unless……

“That’s right, this is an infinite cycle.” Vermouth raised the corner of his mouth and explained, “From childhood to old age, twelve hours at a time, exactly two rounds a day.”

There is such a thing, but if it is true…

Serabell suddenly understood.

This explains all the questions, including why the winery asked Elena Miyano to develop the initial version of APTX4869 in the early years.

Because if this is true, it means that Karasuma Renya himself has been constantly repeating the cycle of life, and in the twelve hours of a cycle he is unable to move independently for at least half of the time, so he urgently needs an elixir of life to stabilize himself in a certain strong and healthy stage.

The reason for preventing Binga from obtaining Lao Ruo’s facial recognition system is even simpler. It is not only to avoid being found, but also to prevent the true function of APTX4869 from being discovered.

You have to know that even Rum, who is the second-in-command of the organization, has always used Drug A as a relatively easy-to-use poison that kills people without leaving any traces. In the organization, apart from a very small number of researchers, the only people who know the true effect of Drug A are those who take it, such as Vermouth and Karasuma Renye.

“How rude.”

Sitting on the bed, Karasuma Renya raised his hand to block the strong light coming from the front with his palm, but his eyes still stared straight at Serabelle and others at the door through the gaps between his fingers.

In the process, another wrinkle appeared at the corner of his eye without leaving a trace.

“If a younger person wants to talk to an elder face to face, he must first let the elder see his face clearly…”

boom! ! !

Before he could finish his words, a deafening gunshot drowned out all other sounds in the room.

Karasuma Renya on the bed sat back suddenly, a huge bloody hole suddenly appeared on his chest, and the hand that was blocking in front of him was directly blown away.

He looked down at the bloody hole on his body, then raised his head somewhat woodenly. The long and boring life had made this old man, who should have died long ago, forget how to be surprised.

Serabelle was seen calmly holding a flashlight in one hand and a gun in the other. Under the light of the flashlight, a puff of white smoke rose from the hot and black muzzle of the Benelli M4.

Then he pulled the trigger and fired another shot.

boom!

One more shot.

boom!

boom!boom!boom!boom!boom!

He pulled the trigger continuously until the eight bullets in the gun were all emptied. Then the boy slowly put his hand down, put the shotgun on his shoulder, looked at Karasuma Renya who was completely silent on the bed, and said lightly.

“I’m just asking to confirm so I don’t kill the wrong person. I’m not trying to chat with you, idiot.”

Chapter 865 No Man is an Island

The gunfire stopped only when all the bullets were used up.

The candlelight at the end of the bed was still flickering, the air was still filled with the smell of gunpowder, and deathly silence gradually spread in the room. Not even a sound came out of the headset.

Everyone watched the scene in silence, including Elena Miyano and others who were in the basement operations meeting room at the Suzuki Museum of Art in Tokyo. They all had a vague feeling of unreality in their hearts.

Karasuma Renya, who once dominated the entire financial world of Japan and supported the Ooka family to become prime minister, and then suddenly disappeared from the public eye by death, while in fact he was secretly conducting various human experiments to turn himself into an immortal monster… was blown into a sieve just like that?

Just die like this?

Just like everyone in the video game world complains about how the Polish CD Projekt Red can’t do boss battles, everyone expects there to be a grand showdown at the end of the story, rather than the boss having single, unimpressive skills and being killed faster than a roadside soldier by just two slashes from the protagonist using the Swanwestin.

Serabelle’s behavior is a bit like the ending of John Wick 1 and 2.

When John Wick killed all the enemies in his way one by one and came to the final BOSS after overcoming all the obstacles, everyone thought that he would start to argue with the opponents in the Naruto style and build the atmosphere to a climax before ending it.

But he didn’t. Facing the final boss who was either begging for mercy or acting tough or pretending to be elegant, he said nothing. He just shot the opponent dead with two shots.

And this old monster who had lived secretly for more than 150 years was finally only described as an “idiot” by Serabelle.

There is no need to say much, and there is nothing much to say. Talking too much will only give the other party time to delay and create space for them to operate. It is better to kill them directly on the spot.

“This is the end?”

Curacao still spoke tentatively with some disbelief.

In her opinion, even the former second-in-command of the organization has always been much more cautious than this. He almost never summoned his subordinates in person. Even if he did, it would only be confidants like her or Binga. Moreover, the venue would always be chosen at the place where the organization operates.

In this way, if there is any disturbance, other people will immediately come to support in an organized manner.

Even Serabelle took advantage of her meeting with Rum to disguise herself as a hotel waiter and assassinated Rum silently and unexpectedly without alerting the guards below.

But this time they came to assassinate the top boss of the organization. They fired crazily and recklessly to create noise, and no reinforcements arrived after such a long time. Is this true?

“It’s over, let’s go.”

Vermouth took one last glance at Karasuma Renya, who was lying on the bed and whose identity could not be identified due to continuous shotgun fire, then stepped forward, bent down, gently blew out the candle, and stood up again and spoke lightly.

Curacao didn’t say anything, but turned his head and looked at Serabelle beside him inquiringly.

Serabelle shrugged, didn’t say anything more, turned around and walked out the door.

When they came here before, they took a wild road to avoid being discovered. Now that their goal has been achieved, they can finally take the slightly better and more correct road when they return.

So as everyone left the bedroom and came to the outer corridor, Vermouth’s soft sigh was heard from the door that was not closed behind them.

“No man is an island, never send to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls forthee . (No man is an island. Never ask for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for you.)”

“…Sharon?”

Serabelle stopped and when he looked back, the blonde Thousand-Faced Witch had already walked out of the room and closed the door gently, as if she had taken care of her old father who was bedridden due to old age.

When she raised her head, the usual half-smile on her face was no longer there, she just shook her head gently.

“I’m fine, let’s go, it’s time to go back.”

“Ah.”

……

Just as Vermouth had said before, this decapitation operation… was indeed not as dangerous as they had expected.

It can even be said that it was quite safe and smooth. Except for the fact that we were a little sneaky when we came in order to avoid disturbing the target, everything else, including the evacuation, went as smoothly as taking something out of a bag.

Even Serabelle herself found it a little unbelievable.

However, he figured this out less than half a minute after he left the villa.

Yes, since Karasuma Renya chose such a remote place as his hiding place, it is obvious that his purpose is to prevent others from finding his location easily.

How could a man who is so wary of his own daughter who needs to make an appointment several days in advance to meet him trust those bodyguards who are hired for money?

It can be said that Karasuma Ren’ye has never trusted anyone in his life. He neither trusts Rum, his second-in-command who assisted him, nor does he trust the daughter he raised, and even less does he trust his ambitious subordinates such as Binga and Pisco.

Even Gin, an extremely loyal dog whose thoughts seemed to have been stamped before he was born, has never gained the trust of Karasuma Renya.

Humans are social animals, but Karasuma Renya turned himself into an isolated island, so he got the ending that an isolated island deserved.

——Died in the wilderness among these horses without anyone noticing.

Just like that, two hours later, Serabel and the others who had completed their mission finally returned to Tokyo from Gunma.

The view turns to the operations meeting room in the basement of the Suzuki Museum of Art.

Hey~

Accompanied by a crisp elevator sound coming from the back, the shield door slowly opened to both sides.

With everyone’s gaze focused in the conference room, Serabell took the lead and walked out of the elevator, followed closely by Akai Mari, Curacao, Vermouth, and Hattori Shizuka.

“Bell!”

“Bell, are you okay?”

Two voices sounded almost at the same time. Ooka Momiji and Akiba Reiko, who had stayed here before, ran out of the crowd one after another, and immediately went to hug the triumphant young man.

One of them was holding the left hand and the other was holding the right hand.

The two of them didn’t react until they had each found their seats. They stared at each other from a distance of less than 30 centimeters, and the air seemed to be filled with a fiery flame.

It was obvious that a fight was about to break out in the next second, so Serabell quickly spoke up to divert attention.

“I’m fine, everyone is fine, the operation went pretty smoothly.”

“Well, that’s good…”

Upon hearing this, the two girls breathed a sigh of relief.

That’s right, the most important thing right now is that Serabelle and the others have returned safely. As for jealousy and such, we can talk about it later.

At the same time, a third figure from behind also rushed up.

It’s Masazumi Sera.

However, she did not come up and hug Serabell like Akiba Reiko and Ooka Momiji did. Of course, it may also be because she saw that there was no room for Serabell, so she passed by the boy and came to her mother, giving Akai Mari, who was caught off guard, a big hug.

“Welcome back mom!”

“Uh…well, I’m back, Majun.”

Akai Mary was stunned for a moment at first, and then a faint smile appeared on her icy face.

Soon after, Miyano Elena also came up from behind.

She clapped her hands, fished out a small box from her large white coat and opened it. Inside was a dozen identical capsules, one of which had a green capsule skin, while the rest were red.

“Okay, okay. I know you guys just got back and have a lot to say, but it’s getting late now, and it’s rare that everyone is here. Everyone come and take this medicine. One pill per person, don’t take more. The only green pill is for Bell, and everyone else take the red one~”

Chapter 866 Zhenchun still has room for development!

The blonde female scientist’s voice quickly attracted the attention of everyone present.

Everyone’s eyes were quickly focused on the medicine box in her hand, but no one took action.

After all, before the action, Elena Miyano only introduced herself as the action planner, but did not tell others that she had worked as a R&D staff in a winery.

Asking everyone to take medicine so abruptly was a bit confusing to most people, except for a few people who knew the inside story.

“Medicine? What medicine?”

At this time, Ooka Hongye had already turned to Serabel’s side and hugged the boy’s arms with both hands with no intention of letting go. She tilted her head and looked at the dozen or so neatly arranged capsules in the open box in the hands of the blonde female scientist with a curious look on her face.

“It can’t be some weird health supplement, I don’t want to eat that kind of thing.”

The girl was still mumbling to herself, and the others were equally hesitant.

Only Akai Mary’s expression changed slightly. She put the equipment she had taken off aside for the time being, walked forward and took a closer look at the capsule in the box, and was stunned.

“Elena, you are not…”

“That’s right~”

The blonde scientist kept smiling.

“This is the kind that Sharon took. It can’t shrink to a young age, but it won’t go through the cycle of birth and aging like Karasuma Renya. Instead, it will semi-permanently freeze the body in its current state. If I have to say it… it’s a bit like the ‘wine of immortality’, although the effect isn’t that strong and it won’t keep you alive no matter how much you torment yourself.”

“Freeze in the current state…?”

Ooka Momiji is not stupid. After a brief doubt, she quickly understood what Elena Miyano meant and realized the value of these capsules.

“Does that mean it can make people immortal?!”

“Well, that’s about right.” Miyano Elena hummed and smirked, “As for it being semi-permanent, it’s because it has a corresponding antidote. In other words, after taking this medicine, if one day you feel that you’ve lived long enough in this state, you can take the antidote, and then your time will start to flow normally again.”

“Wow… so cool, but is it true? And why do you have something like this?”

Ooka Hongye was shocked but she did not forget to doubt and confirm again and again.

“Of course it’s true. As for the reason, oh yes… I forgot to tell you.”

Putting away the medicine box in her hand for the moment, Miyano Elena cleared her throat seriously.

“Let me solemnly introduce myself again. In addition to being Bell’s sister-in-law, I was also the head of the R&D department of that organization 20 years ago. The first official version of APTX… er, forget it, let’s just call it the Elixir of Life. It was developed by me and my team.”

“And by the way, I am almost fifty years old this year.”

Nani? !

The Kyoto girl was shocked once again.

Although she admitted that some people in this world were born with the blessing of God and aged slowly, even if they aged slowly, at best they would only age as slowly as Aunt Akai.

Well… although she still looks very young, her mature temperament can still be seen at a glance.

In comparison, Elena Miyano looks like a young woman who just graduated from college and has been working for a few years. Her so-called mature temperament is all set off by black stockings, white coat and glasses.