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His expression was normal, with his usual gentle smile on his lips, and even a hint of smile in his eyes.
No one could tell that, even with this look on his face, he had already made up his mind to kill Karasuma Renya, and that this was even the purpose of his trip.
If Shirakawa Kiyoshi had not told Miyano Shiho about this early on, she would probably have been wondering at this moment whether she had been sold out by Shirakawa Kiyoshi?
"You, the head of the family, have seen her appearance more than once before." Looking at Miyano Shiho with a smile, Shirakawa Qing spoke again.
"Yes... I have... Of course I have..."
Karasuma Renya responded to his words, but his deep gaze still remained on Miyano Shiho.
His hands were no longer caressing gently, but began to pinch and rub Miyano Shiho's face repeatedly with force, as if he was weighing some merchandise. It was very painful, and Miyano Shiho couldn't help but want to break free.
It is really hard to imagine that such a skinny hand can contain such great strength.
"She wasn't like this before..."
After saying this, Karasuma Renya suddenly exerted force with his hands, grabbed Miyano Shiho's face, and pulled her in front of him.
"Hmm!"
With a subconscious groan, Miyano Shiho staggered forward two steps. Suddenly, the distance between their faces was less than 20 centimeters. The decayed smell like rotten wood became more and more pungent.
"A teenage girl... could actually become... like this..."
Completely ignoring Miyano Shiho's painful expression, Karasuma Renya pinched her face, and his turbid eyes looked at her face repeatedly, as if he was admiring a fine work of art.
"Such healthy skin... reversing time... I'm actually... really going to take a step... cough cough cough!"
As if he was a little too excited, Karasuma Renya suddenly coughed violently a few times, and his chest heaved violently, but even so, he still did not let go of the hand that was holding Miyano Shiho.
The head of the family?
Outside the room, the medical staff who had been monitoring Karasuma Renya's heart rate through instruments seemed to have noticed something unusual, and an inquiring voice came through the intercom in the room.
"roll……"
However, Karasuma Renya slowly reached out and directly cut off all external communications in the room.
"It's been decades... cough cough cough! I'm finally going to... get it! Ahem!"
The violent coughing sounds continued, but Karasuma Renya didn't care at all.
After coughing again, he asked, "How long...will it take?"
It was obvious that he was asking Bai Heqing.
"According to our prediction, the 'Silver Bullet' can be successfully completed within one or two years at most." Bai Heqing bent down slightly and whispered in his ear.
"One or two years..."
Karasuma Renye seemed to be thinking. After a moment of silence, he slowly nodded and said, "That's enough... That's enough..."
It seems that this time limit is within his acceptable range.
It was at this time that he finally let go of the hand that had been pinching Miyano Shiho.
"White River..."
Sitting back on the bed, Karasuma Renya suddenly called out Shirakawa Kiyoshi's name.
Despite this, his gaze still remained on Miyano Shiho in front of him, as if he was unwilling to move his gaze away even a little bit.
"You... really didn't... disappoint me..."
He opened his mouth and spoke slowly in a voice that seemed half dead:
"In the beginning... it was you who found Elena... and now... it is you who brought Shirley back for me... Your ability and loyalty... are impeccable... letting her follow you... is indeed... a very correct decision..."
The "she" that Karasuma Renya was referring to was naturally Sharon.
"How ridiculous...Hatoyama...doesn't know what's good...hahaha...cough cough cough!"
Karasuma Renya suddenly laughed, but this caused him to start coughing violently again.
The Hatoyama he mentioned was undoubtedly the old man Hatoyama who had passed away many years ago.
Karasuma Renya was aware that Shirakawa Kiyoshi was once the son-in-law of the Hatoyama family.
"Over the years... you have made so many contributions to my Karasuma family..."
Having said this, Karasuma Renya suddenly turned around, slowly raised his trembling hand, and pressed hard on Shirakawa Kiyoshi's shoulder.
"You... have made great contributions... When the silver bullet is completed... you will definitely have a share of eternal life..."
"Thank you, Patriarch." Bai Heqing lowered his head slightly, without any disturbance.
"Until then..."
However, this is not the end yet. Karasuma Renya seemed to think that this was not enough, so he said:
"You should... change your surname to Karasuma... and become my... son... and a true... member of the Karasuma family..."
Miyano Shiho on the side was staring at the scene in a daze.
You turned your son-in-law into a son, have you ever considered your daughter's feelings?
Of course, Karasuma Renya is not the kind of person who would care about such things. In his opinion, such things can be solved by just asking Shirakawa Kiyoshi to change his identity.
As for what Sharon would feel, that was not something he would consider at all. In his eyes at this moment, Bai Heqing was much more important than his own daughter.
Just as Shirakawa Rui had said before, Karasuma Renya was a creature who was purely interested in profit to the extreme, and the reason why he could stay focused on his current task was precisely because of his pure desire for immortality.
"What happens after that?"
Bai Heqing finally spoke.
"Once the research is completed, what do you plan to do, Patriarch?"
His tone did not change at all, and even Karasuma Renye had not heard anything unusual.
"This is a miracle that can change... the world... Then we can use it... to do many things... including... the world..."
When he said the word "world", a gleam of light flashed in Karasuma Renya's eyes again, but it disappeared in a flash.
"Your desire is really..."
Upon hearing this, Bai Heqing also smiled with relief.
It was not until this moment that he finally revealed a hint of emotion that was inconsistent with his usual self.
"Endless."
"Baihe...you..."
And Karasuma Renya finally noticed the subtle change in his tone. He looked at Shirakawa Kiyoshi in disbelief and subconsciously wanted to reach out his other hand to the call button on the edge of the bed.
Although Karasuma Renya cut off all external communications in this room in order to discuss Shirley's matter, he did have a backup plan.
There was an emergency call button on the edge of his bed, within reach of his hand by just a few centimeters.
As long as he pressed it, the people outside would immediately rush in and control Bai Heqing.
However, there was no way that Baihe Qing would give him this opportunity.
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, Shirakawa Qing made a move and hit Karasuma Renya's neck hard with his palm.
His speed was so fast that Karasuma Renya, who had already stepped half into the gates of death, could not react at all and fainted on the hospital bed.
In just a moment, the room fell silent.
"White River..."
Miyano Shiho looked up at Shirakawa Kiyoshi.
"Don't worry, this room is soundproof, no one outside can hear it."
After replying to her, Shirakawa Kiyoshi lifted the blanket of Karasuma Renya, pressed a button on the edge of his bed, then took the communicator beside him and said:
"Go... prepare a set of Type I equipment and send it over... and prepare a vehicle..."
His voice and tone of voice were exactly the same as Karasuma Renya's just now.
"Yes, master."
There was an immediate response from the communicator.
Then, Shirakawa Kiyoshi cut off the communication, turned to look at Miyano Shiho, and said with a smile:
"Get ready, we're going to transform soon, Shiho, don't let anyone know."
Facts have proven time and again that Bai Heqing has always been a man who plans before taking action.
After temporarily knocking out Karasuma Renya and giving orders to the people outside with his voice, Shirakawa Kiyoshi walked to the electronic door of the room and reached out to press a button on it.
This room is completely soundproof, and especially after Karasuma Renya had taken the initiative to isolate the communications inside and outside the room for Shirley, people outside had no idea what was happening in the room at this moment.
This also includes the four men in black with crow masks who were previously driven out by Karasuma Renya.
"Come in, the master has a task for you."
After actively informing the man in black who had been standing outside the door through the communicator on the door, Bai Heqing opened the electronic door from the inside.
Following the slight sound of electric current, the men in black walked in without any suspicion.
Although people outside believed that Shirakawa Kiyoshi had died ten or twenty years ago, at least in this underground fortress, at least those who had been guarding Karasuma Renya all year round knew that Shirakawa Kiyoshi was Karasuma Renya's son-in-law.
"Whoosh!"
But as soon as these people in black entered the room, before they could see the situation inside the room clearly, Bai Heqing beside them took action.
He instantly tore off the crow mask on one of the men's face, and used the sharp metal hook on the underside of the mask that looked like a crow's beak to instantly cut the man's throat.
Then, without any pause, he stretched out the fingers of his other hand and poked directly into the eye sockets of the second man's crow mask.
"Ugh!"
One of them fell directly to the ground, another let out a shrill scream, and the remaining two people hesitated for a very short moment, then quickly drew out their daggers and attacked Bai Heqing from two directions.
In such close combat, a dagger is always more suitable than a gun.
However, although they hesitated for only a moment, Baihe Qing had already completed the action of cutting the second person's throat with the crow mask, and at the same time took off the mask on the second person's face, and then approached them.
Bai Heqing opened his left and right hands at the same time, holding a mask in each hand. He used the gaps in the eye sockets of the masks to block the daggers of the two men who attacked him, and then twisted them hard to remove them. Then he held the mask tightly, swiped his hands in the middle, and used the metal crow beak on the underside of the mask again to cut their throats in an instant.
"Gu..."
Accompanied by the pure "bubble sound" coming from the throat, the last two people slowly fell to the ground, covering their necks which were bleeding wildly.