Abyssal Wanderer

Jiang Zhou... no, Jim Leiter regained consciousness much faster than he expected. In just a blink of an eye, he completely understood the current situation.

"What are you talking about Pegasus... biological protein chip?"

Although he regained consciousness immediately, in the face of Hanel's questioning, he still pretended to struggle to stand up from the bed, with a look on his face that showed no knowledge of what happened before.

But at this moment, countless thoughts had already exploded in his mind.

Jim... I already have a 'Pegasus' installed in my mind?

He stared carefully at the brain scan rubbing in front of him - the position of the frontal lobe of the brain was covered with a special wing-like structure. According to the information Fanny gave her before, there is no doubt that it is the characteristic of the biological protein chip "Pegasus".

So, is my previous guess really correct? Did he really upload a mental model to the Eden resettlement area and then be implanted with a "Pegasus"?

After confirming this fact, Jim found that he calmed down surprisingly quickly - he didn't seem to have any real feeling about this, it was just a feeling of looking at strangers.

On the contrary, it was this sudden indifference that shocked him.

"How about first tell me what you have experienced these years?"

On the other side, seeing Jim's expression calm down, Hanel put away the brain scan rubbings, then moved a chair and sat beside his bed.

She asked, narrowing her eyes condescendingly.

Jim didn't reply immediately, but looked around, observing where he was.

At this moment, he was in the ward of Sacred Heart Hospital - the place where his "evil twin brother" had asked him to take him before he completely passed out.

The location of this hospital is inside the "Sacred Heart of the Cross Holy Country Nord Branch" on the tenth floor of the resettlement area. This is a missionary territory purchased by the New Holy Spirit Church, and its sovereignty belongs to the Vatican. Even the resettlement area government has no law enforcement rights here.

Jim had helped the bishop here in the past to win a "street religious war" with another desert theocracy two blocks away - after that, checking vehicles for bombs became his daily routine .

Because of this, the bishop issued a green card for himself. If he really caused some big trouble on the tenth floor, hiding here and applying for political asylum would be the safest choice.

Thinking of this, Jim turned his head and looked at his neck. A Y-shaped bright silver instrument perfectly sewed up the bite wound on it.

The arrangement before my evil twin brother fainted was really thoughtful...

wrong……

Jim, who realized something, looked up at Hanel, who had a subtle expression. He spoke weakly:

"Why did you agree to send me here? Wouldn't it be better to leave me for interrogation at the 'Lighthouse'?"

Wang Ying was not in the ward... This was normal. As a public employee of the resettlement area government, it was certainly impossible for her to help "prisoners" like herself smuggle into another "sovereign country." Only executives like Hanel, who are affiliated with the Anthroposophical Ethics Supervisory Committee, can have such diplomatic immunity and cross borders freely.

In other words, his evil twin brother had even expected this?

After creating an environment for conversation, will Hanel, who also uploaded the mental model, reveal something to himself?

Jim held his breath at the thought.

"There are a lot of people in the lighthouse, so it would be nice to tell you something here."

Hanel first answered like this, and then continued:

"Besides, I have cross-border law enforcement powers, but the little girl from the Public Security Bureau who cooperated with your acting does not. By sending you here, it helped me rule out the intervention of the Public Security Bureau of the Nord Resettlement Area. I have no reason to refuse. This request of yours.”

When she spoke, there was clearly a sense of provocation in her tone.

The way Hanel spoke at this moment gave Jim the feeling that he was the real person.

"So...are you going to tell me something here?"

Ignoring the other party's strange emotions when talking about Wang Ying, Jim asked cautiously.

"Let me tell you something? Jimmy, are you out of your mind?"

In response, Hanel rolled his eyes at him, then asked with a solemn expression:

"After so many things happened, shouldn't it be you who should tell me why you went crazy?"

This answer is too normal...

Jim thought.

"You don't want to say it, do you?"

Probably seeing that Jim had no intention of cooperating, Hanel said directly:

"Okay, let me remind you... have you found the usage record of the multi-purpose printer? Did the 'Pegasus' installed in Mr. Jin's mind come from the lighthouse, as you guessed?"

Jim didn't know what to answer for a moment.

Yes, of course she should know that Mr. Jin has a "Pegasus" installed in his mind. After all, the other party's body is in the hands of the Anthroposophical Ethics Supervisory Committee. And based on what she had been able to investigate before, it was not difficult to deduce the reason why she went to the lighthouse.

This performance is too natural and too normal. Exactly what Hanel should have been back then. At this moment, she was speaking as if she were a normal executive working on the committee.

But it shouldn’t be like this…

If both of them uploaded their mental models back then and were controlled by an unknown dark network entity, then in this situation, shouldn't "they" have to exchange some information with each other?

In other words, the other party, just like me, usually has a puppet personality who thinks he is Héloïse Haenel. And that hidden existence also became the "evil twin sister"?

Jim had always felt that he was able to reawaken his self-awareness because Jiang Zhou used the Janus program to connect to his special...

Thinking of this, he replied:

"No... I can't find Mr. Jin's usage record in the multi-purpose printer at the lighthouse."

Hanel snorted softly when he heard this, and then said:

"What did I say before? Both the Orpsian Cult and the Icarus Liberation Front have joined the line of the Goddess of the Moon. The one who transformed those zombies must be the underground multi-purpose printer. ...But you must not listen, you must have your own more 'wise' ideas."

As she spoke, she clicked her tongue like she hated iron for not becoming steel, and then complained:

"I think you are so anti-establishment that you are so confused that you blame the government for any conspiracy you encounter."

Perhaps those parasitic beings in the bodies of these "Eden Settlement Residents" can use some other methods to communicate with each other without the host being aware of it...

Jim thought.

Seeing Hanel in front of him who was no different from before, he said directly:

"No... I still don't think the Orpheus Church is involved with the Icarus Liberation Front. Perhaps those things were implanted through some other means."

Hearing these words, Hanel looked at Jim with a strange look, and then said:

"Don't tell me that Mr. Jin's 'Pegasus' is hereditary?"

Jim shook his head, then pointed at his brain and said:

"Even if Mr. Jin is hereditary, isn't the thing in my head also hereditary?"

He stared closely at the expression on the other party's face, hoping to see some changes - there was also a "Pegasus", so why didn't the other party regard him as a suspect of the "Orpsian Secret Cult"?

But the expression on the other person's face at this moment was only confusion.

"That's right, I forgot what you haven't answered yet... When did you install that thing?"

She said so.

Cognitive error... She couldn't even connect the two things together...

Thinking like this, Jiang Zhou said:

"Do you remember the memetic virus that the Dionysian sect used to preach in the past? Today's Orpheus Mystery Cult... No, earlier, Apollo biology was using a similar method to implant 'Pegasus' into people. .”

As he spoke, his mind flashed back to the simulator movie he had seen before.

"Anyone who watches the simulator movie "Doppelgänger" will be implanted with a 'Pegasus' without knowing it."

Although these words sound incredible, judging from the current situation, it seems that this is the only possibility.

After speaking, he waited for the other party's response.

After a long time, Hanel asked doubtfully:

"So, what is "Double"?" (End of Chapter)