Chapter 8 Memory Fragments
Chapter 8 Memory Fragments

"Hey, Liufeng. You're not that useless, are you?" A young girl's voice echoed in my ears.

Who? Who is talking? I opened my eyes in a daze. I looked at the scene in front of me. Black. Pitch black. Nothing. It was as if I was standing in the universe. "Where am I?"

"Hehe. Haven't you recognized me after only six years?" Just when I was still in a daze, the voice sounded again. Then, a sister in a blue kimono appeared beside me.

"You are..." I was really shocked when I saw her appear in the air.

"Hehe. It seems that you really don't remember anything. Let me help you." The girl in the blue kimono waved her sleeves at me. A beam of light surrounded me. When the light touched me, my head started to hurt violently.

"Wow...what did you do to me?" I held my head in my hands and knelt on the ground in pain.

"Well, well, just bear with it for a while. It will be over soon." She still smiled at me mischievously. At this moment, my head was aching. Fragments of memory flashed into my mind. Gradually, the fragments connected.

"May I have your name."

"Mingya." A girl with long black hair answered me coldly.

"Remember. I am Liu Feng. From today on, you are my partner."

"..." She didn't say anything, just stared at me closely.

"Haha. Nice look. Pack your things and follow me."

The memories of my past life slowly emerged in my mind. Although my head hurt, I could clearly feel that those memories that belonged to me slowly returned to my mind.

"Hey, I'm talking to you, Wind." That was Mingya's voice. "Where did you pick up this animal from?"

"In the forest. This kind of little ferret is rare in the forest." I replied.

"Tsk. Childish behavior."

"...Ming. I just picked up a ferret. You won't be jealous, will you?"

"Asshole.. Asshole. I'm not jealous." Ming's angry face betrayed her.

"Well, what should we call this little girl? Well... let's call her Xiaoya." I smiled mischievously.

"Hey!! Wind!!!"

Yes. That was when I picked up Xiaoya. I remember. I remember it.

"Feng, are we going on this mission or not?" Ming asked lazily.

"Go. Wait until I finish watching it." I stared at the computer screen intently.

"Come on...it's just anime...do you like that little girl that much?"

"Of course. Look at her. Short brown hair and cold temperament. Look at her..."

"Alright, alright. Just pretend I didn't say anything. Really. You never stop talking about Haibara Ai... I'll just wait for you."

Hehe. This happened before we went on another mission. I remember when we went out that time, I kept talking to Ming about Huibara Ai. It annoyed her to death.

"Feng. How could you just leave me like this? Do you remember? When you picked me out from a dozen kids, I was so happy. I wouldn't be killed by them because of you. It was you who saved me. You treated me like your sister. I was very happy. I have never had a family, but I never thought that one day I would have a brother by my side. But, now you... Why? Why? I'm already free. Why do you want me to live alone!!!"

That was... when I died. Ming said... Yes. I died.

I remembered it now. Including the time when Yeyue sent me across time. I remembered it all!!
"Yeyue! You are Yeyue!" I woke up from my memories and shouted out the girl's name.

"Bingo~ It seems you remember everything." Yeyue smiled, covering her mouth with the sleeves of her kimono.

"By the way. Why are you here? Didn't I travel to Conan's world?"

"Yes. You have indeed traveled through time. And you have lived here for six years. But this is not my world. I cannot restore your memories of the past six years. I can only repair your brain. And the me who appears in front of you now is just a thought I left in the necklace, and it will disappear soon. As for whether you can remember the past, it depends on you."

Yeyue circled around me. "Hehe. Not bad. Although you still look like a child, you are quite cute~" Yeyue came over and pinched my cheek.

"But why do I see you in this world? Where is this place?" I ignored Yeyue's teasing and asked directly.

"Do you remember the wish you made to me before you came here? This is the space in the necklace. Because the two necklaces only hold half of the money, I put a bit of my thoughts into the other necklace. Because your life force is weak, I activated the two necklaces. That's why I can come out and talk to you. If it weren't for this kind of activation, at least you would have to wait until you remembered the necklace before it could be automatically activated. Look, aren't you wearing the two winged necklaces around your neck now?"

I looked down. Indeed, there were two necklaces hanging around my neck. The pendants of the necklaces were two black wings. One on the left and one on the right.

"But you are really something. You have forgotten the existence of the necklace for six years and have never thought about it once. If it weren't for this crisis, I really don't know when you would have remembered it." Yeyue said with a hint of amusement.

"I see. Hehe, sorry, sorry, that means I came here six years ago. But this is not the world you live in. So I have to find the memories of these six years by myself. Is that right?"

"Yeah. That's how it is." Ye Yue smiled. "You should be grateful to me. I saved you once. My mind is about to disappear. You will never see me again in this world. Unless you die. Hehe, but I still wish you a pleasant journey through time."

Yeyue said with a smile. "Come here, little brother Liufeng. Sister will take you back~~" Yeyue patted me hard on the back of my head.

"Ouch. It hurts." When I felt the pain, I was already back in that dark room.

"Ah... So that's how it is..." I muttered to myself as I got up from the ground. The memories of my past life. The time travel. And the current situation. All the memories are connected together. The only thing I don't remember is the six years here. Forget it, now that I understand the current situation. Then I will live well here. Gin. The Black Organization. And... Ai~~ I smiled wickedly.

Click.

There was the sound of a door opening. Then a beam of white light shone into the room. A little boy walked out crookedly with a dagger in his hand.

Oh, right. I almost forgot that I was still in the test. Enduring the wound on my head and severe dizziness, I put the right wing of one of the two necklaces into the left wing of the other, then walked out the door while holding onto the wall.

"Ah, ah, did the kid number 7 die in there?" A beautiful female voice said. It was Vermouth's voice.

"Are you interested in him?" The cold voice belonged to Gin.

"Yeah. I wanted to take him away from you. But it seems there's no chance." Vermouth shrugged with some regret.

"Hmph. Take his body back." Gin snorted. Rustle... Rustle...

"Hmm? Haha. It seems I can take him away alive~" Vermouth felt something and looked towards the door of the room where I was.

Gin seemed to understand what she meant. He also glanced at the door. Sure enough, after a while, I walked out crookedly.

"Number 4. You let Number 7 live. You're out." Gin raised his pistol and pointed it at the boy named Number 4.

"No, no. No!" The child called No. 4 looked at me walking out of the room, then looked at the black muzzle of the gun. Then he rushed towards me like crazy. The sharp dagger flashed coldly.

With a simple move, I grabbed the wrist of his dagger. With my other hand, I chopped his hand. You must be kidding. How could I, who had recovered my memory, let a little kid knock me down? His hand loosened in pain. The dagger fell to the ground. I didn't give him time to catch his breath. I endured the severe pain in my head. I kicked him with all my strength and sent him flying. He hit the wall hard. But after the kick, I was too injured to make any other moves. I could only lean against the wall opposite him, gasping for breath and feeling dizzy.

"Damn it." The kid called No. 4 stood up and walked towards me. But before he took the first step, Gin stood in front of him and put the gun to his forehead.

"No... don't kill me. I can kill him. Please give me a chance." The child was terrified. His body was shaking.

"When the second person comes out, the first person will die. Didn't you understand the rules just now?" Gin asked while loading his beloved gun.

"But look at him. He can't stand up anymore. I can kill him. Please give me another chance." The child seemed to be unwilling to give up.

"Humph." Gin sneered. "I've already given you the chance. When he knocked your dagger off your chest, you were already dead!"

boom! ! !
Without giving him a chance to speak again, Gin fired. The bullet instantly penetrated No. 4's forehead.

"Vodka, take No. 7 back to Baihe for treatment."

"yes, Sir."

After that, Gin left my sight. Only Vermouth and Vodka were left looking at me.

"Well done, No. 7. Anyway, congratulations on surviving. Also, welcome to join the organization." Vermouth squatted down and looked at me weakly and said.

"Ah. Thank you, Miss Bell." I replied in a very small voice. "Please give me more advice in the future."

"Sister Vermouth, I'm going to take No. 7 away." Vodka said respectfully.

"Haha. Then you should go back and take good care of your injuries." Vermouth smiled at me. Then he stood up and said coldly to Vodka. "Vodka, tell Gin that I like this kid. Let him report to me after his training. I will use my three men in exchange. Let him train this kid well for me."

"Sister Vermouth...this..." Vodka looked at Vermouth with some embarrassment.

"Didn't you understand what I said?" Vermouth was a little unhappy and glared at Vodka fiercely.

"Ah. Yes. I understand. I will report it to Brother Gin. I'm very sorry. Sister Vermouth." Vodka answered tremblingly.

Seeing Vodka trembling, Vermouth smiled coldly and left. Only Vodka and I were left, along with the body of No. 4 who had just died.

"Let's go. No. 7." Vodka said as he tried to pull me up.

"Ah. Sorry. I don't think I can leave. I guess your code name is Vodka. Sorry. I'll leave everything to you." I lost too much blood and my consciousness was so devastated that I couldn't hold on any longer. The moment I stood up, I fainted.

"Uh. This kid, I really don't know what Vermouth sees in him." Vodka complained. He picked me up and said, "Forget it. I saved the sleeping pills."

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

When I woke up, it was already the next morning. The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was Jingliu.

"Hmm? You're awake, No. 7." Jingliu's soft voice sounded, and I couldn't help but feel numb all over. What a nice voice.

"Ah. Sister Jingliu. Am I in the hospital again?" I asked even though I knew the answer.

"Well. You fainted due to excessive blood loss during yesterday's test. How do you feel now?" Jingliu said, touching my cheek.

"Ah. Not bad. Just a headache..." I looked at the red liquid flowing out of the infusion tube in my arm. It seemed like they were giving me a blood transfusion.

"Haha. Of course it hurts. The back of your head hit the table. You're lucky to survive despite the blood loss. Really. You get hurt every time. If you get hurt again, you'll become stupid." Shizuru laughed. "Anyway, you've already joined the organization. Let me introduce myself again. My name is Shirakawa Shizuru. I'm 16 years old. I'm your exclusive caregiver. Although you're just a temporary code name now, if one day you get a code name like Gin and the others, you can have me." As he spoke, Shizuru's cheeks turned slightly red.

"Hmm? Own it?" Hearing Jingliu's bold words, I couldn't help but blush.

Puchi~ Jingliu burst into laughter. "Look at you. Haha. So cute~" Jingliu's laughter made me feel creepy. I felt cheated and couldn't help but squint my eyes.

"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore." Jingliu pinched my cheek. "What I mean is that when you have a code name, you will have subordinates of your own. I was originally Gin's subordinate. But he didn't like me, so he transferred me to be a medical staff. Peripheral members like me who don't even have a code name have no right to speak. I can only obey orders." As he said. Jingliu's eyes dimmed. Seeing Jingliu's sad look, I felt a little distressed. Just when I wanted to speak, I was interrupted by Jingliu's sweet voice.

"Hey. No. 7, can you grant me a request?"

"Hmm? You say. As long as I can do it." I said solemnly and seriously.

"If you get the code name one day, can you let me be your subordinate? Please free me from Gin's hands. Okay?" Jingliu looked at me pleadingly. It seems that she is having a hard time under Gin's hands.

"Haha. What are you talking about, Sister Jingliu." I smiled faintly.

"Hmm? Not possible?" Jingliu's eyes were full of disappointment and sadness. "That's right. You are still so young. How can you have your own code name right away? Haha. I said the wrong thing."

"Idiot." I narrowed my eyes. "I am a person who has lost my memory. No matter whether it was before or not. Now you are my only sister. How can I let my sister be my subordinate?"

"Hmm? You mean..." Jingliu's eyes regained their spirit.

"Ah. I will try to get a code name. Then I will place you by my side. Didn't you say you are not mine?"

"Ah. Your people..." Jingliu's face turned red.

"Tsk... humph... hehehehe. Hahaha." I laughed happily. "Hahaha. Sister Jingliu, you are so cute when you blush. Hahaha."

"You...Number 7!" Seeing Jingliu's red and angry face, I laughed even more happily.

(End of this chapter)