Chapter 14: The Cuckoo Occupies the Magpie's Nest (Edited) It's really good to have people who like to work...
Later.
A month later, Lin Xi stepped into Wuhuan Mansion again.
"Ms. Lin." Karasuma Renya was sitting in the chair just as Lin Xi had seen him last time. "Are there any progress in the recent experiments?"
"Of course. I thought I explained that in the report I submitted this week..."
"You're lying!!" Karasuma Renya's voice suddenly became louder.
It's amazing that an old man on his deathbed can still make such a loud sound.
Lin Xi closed his mouth and thought carelessly.
"Ms. Lin, I have always believed in your professional ability." Karasuma Renye chuckled twice. "Our cooperation has always been very pleasant. I have the funds, and you have the ability... I really hope that our cooperation can continue."
"But... the foundation of cooperation is honesty."
"I gave you my trust, not to ask you to hide things from me under these circumstances. You are exploiting my trust... Now you still have a chance to be honest. Tell me, Lin, what secrets does that experimental subject have?"
Uramaru Renya stared at Lin Xi with his cloudy eyes.
Lin Xi stared at the old man calmly for a while, and suddenly smiled.
Is there really such a thing as trust between them?
"You can't hide anything." Her smile was false but polite. "Actually, I couldn't believe it myself. The child I brought out of the institute, the only successful experimental subject, actually has a strong body that will never age.
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Lin Xi saw the greedy light in the eyes of the hunchbacked old man opposite him and continued:
"However, I think you misunderstood me. I didn't mean to hide anything, I just wanted to give you a surprise when the elixir of life was actually made. Now that you already know, I'll tell you another good news - I've made a breakthrough in my research on the elixir of life. I've discovered that the Silver Bullet only works on people with a specific gene sequence. Number Zero is a lucky guy; his genome just happens to meet the conditions for the Silver Bullet to work, so the experiment on him was successful."
"So, in order to create an elixir of immortality suitable for your body, I need a large amount of blood from you or your direct blood relatives."
"Good...very good..." Karasuma Renya tried hard to suppress his excitement, "I knew you were always excellent and brought me so many surprises."
He seemed to admire Lin Xi so much that he almost forgot her previous concealment.
"In that case, let Maochun cooperate with you," he said softly. After learning that he could live forever, his waist was no longer bent, his legs no longer hurt, and his eyes became sharper, which made Lin Xi marvel in his heart.
"Yes." She put her hand on her chest and bowed to the old man.
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"Brother...this matter is really confidential. Father doesn't want others to know." In the corridor, Karasuma Shigeharu lowered his head and looked like he was about to cry.
"What secret? I don't even know, how can it be considered a secret?" His brother, Karasuma Naoshi, said impatiently, "Tell me quickly, my father will tell me sooner or later anyway. What kind of research is Miss Lin doing?"
Karasuma Shoji had met Lin Xi twice. To be honest, he thought her looks were much more valuable than her talent. If she didn't have such strong abilities, he would have gotten her long ago...
It turns out that the person he had no chance to chat up, her younger brother, had actually lived with her for a month. He was complaining about how he hadn't seen his useless younger brother for a month. He went to his father, who said he could help with research. What kind of help could this kid possibly provide? He just studied abroad and got a degree!
"Uh, brother..."
"Stop talking nonsense." Seeing him acting like a wimp, Karasuma Shoji was annoyed. He was unworthy of being in the Karasuma family? He had no manliness at all.
"Okay, okay." Karasuma Moharu wiped the non-existent tears from the corners of his eyes. "Ms. Lin is making medicine for my father. The elixir of life... She's made a breakthrough. The drug she created has broken the natural limits of human cell replication, but I heard that this drug has some limitations..."
"What?" Karasuma Naoji was stunned and swallowed.
Immortality?
Hey, are you really kidding? That weak, delicate woman...
"Are you telling the truth?" Karasuma Shoji's eyes began to turn terrifying. "If you dare to lie to me..."
"No, absolutely not!" Karasuma Moharu shook his head desperately, "Ms. Lin came here today just to report this matter to my father..."
"Besides you, who else knows about this? Father and Miss Lin don't count."
"Uh, no more..."
Karasuma Naoji pondered for a moment.
"Don't tell anyone about this." He said slowly, "Keep it to yourself, okay?"
My father is already over a hundred years old. I used to think it was a miracle that he had reached this age, but now there's an elixir of immortality. Wouldn't that allow him to live even longer?
Thinking of this, a trace of anxiety arose in Karasuma Naoji's heart.
No way… He was almost forty years old this year. Originally, after his father died, the position of head of the family would be his. Then he would drive the damned illegitimate child out of the Karasuma family, cut down unnecessary businesses, and lead the family to continue its glory…
And then this happened. Could it be that Father's life was going to be extended again?! Then when would he finally be able to take the position of head of the family?
hateful……
Dada.
There was a sound from the end of the corridor.
It was Lin Xi who walked out of Karasuma Renya's office.
Seeing Karasuma Naoji, Lin Xi nodded to him as a greeting.
"Young Master, let's go."
“Yes, yes…”
Looking at his younger brother following behind Lin Xi in a cowardly manner, Karasuma Shangji cursed him in his heart as "waste".
All the lustful thoughts he had about Lin Xi had long since turned into resentment.
If it weren't for the elixir of immortality that this woman had researched...
No, he had to do something to convince his father to give him the position of head of the family...
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Lin Xi had an indifferent expression as he inserted several tubes of blood into the small grooves of the instrument, and then began to operate back and forth between the instrument and the computer.
The instruments hummed and a large amount of data was displayed on the computer.
Yusuke Morishita, wearing a transparent eye mask, was at the laboratory table next to her, holding various reagents in his hands and doing experiments seriously.
After almost finishing his part of the work, Lin Xi tapped the table lightly and looked at Yusuke Morishita.
This person... was the first NPC with distinct facial features she had officially met since entering the dungeon. He perfectly undertook all of her work related to drug research in this game dungeon.
Even with Gin's real-world success story, complete experimental data, and vast resources, Lin Xi couldn't possibly develop an elixir of immortality with only Level 2 Medicine and Level 1 Toxicology. A skill's maximum level is 5, with Level 0 being an amateur, Level 1 being just getting started, and Level 2 being proficient... This is merely the equivalent of an average person with years of immersion in the field.
In fact, most of the work was done by Yusuke Morishita.
This man was an absolute genius. He didn't even need Lin Xi; he could invent the elixir of immortality on his own.
But he seemed too modest. He had complete faith in Lin Xi's "teacher" abilities and showed immense respect for her. He happily accepted the tasks she assigned him, acting like a natural worker. Lin Xi couldn't possibly miss such an opportunity, and she immediately began recruiting Morishita Yusuke, who quickly agreed to follow her without even a second's hesitation.
The moment he and Karasuma Shigeharu acknowledged their codenames, the system's character entries were updated with theirs. One was "Madeira," the other "Rum"—the former was Morishita Yusuke, the latter was Karasuma Shigeharu. Unlike Gin's, these two didn't appear immediately when Lin Xi met them. Their entries appeared later.
Is it because the story hasn't yet written the moment when these people appear? Lin Xi guessed so.
Yusuke Morishita wiped the sweat from his head, breathed a sigh of relief, and glanced back to see Lin Xi looking at him. His whole body jumped in fright: "Teacher!"
"You've worked hard, take a rest." Lin Xi said with a smile.
"No, it's okay, I'm not tired." Morishita Yusuke wiped the sweat from his forehead. "I'll be watched if I go out now anyway... I might as well make some progress. Ah! But, teacher, you must be tired! Please rest for a while! I'll take care of the rest of the work!"
"...Hehe, go ahead. I'll bring up a pot of tea."
People who like to work part-time are really scary...!
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A week later.
Life in the Lin family seemed to have not changed much.
For Gin, it was just that there were a few more annoying peepers in the house, he could no longer practice shooting in the basement, and more blood was drawn every day.
Oh, and Lin Xi no longer cooks.
He could only sit in his room, read a book, and touch the gun - not long ago, Lin Xi gave him a gun, and he had never used it to shoot at a target.
Gin took the gun out from the compartment of the bookshelf.
Just then, there was a knock on his door.
Gin stopped moving.
"The kid inside... take him away?"
"Yes... the higher-ups... said so."
Gin only had time to tuck his gun into his lower back before they opened the door.
"Come here, kid." The two men wearing black masks waved at him with weapons in their hands.
It seems that he is not taken seriously.
He walked forward in silence.
Over a month of training had made him very sensitive to the human body's weaknesses. Just by walking from the table to the door, the weaknesses of the two people were already densely listed in his mind.
Killing them is easy, especially when these two idiots let their guard down.
Judging from their attire... these two were the same people who had previously monitored the Lin residence. Were they also sent by the Karasuma clan? What was their purpose?
He stopped in front of the two.
"What's the matter?" he asked.
The young man was wearing a white shirt, his silver hair tied back with a headband. When he stood quietly, he exuded an elegant and quiet scholarly air.
This distance was enough for him to attack the fatal weaknesses of the two.
But before he figured out why they were here and Lin Xi's current situation, he didn't want to act rashly.
——Bang bang.
Gin's pupils shrank.
It was gunfire.
It came from next door... That's Lin Xi's room...
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