Felix Grove walked between the supermarket shelves with a metal trolley and tossed a bag of sandwich cookies into his trolley.

"The strawberry flavor is terrible, and idiots eat strawberry flavor." A voice said to him.

"No, idiots hate strawberry smells." Felix said.

"Whatever you want. But today I have to eat that spicy little guy...... What do you call it? The voice was full of words.

“...... Spicy strips. ”

"That's right, it tastes great."

"No, we're not going to eat it today." Felix said.

"But you said we'd buy it next time we went to the supermarket!"

"Sorry, I forgot."

"It's a trick! Well, now I'm angry. Okay, then I'll have to eat you reluctantly as a substitute. ”

"No, you won't." Felix continued to push the cart nonchalantly, "We're going to have a vegetarian meal tonight, it's healthy." I'm managing my weight, we have to ......"

At this time, he noticed that the aunt on the side of the shelf was secretly looking at him with some fear and curiosity, typical of the look you want to look at when you meet a mentally handicapped person on the road.

However, when she noticed Felix turn around, she quickly withdrew her gaze like an electric shock.

Felix gave a somewhat embarrassed expression.

“...... I just accidentally said it again, didn't I? This time he deliberately controlled his mouth and said in his heart.

"I'm going to eat spicy strips." The voice chirped.

Felix frowned, "It feels a little difficult. If you communicate with your thoughts or something, you have to concentrate all the time, and deliberately control your mouth so as not to make a sound......"

"I'm going to eat spicy strips." The voice continued to hum and chirp.

"Oh yes, there's one more thing. Remind me tomorrow that the debriefing day is coming. We've got to go to the mothership, get a psychological test or something, and remember to remind me to wake up early in the morning......" Felix thought.

"I'm going to eat spicy strips."

“......”

Felix let out a sigh of relief.

"Okay, okay, spicy strips." He slammed the shelves on several large bags of spicy strips into the shopping cart, "So satisfied?" ”

"Hah, that's like words." The voice grew a little excited, "I knew you cared." ”

"I just can't stand your arguments. Now that you've bought what you want, will it work to be quiet? ”

"Yes, sir." The voice became very serious.

And then it was finally really quiet.

When noticing a strange look from a girl on the other side, Felix realized that he had spoken again.

He squeezed out a smile that looked as natural as possible, but was still inevitably awkward, and pointed to his ears that were obscured by his hair.

"I'm talking to my brother on the phone, and the kid has a temper." He smiled.

Thankfully, his hairstyle covers his ears so he can fool people into believing that there is a Bluetooth headset that doesn't exist. The girl came to her senses, smiled understandingly, and pushed the cart away.

"Brother!?" The voice that had just quieted down began to make noise again, "You're my brother!" ”

Felix didn't want to talk anymore.

Yes, the noisy voice in his head is his phantom.

It even has a name, called Shadow, which is said to be the name it gave itself. Because it thinks it sounds like a killer ninja or something, and it thinks it's pretty cool on its own.

Felix had only recently learned of the existence of the Shadow, and he was still trying his best to accept it. But at the same time, he was told that the shadow had been there for a long time, and he only noticed it now.

All kinds of anomalies that happened to him in the past, such as his fragments from time to time, appearing in strange places when he woke up, or the enemy was already lying on the ground next to him, were basically the cause of this guy.

Nine places don't have a deep understanding of such things as phantoms, but they also know that phantoms are diverse. For example, Felix's is different from Fana, every time a shadow appears, it will take over his body, and it feels a bit like the card king with colorful hairstyles and his back spirit, and every time he does something with someone, he has to play on his back.

From this point of view, the shadow is not only a phantom, but also another personality derived from himself.

To be honest, Felix was really shocked when he heard this at first, and it took him a while to doubt his life. But he soon felt lucky, at least his phantom was not the kind of fun-loving person who looked forward to the chaos of the world all day long. It seems that its biggest ambition is nothing more than to have spicy strips to eat after meals, which is quite easy to get along with.

Felix checked his phone as he left the supermarket and checked his voicemail box. Click on the unread message, and the first one is from his uncle Galadin Grove.

"Lately, kid? I know we're ...... There's not much time to sit down and have a good chat after that, you're busy and probably not in the mood. But I also want you to know that we care about you, and our family is.

All the decisions we make are for your own good. We want you to know that the family will always support you, and we hope that no matter what you are thinking, come and talk to us......"

He hung up the newsletter before he finished listening and threw the message in the trash.

"Wow, that's ruthless." The shadow's voice sounded again, "Seriously, I think the old guy is pretty good. Maybe you might want to consider talking to him. ”

"Shut up and eat your spicy strips."

Felix said, unpacking a handful of spicy strips into his mouth and taking a hard bite.

Although it may seem a little funny, many parts of their bodies are shared, such as taste. So when he says "eat your spicy strips", he is actually referring to himself.

"It's delicious." Shadow is delighted.

The more times like this, the more curious Felix became, how they were relieved to hand over the secrets and tasks to this guy.

The presence of the shadow basically explains why he has a USB flash drive with level 10 clearance hidden in his bathroom. To be precise, it was the shadow, the shadow was the Intelligence Bureau - it was also the secret stake that his family group broke into the Ninth Secret Service, a spy, so technically he himself was actually a spy, but he never realized it.

So the more I got to know him, the more I felt a little weird. After all, now that he knows the existence of a roommate in his body, the main feature of this product is that it can be eaten anyway, which makes him feel like a husky moving in his body.

How did those drug sellers feel comfortable asking a husky to take on the task of being undercover?

But in any case, only he himself has been kept in the dark. Everyone around him realized what was going on, but no one thought to tell him the truth.

He wasn't very happy about it.

Halfway through, a new phone call came.

"This is Felix Grove...... Yes, I'm nearby. Is there a suspicion of infection? Okay, got it, I'll drop by and check it out. ”

Hanging up, he put the phone in his pocket: "Okay, we have to work." ”

"Okay." Shadow sighed, then asked tentatively, "Perhaps...... Can we bring a pack of spicy strips on the road? ”

"Nope." Felix was categorical.

“...... All right. ”

The eucalyptus site is not far away. The scene was under the control of the local sheriff's department at this time. At the time of the report, it was originally just an ordinary life, but because there had been more than one recent incident, and there were indications that it might be an infection-related event.

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As usual, Felix's first task is to assess whether the event is related to infection.

He went back to his residence first, threw all his shopping bags on the living room floor, then went downstairs and got into his car and drove straight to the scene.

A five-minute drive away, he arrived quickly. He pulled over to the side of the road, ignored the shadow's whisper of spicy strips, and crossed the road to the eucalyptus land.

The scene was in an apartment building, and the outside had been cordoned off by sheriffs. However, the Nine Divisions had apparently greeted each other in advance, and after Felix showed his ID on the scene, the sheriffs let him cross the blockade without asking too much.

He was kindly received by the sheriff in charge of the scene and politely invited him to look at the scene.

The deceased was a man.

Dead in bed, naked, but the whole person ...... Let's just say that it's a bit unsightly.

His skin was crumpled, like a tree trunk drained by moisture, almost clinging to his bones. His eyes were sunken, his eyes were wide before he died, he maintained the posture of reaching out to the windowsill, and his withered arms were like branches that would break at the touch of a tree.

Such deaths are uncommon. Felix frowned slightly: "What is the cause of death?" ”

The sheriff's expression was a little subtle, and he said softly.

In layman's terms...... It's been squeezed dry. ”