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Chapter 2: Karma Arises Like Birth in the Second Act of Another World (1)

The raging rain covered the sky with gusts of wind, and countless branches and flowers died in the ravages of the torrential rain. A silver light streaked across the sky, illuminating a dim, spacious, ornate room in a majestic Gothic castle in the forest.

"The weather was terrible, it was raining again." When the thunder started, a hand with a few calluses slowly closed the scarlet velvet curtain to separate the rain curtain.

"Humph! What happened when it rained? The voice fell slightly, and a laugh sounded immediately, so cold as if it came from Senleng hell! In the dimness, I couldn't see the speaker's face clearly, and I could only see a pair of blue eyes like glaciers narrowing coldly, "Ankoster, as long as what your beloved woman says is true, then this 'operation' will not be affected by any reason." You are so indecisive, how can you be my adjutant? ”

Another thunderclap rang out, and Major Ankoster Joachim Schmidt, who was standing in front of the window, turned around solemnly and said in a respectful voice: "Yes, sir! ”

"It's not early, you can go back first——。" The ice-blue eyes darkened slightly, but its owner seemed to remember something, and his gaze was as sharp as an arrow again, "Remember, this 'action' must not alarm all 'irrelevant' people. After the deed is done, everyone except you will be dealt with in a 'certain way'! ”

'Somehow? Ancoste was stunned, and immediately understood the meaning of his chief's words. Except for him, all those involved in this matter will be arranged to die of some kind of disease that seems ordinary but is actually fatal, or die in some bizarre car accident!

In this world, only the dead will not reveal many secrets. Therefore, the only way to silence them completely is through eternal rest.

In other words, if it weren't for being his personal adjutant, he would have died hundreds of times.

Ancoster forced himself to stabilize his mind, raised his right arm at forty-five degrees, and put his five fingers together to move forward: "Hey, Hitler!" After speaking, he took a begonia red inscription clip decorated with the eagle emblem with wings spread with both hands, quickly left the castle, and drove away.

As the heavily carved walnut door closes, the drawer of the rosewood desk opens to reveal a black-and-white photograph.

The photo shows a slender girl with short ear-length hair and eyebrow bangs, wearing a azure jacket skirt that is unique to China. She looks about 20 years old, her beautiful goose egg face is like a distant mountain, her nose is like a hanging gall, she is standing in a flower bush with a light smile, exuding a quiet and elegant charm like the moon, and she is really "more beautiful than flowers".

"Ting-" The low murmur softened the originally cold and hard voice for a moment, and the ice blue eyes were full of tenderness and lingering with the previous sharpness and killing intent. But soon, those blue eyes were clouded with a layer of resentment and faintly burning with anger, and countless crimsons surged in the meantime, hideous and terrifying, like the devil laughing in hell!

With a 'bang', the black-and-white photograph was torn in half, then surrounded by tongues of fire, and finally turned into a cloud of smoke.

"You can't escape!" The vicious voice burned to ashes along with the photo, "Because I Andrew wants to ask you if 'he' was killed by you!" ”

At the same time, a female student living in a dormitory at the University of Munich was also complaining about the sudden heavy rain.

"Dear Christina Mathilde Shuzer, look at the rain - I don't think it's better to go on an outing." The speaker was a Chinese girl with long braids, and her German pronunciation was very non-standard, with a thick nasal voice. She closed the window slightly, and turned to look at the blonde girl beside her. At first glance, her eyebrows and eyes are almost identical to Yuwei's, but instead of a khaki trench coat, she is wearing a light gray brocade cheongsam embroidered with a few fiery red flowers.

Christina smiled slightly when she heard this, and comforted me softly: "You still call me 'Yolanta'." Don't worry, dear Mia, I've asked my father to ask the weather department, and it's going to be a fine day. She was a typical Germanic woman, with white cheeks like snow, blue-gray eyes that were crystal clear, hair full of gold silk combed into the pigtails of a traditional Germanic girl, and her voice with the accent of Meppen of Lower Saxony.

"Okay, I'll go get ready." The girl known as "Mia" hesitated, then nodded slightly.

Her real name is Lin Jingru, and her father Lin Zhengdao is one of the well-known Jin merchants in China today. Because she couldn't resist her determination to study abroad in Germany, she expressed the word "Weining" for her, hoping that she would live in a foreign country in peace and stability, and not let her relatives worry.

Christina clapped her hands excitedly and smiled, "Good! I'll go talk to the others, you clean up first. After saying that, he left the dormitory in a hurry, and even forgot to change the silk nightdress.

"If it weren't for the fact that your eldest lady was the only daughter of the mayor of Munich Schüzer, would I have gone with you against my will? Rather than being tired and half dead from an outing, it is better to sleep lazy. Lin Jingru turned her face, looked at Christina's back, and shook her head and muttered.

Because she has been mixed with her family in the business and political circles since she was a child, she is well versed in the truth that "a strong dragon can't screw the snake". It has not been more than a month since she arrived in Germany, and if you want to do everything well in the local area, you must rely on Christina's family background and connections. If she recklessly refuses Christina's kindness at this time, making her dissatisfied, I am afraid that she will not have a good life in the future! But why did this outing make you feel uneasy? Lin Jingru caressed her chest, and her heart was filled with ominousness. But after all, put it aside and continue to clean up.

After Christina informed all her friends, she received a call from her boyfriend Ancoste from the housekeeper. On the phone, Ancoste spoke in a rather anxious tone, and repeatedly asked her if the outing was as scheduled. How did Christina know that a few days ago, after the photo of her and Lin Jingru was forwarded to Andrew by Ancost, Lin Jingru's life has changed.

***

In the pouring rain, a man paced back and forth in an ornate room at a manor house on the outskirts of Munich, repeatedly comparing the faces of the young woman in two black-and-white photographs in his hand. After a long time, he put away the photo properly, and a trace of doubt flashed in his olive green eyes: "It's so similar!" However, why are their temperaments so different? ”

While he was thinking, the door opened, and a young man in a straight uniform walked in. He had delicate facial features, a pair of steel-blue eyes, a few strands of short blond-brown hair hanging down from his big-brimmed hat, and raised his hand to salute the green-eyed man: "Sir, a qiē has been cleaned up." Just do you really have to brave the rain to go to the Rhine? ”

"Of course. Wilkes, you have to trust the weather department in Munich, this rain will stop later. The green-eyed man turned around slowly, and a deep smile appeared on his thin lips, "Don't you want to see the beauties of the University of Munich?" ”

Wilkes smirked, his thick eyebrows raised: "It's a pity, let this kid Ancoster take the lead." Otherwise, I will surely express my deepest love to your cousin. Oh, golden larks flying freely in the clouds, you are—" He raised his chin slightly, raised his arm and chanted with an exaggerated expression.

"Stinky fellow, how dare you recite his love letter to Yoranta in front of me?" His commander smiled and stepped forward to punch him, smiling, "Beware of me suing him, and asking him to immediately arrest you, who is most likely his rival, and give you some torture." After speaking, he deliberately made a decapitation gesture to scare the other party.

Wilkes laughed when he heard this, and waved his hand frequently and said "don't dare". At this time, he turned his eyes to look out the window, and the rain had indeed weakened a lot, and his face turned solemn, and he asked his superior, "Do you want to leave now?" Colonel Hoffman? ”

"Let's go. And in private, you don't have to be polite, just call me 'Eric'. The green-eyed man laughed and walked out of the manor, accompanied by his adjutant, Captain Wilkes-Max Wagner.

Looking down at the number of fallen leaves floating and swirling in the stagnant water, Eric secretly congratulated his cousin Christina for handing him a photo of her and Lin Jingru when she visited him yesterday, and inadvertently revealed that Anstar had taken his copy away. What's more, Christina accidentally mentioned that she would invite the girl to visit the Rhine today.

Ancoster must have given the picture to Andrew. Now is a great time, how can Andrew miss it in vain? I wish I could stop him in time. Eric muttered to himself, leaned into a Polscher VW82E military truck, and sped away.

***

As predicted by the meteorological department, the downpour had already stopped by the time several young female university students arrived on the banks of the Rhine.

Compared with the excitement of other students in the face of the gurgling sound of the Rhine River, Lin Jingru frowned and had no joy on her face. Looking at the sky where the lead clouds were still low, that inexplicable uneasiness arose again. When she came back to her senses, she saw Christina and the others cheering, laying oilcloth in the grass by the river, and laying out the delicate snacks one by one.

"Maybe it's because I'm too busy with my studies these days and I'm too nervous." Lin Jingru shook her head with a wry smile and sighed slightly. Unlike the Chinese language teaching at St. John's University School of Medicine in Shanghai, the Faculty of Medicine of Munich University of Munich teaches in German, which makes it difficult for her, who is not yet proficient in German. So during most of the month, she has been practicing German hard, and is busy with various research materials and academic reports, trying to adapt to the study life in a foreign country as soon as possible.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, blowing away the beige hat on Lin Jingru's head, and she hurriedly turned around and chased it all the way, running to a bush somewhere by the river, unconsciously away from her companions.

And in this lush forest, several men wearing skull heraldic hats had been in ambush for a long time, staring at Lin Jingru's approaching figure with blazing eyes.

"It's really worthy of being Chinese, stupid enough to throw yourself into the net." Ancoste laughed to himself, and saw that she was tiptoeing up her hand to get the hat hanging from a certain Suzuki, and immediately waved her hand, hugged the rest of the people, and quickly pressed the other person's delicate body. Before poor Lin Jingru could react, she was stunned by the wet cloth covering her mouth and nose!

Ancoste stepped forward and kicked her lightly, and slowly took off his mask: "Don't worry, Chinese girl, a little ether can't kill anyone." After speaking, he looked around and coldly ordered: "Take it away!" At the same time, I secretly thought in my heart how to arrange a way to kill these people who participated in the arrest!

Ancoster and the others had just left on their front feet, and a military truck also stopped not far from here. Wilkes, who was driving, stopped the car, stretched out his hand to point to the straw hat fluttering in the wind on the branch in front of him, and asked with a little curiosity: "Sir, look, is that Miss Shuze's straw hat?" Before he could finish speaking, another flash of lightning streaked across the sky, and a gentle drizzle fell again.

"Oh my God! It turns out that the weather broadcast is so inaccurate! You say yes, sir? Wilkes closed his eyes and sighed, and when he turned to look at Eric beside him, he saw that the seat was empty.

At this time, on the banks of the Rhine River, a group of students who came to play were hurriedly packing up their belongings on the ground due to the sudden rain, and their good mood was completely wiped out because of the arrival of the rain. Christina's face was also very bad, so she had to call her companions to clean up. When she evoked the German name of her roommate Lin Jingru, she found that Lin Jingru had disappeared for a long time.

"You take these things in the car first, and wait for me here. I'm going to find Mia. Christina took an umbrella from a classmate and hurried away.

In the woods, Eric took off the beige hat, suddenly realized something, and secretly exclaimed, "Not good". When he was in a hurry, he suddenly found that under the tree not far from him, a long-haired woman in a khaki trench coat was not disturbed by the rain at all, and was lying under the tree and sleeping sweetly.

"Is she Lin Jingru? Unbelievable! Andrew actually let her go? Eric glanced at the woman and ran to her in surprise, ignoring Wilkes calling him with an umbrella behind him.

"Wake up, hurry up." In a few low male voices, Yuwei finally opened her sleepy eyes in the rain. She rubbed her eyes and noticed that there was a man standing in front of her at some point.

Looking up, the man was really handsome: on his angular face, thin lips were sharpened, the bridge of his nose was straight, and his olive-green eyes were shining brightly, unlike the blue or gray pupils of ordinary Germans. And the elegant and noble temperament he exudes is a merciless comparison with many Hollywood movie stars she is familiar with.

"This is the so-called 'handsome'! What Jude Delo, Leonardo DiCaprio, or Clark Gable, it simply can't be compared to what if! Yu Wei looked at him in a daze, secretly admiring in her heart. She got up slowly, and exclaimed again that he was as tall as a sword and as tall as a pine. To her surprise, the man was wearing a light gray hat with an eagle badge with a swastika, a cross and a few ranks on the uniform, and a black iron cross hanging from his neck.

"Swastika"?! Isn't this the symbol of the German Nazis during World War II? Yuwei covered her mouth and looked around, and finally found that the surrounding scene had completely changed, and there was an extra forest on the bank of the Rhine River at some point! And she knew very well that the riverside had been just a large green lawn and the big tree she had fallen asleep on!

What the hell is going on? I was just taking a nap by the river, how could I wake up like this? And this person is clearly dressed in the uniform of the Wehrmacht in World War II, could it be that which film crew was hindered by her during the filming of World War II scenes? By the way, why is it that the sun is still shining when I go to the Rhine, but now it is raining? Yuwei's mind was chaotic, and she couldn't figure it out for a while.

Is she Christina's roommate Lin Jingru? The woman in front of him looked dazed, and Eric was relieved to conclude that she was by no means the "person" he was familiar with. He was puzzled as to why she and "the man" were so similar in appearance, almost as if carved out of a mold.

"What are you doing lying here on this rainy day?" Eric took Wilkes' umbrella and held it for her, seeing that she was still sluggish, he was slightly dissatisfied: "Don't you Orientals understand German?" So let me ask again, are you Chinese or Japanese? ”

This time, Yu Wei heard the other party's question clearly, and immediately remembered her ambition to apply for permanent membership in the United Nations when she was in middle school, and the numerous crimes committed in China during the occupation of the Diaoyu Islands and the War of Resistance Against Japan. couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, looked at him angrily, and said angrily: "Of course I am Chinese!" Please don't confuse me with that disgusting islander, it makes me feel ashamed! ”

What a proud awe-inspiring one! Eric looked happy and admired, secretly thinking that the proud and firm bearing revealed between her eyebrows and eyes was clearly different from the quiet and gentle temperament of "that person", and it was also completely different from Lin Jingru's breath in Christina's photo.

Therefore, she is by no means Lin Jingru, but another strange woman. So where is the real Lin Jingru now? Was he still arrested by Andrew? And "that person" never mentioned that he had twin sisters, so "that person" and Lin Jingru and the woman in front of him must not be triplets born of the same mother. So who is this woman who is neither "that person" nor Lin Jingru? What is Lin Jingru's origin?

Or is there an instance in this world that allows three people who are born so similar, but who do not inherit the same parental bloodline?

The more Eric thought about it, the more incredible he felt, and when he was about to ask the other party again about these questions, Christina, who had been looking for Lin Jingru all the way, also came here with an umbrella. When she saw Yuwei wearing a khaki trench coat, blue jeans and sneakers, Christina couldn't help but point at her and asked with surprise, "Mia, why are you in this woods?" Also, didn't you wear a smoky gray cotton cheongsam before? Why did you change to this set again!?

"Are you sure she's your roommate Mia?" Eric groaned, slowly turning his face sideways to look at his cousin.

Strange, why is my cousin here? Christina looked at Eric in confusion and replied, "Yes, she is indeed from China, she is my roommate and classmate, and her German name is 'Mia'." Today, she and other classmates had a picnic on the banks of the Rhine when it rained heavily. ”

Eric nodded, handed Christina the beige hat in his hand, and left with Wilkes. Looking at the man's back as he walked away, Yuwei covered her chest and breathed a long sigh of relief. Who knows how scared she was just now, because the German man whose name she didn't know was so sharp, like a sharp sword out of the sheath, which could cut her apart!

"Let's go, this weather is really annoying!" Christina looked at the sky complainingly, then grabbed Yuwei's arm and leaned the umbrella slightly in her direction, "Presumably they are dying." ”

Yu Wei was even more surprised when she saw the blonde girl holding her so intimately. Since this woman has no rejection of her existence and still calls herself "Mia" so naturally, could it be that there is another Chinese woman who has the same name as her and has the same appearance? Only in this way can the blonde girl mistake her for the "Mia".

So, where is that "Mia" now? Besides, the German officer of World War II played by the man just now is too real, and the temperament he exudes is exactly the same as that of the instructor during military training in college, does the actor have this temperament?

Thinking of this, Yu Wei looked at Christina, who was still curious about her clothes, and inquired: "By the way, the German temperament just now is really amazing, really like a German officer." Christina's fluent and standard German pronunciation surprised Christina.

"My God! How did you become so proficient in German after going to this woods alone? Christina stared at Yuwei with wide blue-gray eyes, her mouth open so wide that she could almost fit a few eggs, but soon giggled, "Ha! What do you mean by 'like'? He was indeed a German officer, with the rank of colonel. ”

"What?" The man who was dressed in that costume before was really a German soldier? Could it be true that he really - Yuwei looked at Christina dumbfounded. Since I still didn't know the name of the blonde woman, I had to ask, "I'm sorry, what year is this year?" ”

Christina was stunned, looked at Yuwei's face, and then glanced at her clothes, looking stunned. Secretly muttering to himself, how did Lin Jingru go to the woods and completely forget about the current year?

But the nervous Christina didn't even think about it, and she didn't even realize why her roommate, who was so unfluent in German, had become proficient. She shook her head with a smile: "You, haven't you been studying too much recently?" It's September 1939, that's clear enough, right? ”

"Huh?!" As soon as she heard this answer, Yu Wei was startled and almost fell.

Fortunately, Christina's eyes were sharp and held her firmly.

The rain is getting heavier!

***

As soon as she returned to the dormitory, Christina lay down on the bed and complained: "It's rare for me to organize a picnic, and I'm so angry that I'm so angry that the weather is all in the soup!" The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became, and she got up and slammed the door open, walked to the housekeeper, and said angrily, "I'm going to call the weather department myself and see what they can say about this false alarm!" ”

Yuwei sat quietly on Lin Jingru's chair, lowered her eyes and measured the beige hat in her hand, that is, the clothes of the 'real Mia' in this era, and remained silent. In fact, the shock in her heart is indescribable when she learned from Christina: who could have imagined that after just a sleep, she would return to Munich, Germany, in September 1939, during World War II? Going back from the future to the past, who could believe that such a ridiculous thing could really happen?

Moreover, if she hadn't seen the photos and documents of the mysteriously missing Chinese girl, she couldn't believe that there was indeed a woman who looked almost exactly like her in this era and also studied at the University of Munich. So where is this girl named 'Lin Jingru' in Chinese now? Why did the woman mysteriously disappear at the same time she appeared? What happened in my sleep?

What's even more strange is that the dormitory she lives in now is actually the one arranged for her by the school in the 21st century, but in the future, it will be a single dormitory, but at this time it is a room for two people, except for a slight difference in area, the scenery outside the window is almost similar, no wonder she had a strong sense of familiarity when she entered that dormitory at that time.

In short, this qiē is too unbelievable! Are you dreaming? In that case, wake up!

When Christina left, Yu Wei twisted the back of her hand fiercely, and suddenly, a sharp pain spread throughout her body, and a large bruise appeared on the back of her hand! She stared at the bruises, finally convinced that this qiē was not a dream at all.

But if it's not a dream, why would something that goes against science like traveling through time and space happen to me, like Martin, the protagonist of the movie "Back to the Future"? So at present, apart from her, is there anyone who is also involved in this past time and space for no reason?

"In the history of World War II in Germany, I am most familiar with Adolf Hitler." After a long time, Lan Yuwei easily calmed down the frantic heartbeat, and couldn't help but wrench her fingers. With the little historical knowledge she had learned and the World War II film and television works, she quickly remembered the famous person. Under his rule, along with former Chancellor Gustav Stresemann and others, Germany borrowed about $7 billion in foreign debt from the United States between 1924 and 1930, quickly emerging from the post-World War I predicament and becoming an economic power. Unfortunately, the Germans hardly considered at this time how to sustain the illusion of prosperity created by massive loans[1]?

"However, this bubble economy still captured most of the German people, so they were willing to serve him, to slaughter innocents, to start a war!" Lan Yuwei frowned and shook her head, and said indignantly, "As a result of this World War II, countless families have been ruined and killed, and countless people have left their homes. What is the difference between this war maniac and Hideki Tojo, Hatohiko Asakanomiya [2] and others during the eight-year War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in our country!? ”

Exegesis:

[1] (Refer to History of the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, edited by William Scheiler).

[2] Hatohiko Asakanomiya: The real creator of the Nanjing Massacre, in the end, evaded the punishment of the war.