"I can't say."
Unexpectedly, the puppet's voice was no longer as lifeless as before, but returned to her usual briskness.
There is also a sense of fun and high-intensity Internet surfing in it, which makes people feel that she has just come out of a certain forum, but her thoughts are still there.
Kelsey said nothing.
She took off her white coat and put it on the hanger, then took out a small iron box from the cabinet and poured some tea into her water glass.
"You either?"
The arrogant Queen of Rhode Island not only allowed the intern to enter her office during breaks, she even asked the intern if he wanted to drink some tea...
If Valentin were here, he would feel like he was dreaming.
"No, I prefer the black liquid with enough stimulation and sweetness..."
The 'Puppet' frowned slightly, took off the cat ears from the top of his head, folded them a few times and put them back in his pocket.
"what do you say that is?"
"Cola."
Kelsey held the mug with both hands, her eyebrows lowered.
The tea leaves curl and stretch in the scalding hot water, as graceful as a dragon. The white mist curls up on the rim of the cup, as graceful as a swimming dragon.
Her voice seemed to be infected by the cup of hot tea. Although it still lacked much emotion, it also gained some warmth.
“It was accidentally invented by a herbalist a few years ago and has become Colombia’s most popular drink.”
"Ah...I remember."
'Puppet' tapped his palms with a smile on his lips.
She still looks cute after taking off her makeup and cat ears, but her appearance has changed.
The eyebrows are a little more mature and a little less innocent. The light in the eyes is also much dimmed, but it is still clear, but this cleanness makes people feel uncomfortable, as if there is something invisible hidden inside.
"Do you have any here?"
She raised her calves, jumped up hard, and walked to the refrigerator in the corner of the office.
There is a rest area nearby, and there is also a folding bed, which can make Kelsey, who has been working overtime too long and is too lazy to go back to the dormitory, just one night.
"have."
Kelsey doesn't like to drink carbonated drinks, but she still keeps a car of bottles in the refrigerator just for this time.
The guy standing in front of the refrigerator, disguised as a puppet, is her old friend——
Minister for Inspection, Shadow.
Last year, before Dr. Noah came to Rhode Island, Kelsey sent Sky to Colombia to discuss business and asked Shadow to follow him as a bodyguard.
The journey was uneventful, except that this sister somehow fell in love with a drink called Coke and brought a lot with her when she came back.
Kelsey confiscated them all because she was worried about her getting cavities.
…
The reason why Shadow can't remember the name of Coke is all because of the special nature of her job, so this girl basically won't waste her precious brain cells on trivial matters.
For example, I don’t remember the name of my favorite drink, I don’t know how many dolls I bought, I don’t know how much I spent...
The room fell silent, and both of them focused on the drinks in their hands. After a long time, Shadow threw the empty Coke bottle into the trash can and stretched.
"That kid has more and more secrets."
Shadow once hacked into Valentine's cell phone and found many strange things in it.
For example, pictures, music and novels that have never appeared on the Internet, names of countries and cities that are completely different from those known to Terran people, etc.
In order to find out whether these data were unique, the Rhode Island Supervisory Department sent many agents to invade other countries' networks for comparison.
A few days ago, the last Supervision Department officer who was sent out finally returned. And his answer was exactly the same as the person who came back before:
Absolutely not.
In other words, most of the information on Valentine's phone is unique in the world of Terra.
As if from another world.
Could it be that Valentine, who possesses these strange data, is also a human from another world?
Humans from another world look the same as Terrans?
Or is it that this kid is soul-piercing and seizing the body?
"In addition to this, I also contacted the logistics department officer in charge of Sargon Market and asked him to investigate Valentine's past."
"The result..."
Shadow chuckled.
"This kid turns out to be a good boy, the kind who will cry even if he is bullied a little bit."
"Thanks to Razer being a good sister, he had a relatively happy childhood."
"Later, Razer went to Black Steel International to pursue his dream, while Valentin stayed alone in the village with his parents. His personality didn't change much. He is still very soft."
"And now he has this kind of personality?"
She moved her fingers to turn on the computer on Kelsey's desk. A few seconds later, an investigative report against Valentine appeared on the screen.
"Maybe it's because of Rheinlife."
Kelsey took a sip of tea.
"Before that, he went through a terrible war."
"This can all be the reason for his drastic change in personality."
"But war doesn't make people stupid."
"Nor will RheinLife's human experiments."
Shadow tapped the display.
"Judging from Valentin's past performance in Colombia and Chernobog, and what he has experienced, I would rather believe that this kid died once."
"Then this body was taken over by a soul from another world."
"When that soul came, he also brought a mobile phone with him?"
Even though she hadn't smiled for a long time, Kelsey still had the urge to raise the corners of her lips when she heard Shadow's confident tone.
"At least, resurrection from the dead is not impossible."
Shadow could naturally tell that Kelsey didn't trust him. She stopped smiling and her tone became more serious.
"Am I not an example?"
After the words fell, the room suddenly became extremely quiet, and you could hear a pin drop.
Kelsey's hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, and her knuckles turned white, making people worried that the ceramic cup would crack in the next second and scratch her fingers.
After a long time, Kelsey relaxed. She poured herself a large sip of tea and swallowed it, enduring the sting and bitterness caused by the tea.
It felt like I had swallowed a ball of fire and exploded in my stomach.
"sorry."
Shadow had never seen Kelsey so out of sorts.
She knew that she had said the wrong thing and apologized very straightforwardly.
"...You never really die, and you never really rise again."
There was not much emotion in this voice, with Kelsey's unique indifference.
It seemed that the sip of hot tea just now had no effect on her.
Of course, it may also be forced.
"I don't want to hear this."
"Tell me what you saw in Siesta."
Jue was originally responsible for keeping tabs on him, but when the conclusion that "Valentine was probably from another world" came out, Shadow gave Jue a false pretense and went on his own.
The result really made her see something.
"This kid has become a lot stronger. The killers sent by Rhine Life were fooled by him."
"If he had just opened the door and stood at the starting point of the road to becoming a god, now he has already completed one-fifth of the way."
Shadow is a dedicated operator, and she failed in the battle with Valentine.
He even got a closer look at the battle in the illusion, and was almost discovered by Night Owl.
"normal."
Kelsey was not surprised.
It is not easy for anyone to escape from the hands of death. It is not surprising that Valentine, who experienced the Battle of Qicheng, suddenly gained strength.
"It was easy for you to deal with him before, but it's difficult now."
"Um."
"In short, my suggestion is to increase surveillance and prepare several emergency plans for him."
Shadow recalled Valentine's performance in the battle and sighed softly.
"Just because we can't solve it doesn't mean others can't."
"In the sea, on the ice sheet, in the desert..."
"If one day you feel you can't control him, give him a mission to die...but don't involve that angel. We can't bear Rutland getting angry."
"I have a feeling that this kid is even more special than Amiya. It's not because of his possible identity as a visitor from another world, nor is it because of his Origin Stone skills."
Raising his head, Shadow stared into Kelsey's eyes and poked his temple.
"He's not normal here, very abnormal."
