Translator: ThatLazyPotato
Translation Checker: 7qqy
Editor: yuki_shuichi
Near the ruins of the cultivation base in Red Fox City.
A blue Ferrari stopped next to the garbage bins around the corner. The car door slowly opened, and a snow-white calf wearing blue python leather lace-trimmed high-heels stuck out.
Odd Bones lifted the hem of her skirt and got out of the car. She raised up a lace parasol and slowly walked to the garbage bins. One of her heels accidentally stepped on something gross.
A pair of legs were hanging on the edge of one of the bins. The pants were tattered, as if a bum was lying in it.
Odd Bones used her plush fan to cover her mouth and nose. She coughed, then peeked into the garbage bin. “Pitiful child, Puppet Master asked when you were going to go back home.”
Eris laid stiff in the bin, his right eye socket was empty, and his ears had also been pierced. His clothes were shabby, revealing the ball joints of his hands and feet. He looked no different than a rag doll thrown in the garbage.
“I…don’t know. Tell him I’m gonna leave myself to die.” Eris buried his face in the trash and said muffly, “Also, you peacock lady, don’t call him Puppet Master. He’s an artist, the artist Oudin Knicks. Although the biggest failure in his life is placing his hopes on me, this unlucky guy. I hope to never see Divine Envoy ever again, as well as that sashimi wife of his.”
“Fine then, you little hapless thing. Knicks said he fired a pair of new eyeballs and even engraved his name on them.”
Eris jerked up from the bin and into a sit-up position. “What? Is it for me?”
Odd Bones used the lace umbrella to block the garbage flung toward her. “It’s for you. If you don’t make it back to the doll shop within a day, he will press the eyeballs on the newly fired dolls.”
“I’m going back!” Eris jumped out from the garbage bin and launched himself into the Ferrari, bringing a body full of trash with him.
Odd Bones coughed a few times, feeling like her condition had gotten worse.
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IOA Headquarters’ Medical Association ward area in Greenfly City.
Seeing Xiao Xun staring at the hem of his clothes, Han Xingqian smiled. “The newly bought laundry detergent is too fragrant, not suitable for washing work clothes.”
“I-is that so?” Xiao Xun leaned in and sniffed his clothes—it seemed to be just the smell of an ordinary disinfectant, but he still followed Han Xingqian and said, “I’ll go back and wash it.”
“Smell it more carefully.” Han Xingqian slightly smiled and raised his hand, grabbed the back of Xiao Xun’s head, and quickly pressed it down. Xiao Xun fell into Han Xingqian’s arms, unprepared. In a panic, his tail seemed to be touched, but Xiao Xun had no evidence.
Suddenly, a head popped in between the two.
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“The Search Department has never paid me a salary, and you have never paid me consultation fees.” Han Xingqian pushed up his glasses frame, rolled up his cuffs, and put his hands in his pockets. He signaled to Xiao Xun standing opposite of Bai Chunian, who was at a loss. “He loves the smell of disinfectant.”
When Xiao Xun was about to squeeze into the sewer with shame, Bai Chunian waved to him. “You watch the experimental subjects here. Also, pay attention to your own safety. I have something to talk about with Han-ge.”
Bai Chunian dragged Han Xingqian to an empty ward. He closed the door, turned around, and whispered, “Do you still remember Du Mo?”
“Yes, a prison guard at the International Prison.”
“Yeah, him. After the previous warden stepped down, that crow took on the name of a released prisoner, used the identity of Bell-bird who had died while fighting Patissier as his substitute, and just disappeared for a long time.”
“But yesterday he suddenly appeared in the coffee shop outside headquarters. He reported something to me.” Bai Chunian opened the crumpled paper in his pocket and showed it to Han Xingqian. “He said Aileen gave up negotiating a transportation order with Red-Throated Bird and changed to a more reliable one, albeit at a higher price.”
“Which family?”
“The Greyhound family.”
“…” Han Xingqian thought about it. “How did he know?”
“He originally was planning to smuggle himself out of the country by boarding the Greyhound Family’s cargo ship. It so happened that the sailor and the manager talked about this matter during the handover.”
“So, I now have a plan that needs Xiao Xun’s help. But his relationship with the Greyhound Family is really strained. If I directly ask him, he might be against the idea. How about you ask him?”
Han Xingqian, “What else can you do besides borrowing someone else’s omega?”
Bai Chunian thought, “Borrow someone else’s alpha. I also have some arrangements for Bi Lanxing.”
Han Xingqian, “Is this reliable? Du Mo… He can come up with a crafty way to escape the International Prison. He must be someone with a lot of hidden thoughts, so he can’t be trusted.”
Bai Chunian, “What he did was nothing more than the support he was leaning on had fallen, so rather than trying his luck on sneaking out of the country, it was better to go directly to the IOA to try his luck. He’s an omega, and the Alliance has always been very tolerant of omegas. You’re right, so I found a nice job for Du Mo…Uncle Jin has a new brand that needs an operation plan, so I introduced Du Mo to him… In short, think of a valid reason to detain him first.”
“It’s fine. Even if the info is fake, it won’t harm us.”
“Oh right, he also gave me something nice.” Bai Chunian took out a capsule-shaped thing from his pocket, but it was the size of a fist.
This thing looked familiar to Han Xingqian. It was quite heavy in his hand, and he could even hear the sound of water when he shook it.
“Liquid nitrogen.” Han Xingqian slightly raised an eyebrow. “A liquid nitrogen capture net for experimental subjects.”
“Not bad, you can take it to study.” Bai Chunian said proudly.
“Now that I think about it, the day you went to Red Fox City’s cultivation base to stir up trouble, there should be many opportunities to get the liquid nitrogen capture net.”
“Yeah…” Bai Chunian looked at the tip of his shoes. “I thought the president wouldn’t tolerate me anymore so I didn’t take it.”
Han Xingqian, “Ha.”
“Sorry… I won’t do it again, I promise.”
“This is for you.” Han Xingqian handed him a half-used notebook. “I haven’t shown it to anybody else. Whether you burn it or eat it, you can do whatever with it.”
Bai Chunian took the flat, palm-sized notepad in surprise. Dr. Han would carry a small notepad with him anytime and anywhere to record his observations.
He flipped through it. Written on the last page of the notepad was a date and line of words, “Bai Chunian lost control because he witnessed a large number of white lion cubs dying. The scope of his Annihilate expanded to include all life forms around him. Moreover, he didn’t need to know the other party’s name.”
Bai Chuniam raised his eyelids and didn’t say anything.
His M2 ability Annihilate, as long as the person was compressed into a marble and then crushed, the memory of said person would cease to exist in this world. The only weakness of this mechanism was that once it was written down, the person who read the note would remember what happened.
Han Xingqian moved the stethoscope around his neck. “Since you came to IOA, I have been your observing doctor. I know you well enough, and know your nature.”
“My nature…” Bai Chunian grabbed his lapel and pulled it hard. He was a little short of breath. “I’m an extremely dangerous experimental subject, right?”
“No, you are the most empathetic among maturity-staged experimental subjects, which means you’re sensitive and humane.” Han Xingqian patted his shoulder. “You did create a tragedy, but for the Medical Association, an experimental subject feeling ‘distressed’ will give rise to a vindictive mentality, and not a vindictive mentality due to the abnormality of the living environment. You may not get the difference between the two, but that difference is important to us.”
Before Han Xingqian could finish speaking, Bai Chunian rushed to hug him.
“Let go.” Han Xingqian pulled Bai Chunian off him. There was snot on his white coat.
Bai Chunian’s ear suddenly perked up upon hearing some movement outside the door. Then a pair of eyes peeked at them from the glass of the door.
Bai Chunian opened the door. It was a shortie holding the door frame on his tiptoes. He was wearing a patient outfit that was too big on him and didn’t look any more than 10 to 13 years old.
He was holding a book, which was actually a blank dictionary.
“Who are you?” Bai Chunian took the empty dictionary from his hand, but he discovered that the cover of the book and the kid’s left hand were stuck together.
“I am the experimental subject Turing Museum No. 6117.” The shortie watched them calmly with drooping eyes. “Mr. Bai Chunian and Mr. Han Xingqian, I need to talk to you both.”
Bai Chunian bowed down. “What do you want to eat, kiddo?”
He pushed aside Bai Chunian’s face, turned around to close the door, and calmly said, “Don’t look at me like I’m a human baby, Divine Envoy. I’m already in the maturity stage, while you look like a big cat that has just weaned.”
Han Xingqian poured him a glass of water. The kid took it politely, nodded in thanks, then said, “Me and my friends have already talked it out; we don’t want to go back to the cultivation base. I know staying here has caused you guys a lot of trouble, but I need some way out of the Institute. Do you guys have any suggestions?”
Bai Chunian thought about it. “We don’t have a lot of money, and neither is IOA a charity. You guys are still properties of the Research Institute, and are still their commodity.”
Han Xingqian said, “Try to get a lawyer to defend you guys, show that you guys have an independent personality with a clear goal and cognition.”
Turing Museum nodded his head. “Are you sure this will work?”
Han Xingqian shook his head. “It’s worth a try, but you first have to prove to society that you are completely harmless. From now on, Golden Silk Spider will take you guys to do volunteer work at different places every week. However, the numbers are limited—only one maturity-staged experimental subject or two cultivation-staged experimental subjects can be taken at a time.”
Turing Museum thought about it for a moment. “Alright, I will talk to the others. I hope to receive your help. If we can leave the Institute, we will do our best to repay the IOA.”
The volunteer activity went very smoothly.
Every day, Golden Silk Spider would carry the mummy on his back and lead one or two subjects to check in at the places arranged by headquarters. Sometimes they would help the dock workers clean the warehouses, sometimes they would sweep the roads, or they would paint the walls of the churches and paint murals. They would also assist the police to resolve residents’ disputes, taking care of traffic safety protection when kindergarten teachers and students travel, repairing fishing nets, and maintaining beach cleanliness.
Han Xingqian also used his own connections to help them find a few lawyers willing to defend them.
Bai Chunian didn’t have much hope. He sat in Han Xingqian’s consulting room and listened to him call the lawyers he knew one by one.
“To be honest, the law does not recognize the independent personality of experimental subjects. This lawsuit will definitely be a losing case. Han-ge, these lawyers are willing to accept the case entirely out of respect for you. They’re afraid that it’ll be difficult to stay friends with you in the future.” Bai Chunian leaned against the back of the chair with his head propped up and sighed.
“I should at least try.” Han Xingqian put down the phone, rubbed his hands, then lowered his cellphone to text Xiao Xun. “You’ve worked hard recently, come over to my house for dinner tonight. What movie do you want to watch?”
Under his comment, it kept showing that the other party was typing. It was only after a while that he got a reply.
My little puppy <3: I’m going to buy a fish to make soup for you [emoji]”
Bai Chunian leaned over to look. “What are you doing?”
His own cell vibrated before he could see the content of the text. It was Rimbaud who called.
“I saw that damaged rag doll. It was my negligence that I didn’t kill him at the time. I was preoccupied with taking care of you.” Rimbaud was sitting leaning on the windowsill of the apartment building. He was lazily looking down at the ballet theater not far from the window.
An eye-catching bomb was affixed to the bronze ballet statue at the top of the theater with five seconds left on the countdown.
Boom.
Thank You for the new chapter (´｡• ω •｡`) ♡
i felt so single