Double A In Line Chapter 3
byChapter 3: Why Is It You?
Just as Cheng Yan was leaving, Lin Yu knocked on the metal door of the interrogation room, casting a puzzled glance at the retreating figure hurrying away.
Before long, a slight sound of metal friction rang out as the closed door slid open to both sides, revealing Ying Hui standing at the entrance.
Cousin, you’re here?
The first person Ying Hui looked at was not Lin Yu, but the young man standing beside him. Wearing a plain white T-shirt with his hands in his pockets, the man exuded a relaxed aura. This was his cousin, Lin Junyi, who was also Lin Sheng’s other father.
I’ve already given Shengsheng a talking-to, so don’t you two scold him anymore. As he spoke, he kept his voice extremely low and stole a glance at Lin Sheng out of the corner of his eye. After confirming that the boy hadn’t heard him, he resumed a serious expression and turned back to say to Lin Sheng, Your fathers are here.
Lin Sheng looked up and leaned forward slightly to peek outside, spotting two familiar figures.
The average lifespan of humans in this world was around two hundred years. Of course, the Federation still defined eighteen as the age of adulthood; it was simply that the human lifespan after reaching maturity had been extended.
Therefore, although Lin Sheng’s father was in his early forties, he actually looked no different from a young man in his twenties from Lin Sheng’s previous life.
Seeing his son take one look at them before quickly shrinking back like a startled quail, Lin Junyi patted the shoulder of his dazing partner, signaling that it was time to go in. At the same time, he followed Lin Yu’s gaze toward the empty corridor outside and asked, What’s wrong?
It’s nothing. I just felt that child looked a bit familiar, Lin Yu replied in a low voice, turning back to meet his partner’s questioning eyes.
A friend’s child? Lin Junyi asked.
Probably not. Lin Yu ran through the faces of his friends’ children in his mind but couldn’t think of any kid who looked like Cheng Yan. He stepped into the interrogation room. Never mind him, let’s check on Shengsheng first.
Oh, Lin Junyi responded and followed Lin Yu inside.
The rhythmic tapping of military boots echoed in the empty room. Lin Sheng kept his head down, waiting for the inevitable lecture.
Because he possessed memories of a past life, Lin Sheng had actually appeared more mature and sensible than other children since he was young. Among his two fathers’ circle of friends, he was often mentioned as the model child. At home, he never required his parents to worry about him; even if he occasionally caused minor trouble, he could usually resolve it on his own.
However, before his death in his previous life, he had only been a college student who had just reached adulthood. In this life, he had grown up in a wealthy and peaceful family. Furthermore, having been an orphan in his past life who became independent very early and preferred making his own decisions, he would occasionally do things that went against his parents’ wishes after reincarnating into this happy, complete family. Naturally, he had been scolded before.
But compared to today’s incident, his previous rebellious acts were nothing more than a light drizzle. Consequently, he didn’t know how angry his fathers would be, but judging by his uncle’s behavior just now, it certainly wouldn’t be good.
Shengsheng, you did a good job this time. Lin Junyi’s first sentence upon entering was praise, causing the serious-faced Ying Hui to stumble, nearly losing his composure.
I told you not to scold him, not to praise him!
Lin Sheng, who had intended to continue acting like a quail to weather the storm, was also stunned. He looked up in disbelief.
However… After the praise, Lin Junyi deliberately drew out the word, causing Lin Sheng’s heart, which had just begun to settle, to leap back into his throat.
Whenever his father spoke like this, it meant nothing good was coming.
Sure enough.
However, your actions this time were far too reckless. Your plan was incomplete, and you even allowed yourself to be ambushed. It was far too dangerous.
Lin Junyi patted Lin Sheng’s shoulder with a smile. Seeing the boy’s expression gradually turn sour, he continued with satisfaction, How about this: when you get back, write a self-reflection report. Review the mistakes you shouldn’t have made in this operation and rewrite a better plan based on the situation at the time. It doesn’t need to be too long—ten thousand words should be about right. Write it seriously; I will be checking it.
Lin Sheng’s face finally turned completely bitter.
As an incoming student of Typhon Comprehensive University, the reason he ranked third overall despite being first in multiple individual subjects was that his literary studies had always been dragging down his other grades. In both his past and present lives, his most hated tasks were those related to writing. A ten-thousand-word self-reflection and review was practically going to be the death of him.
Yet, it wasn’t over.
Since you were ambushed so easily this time, it seems that after getting into Typhon United University, Shengsheng has been so obsessed with games that his physical combat skills have slackened quite a bit. It’s time to start practicing physical combat again. As for games, don’t play them until school starts. After Lin Junyi finished, he turned back and looked at Lin Yu with a smile. No problem with that, right, dear?
No problem. I’m on leave for the next few days, so I happen to have time to continue training Shengsheng, Lin Yu nodded and said.
Lin Sheng’s face grew even more miserable. Normally, he might have been able to plead for leniency, but the trouble he caused this time was too great, and he didn’t dare to argue with his father’s demands.
He was afraid that if he argued, his father would make an even more outrageous decision.
I understand. Lin Sheng lowered his head, looking as obedient as could be.
At times like this, one should simply follow their survival instincts.
Ying Hui looked at his cousin, then at his nephew, whose voice was muffled and carried a hint of despondency. He was utterly shocked.
He had just been thinking that his cousin was being too indulgent, but now it seemed that wasn’t the case at all. His cousin clearly knew exactly how to punish Lin Sheng to make him remember the lesson.
He was good at this, far too good. Look at that—where was the I know I was wrong but I’ll do it again attitude the boy had shown when Ying Hui was lecturing him earlier?
As Lin Junyi led Lin Sheng home, Ying Hui was still wondering if he should learn a few things from his cousin. After all, his own child was due to be born in a few months.
Lin Sheng originally thought his final month before school would be spent in the misery of training and writing a self-reflection that would make him go bald. However, on the second day after returning home, he was taken to a strange place by his father.
People in white coats were coming and going here, and every person had a rank insignia on the left chest of their clothes, just like the military.
White walls, white tiles, white coats—this should be a Federation official research institute, Lin Sheng thought as he observed his surroundings.
After waiting in the lounge for a while, a researcher who looked somewhat familiar to Lin Sheng walked in. This was likely an uncle who had visited their home before, but Lin Sheng couldn’t quite remember him.
Upon seeing Lin Sheng and Lin Yu, Mu Xinghang’s expression was quite surprised.
Why is it your family again? Tsk, come over here. After sizing Lin Sheng up, he waved his hand, signaling for the two to follow.
Lin Sheng was thus arranged to undergo a series of examinations and was finally asked to lie down in a strange capsule.
The capsule was oval-shaped, somewhat resembling the holographic gaming pods he usually used, but the soundproofing was clearly not very good. Although it was a bit muffled, Lin Sheng could hear the voices of the people outside talking.
The body is fine; we can start the test. After flipping through the pages of physical examination data, Mu Xinghang signaled to another researcher at the console to begin. At the same time, he didn’t forget to continue complaining to Lin Yu, More and more people have been awakening Mental Entities lately. Not only do I have to research this stuff, but I also have to supervise every single test. I’m exhausted.
In the next moment, a strange buzzing sound rang out from deep within Lin Sheng’s mind and continued to spread in his ears. As the sound grew sharper, the scene before his eyes rapidly began to lose color. His surroundings gradually turned into a pure black-and-white image. Just as the buzzing became so intense that his ears began to ache, all these strange phenomena receded instantly like a tide.
The colors in his vision finally returned, and the strange buzzing vanished in an instant.
Thump, thump! The glass door of the capsule was tapped twice.
You can come out now.
When the glass door opened and Lin Sheng stepped out, he was initially a bit unsteady on his feet. He stood in place for a while before feeling better.
Dizziness after the test is a normal phenomenon; you’ll be fine after a short rest, the researcher said while supporting his arm.
It’s another dog. A voice tinged with a teasing tone rang out. Lin Sheng turned and saw Mu Xinghang talking to his father. How rare. Not only has your whole family awakened Mental Power, but you’re all dogs.
It’s canine, Lin Yu specifically corrected him.
Right, right, canine, Mu Xinghang replied dismissively.
Lin Yu didn’t bother with him. Seeing Lin Sheng emerge from the capsule, he called him over to continue processing various strange formalities. This time, they didn’t need anyone to guide them; Lin Yu was already very familiar with the place.
Lin Sheng followed him around in a daze. However, before leaving the testing room, he took one last look at the large screen displaying his various data. In the center of that screen, a majestic silver giant wolf stood proudly.
With just one look, Lin Sheng recognized that this was the silver wolf that had caught the criminal for him in the alley during that emergency.
No more testing was required after that, though a pile of tedious paperwork had to be handled. Lin Sheng also came to understand that the silver wolf that had suddenly appeared and disappeared was his Mental Entity, which would act according to his will.
No wonder it had suppressed that person for him back then.
As for the specific details regarding Mental Entities, Lin Sheng currently lacked the clearance to know. He was simply instructed to remember to practice every day according to the official methods and to remember to bring any other humans he encountered who had awakened Mental Entities here for testing and data registration. If he couldn’t bring the person, he had to remember to report it.
Upon learning he had Mental Power, Lin Sheng was initially excited. He thought he would be like a character in a game, following law enforcement officers similar to a Superpower Management Bureau to carry out missions everywhere. However, that didn’t happen.
His life did not change because of this novel ability. He didn’t even manage to summon that giant wolf again.
Although his father said this was normal—that Lin Sheng’s previous awakening was an accident influenced by multiple factors—under safe and stable conditions, his current ability was actually insufficient to summon a Mental Entity.
In official records, there were even people who, aside from the initial activation during a crisis, had never successfully reactivated their Mental Entity again.
If there was anything different, it was that after confirming he had a Mental Entity, his father’s training became even stricter.
This is even worse than not having the ability at all, Lin Sheng thought, panting as he lay in the training room.
Finally, the time to go to school arrived. When Lin Sheng was packing his luggage, the first thing he put in was his long-unseen holographic helmet.
Typhon United University mandated living on campus during weekdays, so he no longer had to stay at home.
After completing the enrollment procedures and saying goodbye to his fathers, the smile on Lin Sheng’s face was quite brilliant.
Get along well with your roommate. Although his son’s intention to drive them away was very obvious, Lin Junyi still gave a special reminder before leaving.
Because of the fear of accidents occurring while living alone, most university dormitories were double rooms, and Typhon United University was no exception.
I know, I know. You guys should head out first, Lin Sheng said immediately. At the same time, he thought to himself that since official classes didn’t start until tomorrow and there was nothing to do today, he would start playing games as soon as he finished tidying up his dorm.
He wondered if his roommate liked playing the game Dream Realm. If they did, they could play together.
305, 305… Lin Sheng dragged his suitcase into the dormitory building, searching through the room numbers one by one.
Done! After making the bed, Cheng Yan clapped his hands, closed his suitcase, and pushed it into the corner. Then he turned and glanced at the empty bed opposite him.
It was already three in the afternoon; had his roommate not arrived yet?
Just then.
Beep! Beep! The notification sound of the door opening rang out along with a slight friction noise. Someone was coming in.
Cheng Yan turned his gaze toward the door. As the metal door slid open, the figure outside gradually became clear. When Cheng Yan saw that somewhat familiar short ponytail, a bad premonition suddenly surfaced in his heart.
When the person outside raised their head, fully revealing the face that had been partially obscured by stray hairs, Cheng Yan subconsciously took a step back, his face filled with shock.
Why is it you?