Chapter 526 The Elixir of Ageing and the Elixir of Rejuvenation (Part 2)
At first glance, the elixir seems more powerful than the rejuvenating drug.
Belmode took the elixir to stay young forever and freeze his age forever.
But Miyano Shiho is just rejuvenating, and he will still grow old when he grows up.
From this point of view, the rejuvenation drug only helped her extend her life by a few more years, but it was still far from the effect of immortality.
But people’s physiques cannot be generalized.
Whether this medicine is effective or not actually depends on the patient himself.
For Belmod, who was still a young girl when she took the medicine, the elixir that can freeze the age is of course better than the child-returning medicine.
But for Karasuma Renya.
"When he took the elixir, he was already 122 years old."
"The medicine can indeed help him stop aging and make him immortal, but so what?"
"He's still a 122-year-old man."
"He can only be trapped in that withered body, struggling to survive."
The elixir can only immortalize one's age, but cannot restore one's youth.
Renya Karasuma's body is still the same body that was sickly, fragile, decayed, and half of her body was buried in the ground.
As people age, various problems arise, including high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high blood lipids, rheumatism, coronary heart disease, cerebral infarction, and Alzheimer's disease.
With such a useless body, I would probably have to slip and fall even on the airplane ramp.
A casual flu infection could kill him.
So Karasuma Renya survived "forever".
But he lived under the torture of illness and the fear of death all the time.
"That's why Renye Karasuma is so frantically looking for a way to save his life."
"The 'child-returning drug' that your little girlfriend is responsible for developing is a life-saving straw in his eyes."
"The reason why the organization is keen on collecting those talented software engineers is also a backup plan he prepared after developing the child-returning drug in order to save his own life."
Karasuma Renya uses her imagination to live a healthy life:
The first is to change the focus of drug research and development of APTX4869, shifting the primary goal of research and development from "immortality" to "rejuvenation".
The second is to keep up with the changes of the times, stay on the forefront of computer science, and focus on the research and development of "consciousness uploading" and "data immortality" technologies.
The first one to succeed is Tianshan Tonglao.
The second one was successful, he was Saburo Arasaka.
If that didn't work, he would continue to be a Matong Zangyan and live on like a disgusting old insect.
"I see."
Lin Xinyi couldn't help but sigh a little.
It turns out that this is the boss of the organization and his biggest enemy in the future.
Being too old to die is a thief. This Karasuma Renye is already 140 years old, and he is probably already a man.
"This guy must be difficult to deal with, right?"
Lin Xinyi asked nervously.
But Belmode shook his head disdainfully: "No."
"Renya Karasuma was indeed scary before, but now she is old."
"He has been suffering from constant illness over the years and his physical condition is very bad. He has not stepped forward to manage organizational affairs for a long time."
"If you just have to deal with him alone, I'll be enough."
She raised her lips proudly and playfully:
"You know, I'm good at acting."
"Despite being treated so cruelly and mercilessly, I was still able to suppress the resentment in my heart and show enough fanatical loyalty in front of him."
"Plus this old guy loved me very much before."
"So over the past 18 years, even though Renye Karasuma has always been wary of me, his biological granddaughter who has a blood feud, I have won back his trust step by step."
"Relying on this trust, I have to design a plan to get rid of this bastard."
"Although it is difficult, it is not completely impossible."
Belmod's tone was extremely cold when he said this.
She has obviously rehearsed the plan to eliminate Karasuma Renye countless times in her mind over the years.
Judging from her tone, she seemed quite confident that she could get rid of this demon.
But she still didn't take action.
"Because it's not that simple."
"After Renya Karasuma became seriously ill for a long time and was unable to manage the organization, he handed over most of the power of the organization to his confidant, the second-in-command of our organization."
"If the number two figure is not eradicated, even if the boss Karasuma Renye dies, the organization will not suffer any serious damage."
Karasuma Group has adopted a decentralized advanced management model to avoid the rigidity of the system caused by excessive concentration of power, enhance the company's ability to resist risks, and extend the life cycle of the company.
Just like Western Rome is gone, Eastern Rome still exists.
Even if Renya Karasuma dies, as long as the number two figure is still there, the organization will not fall.
And if the organization does not fall, then the traitors like Belmod and those who assassinated King Shajia will inevitably be hunted down by the organization with all their might.
Even if you are lucky enough to survive once or twice, you won't be able to live a peaceful life for the rest of your life.
"I see."
Lin Xinyi heard the implication of Belmode:
"Because you know Karasuma Renye so well, Karasuma Renye is not our primary enemy."
"The opponent we should worry about the most is the number two figure in the organization!"
"That's right." Belmod nodded approvingly.
"Then who is the number two person?"
"I have no idea."
Belmode answered very neatly:
"All I know is that his codename is 'Rum.'"
"I don't know anything else."
"This" Lin Xinyi was a little surprised: "You are so familiar with the boss, how come you don't know anything about the number two figure?"
"This is the cleverness of Renya Karasuma."
"Although he doesn't manage the organization's affairs very much now, he won't leave any opportunities for others to take advantage of him."
"As the granddaughter of Karasuma Renye, relying on the boss's favor, I have enough information and power to threaten him."
"So he deliberately supported another confidant to become the organization's number two person, 'Rum', and made Rum remain mysterious in front of the members of the organization, preventing me from having any possibility of grasping his intelligence."
To put it bluntly, this is the emperor's tactic written badly in history books.
Its core is checks and balances and decentralization.
Just like Dameng has Jin Yiwei and Dongchang, Da Mi has the FBI and CIA.
Japan has the Public Security Investigation Agency under the judicial system (Ministry of Justice), and it is also necessary to establish a Ministry of Public Security within the police system (Metropolitan Police Department) with almost completely overlapping functions.
The power of this secret police agency must not be too concentrated.
Otherwise, the boss will easily be unable to sleep at night.
The same is true within the organization. Karasuma Renye "regardless of past grudges" gave some power to Belmod, his biological granddaughter, and at the same time, very shrewdly, handed over a larger part of the power to Rum.
Now Belmod wants to rebel.
She immediately encountered a huge problem because of this system design of mutual checks and balances.
And this is also an inevitable step in Belmode's "Organizational Collapse Plan":
"If you want to defeat the organization, you must get rid of Rum."
"We know nothing about this, the most mysterious opponent in the organization."
"Well" Lin Xin frowned when he heard this:
The mission goal is quite clear, just kill Rum.
But if even Belmode knew nothing about this mysterious Rum, and couldn't even find Rum's people, then how could they attack this target?
"Do not worry."
Belmode smiled confidently:
"No matter how mysterious Rum is, it is impossible for him to control such a large organization without showing his face at all."
"I don't know his identity. Naturally there are confidants in the organization who know his identity."
"And you are also familiar with that person."
"You mean" Lin Xinyi vaguely heard who the "Rum's confidant" she was talking about was: "Is it Gin?"
"That's right." Belmod nodded: "Gin knows Rum's identity."
"Generally, Gin is responsible for handling organizational affairs in Japan, especially in the Tokyo area."
"It is precisely because Gin is so capable that Rum can hide safely behind the scenes and continue to remain mysterious."
"In that case, things will be easier to handle."
The corner of her mouth raised a dangerous arc:
"We just need to find a way to create some trouble for Gin that he can't handle at all."
"I see."
Lin Xinyi understood Belmode’s strategic thinking:
To put it bluntly, Internet writers who really can't think of a better plot often use the water-main plot method: "kill the young and bring out the old."
As long as Gin, the "department manager," is beaten until he can't take care of himself, Rum, the "general manager" hiding behind the scenes, will definitely be unable to sit still.
but
"Gin is not easy to deal with either."
Lin Xinyi couldn't help but think of the great achievements of the Gin boss who flew planes to bomb Tokyo.
After General Li Mei, he was the only one who dared to be so arrogant.
On their side, excluding the two child workers Conan and Haibara Ai, the logistics team of Dr. Agasa, and the atmosphere team of Miyano Akemi, there are only three people left who can fight.
Among them, Lin Xinyi and Mao Lilan are both civilian fighters who have not been trained as agents. Their actual combat experience is limited to martial arts sparring and telephone pole demolition, and they have almost never experienced real life-and-death combat.
With a half-baked team like theirs, could they really force Gin to the point where he cried and asked the boss for help?
is it possible?
"Idiot. Who said we should do it ourselves?" Belmode shook his head helplessly: "Of course such a dangerous thing as charging into battle must be left to professional 'cannon fodder'."
"Cannon fodder?" Lin Xin thought of something for a moment: "You mean"
"Officer Fang Gu, and the Japanese police?"
"That's right."
"But we haven't fully figured out his identity yet. This guy is too cautious."
"It doesn't matter." Belmod's tone was very meaningful: "Take your time, it doesn't matter even if you can't handle the Japanese police."
"Anyway, what Gin needs most is enemies."