly blushed again.
How terrible, the young man thought, in this moonlight, their behavior looked like a suicide for love.
Stop thinking! What are you thinking about?
He shook his head in annoyance, picked up the capsule as if to cover up, raised his head and swallowed it.
Soon he felt his whole body begin to heat up, so hot that he felt like his skin was steaming, his heart ached, and his vision went dark.
...It's really painful.
The coat he was wearing fell to the ground.
He stumbled a few steps. The girl quickly supported him and watched his reaction intently.
Under such a gaze, he felt a little embarrassed.
Ahhh… I must be in a mess right now.
...Huh?
His hospital gown seemed even looser. His shoes, too, looked like they were about to fall off...
Lin Xi seems to have grown taller...
I feel so sleepy... Is this also one of the side effects?
He tried to look at the girl.
Did this experiment achieve the effect she wanted?
In the gradually darkening vision, he saw the girl also tilt her head back and swallow the capsule.
Lin Xi smacked his lips.
It's really unscientific that the capsules can work so quickly.
Her heart also began to ache.
She turned to look at the shrunken Zhu Fu Jingguang and said with a smile:
"As expected of you, the experiment was a success! Congratulations, you've become a girl... You've become a young boy!"
"You're truly one in a million, uh, the chosen one! Don't be afraid, um... if you only had 80% confidence before, now it's 100%..."
Is it really okay? Zhu Fujingguang thought.
But you look like you're in pain.
"But I don't seem to be as lucky as you..." The girl gradually relaxed her grip on his hand.
...What does this mean?
Zhu Fujingguang tried hard to open his eyes and stay awake, but his body went against his will and slowly fell to the ground.
Before his vision went completely black, he saw the girl's falling body.
Don't do this... again...
He thought.
In his blank memory, he could not recall any relevant memories, but he still felt very sad, as if something like this had happened before, right in front of him.
"Don't be afraid..." The girl's voice was so weak that it sounded like an illusion.
"I...promise you, Zhufu, this is the last time."
He wanted to cry.
His eyelids finally fell shut heavily. He collapsed onto a coat that was larger than he was, and onto a baggy hospital gown.
The girl fell beside him, also with her eyes closed.
Unlike the last shooting, this time the death process was slower and more lingering.
It's hard to describe the feeling. After my heart ached to a certain degree, all the pain suddenly disappeared, as if my body had finally given up resistance to death.
She felt…relaxed.
Maybe I'm really tired, Lin Xi thought, I must give myself a good vacation after I go back.
Thinking of this, her consciousness sank into the deep sea.
In a trance, she seemed to see a rushing river across the front.
…
This is all Lin Xi did in the penultimate round.
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(Note 1: Tsukimi-no-Tsuki is the Japanese name for Mid-Autumn Festival. They also call it 15th night.)
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