Chapter 300: Finale

Since Makino had already heard Vermouth briefly mention her “past”, he was basically certain that the adopted daughter who “accidentally became smaller” mentioned by Karasuma Renya was Vermouth.

Although Vermouth didn’t say it, this is most likely the important reason why she is deeply appreciated by the boss in the winery and has a special status.

Perhaps because he hadn’t communicated with anyone face to face for a long time, Karasuma Renya was obviously more excited than before. He completely opened up and talked incessantly about what happened after he discovered that Vermouth had become smaller.

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After confirming that Vermouth had really regained her youth, he immediately asked the researchers to preserve the failed experimental data, and use Vermouth as the main research subject. He temporarily gave up on “immortality” and turned to research in the direction of “rejuvenation”.

After all, in a sense, rejuvenation and immortality are similar.

Unfortunately, although the researchers successfully restored the medicine that Vermouth took at the time, all the other “experimental subjects” except Vermouth died after taking the medicine.

After a large number of experiments and analysis, the researchers finally concluded that the reason why Vermouth did not die was probably related to some “unknown cells or neurons” in her body.

But no matter how they studied, they could not confirm what this “unknown existence” was.

Finally, after nearly a decade of research being completely stalled, Karasuma Renya had no choice but to stop the research on “rejuvenation” and turned back to research on immortality.

As time went by, Karasuma Renya finally reached the age of “ninety”.

Not only was his body completely aged and degenerated, but even his spirit was sometimes good and sometimes bad.

At that moment, realizing that he was about to die, Karasuma Renya decided to take a gamble – swallowing the “rejuvenation drug” created from previous research.

He won the bet.

Like Vermouth, he also managed to shrink and survive.

Although he intended to keep it secret, the top dignitaries and wealthy people who participated in the “Vahagan” project with him still learned the news through various channels.

In order to shut these people up, Karasuma Renya specially held a large party lasting ten days in the name of “birthday party and sharing of achievements”.

In addition to these people, he also specially invited “informed people” from all walks of life, including the archaeological community, to a large villa he owned at the time for various reasons.

In the end, except for a very few people, all those who knew about the incident kept their mouths shut.

But the good times didn’t last long.

Just when Karasuma Renya thought he had fulfilled his original wish and was preparing to use his own body to experiment whether the rejuvenating drug could be taken multiple times… a new problem arose.

——As time went by, Vermouth, who was the first to shrink, also became an “adult”, but the age of her body and cells was forever locked at the 30-year-old level.

This is good news, after all, other scientific names for “stopping body and cell growth” are “immortality” and “eternal youth.”

The trouble is, according to the researchers’ analysis, although the cells in Vermouth’s body have stopped growing, the cells in her body are dying rapidly.

In the worst case scenario, Vermouth can only live for another ten years at most.

After hearing the news, Karasuma Renya, who was originally in an excited state, suddenly became nervous.

It’s not that he cares about his adopted daughter’s life or death, but that Vermouth’s “present” is equivalent to his “future”.

However, if he fails to develop a drug that can solve this situation before Vermouth dies, he will follow in Vermouth’s footsteps in a few decades.

Therefore, while continuing his research on the “rejuvenation drug”, he secretly launched a research project called “Silver Bullet”.

This project was specially built to solve the problems that Vermouth encountered.

Just 18 years ago, the project, called “Silver Bullet,” was an unexpected success.

Although there are still many mysteries to be solved, from that moment on, Vermouth and Karasuma Renya both achieved “immortality” in the true sense.

During this period, the Black Organization established by Karasuma Renya to “ensure research” also became a useless burden as the organization continued to expand.

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Makino listened quietly to Karasuma Renya’s story without interrupting. If things were really as Karasuma Renya said, then he did have a reason to “abandon” the winery.

Now that he has achieved his vision of immortality, the winery is no longer a useful tool for him, but a burden that may cause him to fall into the abyss.

After talking about his experience from the establishment of the organization to the present, Karasuma Renya gradually came out of his memories and stared straight at Makino in front of him.

Although he didn’t know how the mysterious guy in front of him destroyed the organization, he roughly knew how he found him.

After thinking for a moment, a smile appeared on the corner of Karasuma Renya’s mouth: “Okay, now you already know the process and original intention of my establishment of this organization. Since you can find me, you should know that what I said is true. Although it is a bit strange to say this, you did help me solve a big problem.

Although I don’t know what your purpose is, the organization has undoubtedly been completely destroyed by you. To be honest, even if I do it myself, it would be difficult to achieve this level…”

At this point, Karasuma Renya stood up from the sofa, turned around and walked to the wine cabinet next to the French window, and said calmly: “You can find me, so you are naturally a smart person, so I will tell you directly.

I have all the information about those two medicines, and even a lot of finished products… You came to see me alone to get these from me, right?

The organization has been completely destroyed, and I am no longer a threat to you. Since you can find me, you must know what ‘Karasuma Renya’ represents, right? Power, wealth, immortality… As long as you are willing, I can share all of this with you! “

Hearing this, the corners of Makino’s mouth raised a little arc: “Oh? How do you know that I came here to see you alone just to get these things?”

When he heard Makino speak, a strange light flashed across Karasuma Renya’s eyes and a slight curve appeared at the corners of his mouth.

He was not afraid of this mysterious man speaking, what he was afraid of was that he would not speak.

Everyone has desires.

Wealth, status, immortality…

No matter who you are, you cannot avoid pursuing and yearning for these three things.

This is the reason why the organization has been able to expand to such a large scale so quickly.

Whether it’s a businessman who is as wealthy as a country or a politician with immense power…even those who already possess both have things they want.

Thinking of this, Karasuma Renya turned to look at Makino and chuckled, “Whatever you want, I can do it…”

Before he could finish, Makino smiled and shook his head, saying, “Although I’m not a good person, I’m used to doing things from beginning to end. I came here for only one purpose… Also, I personally suggest that you don’t take out the weapon in your sleeve, because that will make you die faster.”

The next moment, before Karasuma Renya could make any move, Makino suddenly disappeared from his sight.

Karasuma Renya: “?!!”

–“boom!”

……

Not long after, on the top floor of an apartment building.

Looking at the house in the distance that had been engulfed by flames, Makino let out a sigh of relief and looked up at the starry night sky.

For some reason, in addition to the joy of achieving his goal, he also felt an indescribable complex emotion in his heart.

At this moment, the phone in my pocket suddenly vibrated with an incoming call.

As soon as Makino picked up the phone, a gentle voice with a smile came into his ears: “Long Yi, the meal is almost ready~ By the way, when you come back later, can you buy two bottles of seaweed on the way?”

“No problem~ Ayako, let’s just buy the same brand we tried last time, right?”

“…”

After hanging up the phone, Makino took one last look at the house covered in flames and disappeared from the spot in an instant.

At the same time, a system prompt that he hadn’t heard for a long time suddenly sounded in his mind:
——【Hidden mission completed, special rewards issued…System upgrade in progress.】

Looking at the exquisite medicine bottle that suddenly appeared in the system backpack, Makino’s eyes suddenly flashed with a brilliant light: “Hidden mission? Upgrade? And this bottle… It’s really interesting~”

(End of this chapter)