Chapter 108 A Nightmare-like Future

"It seems the side effects of the silver bullet have already appeared!" Matsuda knew that what Hagi really wanted to talk about wasn't the bio-virus, since the research data seized by the United States was an open secret internationally, and there was no need to mention it here.

As expected, upon hearing this, Hagiwara immediately nodded. Instead of describing the bio-virus in detail, he focused on the side effects of the silver bullet: "Yes! In the face of the same threat of this virus, before there is a vaccine and a cure."

The survival rate for the average elderly and children is 20-30%, and for the average adult it is 50%. Regardless of whether they ultimately live or die or whether they can be cured, most people can withstand more than a week of treatment after the onset of the disease.

However, children born to individuals who have taken silver bullets or who have taken silver bullets have a 100% mortality rate after infection. Even the strongest adults will die within three days of infection.

Only by hiding in a sterile chamber free of bacteria and viruses can one avoid being harmed by this virus, or by taking large amounts of drugs to boost immunity, can the chance of infection be reduced. According to Feng Jiang's description, this kind of drug was very popular in countries outside of China at that time.

In the three years between 2016 and 2019, before the side effects appeared, at least half of the population in countries such as the United States, Japan, Europe, and the United States, especially in countries with severe aging populations like Japan and South Korea, had taken this drug, except for those who were not yet of age for anti-aging.

Furthermore, minors without cancer or acquired disabilities did not take it. Therefore, when side effects appeared, coupled with the lethality of the biochemical virus, the death toll at the time was staggering. In the United States alone, there were more than ten million deaths, and Japan's population even fell back to less than one hundred million...

Until 22 years later, when the virus’s potency decreased and ordinary people began to return to normal life, those who had taken the Silver Bullet and were lucky enough not to die from the virus were still trapped in the side effects of the Silver Bullet and had to take immune drugs sold by Miri United Pharmaceuticals for a long time.

Or perhaps they live long-term in the sterile, multi-compartment living quarters they produce, as victims, yet they continue to exploit them, contributing exorbitant medical expenses and the cost of purchasing the sterile quarters themselves—it sounds like a cruel joke!

"This is a nightmare future!" Matsuda gasped when he learned the details of the silver elixir of immortality that his junior had only briefly mentioned.

"Yes! It was a nightmare." Hagiwara gave a wry smile, then continued, "Fū-chan also mentioned that after such severe side effects occurred, medical experts from various countries conducted research on the Silver Bullet and the survivors who took it."

She didn't understand medicine and couldn't comprehend the technical terms in the reports. She could only roughly understand that once people took the silver bullet, its effects would cause the genes to be re-edited by killing human cells.

This method prevents cells from dividing into cancer cells and diseased tissues, and it also alters the automatic secretion of cytotoxins by human cells during aging. It is estimated that this latter effect is what produces the powerful anti-aging ability.

As for who the researchers were? I was too shocked by the silver bullet incident to ask Feng-chan at the time. I can ask her after dinner if she remembers!

Alas! Humanity!

Knowing full well where the forbidden zones are, they still trespass into places they shouldn't because of their own greed. Even Matsuda couldn't help but sigh after hearing about the Silver Bullet incident.

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"Just like when Fengjiang mentioned this, she quoted a line from a novel—'Humans cannot control their own madness.'" After saying this, Hagiwara changed the subject and continued, "I originally thought this was something that important figures in great countries did for the sake of youth, health, and longevity."

The disastrous consequences of abusing gene-editing drugs, and only after witnessing the changes in Miyano Akemi's body and the childish appearance of Kudo Shinichi in today's scenario, did I realize that things might not be so simple.

“I feel the same way. One can restore the body to its peak condition and cure all cellular cancers after taking it, while the other has a high probability of causing death, but a small probability of triggering the rejuvenating effect.” Matsuda snorted coldly at this point: “It’s like one is an unfinished product and the other is a finished product.”

"The question is, why would this unfinished poison, used as a traceless crime, become the flagship anti-cancer drug launched by the Miri government in conjunction with pharmaceutical companies?" When Hagiwara raised this question, he inexplicably thought of the mystery surrounding the incident involving Kaze-chan's brother.

"Hmph...didn't you already have this idea during the car stunt competition?" Matsuda happened to be thinking the same thing, and as if he could read minds, he voiced his suspicions: "Kaze-chan's brother doesn't know that this kind of poison has a chance of survival."

And the phenomenon of rejuvenation occurred. All that was known was that it was a poison developed by Miyano Akemi's sister, which could be used for crimes without leaving a trace. No one knew that this poison would be sold in 2016 as a life-saving drug by a pharmaceutical company with official backing from the United States.

However, his fate was unknown in 2015, and there were no official reports about cases related to him. But as we know from previous articles, at least the FBI in the United States and the Japanese Public Security Bureau had already conducted infiltration investigations into the organization where her brother worked.

The drug was sold as a finished product in the second year after he went missing, so there is a high probability that the authorities of the two countries dismantled the transnational criminal organization where Feng Jiang worked in 2015, and the research on this drug was obtained by the investigators from both countries as a trophy.

Given that the US-Japan Joint Pharmaceutical Company has official backing from both countries, I estimate that after the FBI and the Japanese Public Security Bureau obtained this trophy, both sides saw the huge profits behind it.

So after their own medical scientists perfected it and they thought it was a finished product, they sold it to the public without conducting long-term human trials to confirm its effectiveness, which ultimately led to such terrible consequences.

They probably concealed the criminal organization and related cases involving Feng Jiang Gege to ensure that the drug was developed legitimately, thus facilitating their huge profits and eliminating any criminal background, in order to expedite approval and profit generation.

"That's not all. Have you forgotten about Shinichi Kudo? With that kid's personality, do you think he'll behave? Today, he deliberately let Akemi Miyano go, without intending to leave her behind to be handed over to the Japanese police or public security."

Even if Akemi Miyano uses the excuse that she has people within the Japanese government, didn't the Japanese government ensure that she wouldn't be...

Is that organization's method of eliminating and silencing witnesses obvious? And what about our Shinkansen and Tokiwa Building?

Every time I run into Feng Jiang, I see him. He was chasing you around the Tokiwa Building. Now it seems he's definitely got his eye on you. I guess that little guy got himself into trouble and is trying to get revenge.

Miyano Akemi also mentioned that he was a famous high school detective in 2014. With his overly clever mind seven years ago, he was definitely not going to stay still. He knew the code name of Kaze-chan's brother.

Knowing the connection between the liquor brand and that criminal organization means he's already uncovered clues about it. I bet he helped a lot during the downfall of the organization that Kaze-chan worked for. Hagiwara sounded quite relaxed at that moment.

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"But you don't seem to care what role he played in it?" No matter how casual he appeared on the surface, Matsuda knew that his best friend was probably burning with uncontrollable anger.

However, he lived four years longer than Hagiwara. The trauma of losing his best friend and the daily overtime work of a policeman made him much more mature and composed than his friend, who was still in his prime.

So we can still calmly and rationally discuss this matter: "I know you are angry, and I am angry too. After all, when it was in the hands of the criminal organization, the silver bullet was only used to murder a very small number of victims. For those criminals, it was the same as it is today."

If they want to kill someone to cover their tracks, they have other poisons if they don't have silver bullets, and guns if they don't have poison. Even a knife or a brick can be used to silence someone. Therefore, even if they are in the hands of a criminal organization, they will not bring disaster to the world.

On the contrary, once this drug fell into the hands of the two countries' governments, it became a tool for them to extract huge profits and harm countless people. The countries that should have been protecting their own citizens became executioners who persecuted their people, which is truly unacceptable.

"Xiao Jinping, don't forget the most important point: the national structures of the United States and Japan are actually very similar. On the surface, they seem to be democratic with popular elections, but in reality, the power of the country is controlled behind the scenes by big capitalists who control most of the country's wealth."

Ordinary police officers and officials may work for the people, but the so-called national security agencies such as the FBI, CIA, and Japanese Public Security Bureau are, in reality, working for the big capital behind the scenes in both countries that has the power to manipulate national regimes.

I had always thought it was just a transnational criminal organization, but the fact that the FBI from the US and the Japanese Public Security Bureau were involved in the infiltration and investigation, especially the fact that Japan sent at least three Public Security Bureau officers, seemed too exaggerated.

It's understandable for the FBI to investigate cases within its own borders, but infiltrating and investigating criminal organizations abroad is clearly an overreach of authority. Who gave them such power? Who provided them with such funding?

Most importantly, the criminal activities of the criminal organization that Brother Feng works for truly threaten the national security of the United States and constitute a major domestic crime case. The United States can certainly send Interpol to coordinate with other countries to conduct a joint investigation.

"Why didn't the United States choose to communicate with other countries' officials and let Interpol, who should have been handling this task, do it..." When Hagiwara asked this question, his tone was clearly filled with frustration and suppressed anger.