"This is your sister. Have you forgotten? It seems that you're really seriously ill... my dear brother..."
Li Mo's elder sister hugged him tightly in her arms. Tears welled up in her eyes, as if she were embracing a person who had come back from the dead.
Li Mo pushed his sister away and looked at the little girl lying beside the bed, who was only about eight or nine years old.
She had long golden hair, snow-white skin, a blue little dress and children's shoes, long socks with white and pink stripes alternating, and a pair of blue eyes full of childlike innocence.
"Brother, do you want me to buy you a bottle of milk?"
The innocent and tender voice only made Li Mo more alert. He suddenly had a sister out of nowhere, and she wasn't even Chinese. Could it be that she was an adopted child? This was really...
His sister showed her usual smile. She looked at the newly "appeared" sister and then at Li Mo, who was sitting on the bed in a daze.
"Li Mo, look how sensible our sister is... How could you not recognize her!"
Li Mo didn't understand why he suddenly had a sister when he woke up, and his elder sister seemed to have really been getting along with this sister for many years. He looked at the clock fixed on the opposite wall.
Generally, most of the clocks produced nowadays display the date, and the clock in front of Li Mo was no exception. It showed: 9:19, July 13th.
「July 13th?」
He was still in school yesterday, and now it was July 13th. This was definitely not normal.
Li Mo tried to get out of bed, but his sister pressed down on his shoulders.
"Okay, okay. You'd better take a rest... You were hit by a car and still want to go out and play. Can't you just stay with your sister for a while? Seriously... You shouldn't have gone shopping with that little girl Fang Xin yesterday..."
「Fang Xin?」
Li Mo didn't know who Fang Xin was. He had never heard of the person his sister mentioned. But now, he should deal with this sister who seemed to come out of nowhere.
He knew that he couldn't leave this hospital bed in a short time. Even if he said that he was fine, his sister wouldn't let him out.
"Wait a minute. It seems that the chicken soup I cooked is almost ready. Alice, you stay here and take care of your brother. I'm going home... Fortunately, it's not far from here."
Li Mo had no reason to keep his sister there. Maybe it would be better if she left.
After his sister left, Alice sat on the edge of Li Mo's hospital bed. She looked at Li Mo, who was staring at her, and suddenly burst out laughing.
"Brother, don't you know anything? Didn't Mr. Demon say anything? He's really... You don't even know my name yet, do you?"
Alice propped herself up with her hands on the bed and jumped to the ground. She lifted the two sides of her skirt with both hands, bowed slightly towards Li Mo.
"I'm your slave, Alice Katerina. Mr. Demon said that from now on, you will be my new master. He also said that I just need to call you brother." (●_●)
[Slave: Alice Katerina, the High-efficiency Killing Machine]
[Ability: Alice will tell you.]
[Background: You will know sooner or later.]
[Skill: Alice has no skills.]
Li Mo found that some words appeared in front of him. This seemed to be Alice's basic information panel. But now, it was more important to respond to what she said.
"Li Mo. That's my name."
"What? That's it? Hey! Brother Li Mo, you're being too cold to me... At least... at least you should smile a little..."
Li Mo originally didn't want to pay attention to Alice, but if this little girl started crying and making a fuss here and his sister saw it, that would be a disaster.
Li Mo didn't have much experience in coaxing children, but he could learn from the way his sister used to coax him.
Li Mo slowly turned his body. He wasn't yet used to these brand-new limbs, but it was still easy for him to do some simple movements. He put his feet into the slippers, opened his arms, and hugged Alice.
"Alice... sister..."
The moment he hugged Alice, Li Mo lost consciousness and fell to the ground. Alice, panicked, shook the unconscious Li Mo and then ran outside the ward to find a nurse for help.
...
「This should be...」
Li Mo was walking on the street. He could clearly feel that his height was gradually decreasing, and his field of vision was getting lower and lower. He looked at the window of a store beside him.
「This is me when I was a child...」
Li Mo seemed to think of something. He didn't want to stay here for too long. If he kept walking along this street, he would definitely see...
Li Mo ran anxiously on the street. He was almost at the downstairs of the community where his home was. His parents would always come back when he got home from school. His mother liked to hold him in her arms, and his father liked to stroke his head. Even though the family wasn't very wealthy, for Li Mo, being with his family was definitely the happiest thing.
However, compared to comedies, tragedies often befall those miserable lives.
Like every child going home, Li Mo was eager to see his parents greeting him with big smiles. But what came into his sight was a small car that had crashed into a utility pole and was severely damaged. How could Li Mo not recognize this car?
His parents were trapped in the car and couldn't move. Li Mo wanted to run over, but a pair of hands grabbed his shoulders. It was a voice with a hint of sobbing.
"Li Mo... I'm sorry... Li Mo... Our parents..."
「Sister?」
A small hand took hold of the finger of his drooping left hand.
"Brother, don't..."
「Sister... No... Alice...」
Li Mo finally realized that his memory had been tampered with. Although it wasn't too serious, it couldn't be trusted anymore.
「Wait a minute. Why did I feel sad just now... I remember... I even... Now I'm starting to be confused again...」
He turned his head and looked at Alice, who was standing on his left. At this moment, Alice was also looking at him, but her eyes seemed to have turned red. A strong smell of blood filled the air. The houses and buildings around them had all turned into piles of corpses, and blood flowed like a small stream at his feet.
It wasn't just the color of Alice's pupils that had changed. Her eyes had completely turned blood-red, and it was even impossible to tell where the pupils were. She showed a strange smile. Her teeth had also turned blood-red, and blood seeped out from the corners of her mouth and her eyes. Her head tilted slightly.
Li Mo found that he had completely lost the ability to move. Alice didn't open her mouth, but a voice came out.
"Li Mo... Be glad that you've become a 'Replacement'. Otherwise, you would be like everyone else in this world, unable to even prove your own existence... Hahaha..."
It was time to wake up...
Li Mo found Alice lying beside him. She was hugging his neck and mumbling something from time to time.
"Brother... I long for... Brother..."
At this moment, some words appeared in front of Li Mo again.
[Ability Unlock Progress: One-half]