Chapter 18: Behind the Black Iron Gate
Stepping into the cold black iron door again, it was the same wind that pierced through the chest.
The overcast sky, the red-painted buildings more than ten meters high, and the students who walked without sound.
Li Huixi can feel that the fifth middle school in this world is more depressing than the one in his real world.
Walking into the classroom, Lu Yi has been sitting on the podium for a long time, and all the holidays she can apply for this year have been used up, even if her state is still poor, she must return to her post.
Seeing Li Huixi coming to class, Lu Yi's face filled with sorrow could be regarded as recovering a trace of blood, but looking at Li Huixi, his eyes were a little evasive, probably because he had drawn Li Huixi into the whirlpool of his chaotic life.
When the bell rang, a little fat man ran into the classroom in a panic, and the teaching director behind him was late, it was the person who gave a mobilization speech at that time, and was finally killed by Li Huixi as a memory anchor.
Obviously, those things have not happened in this world, and the director came to ask the teacher for guilt.
"This is the one who is late for the whole year, Mr. Lu, you can take care of your students."
After saying that, he kicked the little fat man into the classroom and left with a gloomy face.
Although he had just transferred to another school, every classmate in the class, Li Huixi, had said hello, and Li Huixi felt that something was wrong, so he talked to his heart:
"Except for Lin Qing, who is known to have died in Lu Yi's house, the number of people in the class is complete."
"And who is this little fat man?"
"I don't know, I don't know at all."
"Wait...... Little fat man? ”
"Do you think it's ......?"
Lu Yi's mental state was very sluggish, so he didn't blame the little fat man much, but said to him gently:
"Pang Xiaolong, get up early tomorrow."
Pang Xiaolong just nodded and ran back to his seat, and Lu Yi's words verified Li Huixi's thoughts.
"In this world...... He's not dead? ”
"It seems that it is."
Li Huixi had no experience related to Pang Xiaolong, nor had he seen Lin Qing's memories related to him, but he had only heard it from Lin Qing's mouth a few times, and he probably knew about him. I just didn't expect to be in the same class as him in this world.
This little fat man is a completely new character for Li Huixi.
"Maybe he can be used as a breakthrough."
"Is there a case about Lin Qing's tragic death?"
"It's no surprise that he should also be good friends with Lin Qing in this world."
"That's right, maybe he knows something, after all, Lin Qing has not become a memory anchor, his memory should still be there."
Just after class, Li Huixi intercepted Pang Xiaolong in the corridor, pulled him aside, and said a little mysteriously:
Lin Qing ...... Do you have any impressions? ”
"What's wrong with Lin Qing? He's been missing for a long time, and no one can be contacted. ”
"You contacted him?"
"yes, we're small, but we suddenly couldn't get in touch last Friday."
Li Huixi was stunned aside, and then reasoned with the voice of his heart:
"I went to Lu Yi's house on Tuesday, and Lin Qing died by Friday at the latest.
"Did you sleep for four days?"
"It's not that I've slept for four days, someone must have done something to me these days, I can feel it."
"It's a pity your memory has been erased."
At the end of the inner conversation, Li Huixi continued to interrogate Pang Xiaolong:
Lin Qinghe ...... He's dead. ”
"Dead? Don't make a fuss, this kind of joke isn't funny. ”
"There's no need for me to joke with you."
Pang Xiaolong's face, which was still smiling, suddenly became serious, obviously, he would not accept such a reality.
Like most people who learned that their friend had died, Pang Xiaolong confirmed it again, and after getting Li Huixi's affirmation again, his tears flowed uncontrollably.
"How did he die?"
"With a blunt object, the whole face was smashed, and I didn't know who it was without DNA testing."
"Woo woo woo ......"
Pang Xiaolong hid his face and cried, most of the little fat people attached great importance to their feelings, and when they heard that their best friend died tragically like this, Pang Xiaolong cried uncontrollably.
I said...... Can't you just be tactful......"
"I'm just stating the facts, and he's going to have to face it sooner or later."
"Wouldn't it be better to let him slowly accept the facts?"
"It's not that you don't know me, and I don't want to take care of anyone's emotions."
Seeing that Pang Xiaolong was almost crying, Li Huixi didn't give him a chance to catch his breath, and asked again:
"Did he explain anything when you last got in touch?"
At this moment, Pang Xiaolong was speechless, but took out his mobile phone from his pocket and played the recording of the last phone call:
"Fat Dragon, how long will it take for you, me and ...... They have arrived. ”
"Right now."
In the recording, there was a noise like signal interference from an old television broadcast, which completely covered the names of the people proposed by Lin Qing during this time.
"Who's the other person he said on the phone?"
"I ...... I don't remember. ”
"Don't remember? You always know where you're going on the phone, right? ”
"Go...... Where are you going? It was as if we had gone to see the latest movie together. ”
"And then?"
"I don't remember the plot of the movie."
"Who asked you this? Where did you go after that? ”
"I can't remember...... It's true. ”
Looking at Pang Xiaolong's stunned expression, Li Huixi could feel that he was not lying, but his memory had also disappeared.
"One of their companions turned into a memory anchor?"
"So it seems."
"Who do you think this person is being made a memory anchor?"
"People who are very close to Lin Qing and Pang Xiaolong at the same time...... Linz? ”
"Tell me, if he has zero memory of Linz, won't he confirm our suspicions?"
Li Huixi patted Pang Xiaolong's shoulder, looking at Pang Xiaolong who was in tears, her voice was still a little softer:
"You're right...... Do you have any impression of Linz as a person? ”
"Who is Linz?"
"Lin Qing's younger brother, don't you know?"
"Did Lin Qing ever have a younger brother......
Li Huixi nodded a little helplessly, helplessly because the clue was broken here again, but this was also expected, and now at least I know that the conjecture that the memory anchor is Linz is correct.
But there's no clue about it all at this point.
"No, there's still a chance."
"What other chances?"
"Your memory has also been erased, and no matter when Linz became a memory anchor, he was 100% involved in what had to do with you."
"Are you saying that he and Lin Qing appeared at Lu Yi's house at the same time?"
"That's right."
"Now as long as you find Linz's bone spurs and restore your memories that have been erased during this time, this matter is basically over."
"It's easy to say, where to find this bone spur?"
"You listen to the recording again."
Following the guidance of his heart, Li Huixi pressed the playback button of Pang Xiaolong's mobile phone recording again, and listened to the recording just now.
"They? You guys...... Apart from you and Lin Qing, who else was there that day? ”
"I first went to the movies with Lin Qing...... Then, my memory is already at home. ”
"Can't you think of anything in between? Who else is there? ”
"Can't remember ......"
This time the clue is really broken.
Li Huixi waved his hand, Pang Xiaolong understood, and trotted back to the classroom directly.
Looking at the director who slowly walked out of the office again not far from the corridor, Li Huixi suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said secretly in his heart:
"Since in reality, he is the culprit who made thousands of people eat the corpses, then in this world, will he have any secrets that cannot be said?"
"You mean, he's the one who killed Lin Qing and turned Linz into a memory anchor?"
"I don't rule it out."
The director came to Li Huixi's side with arrogant steps, looking at Li Huixi's eyes made people feel very uncomfortable, it was not a caring or stern look, on the contrary, it was very obscene.