I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

Chapter 16 16. Alarm Clock (Recommended Next Week)

Mann blinked.

He felt like he had forgotten something.

Then, he no longer remembered that feeling.

Clang!

As the crisp sound echoed between the walls, two coins landed on the soft quilt, followed by other coins falling like raindrops.

They collided, just as Mann had expected.

He didn't remember anything, but he knew that this was the signal—when these coins, running complex trajectories with no margin for error, fell heavily, it meant...

Wait, what did it mean?

Mann rubbed his forehead with a pained expression, struggling to dig up nonexistent information from his mind, which was an almost impossible task.

Fortunately, he had done this before—a long time ago.

This scene meant...

He had failed to maintain focus.

This coin track system was a countermeasure that Mann had come up with in the past few days. Under the control of telekinesis, these coins would frequently brush past each other in the air, and if he suddenly became distracted, the entire track system would become a mess.

And this indicated that the Unforgettable had attacked him.

Originally, Mann was thinking that if he could miniaturize this reminder device to the point where he could carry it with him, it might help him deal with the Unforgettable.

But obviously, he was thinking too simplistically.

Even with a reminder device, he almost failed to realize the influence from the Unforgettable just now.

But he was still alive, so there must be a reason?

Could it be that this thing scared him away?

After all, now that he could think of using telekinesis to make a reminder device, the past self must have been able to as well, and would only have done it better. It was very likely that the Unforgettable who just came had seen this thing before.

His best self could definitely think of a better countermeasure, but even he couldn't kill the Unforgettable.

Thinking of this, Mann's heart sank. This information was declaring a fact:

He had no chance of defeating the Unforgettable.

On the bright side, the Unforgettable was at least still wary of him, otherwise he wouldn't have retreated upon seeing the reminder device.

He had to get out of the hospital before it was too late.

Mann controlled the coins to fall into his pocket, got up under the gaze of the dead man on the wall, and walked out.

He hadn't taken a few steps when he heard a familiar voice.

"How did you do it?" the suspicious woman asked behind him. "Are you hiding something from us? Deceiving company employees is not a smart move."

Company?

Was this the code name for Li Fen's organization?

"Go to 721," she left a warning without expecting Mann to answer. "Li Fen is waiting for you."

After speaking, she burrowed into the crowd behind him like a nimble reptile, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Mann continued in his original direction.

He stopped in front of 625.

Knock, knock.

After a few seconds.

Ning Changkong cautiously opened the door slightly.

"Mann?" Her expression relaxed, and she naturally made way. "Come in."

Mann walked in.

"If you don't want to talk about Lu Yide's matter," the girl turned around very casually and walked to her desk, sitting down with her back against the chair. "Then I can not ask. I don't think you came here to kill someone and silence them."

"You seem to have an excessive lack of wariness towards me," Mann said with a curious expression.

Now Mann was certain that Ning Changkong was also a power user, and that she saw his age as very close to the real number.

The girl was stunned for a few seconds.

Then she shrugged her shoulders:

"Although you might think this is perfunctory, the truth is I have mental problems.

"I can't overcome my emotions."

She could feel the tranquility emanating from Mann.

"They have meaning," he sat down across from the girl. "The symbols you showed me, but I can't tell you what they mean.

"And you shouldn't have seen them in theory."

It seemed that he didn't know her in the past.

Ning Changkong nodded, restraining her emotions:

"Good, that means I'm not crazy.

"To be honest, it's hard for me to be sure if that sentence is a hallucination, maybe I'm talking to myself, or those symbols were indeed seen by me, but you don't remember."

Mann understood the girl's worries:

"You're afraid of seeing something fake, right?"

She nodded slightly:

"Yes, after all, that's what the doctor said, although I feel that what I see and feel has some kind of deep connection, but all mental patients feel that way, don't they?"

"You are very rational," Mann said, "but we call this phenomenon clairvoyance..."

What did Li Fen say?

"...is a revelation of the essence of reality, and because of your instability and the inability to prove it, it is easy to suspect that you are crazy—precisely because you are not crazy.

"Real lunatics don't suspect themselves all day long."

The girl pondered for a while.

She nodded calmly:

"I understand."

"You don't look happy," Mann asked gently.

Ning Changkong let out a long breath:

"Actually, I'd rather be crazy, because that means there's still a chance to go back to the past, but in any case, seeing the truth is far better than living in a lie."

"Mr. Mann, I'm sorry, but I've noticed your unusualness for a long time."

She was revealing the reason she approached him.

Mann leaned back slightly, looking puzzled:

"Haven't you helped me so much?

"Besides, how can you be sure that when I accepted your invitation to join you, I didn't have intentions hidden in my heart that you would never imagine?"

This was also his main reason for coming here—to repay Ning Changkong's help.

Did he used to repay other people's kindness?

Mann didn't remember.

But that didn't matter.

The girl smiled:

"Thank you."

Mann said:

"Since you're not crazy, I suggest you hurry up and get out of the hospital, this place is not suitable for retirement."

She shook her head:

"There's a reason why I checked in, but Mr. Mann, since we've talked about this, is there anyone you're particularly concerned about?

"Maybe I can tell you what they look like in my eyes."

Mann blinked.

He wasn't being polite:

"What does Dr. Xu look like?"

Ning Changkong recalled:

"A handsome man wearing glasses, draped in a doctor's white coat, and with white tattoos on his face, which probably doesn't match his normal appearance, right?"

Mann nodded.

"Also," the girl added, "he gives me a very cold feeling."

She didn't explain how this feeling came about.

"Besides him, let me also talk about the woman who went to see Lu Yide with you."

Mann asked:

"The very thin woman?"

"No," the girl shook her head in confusion, "she looks pretty good in my eyes, like a beautiful woman in her late twenties, do you need me to draw her?"

Mann looked at her in confusion.

Ning Changkong pointed to the drawer:

"I've studied sketching, the kind that's quite professional.

"After all, I have this ability."

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