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If I had only heard Xiaoying say this, I would definitely not have believed it. However, before this, Akai Shuichi and Kudo Yukiko, when they mentioned Kudo Shinichi, both showed abnormalities at the same time, as if they were deliberately hiding something.
This forced me to start thinking seriously about what Xiaoying said about the miraculous phenomenon of rejuvenation that happened to Kudo Shinichi...
Before that, I also heard from Judy... This is an FBI agent who was active in Japan some time ago. I don’t know if you know her, Jing. This person has had many confrontations with the organization and also knows some intelligence about the organization.
I learned from her that, at least before she left Japan, Kudo Shinichi, who used the alias Edogawa Conan, had been involved in many incidents related to the organization and even played a significant role in them.
So far, Kudo Shinichi's rejuvenation, his confrontation with the organization, Shirley's mysterious research in the organization, and Regel's high attention to this research...
No matter how incredible it is to me, I can't help but have this thought in my mind: Could this mysterious research that the organization has been covering up be related to some kind of drug that can reverse time and restore youth?
Due to some special reasons that I don't know yet, Kudo Shinichi was exposed to this drug actively or passively, and was turned back into the appearance of a six or seven-year-old child. Therefore, in order to find the antidote to change himself back and to investigate this mysterious organization, he finally embarked on the path of confronting the organization.
Among these, my father’s motive was what I couldn’t understand at first.
I once speculated that my father might have wanted to retire from the organization more than ten years ago. This information was also told to me by my friend. Considering our family's situation at the time, their judgment was probably correct.
But why did my father suddenly change his mind ten years ago and take over the reconstruction plan of the organization's European and American branches?
Even the speculation that Shirley was working on a miracle drug that could reverse aging felt strange to me.
In my impression, my father is not a person who has such strong desires. It can even be said that from a human perspective, my father has almost no extra desires.
If I have to say, what my father wanted most was probably a peaceful life, at least that was the case more than ten years ago.
But why did this change ten years ago?
What on earth could make him abandon his family by faking his own death in order to return to the organization?
I thought about it over and over again, and in the end I could only make a guess that I couldn't even confirm was true or false.
Jing, is there something wrong with father's body that makes him need this miracle drug that can reverse time?"
"Xiao Rui, your reasoning... is very impressive." After a long silence, Bai Hejing finally replied.
Her words were a disguised acknowledgment of Shirakawa Rui's reasoning.
She found it incredible that the truth of the matter could be restored to this extent with such extremely limited clues.
"Thank you for the compliment. Many of these are just my guesses. Although I didn't think of this at the beginning, I still relied on my intuition to help you once..."
"Do you mean?"
"This fake Sulli incident."
Baihe Rui explained it briefly.
"When I first knew that the organization attached great importance to Shirley, I deliberately let Aunt Yukiko return to Japan with Akai Shuichi, hoping to use her disguise skills to forge a fake Shirley as bait to lure the organization.
Of course, considering that the three of you have the same superb disguise skills, plus you are familiar with Shirley.
Therefore, although this plan appears to be a good proposal for them on the surface, it actually hides a very deep and fatal flaw..."
"I see... This matter was actually done by you..."
Bai Hejing was stunned when he heard this, then lowered his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
"Then you really helped us a lot. Father also took advantage of their plan this time to confuse them, and then took the opportunity to find the real Shirley..."
"Well, it seems you got the best result then."
Baihe Rui spoke calmly and simply mentioned the matter, then shifted the focus of the conversation back to the topic they had previously discussed.
"So, Jing, I hope you can tell me what father's real purpose is?
Although I thought my reasoning was correct, my father and I hadn't seen each other for ten years after all. Ten years is enough to change a person a lot.
I have to make sure whether my father has been working for the mysterious drug that Shirley was researching for the past ten years, as I speculated ten years ago, or... has he actually sunk into the dark vortex of the organization?"
What Shirakawa Rui was worried about was whether Shirakawa Qing's inner thoughts had changed from just wanting the mysterious drug that could reverse time to heal his body to becoming a murderer who was indulged in and enjoyed the killing of the organization.
When Shirakawa Jing heard this, she was in a trance for a moment. She remembered a few things that happened before she and Shirakawa Qing returned to Japan...
Chapter 573 Father, aren’t you happy?
The time came when Shirakawa Kiyoshi and Shirakawa Shizuka had not yet been transferred back to Japan and were still in the United States.
At that time, Shirley had returned to Japan for some time. She was worthy of being the daughter of the Miyano couple. Under her leadership, the organization's research on the "Silver Bullet", which had been stagnant for many years, finally made a breakthrough.
After learning the news, Shirakawa Jing informed Shirakawa Qing of the information.
At that time, Shirakawa Jing had just returned from Europe.
Just as she was ostensibly conducting academic research at a European university, Shirakawa Jing was sent to Europe by Shirakawa Qing ten years ago to set up a European branch. In the following ten years, unless she received a request from Shirakawa Qing, she actually spent most of her time in Europe.
This is because Shirakawa Qing needs to take care of Shirley, so he has hardly left the United States in the past ten years, so the matters in Europe can only be left to her.
"Father, this is information from Rum."
In an ordinary residential room, Shirakawa Kiyoshi was leaning on a recliner, facing the sun, holding a newspaper in his hand.
Even though the world's technology has developed rapidly today, people of their generation still retain some habits of reading newspapers.
Bai Hejing stood behind him and said softly:
"Shirley's research has made a breakthrough. According to the current progress, she may be able to complete the research on the silver bullet within two years."
Bai Hejing originally thought that after Bai Heqing heard the news, he would show some happiness or excitement on his face.
After all, Bai Heqing has been waiting for this scene since ten years ago. After all, his body has been crumbling for a long time.
According to the time estimated by the medical staff ten years ago, Bai Heqing is now on the verge of death.
However, neither.
After hearing the news, Bai Heqing did not show any emotion that could be described as "excited". He just flipped through the newspaper in his hand, nodded calmly, and said:
"Well, I see."
This surprised Bai Hejing greatly.
Because she could feel that Bai Heqing was not deliberately suppressing his emotions, nor was he pretending to be reserved.
Is Bai Heqing's emotion at this moment really as incredibly calm as he appears now, as if... he just heard a very ordinary little thing?
Bai Hejing was extremely perceptive and immediately sensed something strange in her heart.
This does not conform to the normal logic of a person's emotional expression.
Ten years ago, in order to get rid of the sequelae of the incomplete experiment, Shirakawa Kiyoshi left his family and took over the European and American branches of the organization by faking his death.
Over the past ten years, Shirakawa Qing has been trying his best to recruit suitable scientific researchers from all over the world in an attempt to continue to advance the research on the "silver bullet".
He even took the little daughter of the Miyano couple to his side to raise her personally...
All of this is enough to show Shirakawa Qing's desire to complete the "Silver Bullet" research.
And now, when Shirley really advanced the research, Shirakawa Qing's reaction became so indifferent?
This...is really unreasonable.
She even wondered if it was because Shirakawa Kiyoshi had been certain from the beginning that Shirley would be able to advance the research on the "Silver Bullet", so she could appear so calm?
But this is impossible.
Although the youngest daughter of the Miyano couple did have extraordinary talent, she had never been exposed to any research materials on the "Silver Bullet" before. Before she actually took over, no one dared to conclude that she would be able to complete this miraculous research.
Shirakawa Qing's performance was really too bland.
"Ah Jing, is there anything else?"
Just when Bai Hejing was lost in thought, Bai Heqing, who was leaning on the recliner in front of her, spoke:
"If you want to bask in the sun, go get a chair yourself. Otherwise, no matter how long you stand behind me, Dad won't give you my chair..."
Ignoring Bai Heqing's teasing joke, Bai Hejing hesitated for a moment, and finally asked:
"Father, you...are you unhappy?"
"You mean, 'Silver Bullet'?"
Bai Heqing seemed to know what she wanted to ask.
Perhaps he also knew what she was thinking when she stood behind him just now...
"Yes." Bai Hejing nodded and answered truthfully: "When I looked at you just now, you didn't show any happy reaction..."
As the words fell, Bai Hejing clearly heard a light laugh coming from Bai Heqing's mouth.
"How could that be? I am really happy that Shirley can promote the research of 'Silver Bullet'."
Although he said this, Shirakawa Jing still couldn't hear the happiness in his tone.
"To be honest."
Finally putting down the newspaper in his hand, Bai Heqing raised his head and looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window.
"I've actually wanted to see the final completion of 'Silver Bullet' since a long time ago..."
There was nostalgia and seemingly sadness in his tone.
But at that time, Bai Hejing was unable to understand the true meaning of Bai Heqing's words.
If this incident only made Bai Hejing feel a little strange, then another incident that happened shortly afterwards really made her feel a little suspicious.
That was something related to Miyano Akemi.
It was unknown who caused this, but Akemi Miyano suddenly had the idea of taking her sister away from the organization, and she even made a fuss about it within the organization.
If it were just that, it wouldn't be a big deal. After all, with Bai Heqing here, and with his position and ability in the organization, it would be too easy for him to just turn the page on this farce.
But the problem is that Miyano Akemi doesn't know what's wrong with her brain or whether she has been bewitched by someone.
Although she had Bai Heqing's contact information, she had no intention of discussing the matter with Bai Heqing, and she didn't even want to tell him about it. She just acted extremely recklessly on her own.
If it weren't for Umeshu who was left in Japan by Shirakawa Kiyoshi and passed on this information in time before the situation deteriorated completely, Shirakawa Kiyoshi, who was far away in the United States at the time, would not have known that Miyano Akemi had caused such a thing in Japan.
Soon, Shirakawa Shizuka was sent to Japan by Shirakawa Kiyoshi to secretly protect Miyano Akemi, and announced to the outside world that she had been killed by Gin.
As for the truth of the matter, Baihe Qing did not tell Shirley at the first time.
The reason is simple. Miyano Akemi's farce has made many undercover agents in the organization notice Shirley's existence.
In order to minimize the impact of this incident, and also to prevent these undercover agents from noticing the clues of Miyano Akemi's death, so as to further realize Shirley's special status in the organization.
Shirakawa Kiyoshi needs Shirley to act heartbroken for a while until the impact of this incident is completely over.