Chapter 245 Is the Soul Returning Homeland Strict?
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It's raining outside the window.
Lin Xi lowered his hood and placed his umbrella aside, letting the water drops dripping from the tip of the umbrella gather on the ground, forming a small puddle.
She reached out to take the hot latte that Amuro Toru handed her and said thank you.
She has now disguised herself as the female student in JK clothes that she saw this morning. She has a tender face, her hair draped over her shoulders, and she is sipping hot latte in small sips.
Amuro Toru looked at her without saying anything.
After she finished her hot latte and sighed comfortably, Toru Amuro reached out and took the empty cup away.
"I've retrieved all relevant files. The Numabuchi family is well hidden in Mount Vega, but there are indeed problems with their accounting. Huge sums of money have been wired to them from unknown overseas accounts, and there are also items in their underground laboratory that couldn't be taken away... There must be someone behind the scenes funding their experiments," Amuro Toru said. "But there's a big question mark... By the way, how did you discover this?"
Lin Xi rested her hand on her chin: "It wasn't me who discovered it, it was Lin Xi who discovered it."
"Lin Xi went hiking on Zhinu Mountain yesterday, and coincidentally, she ran into the fugitive Kiichiro Numabuchi. After she told me about it, I searched the organization's intranet and found that Kiichiro Numabuchi was the experimental subject who escaped from the laboratory earlier."
"So while I asked Lin Xi to help catch Kiichiro Numabuchi, I contacted you and asked you to have the police take over Kiichiro Numabuchi's case."
Amuro Toru snorted: "You are becoming more and more bold."
"This is police territory. When you entered through the heavily guarded entrance, facing those armed police officers, didn't you feel guilty at all, Punch?"
Lin Xi: ...
Not strict.
Is it strict? Like a forest.
With her disguise skills, wouldn't it be easy for her to sneak in?
But seeing how confident Amuro Toru was in the police, and seeing that they had indeed helped him this time, Lin Xi nodded politely: "I'm scared to death."
In the end, this sentence seemed to have the opposite effect. Although the curve of Amuro Toru's mouth deepened, Lin Xi could see that he was actually not in a very good mood.
She quickly tried to make amends: "But I haven't done anything wrong. I'm a good person. I believe the kind, honest, smart and alert police officers won't arrest me."
"...You'd better." Amuro Toru crossed his arms. "Numabuchi Kiichiro has been handed over to us. However, his mental state is indeed not good, and he has serious suicidal tendencies. And I don't know if it's because of the experiments he went through, but his body is very resistant to sedatives."
"In order to get him to sit quietly, we shortened the sedative injection time and increased the dosage. Considering his 'brilliant record', his handcuffs were also replaced with special ones."
"He's in the next room right now. You can go ask him questions, but..." Amuro Toru paused, "He must be under our surveillance."
"Of course. The guest should follow the host's wishes." Lin Xi stood up and stopped when passing by Amuro Toru: "By the way. There is something I want to remind you."
"What?"
"Hide well recently." Lin Xi smiled, "Don't reveal your true identity and implicate me."
Looking at Lin Xi walking away, Amuro Toru frowned.
What does this mean? Is something going to happen soon?
Or is it that there are organized people around him recently?
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Lin Xi opened the door.
The overhead light cast a pale glow. Kiichiro Numabuchi sat in the middle seat, looking listless.
"Hello." Lin Xi greeted politely, "How are you feeling now?"
Kiichiro Numabuchi looked up at her and sniffed in confusion.
...Strangely, that delicious smell I smelled yesterday appeared again.
But the person in front of me looks different from the one yesterday...
"Dizziness," he answered honestly. "Everything feels so far away from me."
"Do you still hear or see strange things?"
Kiichiro Numabuchi shook his head.
"Not in this case," he said, his voice hazy, "but it will appear after a while."
"Have I caused you a lot of trouble?" Seeing that Lin Xi didn't say anything, he lowered his head and stared at his fingers, "I'm so sorry."
"No, on the contrary, I'm very happy to see you." Lin Xi said something that couldn't be more true, "I have a lot of things I want to ask you."
Kiichiro Numabuchi raised his head.
"I... I also want to help you, but I get a headache when I think about those things, and I don't want to have a headache," he said.
"Don't think about the details. Empty your mind. The sedatives remaining in your body will make it easier for you to do this." Lin Xi said softly and slowly walked in front of him.
"Next, answer my questions intuitively."
"Don't worry, I won't ask you a lot of questions. I know you don't want to tell me. I just need you to tell me - what is the name of the man who took you away?"
After she walked in, the fragrance became stronger. Numabuchi Kiichiro couldn't help swallowing.
"I can't say, I—"
He paused.
As he watched, Lin Xi cut a hole in his arm with her fingernails. Blood flowed out, and the rich aroma suddenly became more intense than ever before, severely impacting Numabuchi Kiichiro's nerves.
"The food they gave you wasn't tasty enough, was it?" Lin Xi's voice was almost coaxing. "The animals you used to raise at home could only barely fill your stomach."
"My blood is the greatest temptation to you. Don't be afraid. I just want the answer to that question - who was the man who took you away four years ago?"
Kiichiro Numabuchi's eyes were fixed on Lin Xi's bleeding white forearm.
Smells so good, smells so good, smells so good...
So hungry, so hungry...
Just answer the questions and you can...eat...
"Ma...Madeira..." He opened his mouth and the words mixed with saliva flowed out of his mouth.
Tick-tick, dripping on the table.
Lin Xi got the answer and smiled happily. She raised her hand, and the blood on her arm did not slide down, but just flowed along her arm, drawing several glaring red lines on her arm.
She walked out of the room, ignoring the gaze of Kiichiro Numabuchi who was staring at her back.
As soon as she closed the door, Amuro Toru's hand grabbed her wrist.
Lin Xi didn't use much force, and her nail only made a small cut. Even if left alone, it would soon solidify. But Amuro Toru frowned, but still took out the medical kit, disinfected it, and wrapped a bandage around her.
"Thank you." Lin Xi sat elegantly on the sofa. "I'm sure you have a lot of questions for me, Bourbon."
"You ask, and I'll answer depending on the situation."
Seeing her so calm, Amuro Toru couldn't help but laugh angrily: "What's wrong with your blood?"
Punch knew that his blood had a special attraction to Kiichiro Numabuchi, so he deliberately cut his skin just now - why would Kiichiro Numabuchi, an experimental subject, react to Punch's blood?
The only answer he could think of was human experiments.
Punch knew the attraction of his own blood, and there were only two answers: either Punch participated in the experiment on Kiichiro Numabuchi, or Punch himself was also an experimental subject.
Either answer made Amuro Toru's eyes go dark.
"Human blood contains glucose. It's sweet and salty, rich in nutrients, and has a strong taste. Of course, it will attract wild animals... Don't look at me like that. I'm just joking."
Lin Xi folded her hands obediently, "The hot latte just now was delicious. It had the aroma of oil, rich milk flavor, and just the right amount of sweetness. It warmed my heart and my stomach..."
"I'll ask someone to make you another cup." Amuro Toru said coldly.
Punch had just described blood and now he was describing latte, which made him feel a little weird when he thought of latte.
"Thank you." Lin Xi thanked him, "But your first question is, is it my blood? I thought it would be Madeira."
Amuro Toru didn't say anything, just stared at Lin Xi quietly.
"Okay, okay... Through some channels, I discovered that Kiichiro Numabuchi had a particular preference for eating certain animals," she said. "After the Numabuchi family disappeared and their animals were divided up among the villagers, the animals originally raised by the villagers were mixed with the Numabuchi family's animals."
"However, Kiichiro Numabuchi had a keen sense of smell, able to distinguish between his own animals and those of others. The animals he captured and ate were all former Numabuchi family members. Considering the basement used for animal experiments, I believe all the animals kept by the Numabuchi family have been subjected to experiments—I don't know what those experiments were, but they are different from other animals. The police also took a few chickens back, right? Take them to your laboratory to examine them, you might find something."
"Then, when we met today, I noticed that he kept swallowing his saliva after seeing me. I guessed that my blood would also be very attractive to him, so I tried it - and it turned out to be true."
"So I tempted him a little with what he wanted. His willpower was already weak from his mental illness, so he succumbed to the temptation very quickly."
"Do you have any more questions, Bourbon?"
Amuro Toru gritted his teeth and sneered: "Do you think I will be fooled by you?"
He approached the sofa and grabbed Lin Xi's wrist:
"Would you like to hear my other version of the story?"
"Kiichiro Numabuchi was subjected to human experiments and has a morbid desire for the blood of certain animals and humans."
"And your body has been modified before. You heal faster than an average person, and your appearance hasn't changed at all in the past five years—this is the result of the modification. Do you want me to explain it more clearly?"
"Punch, you were experimented on, just like the chickens, rabbits, and sheep that were taken to the basement and locked in cages!"
"That's why Kiichirou Numabuchi is so thirsty for your blood, isn't it?"
"And you knew this, which is why you came here today, convinced that you could use this to pry the answer you wanted out of Kiichiro Numabuchi!"
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