Chapter 39 Section 27

The university at night has a unique atmosphere, apparently dark and silent, but not completely asleep.Walking on campus, you can always feel the breath left by people, and you can also see the windows lit by Xingxingdian. That's what research is all about. You can't make progress if you don't do it, and it's impossible to surpass others.I'm afraid it's the same with the guys who study brain transplants. The light is extremely dark, which is quite different from the impression given during the day, but I can't go wrong, after all, I'm used to it.I walked into the building I had visited so many times, and climbed the steps I had walked so many times.

Most of the lights in the room were turned off, except for Tang Yuan's room with a glimmer of light, as expected.At least the trip was not in vain, I feel relieved. I opened the door without knocking.The air-conditioning in the room is very strong, as soon as you enter the door, you will feel a burst of coolness.Through the bookshelf, you can see the back of Tang Yuan who is working at his desk. He doesn't seem to notice that the door is opened, maybe the sound of the air conditioner obscured the movement. I went to the middle of the room and put the paper bag on the big table, making a lot of noise on purpose.The guy finally noticed, and quickly raised his neck and turned to me.

"What, it turned out to be you." Tang Yuan took a breath, as if trying to stabilize the rising blood pressure, "What's the matter, are you here so late?" "Do you know what this is?" I took it out of the paper bag and put it on the table. "Looks like a toy piano." "Yes, it is the kind of toy that a little girl must have at home." I typed on the keyboard, and the boxy voice echoed in the room, "It belongs to Kyogoku Instant.' Tang Yuan's complexion changed drastically, and his eyes widened. "You went to Kyogoku's house?" His voice trembled a little.

"I just met his sister. That's Ryoko Kyogoku." "Ah?" The doctor stood up from the chair, what on earth are you doing there? " "What for?" I approached him. "Isn't it obvious that I want to know the truth. I've had enough of lies. I have a right to know whose brain is inside my head." "I don't understand what you mean. About the donor, I think I've told you before." "Didn't you hear clearly just now? I said that I already hate lies. What you told me was just a way to deceive the world. The real donor is Kyogoku Instant."

The doctor shook his head vigorously: "What evidence do you have for saying that?" "I have also investigated Shikio Sekio, and there is no connection between him and my personality changes. However, the condition of Kyogoku before his death has a consistency with my current condition that cannot be ignored, just like the shadow and the body." "Nonsense! First of all, your character has not changed at all." "Enough!" I roared, "You have as much evidence as you need, because you have conducted so many tests! Didn't the pitch test a few days ago clearly show the influence of Kyogoku on me?" I put the whole Palms pressed to the keyboard. "Perhaps you think that you can deceive me by doing this, but you are wrong in two points: first, my character is being influenced by Kyogoku; second, you ignore the existence of things that science can't explain now."

"Something science can't explain?" "Intuition." I tapped my head with my fingertips, "Now let me report to you, an authority in brain science, that the human brain has incredible abilities. When I am with Ryoko Kyogoku, I have an amazing sense of unity. She I seem to feel the same way. No matter how hard you try to hide it, I can't forget that feeling." Tang Yuan's eyes shot a different look than before, it seemed that he was not thinking about how to fool me, but was interested in my words.But he kept repeating to me: "No matter what you say...the donor is Tokio Sekiya."

"Don't play dumb!" I took a step forward and grabbed his collar with both hands, "Ryoko told me, you and Ruosheng are also investigating Kyogoku Instant, what are you doing?" "I have no idea." "How could you not know." I pushed the doctor down on the table, "Do you want me to bring Kyogoku Ryoko? If she sees your faces and says it's not you, I will believe it. That kind of possibility must not be possible at all." exist." Tang Yuan turned his face to one side, closed his eyes, and seemed determined not to speak no matter what.I grabbed his clothes and dragged him up, then pushed him away.The old man Yihe staggered and fell to the floor.

"I'm going to sell this news to the newspaper." I said, "The signboard of the world's first brain transplant patient hasn't rusted yet. If I tell those people this and the news, they will definitely come here. The transplanted The brain slices belonged to criminals——if those people found out, they would try their best to find evidence. Even if they couldn't find it, the news would spread throughout the streets. Tang Yuan picked up the glasses and put them back on, then looked up at me. "Why, why do you want to know so much about the donor? Didn't we promise to hold your brain accountable to the end?"

"You won't understand. Nonsense, the brain is not a special existence, how can you understand? The brain is still special after all. Can you imagine that today's self is different from yesterday's self, and when you open your eyes tomorrow, stand It's not the person I am today, I can only feel that those distant pasts have become other people's memories, and those things that have been cultivated for a long time are disappearing bit by bit. You know what that means Is it? Let me tell you no, that is—" I poked Tang Yuan's nose with my index finger, "Death! The so-called living is not simply breathing, heartbeat, or brain waves, but leaving behind in this world. Traces. To be able to see the footprints I have walked all the way, and to be sure that those are the imprints left by myself, this is called living. But now, when I look at the footprints I have walked before, I can hardly believe that they are the traces left by myself ... Junichi Naruse, who lived for more than twenty years, is no longer in this world!"

After saying these words in one breath, I was a little out of breath, and stared at Tang Yuan fiercely.He is also watching me. "New," the guy finally said, "can't you think of this as a new beginning? Many people want to reincarnate and do it all over again." "Being born again is not the same as losing yourself a little bit." Tang Yuan nodded slightly when he heard what I said, stood up and patted the dust off his body, then reached out to touch the small red piano on the table. "Is what you said just now true?" "what?" "About the super-sensing relationship between you and Ryoko Kyogoku."

"It's true. Maybe it's called telepathy." "I often hear that Shuang Yi has this ability." Tang Yuan tapped the keys two or three times, "There are really incredible things in this world. It is indeed as you said, we miscalculated." "You admit that the donor is Kyogoku?" Tang Yuan frowned in embarrassment, blinked constantly, and finally opened his tightly closed lips: "That's right, the donor is Kyogoku Instant." I let out a long sigh and shook my head helplessly. "Although I've been convinced for a long time, I still feel deeply shocked." "I think so. So from our standpoint, we can only try to hide it." "Why use Kyogoku's brain?" "I told you this a long time ago. It was an emergency and I had to use his brain." I recalled what Tang Yuan once said to me. "Match?" Tang Yuan nodded. "It would be a lie to say that Tokio Sekiya's brain is suitable for you. In fact, the situation is quite serious, but we still want to try brain transplantation. The opportunity is too rare. At that time, there were serious conflicts between two opinions: It must also be carried out, a kind of thinking is unprecedented, so we must be cautious." "Just at this time, Kyogoku's body was brought in?" "Yes, we carried out the matching test with a one-hundred-thousandth hope. To be honest, we didn't have time to think about the ethical issues of transplanting a criminal's brain at that time, even though we had a one-hundred-thousandth hope. I hoped, but I thought more in my heart that it was impossible to have such a coincidence. I didn’t expect the result to be amazing. I also said before that the miracle with a success probability of one in 100,000 actually happened.” "It's a pity to give up this miracle. You just turn a blind eye to the fact that criminals have brains?" "This is also one of the reasons, but there is a more important external reason." Tang Yuan frowned tightly. "External cause?" "There is a powerful force behind the brain transplant research project, and they have instructed us to carry out the transplant operation." "Related to the government?" "It's all right if you think so. Their orders were not to miss this opportunity. The corpse of the criminal Kyogoku was supposed to undergo a forensic autopsy, but in fact the forensic autopsy and brain transplant were performed at the same time. Of course, the record can be found anywhere. No, it is also possible to do this because of the powerful forces behind it.” "Why does that huge force support this kind of surgery?" "It goes without saying that they want to confirm the feasibility of brain transplantation as soon as possible and complete this technique as soon as possible. They don't have much time left." "them?" "Maybe it's their brains." Tang Yuan put his head in his hands, "It's the old people who control the world today. With the advancement of medicine, the aging of the body has been greatly slowed down, and the days they can control the world are also lengthening. But there is nothing that can be done about the aging of the brain, even if some clever treatments are used, they will not be able to keep up with the speed of nerve cell death. They are afraid that the day when they will lose their dignity is coming." "So you're pinning your hopes on brain transplants?" "They believe that this is the last way, which is to gradually replace the dying brain with a young mind. It can also be said to be close to resurrection." "Crazy!" I scolded disdainfully. "Really? I think it's a normal desire. It's normal to want to transplant a heart and liver, but it's not normal to want to transplant a brain?" "My case proves that it's not normal. Yes, brain transplantation is indeed possible, but what's the point of becoming someone different from yesterday's self?" "In this case, you can say it because you are alive now." Tang Yuan pointed to me and said, "When you are on the verge of death, if someone asks you, saving your life requires transplanting other people's brains, and in the future, you will need to transplant someone else's brain. There is a possibility of personality change, would you undergo surgery or would you rather die forever?" Seeing that I was speechless for a while, he continued, "They are the same. Just now you said that to live is to leave traces, and I think so. You Saying that the traces left in the past no longer belong to the current you, so what’s wrong with that? The reborn you will definitely have new footprints of your own. But they are..." Tang Yuan shook his head, "They I will forget where my footprints are, and even forget the fact that I have left footprints. Do you know? One day, even family members will not recognize them. Compared with this, changes such as the type of woman I like What counts?" "Is it nothing to have the urge to kill?" "I sympathize with your situation. It's a pity that Kyogoku Shusuke is really not a sane person. But you have to understand that if you didn't have an operation at that time, there is little hope of saving you." "In other words, do you think this human trial is successful?" "I think it's a great first step." I sighed and put the red piano back in the paper bag.There is nothing left to ask, and I don't want to ask any more. "I'll give you a suggestion." Tang Yuan said, "Kyogoku Instant has mental problems. I didn't expect those symptoms to show up on you, but it doesn't mean that it's impossible to treat. Professor Guangguo who introduced you to you a few days ago I am very interested in you. We will work harder in the future and find ways to improve those bad symptoms." I stood in front of Tang Yuan holding the paper bag.The eyes behind the gold-rimmed glasses were trying to show me kindness, but instead they offended my nerves.I clenched my right fist and swung it towards his cheek with all my strength.His fist was numb, and with a groan, he was sent flying to the wall. "No need." I said and walked out of the room.There was a stuffy warm air blowing in the corridor.I stared at the still slightly aching fist and thought, was it Junichi Naruse or Shunsuke Kyogoku who hit him just now?