"Who are you exactly?"
CC asked again:
"Where is VV? Do you know VV?"
Lin Xian was holding the electric rice cooker, looking at the girl he had seen countless times, yet who did not recognize him at all:
"Indeed, not having memory fragments is quite troublesome. I don't even know where to start."
"What on earth are you talking about?"
CC frowned, utterly perplexed by the man's strange words.
But she didn't care.
She pointed at the electric rice cooker in the man's arms:
"You're the one who wrote the message in the safe, right? Is this electric rice cooker the item that was originally in the safe?"
"If you don't mind... could I take a look? This is something very important to me. I won't compete with you for it, I just want to know what's hidden inside."
"Of course, no problem."
Lin Xian smiled slightly, stroking the smooth-as-new lid of the rice cooker:
"But, could you wait a few minutes?"
...
Within the secret laboratory at Rhein University.