I'm being held captive by a monster

Chapter 180 Two years ago, in South City, Lin Xingan was 2 years old

Chapter 180 Twelve years ago, in South City, Lin Xingan was six years old
11:40 pm.

Inside the safe house, Lin Xing'an let out a light breath, slowly opened his eyes, and retracted the ghost realm.

In the pupils, tiny fragments of darkness swam through like fish.

And in front of him was Keke's delicate face that was almost close to his.

"Senior sister..."

Lin Xing'an instinctively leaned back to create some distance.

But even though Keke blushed, he still pressed forward.

Lin Xing'an, who had been sitting for a long time, couldn't control himself for a moment and lay down on the bed.

"awesome!"

"Junior, you are the most patient person I have ever seen absorbing Yin Hui for the first time!"

She half-lay on Lin Xing'an's body, looked at the gloom in Lin Xing'an's eyes, and sighed with approval.

Then he sat up as if nothing had happened.

"I……"

Lin Xing'an shook his head, looked at the time, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

“It took so long to absorb…”

"and……"

He jumped off the bed, twisted his neck, jumped, and moved his extremely stiff body.

His face was full of novelty and excitement.

"It feels obvious, right? The jump from Level E to Level D is the biggest, and the feeling is the most obvious."

Seeing Lin Xing'an blinking constantly and staring at the scenery outside the window, Keke also smiled knowingly.

It was the same after she upgraded.

I felt like the world in front of me suddenly became clear.

It's like going from 500 degrees of myopia to eagle eyesight in an instant.

"Wow, I can even see the shapes of snowflakes in the sky..."

Lin Xing'an stood by the window, breathing slightly faster.

Tiny snowflakes began to float in the night sky again.

"It will be more obvious after you wake up from a good sleep and let it settle down."

Koko said with a smile.

Lin Xing'an also withdrew his gaze, twitched his nose, and then rubbed his stomach.

"Are you hungry? I ordered some barbecue, it should be here by now! I'll go get it!"

"Let's go together, Senior. I haven't been out since I got here."

Lin Xing'an said hurriedly.

"Just stay here and feel the darkness in your body and your own strength."

Ke Ke put on his shoes and walked out of the building. "This safe house is to protect your junior. What if the delivery guy is actually a beast?"

She said seriously.

"……All right……"

Lin Xing'an didn't insist anymore and nodded.

When he saw Keke close the door and heard Keke trotting away, the surprise and joy on his face disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"boom!"

The darkness in Lin Xing'an's body suddenly surged out!
As his thoughts continue to change!
Then it suddenly spread out into countless extremely tiny particles.

Lin Xing'an waved his hand.

These particles then sneaked out through the cracks in the doors and windows, drifted in the cold wind, and disappeared into the air in the blink of an eye.

"call……"

Lin Xing'an closed his eyes again and quietly established a connection with all the darkness scattered outside of him.

The Yin Hui absorbed directly from the Yin Spring this time was of very high purity.

It is much, much better than the dark quality in the gluttonous ghost's body after they killed it.

After a few more rounds, Lin Xing'an felt that his own strength could even break through to Class B.

Even now, he could feel a subtle improvement.

The improvement of the ability to control darkness...

These dark particles are like Lin Xing'an's tentacles.

Feeling the world for him.

For him...follow Keke's steps...

"Brother Xu."

Outside the building, the person delivering food was Xu Zhe.

"What did the minister tell you to do?"

After seeing Keke, Xu Zhe asked directly.

"The Minister asked me to teach Lin Xing'an how to digest darkness and control the ghost realm."

"Let me teach Lin Xing'an...what you taught me back then."

Ke Ke did not hide anything and spoke directly.

"Has Lin Xing'an already absorbed the Yin Spring?"

"Yes, he absorbed the darkness of an entire realm in one go, and has now digested it all. It took him four hours to digest it."

"...the darkness of a realm..."

Xu Zhe exhaled, "Is your talent really that good..."

He raised his head and looked towards the room in the safe house.

"He is indeed very talented. In addition to his physical talents, his personality is also very talented. It is difficult for a normal person to concentrate for four hours to digest the darkness for the first time."

Ke Ke followed Xu Zhe's words and praised him.

"Yeah, it's hard for normal people to do that..."

Xu Zhe bit the word "normal person" and spoke word by word.

Ke Ke on the side seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Xu Zhe still doubted Lin Xing'an...

Although it is difficult for normal people to do this, if it is Lin Xingan, it doesn't feel that surprising...

However, just as Ke Ke was about to defend Lin Xing'an, Xu Zhe started asking again.

"Did the minister say anything else? Did he tell you what to do to Lin Xing'an?"

"……there is none left……"

Ke Ke shook his head. "But the Minister... is also trying to bring Lin Xing'an and me together..."

“This is normal.”

Xu Zhe wasn't surprised at all. "It's best to keep the wealth within the family, and you two are indeed a perfect match."

"But...how is Lin Xing'an's attitude towards you now? When he woke up this morning, he was extremely irritable."

Xu Zhe paused and asked curiously.

"Their attitude towards me..."

Ke Ke thought about how shy Lin Xing'an looked when she called him "senior sister," and what he did while Lin Xing'an was completely absorbed in absorbing the darkness...

His face turned slightly red again.

"It's good. He took the initiative to apologize to me. He said that it wasn't my fault that he turned him into a 'murderer', and he shouldn't have taken his anger out on me."

Koko cleared his throat and said.

"Oh? So sensible? So he means that the fault is actually mine?"

Xu Zhe curled his lips with a forced smile.

"He didn't say that."

Keke quickly explained.

"I know, just kidding."

Xu Zhe handed the thermal box containing the barbecue to Keke.

"Go back and help me keep an eye on Lin Xing'an. See what questions he will ask you."

"...Brother Xu, are you still doubting Lin Xing'an?"

Keke took the incubator and asked with courage.

"Yes."

Xu Zhe nodded without hiding anything.

He took off a ring from his hand and threw it to Keke.

"Do you remember this person?"

"Remember...Tian Ming..."

Keke shuddered.

Two years ago, Taoyuan made a high-profile appearance again after a decade.

Right before her eyes, Xu Zhe personally turned Tian Ming, who had been with him for twenty years, into a ring.

Xu Zhe's furious expression at that time seemed to transform Tian Ming into tangible pain and despair. Even now, it still vaguely appeared in her dreams...

"Why did Tian Ming become like this?"

"Because he's hiding something from you."

Keke said with some doubt.

She didn't know why Xu Zhe suddenly asked this question...

"What he's hiding is something about Taoyuan." "Twelve years ago, I sent Tian Ming to South City to track down the source of that Grade A ability I'd heard about."

"He was in South City and found clues that Taoyuan was still alive, but he didn't tell me."

Xu Zhe took the ring from Keke's hand again, raised it above his head, looked at the moon in the sky through the middle and said.

"..."

Keke's brow furrowed again.

I still don't understand why Xu Zhe suddenly said this...

"Tian Ming's ability is [Doppelganger]. When he communicates with his clone, he uses the mother-child principle."

"At the time, he was afraid that I would check his parent-child copy and find out that Taoyuan was still alive, so he set a password for the copy."

"I just cracked this password using some... tricks."

Xu Zhe put on the ring again, which had become a little cold in the wind and snow.

Keke, who was already wearing thin clothes, shuddered.

Those who are turned into rings by Xu Zhe will be immersed in pain forever, lose their rationality and be unable to communicate, but they will not die completely.

Xu Zhe's little trick...

She didn't dare to think...

"In the notebook, I found the record of Tian Ming's investigation in South City twelve years ago."

"The records detailed all the questions, clues, and contradictions that Tian Ming had during his investigation."

"I have to say, Tian Ming is a very good detective. Even after twelve years, even though I haven't been to South City in person, I can still figure out the whole case through his records."

"Unfortunately, unfortunately, the names of the people recorded above, the most suspicious names, have all disappeared from the book."

Xu Zhe's words made Ke Ke hesitate for a moment.

"Doesn't that mean they... have been eaten by us?"

"Yes."

Xu Zhe nodded.

The traces of people who die of natural causes will not disappear in this world.

Only those who are eaten will be truly erased.

All traces disappeared.

"But there's a detail in the book. It's just two words: six years old."

"Twelve years ago, the person who possessed the ability to control time and even had some connection with Taoyuan was probably six years old at the time."

"The words 'six years old' haven't disappeared."

Xu Zhe paused.

"Twelve years ago, in South City, Lin Xing'an was six years old."

He said calmly.

"...But the person recorded in the book...has disappeared..."

"Lin Xing'an also 'disappeared' before, otherwise why would his heart be an angel's feather?"

"but……"

"I know. I'll investigate when I go to South City this time."

Xu Zhe waved his hand, signaling Ke Ke not to say anything more.

In the safe house, Lin Xing'an quietly opened his eyes.

There was a serious look on his face.

Xu Zhe's associative ability is too strong...

His intuition was surprisingly accurate.

But Lin Xing'an was not worried about being exposed.

He believed that with the aftermath of Taoyuan, Xu Zhe would definitely not be able to find out anything in Nancheng.

He also believed in Xu Zhe's character. After finding nothing, he would definitely continue to suspect him.

And being doubted by such people...

There are huge restrictions on his undercover work after joining the committee...

"After joining the committee, I must find an opportunity to eliminate Xu Zhe, the hidden danger..."

A hint of murderous intent flashed through Lin Xing'an's mind.

Xu Zhe's strength is at Class B, his level is above Class C, and he is only a matter of absorbing Yinquan a few times away from a breakthrough.

In terms of strength, there is not much difference between the two.

Xu Zhe's identity and cunningness are the most difficult...

Lin Xing'an couldn't think of any opportunity to get rid of Xu Zhe for the time being.

The only flaw seems to be Keke's attitude towards Xu Zhe...

Normally, Zhang Guang, as Xu Zhe's immediate superior, directly assigns tasks to Ke Ke, and Ke Ke should not report to Xu Zhe without Zhang Guang's consent.

But after Xu Zhe asked, Ke Ke told the truth without any concealment or hesitation.

This shows that in Ke Ke's heart, Xu Zhe seems to have a higher status than Zhang Guang...

On the other hand, Xu Zhe also trusts Ke Ke the most.

So if we want to eliminate Xu Zhe's hidden danger, can we start with Ke Ke...

Lin Xing'an looked out the window and thought silently in his heart.

Xu Zhe, who was downstairs, also raised his head as if he had sensed something.

"...Brother Xu, I'll go upstairs then."

"Well, go ahead and pay more attention to Lin Xing'an."

Xu Zhe withdrew his gaze.

Ke Ke paused, nodded, and without saying anything else, walked towards the safe house upstairs.

After this investigation, Lin Xing'an was clear, so Xu Zhe naturally no longer had any doubts...

She would no longer approach Lin Xing'an "with a purpose"...

"Junior! It's time to eat!"

Keke's voice came from outside.

She pushed open the door carrying an insulated box.

Even though the box was tightly closed, the aroma of barbecue had already overflowed and instantly filled the entire house.

Lin Xing'an was stunned when he saw Ke Ke pushing the door open.

“…What’s wrong…?”

Feeling Lin Xing'an's gaze, Ke Ke stood there confused and awkwardly.

"Uh... no..."

Lin Xing'an quickly lowered his head, "My vision became clear and suddenly I felt... so beautiful..."

He rubbed his nose and spoke vaguely.

"...Hey, let's eat! Barbecue is best enjoyed while it's hot!"

Keke pretended not to hear, put the thermal box on the table, opened it and took out the barbecue inside.

But the tips of his ears were red.

With his head lowered, a smile appeared on his face.

“Wow, that’s a lot…”

There are all kinds of meat skewers in it.

There are also drinks and side dishes.

It looks like it could be enough for three or four people.

"Junior, you were too frugal before. Now you have to eat a lot and make up for it!"

Ke Ke picked up a handful of skewers and stuffed them into Lin Xing'an's hands.

"Then... I'll try my best..."

Lin Xing'an, who was already a little hungry, swallowed his saliva and started eating without being polite.

"Isn't it delicious? This is a shop run by a confused person, but I have to admit, the cooking skills are really good."

"Ah? Confused person?"

"Yes, it's been open in North City for over ten years. It's in a very small alley. We always go here for our colleagues' gatherings in the Encirclement and Killing Department."

Keke also sat down and spoke while eating.

"This boss is from South City... He's the luckiest person and animal I've ever met."

"He was awakened at first, but through the abilities of humans and animals, he erased all memories of his awakening."

"Normally, this kind of erasure won't last forever. He'll awaken again in half a year at most."

"But it's been more than ten years, and he's still confused. We've tested it, and there's really no problem."

"And the most fortunate thing is that his wife is also a confused person, and they have two daughters."

"This whole family of people and animals are all confused people."

Seeing Lin Xing'an's eyes shining as he ate, Ke Ke also introduced.

"...He has two daughters?"

Lin Xing'an was stunned for a moment, and his heart skipped a beat for unknown reason.

"Yeah, it's pretty unbelievable, isn't it? After all, the probability of humans and animals meeting each other is quite small."

Ke Ke smiled and poured Lin Xing'an a glass of soda.

Lin Xing'an also noticed that the name of the store printed on the card of the barbecue box was Da Jun BBQ.

(End of this chapter)

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