Chapter 41 (Exclusive to Jinjiang Literature City)
Before the female voice could reveal Shiho Miyano's address, the video was abruptly cut off.
What happened?
"Whose prank is this?"
"The visuals are so realistic, could such a drug really exist?"
...
People were talking about it.
Suddenly, their phones and computers started playing new videos out of control again.
However, it's not quite right to call it a new video, because apart from the people in the video, it's exactly the same as the previous video.
The crowd stared blankly as the video finished playing, but after a few seconds of pause, it started playing again, and the characters in the video were switched once more.
Ultimately, all elementary school students in Japan were said to be experimental subjects of ATPX4869, and were all shrunk down from junior high school, high school, and university students.
"What the hell?" someone complained. "So Japan doesn't have any elementary school students at all, and the same group of people have been going to school all along."
"It's probably a hacker prank. How could something like reverse aging actually exist?"
"What exactly are the people behind this trying to do?"
"I think it's not impossible; maybe this drug really does exist."
Do you believe this, or do you believe I am Abe no Seimei?
Similar remarks are being made on major forums around the world.
Unlike ordinary gossip groups, major official bodies are generally aware of the existence of the Black Organization and what it is researching. Therefore, they all know that this matter is true. However, they still publicly state that this is just a prank by a hacker and hope that everyone will not believe or spread rumors.
"What should I do?" Conan Edogawa was completely panicked, even instinctively sending a distress signal to Gin, "What should I do?"
GIN is a man who has weathered many storms. Although he was stunned when the video was leaked, he quickly calmed down.
He called Jingyuan, who simply smiled and told him, "Don't worry, I'll handle it." That put his mind at ease.
“Everything will be alright,” Gin said to Conan Edogawa. “And, let go of my hand.”
Conan Edogawa then noticed that he was holding onto Gin's sleeve, and he was about to tear off the cufflinks of the man's shirt.
"I'm sorry," the boy said, "I just... I just..."
GIN understood the boy's panic, and awkwardly patted his shoulder, offering a dry reassurance: "Don't worry, Jingyuan will handle everything."
After all, Jingyuan is a professional when it comes to cleaning up messes.
Let's get back to Jingyuan's side.
After hanging up the call with Gin, Kyung Won's face darkened.
He had originally hoped that the masked fool would be someone who liked happy endings, but it turned out to be a scoundrel who deliberately picked on his sensitive spots and went clubbing.
"That guy definitely did it on purpose!" Even in electronic footage, you could clearly see the veins throbbing on Fu Xuan's forehead.
“It knows you’re in that world,” Fu Xuan said. “Now, officials from various countries know about the existence of anti-aging drugs. Jing Yuan, what do you plan to do?”
"What does General Fu think?" Jing Yuan passed the buck back to him.
Fu Xuan snorted and replied, "Pursuing immortality is acceptable, but one must not despise or trample on life."
The reason why the Immortal Boat hates the Abundant Evil Creatures is not because they pursue immortality, but because they will stop at nothing to achieve it. Otherwise, why is it that among so many immortal beings in the universe, their reputation is so infamous?
They were originally discussing when to formally establish diplomatic relations with this world, but now that the Masked Fool has caused such a big incident, it saves them the trouble of figuring it out.
"What did the Marshal say?" Jing Yuan asked.
Fu Xuan rolled his eyes at him: "You know perfectly well why you're asking this."
He's been a general for hundreds of years, doesn't he understand the ins and outs of this?
"General Fu is so fierce!" Jing Yuan feigned fear. "I'm just a lonely old man now, can't General Fu be a little gentler?"
Fu Xuan scoffed, "Do you want me to list how many little brats you're raising right now?"
It's fortunate that Yanqing spent most of his time with the Yunqi Army to fight against the abundant monsters, otherwise he would have had a lot of trouble dealing with those little brats.
“They are not my children,” Jing Yuan explained earnestly. “I am only temporarily acting as their guardian.”
"Yes, yes, yes." After years of getting along, Fu Xuan had also learned his perfunctory attitude. "Then, Mr. Guardian, you now have a new task - before we arrive, please make sure to protect Conan Edogawa and Shiho Miyano."
Jing Yuan nodded: "I understand."
Upon learning that the Masked Fool had appeared in this world, Jing Yuan had already prepared for chaos and thus had the intelligent AI developed by the Immortal Ship monitor the other party in advance.
It was precisely because he had been paying attention to the other party for a long time that Jingyuan was able to intercept the data of ATPX4869 the moment it was leaked, and make a large number of copies of the video of Kudo Shinichi turning into Edogawa Conan, stirring up the whole situation.
As the flagship of the Immortal Ship Alliance, Luofu is a special entity, serving as the center for trade and cultural exchange between the Immortal Ships and other civilizations.
This planet was not originally in the Immortal Boat Alliance's plan to befriend, but Jing Yuan happened to find a way to alleviate the pain of the Demon Yin Body in the Taoist school.
Since receiving the "blessing" of the Abundant Pharmacist, the Immortal Ship Alliance has experienced calamities such as population explosion, resource crisis, and class solidification. They have come to understand that unrestrained immortality can only become a disaster for the universe. Therefore, the Immortal Ship Alliance will never allow that Masked Fool to act recklessly.
“I’m sorry, I couldn’t keep an eye on her,” Gojo Satoru said.
“It’s not your fault,” Jingyuan said. “You have a lot of things to do, and you can’t keep an eye on her every second.”
Moreover, the Masked Fool is a notorious troublemaker.
"What are you going to do next?" Gojo Satoru looked at the young man on the other side of the screen, his eyes filled with undisguised inquiry. "Now that the matter of ATPX4869 has been known by various forces, there will definitely be many people who want to become the next 'Edogawa Conan'. Rejuvenating is a temptation that is not easy for humans to resist."
"Don't worry, I'm used to dealing with these kinds of things." Jing Yuan rubbed the cat's head beside him. "But you should be prepared for the cursed spirit to be exposed to the public eye."
Gojo Satoru picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said with a grin, "Let's go public then."
In the past, Gojo Satoru would not have approved of ordinary people knowing about cursed spirits, but now, he doesn't care anymore.
"Your attitude changed so quickly, what? Who convinced you? Senluo?" Jingyuan asked curiously.
While teasing the cat through the screen with a blade of grass, Gojo Satoru said, "No, her advice to me was to kill everyone."
“That is indeed a solution,” Jing Yuan said with a smile, “but it can cause harm to people.”
Knowing that Jingyuan was joking, Gojo Satoru wasn't angry. He smiled and explained, "I just think that the world of jutsu is rotten to the core right now. If we can't completely break it down and rebuild it, it's just treating the symptoms, not the root cause."
"The labor pains will last a relatively long time," Jing Yuan said.
As someone who's been through it all, Jingyuan knows very well how much pressure Gojo Satoru will have to bear.
Gojo Satoru suddenly lifted the foxtail grass in his hand, and Mimi on the other side of the screen did a backflip.
“Pain is better than death,” Gojo Satoru said. “Anyway, it can’t get any worse than it is now.”
At worst, we can repeat the battle between superpowered individuals from back then, and have another war of spells.
Just as they had prepared for the worst, Senra did indeed reveal the existence of the cursed spirits to the public. At that moment, the fear in the hearts of humans caused the power and number of cursed spirits to increase rapidly. At the same time, the power of the sorcerers also increased rapidly.
The world still maintains a precarious balance.
Bang bang bang—!
The bullet engraved with talismans struck the cursed spirit, which froze for a moment before instantly disintegrating into nothingness.
"The cursed spirits here have been dealt with. How's it going on your end?" Zenin Mai called her teammate.
Nishimiya Momo's voice was a little weak: "They've all been resolved."
Sensing her teammate's unusual behavior, Zenin Mai said in a deep voice, "Don't push yourself, Momo."
Cursed spirits can never be completely eradicated; as long as humanity exists, cursed spirits will never be eliminated.
Similar scenes are unfolding across Japan, where sorcerers and curse masters alike are doing their utmost to eliminate cursed spirits.
"This is truly chaos now." Jing Yuan stood in mid-air, looking down at the island nation below.
He originally just wanted to travel to Japan and find out why the timeline was messed up, but he ended up running into the Masked Fool, a troublemaker who detonated the already volatile Japanese underworld and dragged people from other countries into the mess.
If he were to catch that troublemaking masked fool, Jingyuan swore he would give him a good beating.
Anything that prevents him from taking a vacation is unforgivable.
The leak of information about ATPX4869 wasn't the most critical issue, because drug research takes time, and Jing Yuan had Bai Ze, the artificial intelligence created by the Immortal Boat Alliance, intercept and delete all the data that Senluo had transmitted via the network.
Although some forces must have obtained the method for producing ATPX4869 before this, they would never publicize it and would even do everything in their power to erase the drug from the public eye.
More than the revelation of the elixir of immortality and the existence of cursed spirits, Jing Yuan was more concerned about the masked fool named Senluo.
What does she want to do in this world? What was the purpose of her previous actions? Was she provoking Jing Yuan, or was she provoking the entire Immortal Ship Alliance?
Jingyuan must understand this.
He wasn't sure if Shinra simply thought it was fun, or if he knew he was there and was doing it on purpose.
The masked fool is always so annoying.
Seven days remain before Luo Fu arrives in the star system where Blue Star resides. In these short seven days, unprecedented chaos erupts in Japan.
To prevent the chaos from spreading, Jingyuan set up a barrier, sealing off the entire Japanese island.
Of course, in order to make it easier for those ability users whose hometown is in Japan to return and quell the chaos, Jingyuan set up a barrier that allows entry but not exit.
Every world has its own guardians. They may not be known to the public, but they are always silently protecting the world from the shadows.
This chaos brought many people to light, including Hao Asakura and Yoh Asakura.
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