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Still a little sleepy, she turned around and walked towards her room.
[Anyway, even if there is something important, Dad will tell me...]
"Boom!"
But before she could take a few steps, a sound like something heavy falling suddenly came from the study behind her.
Bai Hejing suddenly froze in place, then quickly turned around and rushed into the study, her pupils suddenly shrinking.
In the room, she only saw Bai Heqing who had fainted on the ground with a painful look on his face.
Bai Hejing did not tell anyone that Bai Heqing had fainted in the study.
In order to prevent the maids in the house from knowing, she even sent them away temporarily, and then drove the unconscious Baihe Qing to a nearby base of the organization and contacted several medical personnel within the organization.
The reason for her caution is mainly due to her mother Sharon, who obtained a Ph.D. in pharmacology when she was young.
Bai Hejing, who had been exposed to some medical knowledge since childhood, quickly checked Bai Heqing's whole body after he fainted. There was no external injury, but his pulse was very disordered.
She knew that her father was in very good health and had never had any illness. When she thought about how Shirakawa Qing had returned from London in such a hurry, she immediately realized that his sudden coma might not be that simple...
The final test results did confirm Bai Hejing's inner concerns.
Or rather, it was worse than she had imagined.
Chapter 516: Countdown to Ten Years (Key Points)
"Ms. Shirakawa, the test results are out."
Ten years ago, in San Francisco, inside an underground base of the organization equipped with a full set of medical facilities, a middle-aged doctor wearing glasses knocked gently on the door.
"come in."
Closing the notebook he brought from Bai Heqing's study, Bai Hejing turned his head to look at Bai Heqing who was still unconscious lying on the hospital bed next to him, raised his hand and pressed his forehead, and responded.
Her expression was rather gloomy.
"Here is the inspection report. Please take a look."
The middle-aged doctor came in and handed the report to Bai Hejing. Then he lowered his voice and said:
"Mr. Shirakawa's physical condition is worse than we thought. According to the examination results, the cells in his body are showing an unexplained... collapse."
The middle-aged doctor hesitated for a moment, and finally said this word that he thought was more accurate.
"In addition, we also noticed during the test that Mr. Shirakawa's cell activity and chemical changes in his DNA were also abnormal. They did not seem to be affected by the natural aging of the human body and still maintained quite amazing activity, like a volcano containing huge energy.
It is this incredible activity that has been causing Mr. Shirakawa's cells to undergo some special changes...
Ms. Shirakawa, although what I am about to say may seem incredible to you, I must tell you that we believe that this change in Mr. Shirakawa's cells may be what the world considers to be 'rejuvenation'."
"Rejuvenation..."
The middle-aged doctor said some words that he thought would shock people, but Shirakawa Jing did not react much, and her face still had a calm expression.
It was as if she already knew what he was going to say.
"That's right." The middle-aged doctor nodded and continued to explain:
"It is this amazing activity of unknown origin that not only prevents Mr. Shirakawa's natural aging process, but even reverses this process to a certain extent, so that Mr. Shirakawa's body not only does not age with time, but also gradually becomes younger.
However, this change is not without cost. Human cells and DNA simply cannot withstand such changes that violate normal physiological phenomena for a long time.
Therefore, as this reverse growth change continues, the damage caused will continue to accumulate in Mr. Shirakawa's cells and DNA, and eventually at some point in the future, Mr. Shirakawa's body will completely collapse.
Based on the test results, we infer that this change may have lasted for about eight years in Mr. Shirakawa's body. However, the change was very mild at the beginning. In addition, Mr. Shirakawa himself was very strong, which delayed the side effects of this change to a certain extent. Therefore, Mr. Shirakawa may not have noticed anything about it in the past few years.
But, if this continues, maybe, maybe…"
Having said that, the middle-aged doctor suddenly became hesitant. He raised his head and glanced at the silent Bai Hejing, as if he was not sure whether he should continue speaking.
"Tell me, what's possible?" Bai Hejing's tone remained calm.
"Based on our estimation of the damage to Mr. Shirakawa's DNA, without any effective measures, Mr. Shirakawa's body can only support about ten years..."
In an instant, a chill suddenly emanated from Bai Hejing's body.
"Of course! This is just our estimate!"
Seeing this, the middle-aged doctor quickly explained: "Considering that Mr. Baihe's body is stronger than the average person, this time can actually be pushed back a little bit! Eleven, no! Ten, twelve! Maybe thirteen..."
"All right!"
After speaking out to stop him from talking incoherently, Bai Hejing took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and calmed her breathing.
"What will happen then?"
"Because this damage acts directly on DNA, we speculate that by then, Mr. Shirakawa's condition might be the same as those of patients whose DNA has been broken by severe nuclear radiation..."
The middle-aged doctor didn't say it, but that might be the most painful way to die in the world.
"Is there any solution?" Bai Hejing lowered his head, was silent for a while, and continued to ask.
"I'm sorry, we don't know the source of Mr. Shirakawa's special activity in the cells at the moment. If we can figure it out, maybe it's possible..."
"Okay, you go out first."
"Yes, it is……"
Interrupted by Bai Hejing, the middle-aged doctor hurriedly left the room.
Inside the room, after hearing the door close as he left, Bai Hejing, who had been keeping her head down, raised her hand and wiped her eyes silently.
"How long are you going to lie here?"
Bai Hejing suddenly turned her head and looked at Bai Heqing who was still "unconscious" on the hospital bed with her slightly red eyes.
"Oh, I woke up because I felt embarrassed because I saw you looked like you were about to cry..."
Being directly called out, Bai Heqing no longer pretended. He immediately sat up from the hospital bed, stretched, and said with a smile.
He was actually awake when the middle-aged doctor came in.
"Did you hear what he just said?" Ignoring his teasing, Bai Hejing looked at him straight and asked.
"Yeah, I heard it." Bai Heqing nodded and sighed softly.
Although the middle-aged doctor did not say it explicitly, he knew how those who were exposed to severe nuclear radiation would eventually die.
To put it simply, because the DNA is damaged, the human body will no longer produce any new cells, and all cells will not regenerate after death.
But since human brain cells are the longest-lived cells in the human body and are naturally non-renewable, when that moment really comes, Baihe Qing will feel very clearly how his body decomposes itself bit by bit from the outside to the inside, and then slowly dies.
"This is the notebook you had in your study."
Shirakawa Shizuka handed him the experimental notebook that Elena Miyano sent to Shirakawa Kiyoshi before her death.
"I have read all the above contents."
"Alas, I originally wanted to hide it from you..." Bai Heqing took the notebook and sighed again.
He didn't look sad at all, as if he was not the one sentenced to death.
"What are you going to do?" Bai Hejing continued to ask.
Although her tone was still calm, it was clear from her continuous words that her heart was far from being as calm as she appeared.
However, Baihe Qing did not answer her immediately. Instead, he raised his hand slightly and waved his finger gently in the direction of the door.
Bai Hejing immediately understood what he meant and got up and left the room without any hesitation.
In the corridor, she happened to see the middle-aged doctor and several other medical staff who were tiptoeing and trying to leave secretly.
"Um, um, Ms. Shirakawa! Don't misunderstand me! We, we just want to..."
"Bah!"
Gunfire suddenly rang out.
"Ah! Ah—help—"
"Bah!"
"I won't tell anyone! I swear! Miss Shirakawa! Please! Please don't..."
"Boom! Boom!"
A few more gunshots were heard, and then there was no sound outside. The door was opened again, and Bai Hejing walked in.
"Sorry……"
Bai Heqing lowered his eyes and said this softly.
I just don't know whether he was saying this to the medical staff who were "forced to keep it secret" or to Shirakawa Jing, whom he called away to silence her.
After entering the room, Bai Hejing said nothing, but just sat back quietly next to the bed. She was still waiting for Bai Heqing to answer her question.
"Your grandfather has been contacting me for some time. He hopes that I will be responsible for organizing the reconstruction plan of the European and American branches."
After a long silence, Bai Heqing suddenly spoke.
“I wanted to say no, but now it seems like this might be the right opportunity.
Elena has already explained the solution in her notes. It's just right. Let's take Elena's child over. I've heard from Rum before that the child seems to be much smarter than her sister. Perhaps, she can continue the research that her parents have not completed..."
These two chapters explain a lot of things
Chapter 517 Take her away quickly!
"Ah, yes, so what? Your disguise was exposed, but you found a new helper, is that so?"
At Dr. Agasa's house in Beika Town, Haibara Ai was sitting on the sofa, wearing a Bluetooth headset and placing a laptop on her lap.
"Xiao Ai, I just made some desserts, would you like to have some?"
At this time, in the kitchen behind him, Yukiko Kudo poked her head out and asked with a smile.
Kudo Yukiko, Conan's mother, originally settled in the United States with her husband Kudo Yusaku, but the day before yesterday, the sick boy from the Shirakawa family suddenly called her and wanted to borrow her disguise skills to help.
The Kudo family and the Shirakawa family have been old friends for many years, so of course she would not refuse this small favor!
So, she followed the handsome boy from Akai's family and came to Japan from the United States.
Before coming, Yukiko Kudo had never expected that the help they asked her to do was to disguise her son as the little girl named Haibara Ai sitting on the sofa, and that she had to deal with the dangerous Black Organization that had made her son smaller.