I'm not Yingjie

"No, no, humph, I don't want to pay attention to you."

"Hahaha……"

"I just want to help Team Member Lin share some of the burden occasionally..." Hun sighed, his mind wandering, "Carrying the will of the dead... How great it would be if there were no sacrifices, no deaths..."

The man stopped laughing wildly upon hearing this, and instead showed the calmness of a wise man: "Soul is impossible without sacrifice and death. The progress of mankind depends on the efforts of our predecessors."

“All we can do is accept it.”

"But... even if it's just a fantasy, in a world without death, no one will leave, and Captain Lin won't have to bear so much..."

"soul……"

“Bang————————”

All the words disappeared in the fire.

Chapter 44 That Incident

"Meow~"

The unchanging black sculpture reached out its hand from the darkness, took a piece of information filled with secret codes from the can's mouth, touched its head, and gave it a bag of silver coins and a dried fish.

"Tell Paddo I'll go find her in a minute."

"Meow~"

With agility that was totally inconsistent with his body size, Cantou jumped and disappeared at the entrance of the paradise.

“Can you talk to cats?”

Mei walked over from a distance, looked at the direction where the can disappeared, then turned back to look at Lin who picked up the information and observed it.

"No, but the can understands what I say, that's enough." Lin tapped his finger under a few distorted fonts, and the azure visual window lit up, which meant that he had started the decryption work.

"Speaking of which..."

"Raiden Mei, if you have something to ask me, don't beat around the bush. I'll tell you what I should tell you, but it's useless even if you try to get the wrong information."

"..."

On the bright side, at least Lin isn't as sarcastic and irritable as Qianjie.

"Padofils is also one of the Thirteen Heroes, your companion. From what I've observed, you treat her much better than the others, even better than Alicia..."

"Oh yeah? I think I heard someone calling my lovely name?"

Alicia appeared out of nowhere, and Mei had gotten used to her elusiveness.

She sat next to Lin with a smile on her face, crossed her voluptuous legs, and leaned back on the sofa: "Mei, you are so bad. You actually asked about Lin and my gossip behind my back."

"I'm not……"

"You can just ask me directly."

"..."

Mei didn't know whether she should believe Alicia, but seeing that Lin, the person involved, didn't make any movement, Alicia shouldn't lie.

She continued with the previous question: "Lin's attitude towards Yingjie named Padufils is completely different from that of others. Is there any connection between them?"

"Before we talk about this, Mei, how did you know that Lin's attitude towards Padu was unusual?" Alicia smiled sweetly, "Lin and I have a very good relationship~"

“…” Lin glanced at her and said nothing.

"Names." Mei expressed her opinion, "Whether Lin pronounces my name or your name, he always pronounces the full name. Even if there are more convenient ways to pronounce it, such as Raiden or Ellie, he will only use the more formal full name. Only Padfils is called by the intimate abbreviation."

Moreover, when Lin treats Padofelice's pet, he will use gentle actions to tease it, which is completely different from his personality. This is rarely shown in Lin, who has a cold and stern style.

"As expected of Mei, you figured this out."

Alicia nodded, turned to Lin and asked, "Lin, can I speak?"

"……up to you."

Under the dim light, Alicia's smile became intriguing.

"How should I put it? It's probably a historical issue. Lin is always a little more gentle to younger generations like little girls than to others."

"...Alicia." Lin reminded Alicia that her wording was a bit... ambiguous, so much so that Mei's contemptuous look became a little glaring.

"Oh, I said the wrong thing." Alicia's expression showed no regrets, and she continued to smile happily, "Lin is actually the same to everyone, but he is more caring to Paduo."

"Ah..." Lin shook his head and put away the information. "Raiden Mei, why do you want to know about this?"

"I came here to find the answer to the truth about Houkai, but when I came to the Paradise of the Past, I found that things were far more complicated than I thought." Mei looked at the two people in the Paradise who were the most unclear to her. There were more mysteries about them than she thought. "Especially you, you are not a fusion warrior, but others' evaluation of you is... 'powerful'."

Lin would occasionally give her a pressure that was no less than that from other heroes, and even Qianjie's arrogant tone was restrained a lot when he mentioned Lin.

"I'm not strong." Lin never overestimated himself, but this time he said something different, "But I'm not weak either. I always appear in front of my successor first, in order to observe what kind of person he is."

"I thought it was because I'm a Herrscher."

"There is a reason for this. If you are a Herrscher who truly stands on the side of Honkai..." Lin said calmly, "Then I will kill you before you take any action."

He said this lightly, as if killing a Herrscher was nothing to him.

But Mei unconsciously believed that this so-called "ordinary human" had the ability to do what he said.

Alicia touched Lin's head and said, "Okay, okay, why are you making the atmosphere so awkward? Mei, I hope I didn't scare you."

"I'm not scared by this level of intimidation."

But from now on, we must be more careful about Lin. None of these people in the paradise are easy to deal with.

"By the way, Lin, is that the information about the Fire Chaser Moth that you have in your hand?"

"Yes."

Lin opened the data again. The original meaning of these densely packed ciphertexts could not be discerned. There were hundreds of encryptions for the Fire Moth, and Lin only knew a few of them. However, he now had almost unlimited time to decipher them.

"This is..." Alicia looked at the number on the document and it looked familiar. "The information about the incident at the Fifth Branch? Did you ask Padu to help you find it?"

"Yes, the arrival of Raiden Mei has brought new changes to the paradise. Some things that should have been there but weren't have also emerged, so I asked Paduo to find this thing."

"I remember that the final conclusion of the incident of the fifth branch was an attack by an unknown force." Alicia thought for a moment and remembered the accident that shocked the Fire Moth.

"If that is the case, then this information does not need to be encrypted."

Lin's fingers gradually clenched, deforming the information.

Everything started from that "accident", whether it was Spasi, Mei, Kevin, or... Hun.

……

The flames rising into the sky became the most dazzling scene in the city.

Lin rushed back to the Fifth Branch as quickly as possible. Even so, when he arrived at the foot of the building, he could only see the flames of the main part of the Fifth Branch, which was immediately blocked by layers of metal plates of the anti-proliferation device.

A lot of people gathered downstairs, all looking at the accident happening above their heads, which prevented Lin from entering directly through the main entrance.

He landed on a rooftop to observe the situation, and an abnormal figure accurately attracted his attention.

A man turned a deaf ear to what was happening and walked in a secluded direction.

And in the opposite direction of him was the Fifth Branch where the accident happened.

After the moonlight was obscured, Lin disappeared on the spot.

Chapter 45 Killer

"Tack, tick, tick..."

The lone man walked deeper into the city, the hustle and bustle of the city receded away from him, leaving only the creepy sound of footsteps knocking on the walls and echoing in the air.

He was sending some mission success messages to the people on the other end on his mobile phone.

The overall progress was smooth. All he did was to detonate a few bombs and release the captured assassins. The most difficult person was not there, so he had ample opportunity to take action, but he could not confirm the life or death of the main target.

"despair."

The footsteps stopped.

The surroundings were abnormally quiet.

Years of life as a killer have made him intuitive and extremely sensitive to sight. In the darkness, there was a gaze coming from nowhere that made his back tingle.

Since he has caught up, it means that the other party has already confirmed that he did it. It is probably useless even if he pretends to be a passerby now.

The man closed his phone as if nothing had happened and put his hand into his collar pocket as if looking for something.

"Oh!"

A bullet hole appeared under his feet, freezing the man's movements.

This shot, fired without hesitation, was a warning to him not to act rashly. If he made any additional moves, the next shot would miss the target.

However, this shot also exposed the opponent's position!

The man's face was fierce, and he grabbed the pistol in his pocket, turned around and fired three shots in the direction of the shooting.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Varied--"

All three of his confident shots missed, and the shooter seemed to have foreseen the situation and left the spot immediately after firing.

"call……"

Breaking wind sound, right!

At the moment of surprise, the dark figure had already come to his side, and the fist covered with gauntlet hit him like a cannonball.

This is an emergency and there is no time to think about anything else. The man put the gun in front of him with his backhand and held something else behind him with his other hand.

"boom!"

The two figures each retreated. Lin Yibo failed to hit the target and turned off the light in the viewing window, blending into the darkness. He moved swiftly to the blind spot of the man's vision and observed him.

The pistol was disintegrated by Lin's punch, but it was still blocked for a moment, allowing the man to pull out something that Lin found familiar.

A big sword.

Yes, it was a big sword that was similar in shape to the one in Himiko's hand. The man took out a folding device, which turned into this giant sword when unfolded. It was an armed folding technology that the Fire Moth was developing but had not yet applied.

Judging from the man's experienced movements, he has faced this kind of situation many times, and no matter his reaction or response, one can feel that these are techniques targeting "humans".

He is not a warrior of the Fire Moth, but a killer who specializes in killing "humans".

Lin put away his gun, held the handles of the two knives on his back with both hands, and slowly pulled out half of the blades. "

[Lin, there is a new mission communication]

"..."

At this time, are there any new tasks?

[The Fifth Branch has experienced a Honkai energy leak. Go to support immediately. The combat team is rushing to the MSA-079 coordinates. Transfer the arrest mission to the combat team.]

"..."

The coordinates of the combat team appeared on the visual screen, and they were moving towards Lin in an encirclement trend.

The most urgent task is indeed to support the fifth branch that was attacked. Continuing to fight with this person will further increase the losses and casualties.

However, Lin sensed something else in this well-timed mission.

【Communication from Dr. Lin and Dr. Mei】

"……I see."

Lin decisively put away his weapon, gave up the confrontation with the man, and rushed to the fifth branch.

After Lin left, the man put away his weapon thoughtfully and did not run away. He did not put up any resistance until he was arrested by the combat team that arrived.

……

Kevin pulled the trigger and bullets poured out, but the tall white monster turned into a gust of wind and flashed in the room. All the bullets hit was a pathetic afterimage left on the retina.

"Loyal Ninja Warriors?" Seeing that the guns could not cause any harm, Kevin decisively pulled out his tactical dagger, stepped on the many burnt documents on the ground with his right foot, and lifted them up. The scraps of paper instantly obscured the vision of the Loyal Ninja Warriors who flashed in front of him.

"bass--"

Holding the knife in his right hand, he smashed through the paper curtain. The loyal ninja warrior's red eyes flashed. He completely ignored the attack that was about to reach his body and slashed down with both knives, cutting towards Kevin's shoulders.