Chapter 118 The Reasons for the Connection
Day 10 of the road survival game!
It wasn't until January of the following year that Zero tried to contact the female doctor again, but this time the result was very bad. When he tried to contact her in November, her phone was either unanswered or switched off and could not be reached.
When he tried to contact her again in January of the following year, the number was no longer in service. He was never able to reach the female doctor again, nor did he ever see her family, because this incident left a deep impression on him during his childhood.
Since high school, Zero had been paying close attention to all kinds of news reports and related information related to the Karasuma Zaibatsu. It took him a lot of effort to find out which Karasuma Research Institute the female doctor and her husband had signed a contract with.
The news report was very low-key and brief, mentioning that the research institute had suffered a fire at the end of December of that year, in which several researchers, including the female doctor and her husband, and their two children, died.
After reading the news report, he noticed that it was also after that accident that the current Karasuma family business, which had declined from one of Japan's top capitalists to one of the three major Japanese companies after the death of the Karasuma head more than 40 years ago, began to rapidly head towards bankruptcy due to problems such as cash flow.
In just over a year, the entire Karasuma family and their businesses disappeared in Japan and internationally. Zero noticed many inconsistencies in this information.
For example, how could members of the Karasuma family happen to have accidents or go missing one after another within a year? Karasuma is one of the three major zaibatsu families in contemporary Japan, with great international prestige and many businesses in various countries. How could they go bankrupt in about a year just because of a temporary cash flow problem?
There were many suspicious points in this news report, and since it started after the incident involving the female doctor's family, Zero had a feeling that the Karasuma family's misfortune might be related to that female doctor's family.
However, he also knew that for a family like the three largest in the Japanese financial world, which could only end up with ruin and the loss of all its assets, it would be extremely difficult to find out the truth on his own.
Only with the help of the government could the truth be found out, so from that moment on he made up his mind to apply to the police academy after graduating from university and investigate the truth by entering the Japanese police system.
Morofushi Kagemitsu also wanted to catch the culprit who killed his parents, so at that time he made up his mind to apply to the police academy after graduating from university. This was the original intention of him and Zero applying to the police academy together.
The reason why Morofushi Kagemitsu was certain that he was pushed to his doom by the dark forces behind the Japanese Public Security Bureau was because the female doctor's husband was named Miyano Atsushi, her name was Miyano Elena, and their daughter was named Miyano Akemi.
When Hagiwara was briefly describing yesterday's episode, he happened to mention the scene where Gin called out Hirota Masami's real name, Miyano Akemi. After Morofushi Hiromitsu and Zero infiltrated the organization, they were assigned to the same action group as an organization member named Moroboshi Dai.
Moroboshi Dai's girlfriend is Hirota Masami, so when Zero was investigating Moroboshi Dai's information, he recognized Hirota Masami as the daughter of the female doctor he met when he was a child—Miyano Akemi.
They also learned that although Miyano Akemi herself was a junior member of the organization, she had a highly intelligent younger sister who was highly valued by the organization and was considered a key talent to be cultivated. After returning to Japan to participate in research for about half a year, she was given the organization code name Sherry by the organization's BOSS.
Zero naturally shared this information with Morofushi Kagemitsu, who wanted to help him investigate the truth behind the deaths of the female doctor's family. Because two of the people who were declared dead in the news were still alive, Zero began to suspect the accident at the research institute years ago.
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Therefore, with the help of the intelligence network of the Japanese Public Security Bureau, a more detailed investigation was conducted into the accident. However, since the incident happened a long time ago, the ruins of the research institute had long been demolished and replaced with apartments.
All he could investigate were the files stored in the Metropolitan Police Department's accident archives, so naturally he couldn't find any useful clues. However, Zero had an excellent memory, and he clearly remembered hearing the Miyano couple talking outside the door.
It was mentioned that it was Kenzo Masuyama, a friend of Atsushi Miyano, who introduced him to the Karasuma Research Institute. Although there were no clues in those files, he was surprised to find that Kenzo Masuyama's name was on the list of sponsors of the Karasuma Research Institute according to the records in the files.
Most importantly, out of trust in his colleagues in the Public Security Bureau, Zero, after participating in the investigation and discovering that Miyano Akemi was still alive, reported the matter to the Public Security Bureau in a more businesslike manner, setting aside his childhood feelings.
He expressed suspicion that the Karasuma Research Institute incident was related to the organization, which granted him the authority to investigate the institute. Later, while reviewing the case files, he discovered that Kenzo Masuyama was one of the sponsors of research funding for the Karasuma Research Institute, and he reported this to the Public Security Bureau...
“Kenzo Masuyama? Isn’t he the president of the car manufacturing company whose name was on the check that was paid for?” Based on the timeline of Morofushi Kagemitsu’s accident, Matsuda entered the game’s survival highway only a month earlier than him.
His understanding of Japanese society was almost identical to that of Morofushi Kagemitsu, so upon hearing this, he immediately realized why Morofushi Kagemitsu was certain that he would be forced to his death by high-ranking officials behind the scenes of the Public Security Bureau.
Ike's face turned ashen: "The check was paid for by his car company, and the signatory was his accountant. He's also a friend of Akemi Miyano's father, and Furuya heard when he was a kid that Akemi Miyano's parents were researching a dream drug."
Kaze's brother mocked Miyano Akemi when he fed her that drug, implying that she only gave up resisting because she knew it was a drug her sister had developed… It all matched Hagi's reasoning.
"So the story goes that during Kofuya's childhood, around 1994 when Komorobuchi mentioned it, Masuyama Kenzo somehow learned that the Miyano couple were researching a 'dream drug,' which was probably the initial form of the Silver Bullet Elixir of Immortality."
He then introduced the Miyano couple, who lacked funds and could not afford the necessary experimental equipment and materials, to the Karasuma Research Institute to conduct research, while he in turn sponsored research funds for the institute.
At the end of that year, the Miyano couple died in a 'fire accident' at the Karasuma Research Institute, while their benefactor, Kenzo Masuyama, escaped unscathed. I remember seeing his personal interview in a magazine.
As mentioned above, he used to be a senior executive in an automobile manufacturing company under the Karasuma Zaibatsu. Later, when the Karasuma Zaibatsu's related industries went bankrupt, he tried his best to raise funds to acquire the automobile manufacturing plant where he worked and worked hard to make his fortune.
The Karasuma Zaibatsu went bankrupt and its family members died or disappeared one after another, but he rose to prominence and became the second largest automobile manufacturer in Japan. Judging from that check, he was probably a member of the organization.
"If I'm not mistaken, it's probably still a high-ranking official." Hearing this, Hagiwara suppressed his disappointment and anger towards the Japanese government and tried his best to calmly analyze the currently known intelligence.
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Hearing this, Feng Xingshou, who was listening to the gossip very attentively, subconsciously added, "I think you missed two points. One is that the person named Masuyama Kenzo invited the Miyano couple to join the Karasuma Research Institute because he knew that the Miyano couple were researching the 'Dream Medicine'."
He was clearly an insider about the 'Dream Drug' and someone who longed for its successful research so he could enjoy its effects. I think that, given his personal interests and thirst for immortality, it was all possible.
Under normal circumstances, the Miyano couple would only be discarded after they had successfully researched the 'Dream Drug'. Obviously, this should have happened as early as 1994, even if the effects of the silver bullets at that time were different from those made by their second daughter.
This must have met the needs of Kenzo Masuyama, or the boss of his organization, and they also had the formula in their hands, which is why the organization discarded them after they had served their purpose, and staged a fire accident to fake their murder.
Another point is that my brother told me about the methods capitalists use to hire mercenaries or shady characters. They usually stay behind the scenes, push the person who pays the hire to the forefront, and they will inevitably have something on that person.
To ensure that in case of trouble, they could push the other party out as cannon fodder to take the blame for themselves, so given the possibility that the computer effects artist might turn against them and report them to the police at any time, Masuyama Kenzo was able to be pushed out by the organization to be the payer of the organization's funds.
Obviously, even if he appears to be a wealthy and powerful figure in Japan, his actual position within the organization is probably not as high as you think, Hagiwara. According to what your brother said about how powerful people act, truly powerful people are those who hide behind the scenes and are extremely cautious.
Those who can be used as a scapegoat are all unimportant pawns. Since they are unimportant pawns, even if the 'Dream Potion' is effective and he knows about it, he is probably not qualified to use the results of the 'Dream Potion'.
By the way, since he's a big shot in Japanese society who makes the news, you must have seen his photos and videos. Have you noticed that his appearance doesn't match his actual age, that he looks too young, or anything like that?
“No, his appearance in the photos and videos looks the same as his age, and there are no signs of disguise.” Having experience working with a thousand-faced witch like Vermouth, Morofushi Kagemitsu heard Gin’s sister say this.
The first thing that came to mind was whether the other party knew how to disguise herself. Only then did she forget how surprised she was to hear from her friend that this person was Gin's younger sister. She recalled how she had been directed by Gin to complete the organization's work and some of the things she had heard about Gin's deeds.
He found that some things were indeed similar to what Feng Sang had said, so he naturally thought her speculation was highly likely. But once he felt that this possibility was high, new doubts inevitably arose in his mind.
He initially thought that because Kenzo Masuyama was a high-ranking member of the organization, certain forces behind the Public Security Bureau wanted to eliminate him because of his connection to the Dream Drug.
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