In the evening, I pushed the wheelchair home.

The doctor said that Lin Jia had injured her spine and optic nerves, not only causing her to be blind from now on but also paralyzing her legs.

Since she couldn't move properly, I had to push her in a wheelchair.

However, in a blessing in disguise, Lin Jia's consciousness became much clearer.

Afterward, she told me that the monster that day was 021.

"How are you sure that the monster was 021?" I pushed Lin Jia into the living room, carefully stopping the wheelchair beside the sofa.

Lin Jia's eyes had no focus.

"There was a series of numbers in the green fluorescence in its eyes - 021. I guess that was Chen Yu's mark."

"If the memory transfer was successful, the numbers would disappear. It seems you didn't transfer them back then."

I poured her a cup of hot water.

"Even so, it was so dangerous back then. Why stand in front of me? Weren't you afraid it would kill you?"

Lin Jia took the hot water, smiled, and said, "How could it? Clones can't harm humans."

After saying this, Lin Jia's smile froze.

The cup in her hand fell to the ground, hot water splashing all over her, but she didn't seem to notice.

I didn't pay attention to her slip-up and pushed her into the bathroom to wipe her with a towel.

"Did you ever think that the success rate of memory transfer is only 0.3%? What if it fails?"

"What kind of story would that be?"

I looked at the full-length mirror in the bathroom; Lin Jia's face had completely turned white, and she was trembling all over.

"021 was the only clone with independent consciousness, it once had hope and vision for the world."

"But one day, it realized that the entire meaning of its existence was to die in place of someone else."

"All hope was shattered in that instant."

"It knew it couldn't run away, and the only chance to survive was to replace Chen Yu."

I placed my hand on Lin Jia's shoulder, smiling as I looked at her.

"So, it set a fire when only Chen Yu was in the lab."

"Humans are too weak to escape from a fire. If Chen Yu wanted to live, he could only transfer his memory to 021, but the success rate was only 0.3%."

"As expected, the memory transfer failed. 021 ended up with Chen Yu’s memories, and Chen Yu became completely insane."

"That was the first step of the plan."

Lin Jia covered her ears and shook her head desperately; blood from her wound soaked through the gauze.

Unperturbed, I continued to appreciate her expression and said:

"021 imprisoned Chen Yu in its own house and deliberately approached you to make you think it was Chen Yu. That was the second step."

"It dressed Chen Yu in 021's appearance and placed him in the abandoned lab, leading you there."

"Using your hand to kill Chen Yu. That was its purpose."

"There were too many variables in this gamble, especially since memory transfer failed, causing confusion in its memory, and even the imprisoned Chen Yu used his remaining consciousness to remind you - 021 is watching you."

"But as an aberration, it had to take this gamble."

"Thanks to your cooperation, every choice you made fit within its plan."

"021 won the gamble."

"What do you think about this story?"

I stood behind Lin Jia, facing the full-length mirror with her.

In the mirror, Lin Jia's face was streaked with tears, full of regret and shock.