While he was lost in thought, the screen outside the prison changed again.
This time it was a dark hallway, where a little girl, looking to be around three or four years old, sat on a bench, holding a faded teddy bear.
The toy seemed old but was cleaned thoroughly.
The little girl bowed her head low, sitting obediently, her little face full of confusion and fear.
Nearby, not far from her, there was a room with a half-closed door, revealing an office inside.
"According to regulations, only children whose parents both have special difficulties or for health reasons can be sent to our orphanage, and it must be done by both parents together, Lady Zhao, your situation clearly does not comply..."
"Director... Director, please hear me out." The woman’s voice seemed anxious and uneasy, she pleaded desperately, "She can’t stay with me, she will die, she definitely will die..."
"Please, she’s very well-behaved, she won’t cause you any trouble."
The director noticed the woman’s panic and frowned, "Lady Zhao, I’m sorry..."
The woman’s calm face began to tremble; she suddenly screamed hysterically, messing up her hair, tearing at her neckline, and crazily smashing a vase from the desk onto her head.
Suddenly, the scene changed rapidly, security and teachers kept rushing into the office, trying to restrain the crazed woman.
The little girl sat quietly in the hallway, still bowing her head, seemingly blocking out the busy foot traffic, the noise, and the screams.
It was unclear how much time had passed, but the room gradually calmed down.
The door opened, and a disheveled woman walked out, pausing at the doorway; she seemed to glance at the little girl, or maybe she didn’t.
She stood there for a while
Then, she turned and walked towards the distance where the light was.
The sunlight stretched the woman’s shadow longer and longer, but her figure exactly blocked the distant sunlight, making the hallway even darker.
"Zhao Enqi, your mom is a crazy person!"
"We are not like you; you were abandoned by your mom..."
"Your mom injured the headmaster, she’ll definitely be executed."
Sometime later, several children of similar age appeared beside the girl, pointing at her and laughing, one remark after another.
"Zhao Enqi, why are you so naughty?!"
Teachers from the orphanage also appeared, their glares hostile.
"Who taught you to lie, always a liar from such a young age, what will become of you when you grow up!"
"Zhao Enqi! Why did you sneak out again!!"
"Zhao Enqi, why are you like your mom, are you crazy too?!"
Lin Xian blinked, and the children and teachers in the hallway disappeared.
He returned to the dark prison and the little girl sitting on the bench across from him.
Now, there were three girls in the prison.
Lin Xian knew these were three KIKIs from different times.
The little girl bowed her head low, nervously fiddling with the teddy bear in her hands.
Yet, she didn’t cry, just silently played with her toy.
As if she was just sitting there for a while, and soon someone would come to take her away.
"Help you with what?" Lin Xian suddenly changed the question, no longer asking if she recognized him.
The little girl lifted her hand, as if waiting for Lin Xian to give her something, just like before.
Lin Xian frowned, finally realizing something was wrong.
His expression shifted from indifference to seriousness, suddenly shouting, "Are you going to kill the principal, or those classmates, or perhaps, your own mother?"
The little girl did not speak.
Lin Xian, with a grave face, became somewhat anxious, "Listen to me. The people I mentioned earlier all deserved to die for their excesses, but the classmates and teachers at the orphanage, they are just..."
Lin Xian’s voice halted.
His lips dry, he felt caught in a logical dilemma and after a long pause, he said,
"They are just annoying people... but there’s no need to kill them."
All of this seemed to be just fragments of KIKI’s memory, but for some reason, Lin Xian had a very strong feeling at this moment.
If all these children, teachers, and mother were killed,
There would be no KIKI anymore.
Because he thought of a word,
Why was he seeing these scenes?
Was something happening to KIKI?
"No matter what was announced by the Phoenix Society or what’s circulating among the Wanderers, almost all superpowers are linked to three things: an item, some kind of physical and psychological change, and a specific condition."
Thinking this, Lin Xian suddenly felt a chill, a spine-tingling sensation flashed from his back to the top of his skull!
He remembered a word from the "Angel Plan" mentioned by KIKI before.
"From the case studies collected, evolution is not inevitable or destined to a specific outcome; it might also evolve incorrectly!"
"KIKI is in a near-death state. Could it be... her superpower is undergoing some transformation?"
"Emotions... spiritual power..."
"Evolution mistake..."
"What is causing her to fall?"
Lin Xian frowned, stepping back several steps.
He recalled the white Monster and the black ink in KIKI’s eyes, causing a chill to run down his spine.
But why did Lin Xian suddenly see that white Monster.
"Is it because of that bizarre antenna?"
"If that’s the case, has that thing always been around KIKI, just invisible to everyone?"
Lin Xian stood in the dark prison, his lone shadow startlingly conspicuous as he gasped, now with his eyes wide in tremendous shock as if he’d glimpsed something taboo in the dark.
Perhaps there was a possibility, those eerie beings had always been beside them!!
Not long ago, Lin Xian was talking in the car with Building, feeling that the monsters in the night were not attracted by noise, but by living beings.
Whether it’s the White Giant Monster or the three-faced spider, they always eerily appeared near Lin Xian, as if, the eerie, had always been there!
No sooner had this thought emerged than his hairs stood on end, and he immediately stepped back several steps. At this moment, his gaze landed on the shadows behind the three girls, where it seemed a huge black figure was standing.
In this dark prison, aside from him and the three girls, there was another presence!
His gaze trembled, staring fixedly at the black shadow.
And that shadow seemed to be gazing back at Lin Xian, standing in that corner’s shadow, slowly moving forward, a ghastly white terrifying face emerged into view.
Its gaping maw opened as if devouring something.
And the three KIKI’s from different periods, from older to younger, began to wrinkle and wither, their faces horrifying as if all life was being sucked out of them!
At this moment, because of her collapsing spiritual power, KIKI was on the edge of falling!