The strongest scum after me

Where should everything start?

In Shimizu Sakura's memory, she has never met her parents, she is an orphan, and she has been living in Shimizu Orphanage since she can remember.

Although they grew up in an orphanage, Qingshui Orphanage treats them very well. The staff in the orphanage take care of the children tenderly like elders. Although the children who live and grow up together are not related by blood relationship, but they are as close as brothers and sisters.

Although they are not allowed to leave the orphanage, the conditions in the orphanage are very good and can meet their daily needs, so even if they cannot leave, it seems no big deal.

Compared with other children, Shimizu Sakura has a stronger sense of belonging to the orphanage, because the director of the orphanage, Shimizu Lin, has a face that is [-]% or [-]% similar to her.

Qingshuilin is a gentle and elegant woman with a sense of alienation. Some children in the orphanage like her, some are afraid of her, but they all respect her.Because of that face that is very similar to Shimizu Lin, Shimizu Sakura also secretly speculated whether she and Shimizu Lin are related by blood.

However, if she was her relative, why would she put herself in the orphanage and deny her guess?

But if she's not her relative, what explains their overly similar faces and identical surnames?

Shimizu Sakura tried to muster up the courage to ask Shimizu Lin, the beautiful and elegant woman looked at her with a smile, neither denied nor admitted, just patted her head and told her: "You will know later."

Her smile was so gentle, but her fingers were cold, falling on Shimizu Sakura's face, making her feel a trembling of uneasiness.

Sakura Shimizu discovered her talent at an early age.

She is very sensitive to the changes in the emotions of others, and can always guess the other person's true thoughts and feelings by observing the fleeting micro-expressions of others.She is also very good at influencing the emotions and thoughts of others, and she can always make them do things according to her ideas without any trace. One can not like her.

The children in the orphanage will leave the orphanage when they grow up to a certain age. Some are adopted, and some choose to go out to support themselves when they become adults. The older brothers and sisters who left the orphanage will occasionally come back to visit them.

Shimizu Sakura doesn't like contact with her brothers and sisters who have returned to the orphanage, because every time she sees the familiar faces of her brothers and sisters who have come back to visit them, she always has a strange thought in her heart.

【They... are not the same people from before. 】

Obviously the same face, the same voice, the same demeanor.

But she just felt that there was a lingering sense of separation between them.

It's like... the same body with different souls.

Shimizu Sakura has always believed in her intuition, and she has never made a mistake in her natural judgment before, but this time, she hesitated.

After all... how could the brothers and sisters leave the orphanage and change their souls?

No one can do such a thing as changing a soul in a body.

Maybe she was overthinking.

Shimizu Sakura didn't tell anyone about her feelings, even though she was still young, she also knew that this kind of thinking was a fantasy, either it was not taken seriously by adults, or it aroused their disgust and fear.

But this doubt and confusion were quietly buried in her heart like a seed.

Shimizu Sakura's best friend in the orphanage is Riko Amauchi, who is her age. Compared with Shimizu Sakura's gentleness and introversion, Tenuchi Riko is more lively, outgoing, and innocent. She often likes to drag Shimizu Sakura to do some exciting activities. Adventurous things, such as sneaking out of the orphanage to play in the dead of night, although she would be caught by the staff of the orphanage every time to criticize and educate her, but she still never tired of it.

The Qingshui Orphanage covers an area where the children can almost meet their daily needs. Near the edge, there is an abandoned building. The adults in the Orphanage never allow the children to get close to this building.This building is like the "forbidden place" in the orphanage, full of mystery.

One day when she was 13 years old, Riko Amauchi suddenly said mysteriously to Sakura Shimizu: "Sakura-chan, I discovered a big secret!"

"What secret?"

"You know that abandoned building, right? The adults say that it has been abandoned for many years and no one lives there, so we are not allowed to approach it. But I accidentally discovered not long ago that Dean Qingshui and some adults in the courtyard would enter that building every night. Building, don’t come out until dawn the next day. Why do you say they sneaked in without telling us?”

Shimizu Sakura thought for a while: "Hmm... maybe adults have their own things to do."

Riko Tenuchi suddenly said, "Sakura, let's sneak in and have a look tomorrow night!"

Shimizu Sakura was surprised and hesitated: "But... Dean Shimizu said that we can't get close to that building, and there are aunts guarding the dormitory every night, how can we get in?"

Riko Tennouchi was already prepared: "I have been observing for the past few days. The dean and the others will leave the orphanage at night and enter the building. The aunts in the dormitory will not patrol the orphanage after three o'clock, so as long as the time passes three Come on, we can sneak in!"

Seeing that Shimizu Sakura was still hesitant, Tenuchi Riko shook her hand and said coquettishly: "Come with me! Isn't Sakura-chan wondering what Dean Shimizu and the others do in that building every day? And we are all 13 I'm [-] years old, and I'm leaving the orphanage in another year, so I don't have much time!"

"Okay..." Shimizu Sakura couldn't resist her, and agreed to her request as usual.

However, the plan couldn’t keep up with the changes. Perhaps it was because she accidentally caught a cold while sleeping at night. When she woke up the next day, Shimizu Sakura found that she had contracted a cold. Although she took the medicine in time, her symptoms were so serious that she started to have a fever and fainted by the evening Shen Shen, feeling weak all over, it is difficult to take a few more steps, obviously it is impossible to accompany Riko Amauchi to explore the abandoned building.

"Lizi, why don't we go again next time we find a chance?"

"Yes, Sakura-chan's current physical condition does not seem to be able to go with me, but I have been preparing for a long time..." Riko Amauchi thought about it, took off the bracelet on her left wrist and put it on for Shimizu Sakura.

"This is……?"

"This bracelet and the necklace around my neck are a pair of video devices that can transmit images in time!" Riko Tenuchi said. I am really reluctant to give up this opportunity, so I give this device to you. What I saw during the adventure, the video device can record it and send it to Sakura-chan, so that even if Sakura-chan doesn’t go with me, I can still be with you. Let me share this adventure together."

That night, Shimizu Sakura's illness became violent. She lay in bed and fell into a drowsy sleep. She didn't even have time to say goodbye. She could only feel Tenuchi Riko touching her forehead and whispering in her ear: "Sakura-chan, Then I'll go first."

She fell asleep in a daze and was unconscious. It took her two full days to control her condition, and it was three days later when she woke up from the fever.

Amaki Riko, who went on an expedition three days ago, has not returned.

"Where is Lizi? Where did Lizi go?"

Shimizu Sakura asked the aunt of the orphanage with some anxiety.

"Riko was spotted by a couple who were unable to have children three days ago. They adopted her. She has left the orphanage now."

Auntie said softly.

[Liar. 】

Shimizu Sakura thought.

If Riko is really adopted and wants to leave the orphanage, she will definitely wait until she wakes up to say goodbye to her before leaving.

What's more, three days ago, Riko sneaked into the abandoned building without telling the adults.

Only she knew about this matter, and the adults seemed to think that she didn't know Li Zi's real whereabouts, so they deceived her so confidently.

Why did they lie that Riko was adopted?

Out of some intuition about danger, Shimizu Sakura didn't directly ask her doubts.

She accepted their explanation docilely on the surface, and did not raise any objections to Riko Tenuchi's whereabouts. On the way back, she suddenly felt a little cold. Shimizu Sakura subconsciously hugged herself, and when she accidentally touched the bracelet on her left wrist, It was only then that she remembered that Lizi left her the influence device that could be stored in real time before leaving.

【"Whatever I saw during the expedition, the video device can record it and send it to Sakura-chan."】

Riko's words echoed in her ears again.

Shimizu Sakura had to think in the worst direction.

...What did Riko Amauchi see in the abandoned building?

That night, Shimizu Sakura carefully avoided the surveillance in the orphanage, found a corner where no one would notice, and turned on the video device.

Before the picture became clear, Sakura Shimizu heard rapid breathing from the opposite side, and Riko Amauchi seemed to be running desperately, so that the whole camera was shaking violently.But even such a blurry picture is enough for Shimizu Sakura to see clearly that the interior of the abandoned building where Riko Tenuchi lives is not as dilapidated as it looks from the outside. The huge device that Shimizu Sakura didn't recognize was very similar to the scenes seen in sci-fi movies.

There was a loud noise, Riko Tenuchi seemed to have bumped into something when she was in a panic, and the miniature camera hanging around her neck fell to the ground with a bang, she seemed to have no time to take care of it, and continued to run forward, her figure appeared on the camera Soon after, the figure of the person chasing her appeared on the screen at the same time.

Shimizu Sakura knows those people, they are the staff of the welfare home who take care of them on weekdays, they are always as gentle and amiable as big brothers and sisters.

But now, they were chasing Tennei Riko's figure like they were chasing prey. It could be said that they were chasing her, but those people's footsteps were not in a hurry, as if they already knew that the prey had nowhere to escape, so they were not in a hurry.

One of them complained: "Didn't it mean that anesthesia had been injected after catching it? How could people escape from the conversion device?"

"After all, it's only 13 years old, and it's still one year behind the minimum standard age. People in the medical department are worried that too much anesthetic injection will cause side effects on this body, so the dosage is less than usual..."

"Forget it, these are not important, hurry up and take it back, don't delay the soul replacement, Master Tiannei is still waiting to use its body."

The pronoun they use for Riko is... "it"?

Before Shimizu Sakura recovered from the huge amount of information in their conversation, the scene in the camera suddenly changed—the people chasing her narrowed the encirclement, and Riko Amai, who was trapped in the center and had nowhere to escape, panicked. , after realizing that she had no way out, tears welled up in her eyelashes, and a trace of determination flashed in her eyes. She took the gun that she had snatched from the guard/guard when she was running away, and directly pressed it against her temple!

The face of the staff who was still calm and composed suddenly changed: "Where did you get this? Damn it! Put it down! Don't shoot!"

"Don't stimulate it! This body cannot be damaged, Master Tiannei is still waiting to use it!"

In the panic, a beautiful woman in a white coat walked into the crowd. She naturally stood at the front, and the people around her also made way for her most naturally. Qingshuilin's beautiful eyes were quiet Staring at Riko Tennai carefully, just like a mother watching her disobedient child helplessly and tenderly, she sighed softly: "Riko, this is not a toy, the gun is too dangerous for you, put it down quickly. "

Riko Tenuchi was unmoved, she smiled sadly: "Don't use this gentle mask to lie to me again, I already know everything about what you are doing!"

Qing Shuilin said gently: "We just want to perform a minor operation on you, which will not cause any harm to your body, Riko, you misunderstood."

Riko Tennai said sadly: "Minor surgery? It won't cause any harm to my body? Of course it won't cause any harm to my body, because what you want to kill is my soul so that others can occupy my body! The so-called I won't be myself after my 'minor surgery' is done, will I?"

Qingshui Lin did not answer her question directly.

She stared at Riko Tenuchi, her original gentle expression gradually dissipated, her patience seemed to have been exhausted, her eyes looked at Riko Tenuchi as if she were looking at a rotten piece of wood that was not worth carving, she said lightly: "Riko, you One thing to understand is that not all lives are equal in this world. Some people are more valuable alive, while others are valuable only when they are dead.”

"Value... value?" Riko Tennai muttered the word, "Everyone's life is not equal. From the beginning of our birth... is to die? I am a container, Sakura is also a container, all the people in the orphanage Children are all containers for you to continue your life?"

Qing Shuilin said: "Since everything can't be changed, why can't you learn to accept it calmly? Your soul will die here, but your body will not perish. You still live in this world, just a newborn you. Is it not good to be the more valuable you? If you shoot yourself now, your soul and body/body will be annihilated. Since the end is death, why let yourself exit in such a disgraceful manner? Obedient, Put the gun down."

Her voice is as seductive as her words, but it's a pity that Riko Tenuchi has never been a good and obedient child.

"The ending is death...?" Riko Tennai repeated Shimizu Lin's words, she shook her head, sobbed and cried, "It's different... This is different! It's the same death, at least choose from/ I am the one who kills me until I die! I am me! You don’t want me to be anyone’s container! I will not be your container even if I die!!!”

As soon as the words fell, she pulled the trigger forcefully without even half a second of hesitation!

The blood bloomed like a flower, staining most of the wall red, and the girl slid to the ground like a swan with a broken neck, ending her short life of only 13 years.

A silence.

Qingshuilin watched the girl lying in a pool of blood calmly, and indifferently ordered her subordinates: "It's not long since the shooting, and the signs of life should not have completely disappeared. Go and try to see if it still works. If not, deal with it. Remember to do it." Good follow-up finishing work, don't arouse the suspicion of other clones."

"Yes."

Qingshuilin's figure disappeared into the camera lens, perhaps because the camera device was too small, and the place where she fell was too hidden, so she didn't notice that everything that happened had quietly fallen into another person's field of vision.

Shimizu Sakura stared at the screen, her mind went blank, her eyes were obviously sore, but her tears seemed to have dried up, not a single drop flowed out.

[Is it a joke? 】

[It's a joke. 】

[How could Riko die? 】

【How could Riko... die? 】

All of this is like a ridiculous movie. Before the audience can understand the cause and effect, the actors have already called off the curtain.

Even in midsummer, Shimizu Sakura still felt cold all over her body.

She forced herself to calm down, flipped through the previously stored images, and with Shimizu Sakura's comprehension ability, it was not difficult to sort out the cause and effect of all this.

The Qingshui Welfare Institute where they are located is not a real welfare institution, but the "Qingshui Research Institute".

They were raised in the orphanage since they were young, and lived carefree and innocent, without knowing that the abandoned building was the real entrance of the institute.

Riko Tiannai broke into it rashly, so it was naturally impossible to hide the secret from the staff in the institute.She already knew the truth, and it was impossible for them to let her go back to the orphanage, so Qingshui Lin planned to replace her soul early, but she did not expect to arouse her fierce resistance. Riko Tennai would rather destroy herself than leave her body to They serve as vessels for the continuation of life.

"Phoenix Project", "Psychic Transformation Device", "Human Clone"... These concepts rushed into Shimizu Sakura's mind, and reality finally tore up its sweet appearance and revealed the most hideous truth to her.

Those truths that she would never know until she died.

She and Qingshui Lin are more than blood relatives.

She is simply a clone of Shimizu Lin.

No wonder they have such similar looks.

No wonder Qingshui Lin's attitude towards her is always strange and intimate.

They are not blood-related relatives, but life-and-death enemies.

Shimizu Sakura didn't even have time to feel sad for the death of Riko Tenuchi. She knew that she had no time to immerse herself in grief. According to the past practice, Shimizu Rin would activate the conversion device when the clone turned 14 years old. She thought that the 14-year-old Clones are highly plastic and energetic, and they are the best age for soul replacement.

And it is less than a year before Shimizu Sakura turns 14. During this period, the "Phoenix Project" may start at any time.

The time of death is approaching.

The extreme pressure of survival brings her extreme calmness. Shimizu Sakura knows very well that compared with Shimizu Lin who has sufficient experience, it is simply impossible for her to kill the other party in the mind conversion device. Indifferent and cruel, it is absolutely impossible for her to show mercy to her subordinates.

In less than a year, she wanted to kill Qingshuilin in the mental power conversion device, but she had no chance of winning.

--Do not.

Maybe it's not out of the question.