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She always addressed Baihe Qing by his last name, because calling him "Qing" directly made her feel awkward and weird, but she hated being addressed as father, uncle or brother. On the contrary, the name Baihe made her feel just right, neither seeming distant nor making him feel too close.
"nothing."
Smiling gently at her, Bai Heqing shook his head.
"I just suddenly realized that they have grown to a level that even I am surprised..."
His tone was meaningful, but Miyano Shiho did not hear the deeper meaning.
Because her brain was still immersed in what the two of them had just experienced.
Shirakawa Kiyoshi took her to meet Karasuma Renya, the biggest boss in the organization and the instigator of everything that had happened so far.
Then, he killed Karasuma Renya.
Chapter 602 Breakup
The time came to Japan two days ago. When Mary hurriedly returned to Dr. Agasa's house from Edo Street, the first person she saw was Kudo Yukiko who had fainted on the ground.
"Has Xizi?"
She stepped forward and gently pressed the side of Kudo Yukiko's neck. She was relieved to find that her pulse was normal, but she had just fainted.
On the sofa next to him, Dr. Agasa, who had been sitting on the sofa, saw this and quickly stood up. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something.
"Ms. Mary..."
"What exactly happened here?" Mary asked, standing up and looking at Dr. Agasa.
"There is a woman who calls herself Regal..."
【woman?】
After a moment of confusion, Mary immediately realized that this was probably Shirakawa Kiyoshi's disguise.
"She came in and took Xiao Ai away. Then, she left a message for me to tell you..."
"What?"
"He asked you, Ms. Mary, to take Akemi Miyano to the Crow Research Institute in New York... There, you can find Ai."
【Crow Research Institute in New York?】
To be honest, Mary's first reaction after hearing the address was that this must be an asset of the organization.
It was understandable that Bai Heqing took Shirley there. After all, the Crow Research Institute sounded like a place where an organization conducted scientific research. But what she couldn't understand was why Bai Heqing told her?
And he even specifically asked her to bring that fake Miyano Akemi along?
That's right, Mary had already confirmed that the Miyano Akemi brought back by Shuichi Akai was a fake.
Although she looks almost the same as Miyano Akemi, and according to Shuichi Akai, some of her ways of speaking and behaviors are also extremely similar to the real Miyano Akemi, even Mary almost believed her at first.
But she did not respond to Mary's one temptation.
[Do you... have any other relatives besides your sister? ]
Shortly after Shuichi Akai brought back Akemi Miyano, Mary took the opportunity when the two of them were alone together to ask this question.
This is a secret that Mary has kept deep in her heart for a long time.
Maybe it can’t be said to be a secret, but no one has ever asked her, so she has never told anyone.
Miyano Akemi and Miyano Shiho, the mother of these sisters, Miyano Elena, is actually Mari's biological sister, whose original name was Sera Elena.
That’s right, the Miyano sisters are actually her nieces by blood and are Shuichi Akai’s cousins.
This is a secret that has been hidden for a very long time. No... maybe it shouldn’t be described as a secret. It’s just because the incident happened too long ago and too few people knew about it, so it naturally became a “secret” today.
Nearly twenty years ago, Elena, who had married into the Miyano family, and her husband were in urgent need of a financially sufficient sponsorship in order to continue their self-proclaimed mysterious research.
Mary didn't know through what channels they found it, but later Elena wrote to her and told her that she had found a wealthy tycoon who was willing to support them, and she also mentioned the name of this tycoon in the letter.
It's called the Karasuma Group.
Out of a little concern for her sister, Mary quickly used her own energy to investigate the Karasuma Group.
Then I was surprised to find that behind this so-called big chaebol, there were actually many illegal activities and black industries.
The Karasuma Group's base is in the United States, but because its activities are all related to the U.S. political circles, or to put it bluntly, it is a member of the high-level U.S. political circles, it has never been subject to any relevant investigations, and no one dares to investigate.
Mary did not want her sister to be associated with the dangerous Karasuma Group, so she wrote down all the information she had found in a letter to Elena, hoping that she would reject the invitation from this dirty chaebol.
Then, the two sisters broke up.
The reason was simple, because Elena was determined to work with the Karasuma Group at that time, and even persuaded Mary, saying that she was well aware of the dirty deeds of the Karasuma Group, but at the moment only the Karasuma Group was willing to believe and sponsor the research of the couple.
Elena also swore to Mary that she knew an important person with great power in the Karasuma Group, and that this person had a good relationship with them. As long as they had this person's protection, they would never be in any danger in the Karasuma Group...
After hearing her sister's naive and even stupid remarks, Mary was so angry that she laughed.
Do you expect someone in this black chaebol to protect you? You might as well hope that your sister can suddenly appear and pull you out of the quagmire!
Just like that, after Mary's repeated persuasion and Elena's refusal to listen, Mary, who had completely lost her patience, finally said the words to sever their sisterly relationship and told Elena not to come to her anymore, no matter if she lived or died.
To be fair, this was indeed an impulsive move made by Mary at the time. After calming down, she also thought about apologizing and reconciling with her sister.
However, after that phone call, Mary could no longer contact Elena.
There was no trace of their whereabouts and no information about their death. The couple seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. Since then, Mary has never heard any news about them again, until now.
Since the two sisters were married to different families, and one lived in England and the other in Japan, it was not convenient for them to meet in that era. Therefore, although the relationship between Mary and her sister was good, their children had little knowledge of this matter.
For example, Shuichi Akai only knew that he had an aunt, but he didn't know that Akemi Miyano was actually his cousin.
Although Shuichi Akai didn't know, Akemi Miyano certainly knew.
Twenty years ago, Mary went to Japan to investigate the Changchun incident that resulted in the death of Shirakawa Kiyoshi. After solving the incident, she actually went to visit Elena's family.
She had met Miyano Akemi, and Miyano Akemi had also met her, although only on this occasion.
Therefore, after seeing Miyano Akemi who was brought back by Shuichi Akai, Mary tentatively asked that question.
However, Miyano Akemi shook her head and answered in a very affirmative tone that her parents were murdered more than ten years ago, and she now has no other relatives except her sister.
Chapter 603 Was my previous speculation wrong?
Mary even suspected that her question was too obscure and Miyano Akemi did not understand her meaning, so she asked further.
[What about your parents? Don’t they have brothers and sisters either? ]
[None.]
When Miyano Akemi answered Mary, she was looking at her face.
Her tone and expression at that time did not sound fake at all.
It was at that moment that Mary was almost certain that the Akemi Miyano in front of her must be a fake.
She is most likely an undercover agent that the organization wants to plant within their ranks.
However, Mary did not show this at the time. She just excluded Miyano Akemi from their actions and temporarily controlled her, using the excuse that "she used to be a member of the organization and cannot be fully trusted now."
Mary knew very well that her eldest son, who had not even spared his own cousin, almost completely believed the authenticity of the fake Akemi Miyano.
Without actual evidence, there was no way that she, a rebellious girl by nature, would believe what she said.
In addition, they were about to launch an operation on Edo Street, and Mary did not want to create unnecessary trouble at this time, so she put the matter of Miyano Akemi on the back burner, wanting to deal with it slowly after the operation.
Then, as she waited, she heard the words that Shirakawa Kiyoshi asked Dr. Agasa to convey to her.
"Did he... leave any other words?"
Thinking of this, Mary looked up at Dr. Agasa and asked.
[What exactly do you want to do? Why do you insist on letting me take that fake thing with me? ]
"There is another word, 'Black Rose'. It should be a code. I don't understand it, but Regel said that Ms. Mary, you must understand it..."
As soon as Dr. Agasa said the word "black rose", Mary's pupils couldn't help but shrink for a moment.
Of course she knew what the word meant.
Black Rose was a phantom thief who had been active in various European countries for a period of time more than 30 years ago. When Shirakawa Kiyoshi went to London for the first time, both of them had a lot of interactions with this person.
Now, more than 30 years have passed, and there are only a few people who still remember this code name clearly.
The reason why Bai Heqing told her this word was probably because he was worried that she had not yet figured out the connection between the two identities of "Reger" and "Bai Heqing", and wanted to use this to fill in the last piece of the puzzle for her.
After all, they were both witnesses of the Black Rose incident.
In other words, does Regel want Mary to go to New York to find him with the fake Miyano Akemi, knowing that he is Shirakawa Kiyoshi?
What on earth are you doing this for?
"I see... Doctor."
After closing her eyes and thinking, Mary opened her eyes again, looked at Dr. Agasa again, and said:
"Please keep today's events secret for now. If Ms. Yukiko asks about it after she wakes up, tell her that I have found the whereabouts of Regel and Shirley and am on my way to investigate and arrest them.
Please thank her for her help this time. Don’t let her continue to be involved in future matters…”
"Okay, I understand." Seeing Mary's serious tone, Dr. Agasa nodded quickly, but at the same time asked with some concern:
"Ms. Mary, are you really going to do what Regel said..."
Although Dr. Agasa was also worried about Ai's safety, even he could clearly feel that this was a trap from what Regal said. If Mary just went over there, he was afraid...
"Don't worry, I know what to do about this matter."
Mary looked at him and smiled.
[Could it be that my previous speculation was wrong? Shirakawa Qing wanted to find Shirley, wasn't it to research drugs to treat his body? But if so, what was his purpose? ]
"Okay, well, I'll leave Ai in your hands. Also, Ms. Mary, you have to be careful too. If you need anything..."
"Ok, I know."
Putting aside these thoughts for the moment, Mary walked aside, took out her cell phone and dialed Carly's number.
In any case, she had made up her mind to go to New York.
Mary's intuition told her that this time, she would most likely know all the truth hidden behind the organization.