Chapter 2 The answer is obvious
Episode 02 The answer is obvious
—Anubis Tuesday 7:23 a.m.
This is the third morning since the completion of the manga "City of Innocence".
I washed myself in front of the mirror with a look of despair.
My dad was getting his toothbrush and water cup from behind me, and I gave him some space. My dad stared at me and exclaimed, "Why are your dark circles so serious? What did you do last night? Didn't you say you had to report to work last night? Didn't you want to go to bed early?"
This is my dad in Anubis, he speaks in a dense manner. My mother is actually quite nagging. They speak only because of their personality and sometimes do not seek answers.
So, even if I didn't answer at this time, they wouldn't mind.
I remember that one time, my kindergarten teacher wrote in the comments that I was introverted and didn’t like to talk, and my dad and mom were shocked. They thought I was always participating when they were talking and that I must be the most noisy one in the school.
I was shocked by my parents' insensitivity.
Because they were worried that my silence might indicate that I had some physical or mental problems.
When I was a child, he loved taking me to see the doctor. My medical records stacked up like bricks. I had no choice but to be forced to make friends. With the magic card-drawing device, I easily became the most popular student in the class. Even students from other classes or grades knew me and often looked for me to play.
Its popularity has reached the point where "whenever I'm alone, they will ask me worriedly if I'm in a bad mood."
“…”
To be honest, because of this, I have a bit of a stress reaction to the question "Are you in a bad mood?"
As we all know, playing with children is really tiring, so tiring that I hope I can be a little grass in the corner that no one cares about in my next life.
I just want to sit in a corner and daydream.
When I finally got past the age where I no longer needed teachers’ evaluations, I immediately enrolled in a less popular major at the local top institution of learning—forensic medicine.
At that time, I still had a large group of friends coming to see me every week.
This continued until I showed them the video of me in the forensic lab calmly using my body weight to press down on the rib shears and cut a human rib; and shared my experience that "the corpse was an alcoholic and even the blood had a sickening sweet smell" and that the fat that flowed out was like the thick, greasy cream on the cake in their hands, and then my friend began to visibly lose contact.
But this pleasant and peaceful life did not last for a year, and the comic plot of "City of Innocence" began.
Forced by the setting of the comics and in order to maintain my current peaceful life, I joined the protagonist team and successfully compressed the original one and a half years of plot into one year.
I remember that on the night of the farewell party, I was still curled up in bed, repeatedly checking my quiet address book. Then fell asleep happily.
Now, the unknown comic book story is continuing.
And to make matters worse, I checked the weather forecast last night and it will rain continuously starting three days from now (Thursday). The city has officially entered the spring rainy season.
At that time, I, who was originally just an insignificant little person, will be the first to offer my blood in the new comic.
…
After washing my face numbly, I told my dad, "Before I go to school today, I want to go there first. You and mom don't have to drive me."
My father and mother work in the same unit as me.
One of the reasons why I chose this major was because I wanted to spend more time with my parents, so that we could go home together every day and chat about today's corpse (?). In short, to some extent, I am the type who clings to my parents.
That's true, but my parents and I are in different fields.
Practitioners in the field of forensic medicine, in addition to the common APT (anatomical pathology technician) and forensic pathologists, also include forensic entomologists, forensic toxicologists, forensic odontologists, forensic chemists, etc.
My dad is an entomologist, my mom specializes in DNA analysis, and I follow a general science path.
"Okay, then we'll see you at lunch. As for breakfast..." My dad gargled casually and said, "Where are you going to have it in the university town?"
Our whole family is not very good at cooking.
Since I was a child, my parents either took me to the company cafeteria or to restaurants for takeout. As a result, the kitchen is smoke-free all year round.
If we go to work together today, we will definitely have breakfast together. I'm going to check one thing though.
"right."
After I answered, I went back to my room to get my bag and went to the master bedroom to see my mother. "Mom, I'm going out?"
My mother, Ms. Zheng, was still half asleep, lying in bed, and she said in a muffled voice, "I'm almost awake. Wait for me! My eyes are open, where is my phone?"
I explained, "I'll go to school first. You and dad can go to work normally."
Originally she was still struggling, but after hearing this, Ms. Zheng fell back on the pillow, "Then I'll sleep a little longer..." After two seconds of silence, she asked again, "Where is your dad?"
"Going to do the laundry."
"OK."
After hearing a single tone, I was sure that she would sleep for a long time. "See you at noon." After saying that, I closed the door gently again.
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I'm not sure if the preview is true or not.
We can only hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
It goes against the development of the comics a bit, but I still have to find a way to survive. I don't want to be a tool in comics.
In fact, I got in touch with Fu Lin after watching the trailer last night.
Since there was no follow-up, I could only collect more intelligence on my own.
If his heart really had been replaced and he couldn't leave, he would probably find a way or a reason to stay.
However, Fu Lin's answer was flawless, and it seemed that he still planned to leave Anubis.
Considering that he is still willing to chat with people in the middle of the night, I think this kind of patience and sincerity cannot be fully replicated by a cold person like Shang Hexing. But even at this point, I was still not completely relieved, so I asked again about Shang Hexing's whereabouts.
Although Shang Hexing is also of college age, he did not go to the university town to study as planned, so few people know his whereabouts.
Fu Lin replied, "If you need help with him, I can help you contact him."
The whole process was very natural.
Even though I still have my doubts, asking more questions would seem deliberate and suspicious. I could only cut my losses in time by saying, "In fact, it has always been a regret of mine that I couldn't become friends with him smoothly after knowing him for such a long time," and quickly ended the topic.
I tossed and turned, hoping on the one hand that I was overthinking it, but on the other hand I felt that I should confirm it carefully. After tossing and turning for half the night, I decided to go to the place where the stray puppy was buried yesterday and take another look.
That is the biosafety landfill of the school's medical or biological department, which is specifically used to handle the carcasses of euthanized medical animals or medical waste.
Because I have always had good grades in college and have been recognized by my supervisor, I still have access to the biosafety landfill.
The newly dug soil is still very soft.
The fluffy corpse didn’t decay that quickly. The touch reminded me of the stuffed toys I received as a child, cold and stiff.
I didn't doubt Fu Lin's words yesterday because that person was Fu Lin.
However, the comic trailer forced me to confirm once again whether Fu Lin, who had been with us for a day, had changed his mind.
In the original novel, Shang Hexing is one of the seven players. Although he has no criminal record, he is the intermediate boss that Fu Lin's camp has to contend with in the early and middle stages. He once worked under the mayor of Anubis, Ethel, and is well aware of the dark side of Anubis. Later, after being influenced by Fu Lin, Shang Hexing returned to the right path and became a popular character in the comics at that time, and his importance in the protagonist team also increased.
After all, Shang Hexing is a fashionable hacker and his appearance is in line with female aesthetics.
In my opinion, the author just arranged for him to be whitewashed because he didn't want a popular character to die and lose a large number of readers.
Shang Hexing still has the image of a gloomy, gloomy and unscrupulous person.
I have a terrible guess: the puppy that had a car accident yesterday was not hit to death, but was suffocated to death by Shang Hexing, or he might have twisted the puppy's neck with his hands.
I touched the puppy's abdomen and found swelling and bruising consistent with internal organ rupture and bleeding after a car accident.
Fractures caused by car accidents are also common clinical cases. The fracture area is congested and swollen, and the fur is damaged. The puppy has multiple fractures, the most serious of which is probably an oblique fracture of the spine. Even if the dog survives, it will be permanently paralyzed and unable to take care of itself.
“…”
If a dog's neck is twisted artificially and killed, an oblique fracture of the spine will not be caused.
There were no bleeding spots on the mouth and nose, which meant that he did not die of suffocation.
I was relieved to find that I had only over-speculated about Fu Lin's behavior.
In fact, the cartoons in the card drawing software are not necessarily realistic.
I comforted myself.
Just when I was about to clean up the puppy's body, unexpectedly, I received a call from Fu Lin.
Unconsciously, I wanted to hang up the phone, feeling that this was the beginning of trouble. But I had to open my phone to respond.
"Li Zhi."
I perked up and responded, "Fu Lin, what's wrong?"
"I care a lot about what you said last night. You want to meet Shang Hexing, right? How about I help you make an appointment?" Fu Lin was still kind-hearted.
I was about to refuse, but I felt my voice become hoarse, so I said, "If it's possible, let's meet him together."
This is the only way to truly determine whether the core has been replaced.
After all, if the core was really replaced, Fu Lin, who had just been backstabbed, would not have cooperated with Shang Hexing. Even if he cooperates, he will actively ask for help.
I think it's time to meet.
After setting a time, I was about to put the puppy's body back to its original place. Suddenly, another notification popped up on the phone’s card drawing app.
When I opened it, I found something new.
[Congratulations to the host for signing in for the 5000th day. You will get a special card drawing opportunity. 】
【Hint: There are countless opportunities to change your destiny hidden in the card pool. If you want to survive in a high-risk world, you can't live without cards. 】
I completely ignored the following hints after I drew the snacks for the Nth time.
However, when I got the card, I still couldn’t help but be excited because I hadn’t had breakfast yet. Click "Draw Card", the light on the screen lasts for six or seven seconds, and finally the light fades, and a card appears.
[Congratulations to the host!] 】
[You have drawn a precious S-level card and received hot and delicious roasted chestnuts]
“…”
It’s worthy of being called a blind box of snacks.
Do you want to claim your reward now? 】
I was hungry and was thinking about clicking "Confirm". But at this moment, just a brief moment, I suddenly realized that there was an invisible red dot moving reflected on the metal plate.
Without turning my head, I realized that there was a camera behind me, silently watching me. And someone's cold gaze has crossed the limitations of time and space and fell directly on my back.
The school’s surveillance has always been for display purposes only and is closed all year round.
But at this moment...it started.
In an instant, the memory of being an enemy of Shang Hexing came to mind - as a hacker, Shang Hexing had surveillance cameras as dense as a spider web, tightly locking onto all his "prey".
My back stiffened unconsciously and my fingertips were cold and numb. As my thoughts raced, my blood roared in my ears.
“…”
Is Shang Hexing spying on me?
Does he think I'm doubting him?
My eyes fell on the puppy and I fell into a long silence.
——The identity of "Fu Lin" has become clear.
But what is the real Fu Lin's current situation?
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