Untitled Conan II

He muttered for a while, then raised his head suddenly, "Is it because of me? He is trying to save me, right?!"

"He died because of me..."

"Xiao Ruo, Xiao Ruo!" Qu Luoning grabbed the girl's shoulders and called her name loudly, trying to wake her up from her imagination, "Xiao Ruo, calm down and listen to me."

"Sister Luo Ning?"

"Let's go back to the ward first. If you want to know anything, Shao'an and I will answer you. You are not in the right state. You need to rest well, and you don't want it. Ling Che's efforts will be meaningless in the end, right?"

"……Um……"

……

"Actually, even if it wasn't for you, Ling Che wouldn't live long." Sitting on the edge of the bed and carefully tucking the quilt for the girl, Qu Luoning said slowly.

…The pale fingers holding the corner of the quilt tightened tightly, the girl was silent for a while, and then said,

"Ling Che, is he the same as me?"

Startled, Qu Luoning looked at her in surprise, "You know?"

Shaking her head, the girl hooked her lips, "I just figured it out just now. His condition got worse two years ago, right?"

The smell that was like freezing lake water in winter that he felt when he was unconscious was Ling Che... It was the smell that he had only had on him two years ago, before he got that cigar-like smell.

No, more than that, what's more, after removing the cigar smell that was used to cover it up, there is still a very light smell on him, very similar to tobacco, which is the smell of traditional Chinese medicine that she is very familiar with.

When she was in China, the old Chinese doctor made her soak in the medicinal bath every day in order to alleviate her condition, the smell of those medicinal materials.

He just knew that her five senses were much more sensitive than ordinary people, so since two years ago, Ling Che wanted to use the similar smell of cigars to cover up the smell of Chinese medicine on his body, right?

what a fool...

"Actually, he's not the same as you." Seeing the self-deprecating expression on the girl's face, Qu Luoning sighed helplessly, and continued, "Xiao Ruo, do you know what's wrong with you?"

"The cause?" The girl shook her head, hesitating, "Is it congenital?"

"Well, that's true," Qu Luoning patiently explained, "In fact, you, like Ling Che, are all due to congenital genetic defects."

"Gene...defect? ​​How come—" Frowning, she suddenly thought of another girl, and the girl's eyes widened, "Sister Luo Ning, is this due to genetics? I remember, Fujita Yuta Also like me..."

Nodding, Qu Luoning bent down and touched the girl's forehead, "Yes, so, she is also a poor child."

"Wait...!" Grabbing the hand on her forehead suddenly, the girl frowned, "If it's genetic, I, like Yu Fujita, have the blood of the Fujita family. I can understand this, but why... ...Ling Che also...?"

"Silly girl, do you think we didn't investigate that kid's life experience before you brought him back to the island?"

"Huh? But didn't you say..."

"Yes, that's right, we can't investigate his specific life experience." Qu Luoning nodded, "But during his physical examination, we took his DNA sample for analysis. The result is...he and you The DNA similarity is very high."

"So..." Looking at Qu Luoning blankly, the girl couldn't react.

"He is related to you by blood," Qu Luoning sighed after she continued, "It's just that, but I still can't find anything of value."

"how come……"

Qu Luoning nodded slowly, with pity showing on her face, "Although they are all caused by the same genetic defect, Ling Che is different from you. Before he was born, his genes had been artificially adjusted. pass."

"The person who made the adjustment doesn't seem to care at all whether the child can live a normal life in the future, but just wants to adjust his genes to the most standard level...to meet the standard of a medicine..."

"Yaoyin...?!"

Not long ago, the sarcastic words of the man in black echoed again

...he was born as your antidote...

...But it was just a failure...

"Is... as... my antidote?" With difficulty, these words came out of her mouth, and the girl's face was already pale as if she would faint again in the next second.

"No, no, Xiao Ruo, calm down," Qu Luoning comforted her softly while stroking her forehead, "Think about it, Ling Che's genetic adjustment was done before he was born. At that time, even your brother You haven't even been born yet, so how could it be your antidote?"

"...Yes..." Biting her lip and nodding, the girl opened her dazed eyes wide.

"It's just..." After a pause, looking at the girl's face, Qu Luoning hesitated and said uncertainly, "It's just that the person who made the genetic adjustment didn't finish it. In other words, even if Ling Che As an antidote, it is also incomplete..."

"So...it's a failure..." the girl murmured with an empty mind.

"If it's a complete medicine introduction, Ling Che's gene fragments are almost tailor-made for you...It just happens to be able to make up for your genetic defects..."

"how so……"

"That kid suddenly proposed to us two years ago that he wanted to enter that organization as an undercover agent," Qu Luoning looked at the girl whose gaze was already a little dull, and showed an unbearable expression, "It's just that the request has been kept from you."

"He wants to use that organization, because we deduce that the person who adjusted his genes at the beginning is also a member of the organization, so there must be a way to perfect his genes."

"Then, he will be saved?" Looking at Qu Luoning blankly, the girl subconsciously made an excuse.

"No, it's too late." Qu Luoning shook her head, "Ling Che's life will not last beyond the age of 20, even if it is perfected, it will be useless. He will want to find that method just because he wants to save you."

"When he is still alive, use his body as the medicine, plus the method he found, to become the real antidote that can save you."

The Backtracking Truth ([-])

Unlike me who can be controlled with drugs, who insisted on hiding me, since two years ago, with the help of Brother Cheng Yu and the others, Ling Che approached that organization step by step and successfully sneaked in.

Seeing that my body was on the verge of collapse and I might die at almost any moment, Ling Che had already made a decision early on.

It's just that he didn't expect, Brother Shao Ang and the others never expected that that night... I would actually shoot him—

Indeed, I killed him—

I am confident in my marksmanship, but now I also hate it...

With his seriously injured body, he escaped from the organization and was picked up by the people sent by Brother Guangji to the island.

He insisted on seeing me for the last time, but he didn't insist on the end of the operation... In such a physical condition, he was seriously injured and lost blood, but he still asked for an operation... It was just because my condition was too critical at that time...

That's why I said, that's... a big fool, from the beginning to the end, he only thought of me, he never thought about himself! !

After listening to all my words in silence, Xinyi waited for a while before he opened his mouth and said, "But what... has anything to do with that little fox?"

"...it's related..." Looking at the little guy snuggling comfortably in my arms, I smiled wryly, then looked up at him, "Do you remember that day... I said, did you hear Xiaotian's cry? ?”

He nodded, then frowned, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"I don't want to believe it until now..." Sighing, I stroked the little guy's furry head, "The little thing that always haunts me and gets tired of me, will be..."

"Girl, are you sure?" he asked.

Shaking my head, I glanced at him, "I don't want to decide anything based on my own speculation anymore... I really, can't bear the consequences."

I took a breath, and then let it out slowly, I bent my mouth and smiled slightly, "I never thought about this before...Xiaotian was a gift from my brother in France on my fifth birthday, and then I went out there that night After that incident, I was taken to an island in the South Pacific by Brother Shaoang and Brother Guangji; I clearly remember that it was a month later when Xiaotian suddenly jumped into my arms from the window of my room. At that time, I was completely stunned."

Recalling the scene at that time, I still couldn't help raising the corners of my mouth, with warm emotions in my heart, "It's this little guy who ran from the Atlantic side to the Pacific island alone. My parents, brothers and sisters were all amazed , but I feel... very proud—"

"Xiaotian likes to run around very much. I can't see its shadow often, and sometimes it will appear suddenly. When I was 7 years old, I was recuperating in China. When I was chasing Xiaotian, I met him in a small alley. Ling Che then brought him back to the island..."

"It was the same when I came to Japan before. I was left on the island, but suddenly appeared in Japan again. Thinking about it now, I found so many strange things. Xiaotian is a fox, and he can't fly or swim. How could it have crossed the entire Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by itself? How could it have found me only in the entire country of Japan? Obviously...someone is guiding it..."

The acquaintance with Ling Che, and later, the reunion with my brother, if you think about it carefully, Xiaotian played an important role in all of this... It seemed that he was being led step by step——