The strongest scum after me

one year later.

"Conversion successful!"

"Congratulations to the director for getting a new body!"

"This transition is still as smooth as before!"

The fair-haired, snow-skinned, beautiful girl broke away from the conversion device, and she slowly opened her eyes as the researchers scrambled to congratulate her ears.

"Lin, how do you feel? This transition took you 5 minutes longer than before. Is there something wrong in the middle?"

Shimizu Sakura looked at the other party's concerned face, she knew that he was one of Qingshui Lin's subordinates, and she had always admired Qingshui Lin - she had thoroughly investigated Qingshui Lin's interpersonal relationship during this year.

And imitating a person who knows the extreme is a very simple matter for Shimizu Sakura.

Shimizu Sakura lowered her eyelashes, and said lightly in Shimizu Lin's usual tone: "Fortunately, there is nothing wrong. It's just that I spent too much time with that child, and when I finally made a move... I hesitated a little."

The subordinates did not doubt her statement.

Everything that happens in the Psychic Transformation Device can only be known to those inside it, and others will not know and cannot participate.

In order to ensure that the last surviving soul is the main body and not a clone, a test is set up after each soul conversion.

Shimizu Lin is a genius in the field of spiritual power. All the questions are designed by her, and Shimizu Sakura knows Shimizu Lin too well. Said to be clear at a glance.

She successfully passed the inspection test, put on the white coat that Shimizu Lin often wore, shuttled through the research institute without arousing any suspicion, and came to the lawn outside the building.

Along the way, she recalled everything she experienced in the mental power conversion device not long ago.

The victory and defeat have been divided, and before the mental power dissipated, Qingshui Lin seemed to have finally recovered from the fact that she was defeated. She looked at Qingshui Ying, as if she really knew her clone for the first time: "... Why?"

Shimizu Sakura knew what she was asking.

Why the clone who is at an absolute disadvantage can outperform the experienced main body - this is something Qing Shuilin can't figure out.

But Shimizu Sakura thinks the answer is actually very simple.

The "Phoenix Project" can be carried out with a [-]% success rate until now, not only because the spiritual power of all the ontology is absolutely stronger than the clone, but the ontology has the advantage of information difference.All the cloned souls that entered the mind conversion device died at the hands of the original soul before they even knew what happened.The cloning is in the open, but the real body is in the dark, and it is always an arrow in the back that makes people crushed.

But now, the situation turned around, Qingshui Lin was in the light, and she was in the dark.

She is a clone of Qingshuilin. They have the same genes and talents, similar educational environment and growth environment. In a sense, they are even the same person. Be more aware of your own weaknesses.

The biggest and deadliest difference between them is that Qingshui Lin treats her with contempt.

No body will think highly of their own clones. In their view, even if the other party has an independent soul and personality, it is just a container. Sooner or later, they will dedicate everything to themselves, even their lives.

In the eyes of these people, clones have never been "human beings".

How dare an object resist its owner?

The other participants of the "Phoenix Project" are so arrogant, let alone Qing Shuilin who personally proposed and implemented the "Phoenix Project"?

She is a genius and has never encountered setbacks in the field of spiritual power. She has raised Shimizu Sakura since she was a child and has grown into a naive little girl. She knows that although Sakura is smart, she is not cruel enough. She claims that she has mastered Shimizu Sakura. So it is natural to despise her like the first four clones, but forget that even if the girl who has the same gene as her is not as cold and cruel as her, how can she be innocent?

The most taboo thing in a life-and-death battle is to belittle the enemy, but she is more than just belittle Shimizu Sakura?

She hardly ever puts her in the eye.

So in the end, it was defeated by her, and there was nothing to complain about.

Shimizu Sakura thought quietly.

However, just because Shimizu Lin lost, it doesn't mean that Shimizu Sakura won.

Because, there are so many, so many people like Qingshuilin who openly obliterate other people's lives.

Thinking of this, Shimizu Sakura was a little dazed.

She was standing on the lawn outside the research institute, where the sky was clear and the grass was lush, and the hot summer sun shone through the lush green leaves, and her shadow was shattered in the shadows of the trees.Shimizu Sakura raised her head, she stretched out her hand to block her sight, the bright sun shone on her body, but it almost gave her the illusion of being burned.

All the researchers she met on the way from inside the institute stopped to say hello to her.

They are greeting Qingshui Lin, director of the institute.

[It's really ridiculous. 】

Shimizu Sakura thought.

It is obvious that she is using her own body, and that what is inside her body is her own soul, and that she has done nothing wrong, but from now on, she must live as "Qing Shui Lin" in the eyes of everyone. go down.

It's... ridiculous.

Why must she live as "Qing Shui Lin"?

Why can't she be herself?

Why can Qingshui Lin, who has done so many wrong things and killed so many people, live frankly under the blue sky, and once Qingshui Sakura is exposed, she can only be reduced to ashes in the sun?

Who is it that tramples on the law?

Who is it that disregards human rights?

Who are the people who can't see the light?

Obviously everyone understands it clearly, right?

But why—why can the culprit live so openly, while the victim wants to live, but can only hide?

Shimizu Sakura knew why, but she couldn't understand it.

She felt like she would never understand in her life.

"Director." The subordinate's respectful voice came from behind, "There are two adults who will undergo 'spiritual replacement surgery' this afternoon. When do you think it is better to arrange it?"

"... two adults?"

The subordinate reported two names, and Shimizu Sakura listened silently. She didn't know the two adults mentioned by the subordinate, but she was very familiar with the two surnames, which were the surnames of children of the same age as her in the orphanage.

They are going to die.

But they don't know anything about it yet.

Their lives were about to end before they even started, and she had nothing to do about it, because even she herself was a mud bodhisattva crossing the river-she couldn't protect herself.

It is foreseeable for Shimizu Sakura that from now on, every day she lives as Shimizu Lin in the research institute, she will have to face the desperate situation of watching her companions die without even being able to cry.

Maybe she'll be the one who signed it herself, gave the order herself, and even piloted the device to take their lives.

She closed her eyes, unable to stay on the grass outside the institute any longer.

The sun here is too harsh.

Not long after, Shimizu Sakura resigned from the position of director and left Shimizu Research Institute regardless of the persuasion of her subordinates and high-level government officials.Her actions caused an uproar in the research institute and the high-level government. There are different opinions. Some people say that Qing Shui Lin gave up her wealth and power to leave the research institute because she was tired of the same life, and some people said that Qing Shui Lin left the research institute because of killing Because of the clone Shimizu Sakura who I raised since I was a child, I have psychological problems.

No one doubted that the soul in this body was not Qingshui Lin.

Just like no one would ever think that Shimizu Sakura could pose any threat to Shimizu Lin.

Many years have passed since the "Phoenix Project" was proposed, and the technology and process have become very mature. Even without Qingshuilin, other researchers can still conduct experiments independently.Therefore, although the senior executives regretted her resignation, they did not force her to stay, but only stated that the position of director will always belong to her, and she can come back anytime she wants.

[The friendship based on interests is really strong. 】

Shimizu Sakura thought.

The institute has a lot of experiments to do every day, and the time is tight. People who travel through it are in a hurry. They seem to have very clear goals about where they want to go and what they want to do, and they never hesitate or stop.

Shimizu Sakura stood in the bustling crowd, she was about to leave the research institute, but even standing in the crowd, she still couldn't get rid of the kind of loneliness that was always with her.

Those who occupy other people's bodies and obliterate other people's lives are not her kind, and those who indulge in ignorance in daily life are not her kind, and her partners of the same origin and clones will not regard her as a human being. similar.

No one can really understand her and accept her. She is a lonely ghost floating in the crowd without anyone noticing, and she is the only alien in this world.

The world is so big, but suddenly, she didn't know where to go next.

The next road, how should she go.

Before leaving, Shimizu Sakura went back to the research institute for the last handover work. Unexpectedly, she saw a person there who should never have appeared here.

The girl in jk uniform was wearing a white headscarf and braids. With her hands in her pockets, she happily hummed and chatted with the researchers.

Shimizu Sakura stared at her blankly, unbelievable, her heart beat so fast that it seemed to fly out, she almost had the urge to cry: "Li——"

However, before she could say anything, the girl who had the same appearance as Riko Tenuchi had already seen her. His eyes lit up, he waved at her, and trotted up to her: "Lin! Long time no see!"

Shimizu Sakura hadn't fully called the exit, and it got stuck in her throat.

She looked at "Riko Tenuchi", but the other party didn't notice her strangeness at that moment at all, and continued on her own: "Long time no see, Lin! It may be because of Riko Tenuchi's suicide and brain death. It takes a lot of effort to occupy this body... But after changing my body this time, I feel that the adaptation period is much longer than before. I have been adjusting, and I haven't had time to visit you before you leave... Lin, I heard that you never The research institute resigned? Why? Nothing happened, right?"

The other party looked at her worriedly, and she was waiting for Qingshui Lin's answer.

Shimizu Sakura's heart, which was originally excited and jumping, returned to a dead silence.

The real Riko had already died at the moment of shooting, but even if she used death to emphasize her personality and dignity, she still couldn't escape the fate of being treated as a container.

But now, Jiu, the culprit who killed Lizi, occupies the magpie's nest, lives in her body with peace of mind, and regards her as Shimizu Lin, asking her with concern if she is okay.

This world is really strange. Everyone is emphasizing that everyone is equal, but human lives seem to be unequal.

People who do wrong don't have to pay the price, but innocent souls don't even have the chance to get justice.

"Tennei Riko" seemed to have misunderstood her silence, looked at the jk uniform on her body, and patted her head a little embarrassedly: "I was always busy before, and I didn't enjoy life very much, so this time I I plan to relax myself and experience the life of a high school girl...don't laugh at me."

Her voice is exactly the same as Riko's, still so crisp and sweet, but to Shimizu Sakura's ears, it's like the sharp sound of fingernails rubbing against glass, the sound is so loud that it almost overwhelms all other sounds, making her feel a little bit Feeling dizzy and want to vomit.

She was silent for a little too long.

"...Lin? Are you okay?"

Shimizu Sakura stared at "Amanouchi Riko", and seemed to be looking at someone else through her. She heard her own voice say in the same tone as Shimizu Rin: "...don't worry, I'm fine."

"That's good." "Riko Tennouchi" took her hand intimately, "It happens that we are leaving the institute, so let's go together! Do you know where we should go?"

"Well, I see."

Shimizu Sakura said.