Chapter 221 The Age Difference That Makes You Young
◎Day 13 of the Highway Survival Game!◎
It was when he saw the description of the gentleman's mother's appearance in that old newspaper that he remembered that although their facial features were not similar, this physical characteristic was consistent with that of the former CEO of Bellende.
Gin suspected that the former CEO of Bellende was trusted by that man because of the man's mother's family background, so he arranged for people to investigate him as well.
Fortunately, the subordinates he left behind were all capable, and they quickly uncovered a lot of information related to that family and the former CEOs of Vermouth and Bellende, which confirmed to him that Bellende's former CEO was from that family.
Another astonishing discovery related to Vermouth was that he saw a pristine photograph of Sharon Vineyard in her youth, untouched by makeup, film shots, or special effects, which his subordinates had secretly collected. He discovered that she looked exactly like Vermouth now.
When Gin first learned of Vermouth's true identity, he naturally researched her background and knew that her mother was the famous actress Sharon Vineyard. However, all he saw were photos of Sharon Vineyard looking old, chanting scriptures, and with wrinkles on her face.
There are very few photos of Sharon Vineyard when she was young; they are almost impossible to find on the market. In her youth, she mostly performed in theaters at the Golden Apple Theatre in the United States. She did not enter the film industry until middle age, by which time she was already middle-aged.
She looked similar to Vermouth, but not exactly the same. So even with his extensive knowledge of human genetics and genetics, he couldn't detect anything amiss in the mother-daughter relationship.
It wasn't until he saw a photo of Sharon Vineyard from his subordinates when she was young that Gin confirmed that Vermouth's facial features matched Sharon Vineyard's, showing no signs of paternal genetic inheritance.
As I said before, genetics doesn't lie. No one can look exactly like one of their parents. Everyone inherits some genetic traits from both parents. Therefore, Gin can conclude that Vermouth and Sharon Vineyard are the same person.
Of course, if Gin had discovered this information without knowing about the effects of the Silver Bullet, he might have suspected a problem with genetics, and he wouldn't have imagined that someone could actually stay young forever.
However, knowing that the silver bullet existed, and then investigating this intelligence information, he would naturally make a relatively scientific deduction in this regard immediately.
Coincidentally, just a few days after he uncovered these findings, and before he even had time to act on them, he unexpectedly discovered the blonde girl's presence amidst the hotel drug dealers and the accidental fire alarm incident.
Through tracking and investigation, it was confirmed that she was Akai Tsutomu's wife and Akai Shuichi's mother—Akai Mary, and that APTX4869 had a rejuvenating effect now, without waiting for future research to mature.
Moreover, there was a "buy one get one free" 'surprise' that allowed him to find the other survivor of the three APTX4869 poisonings—Shinichi Kudo—without alerting that gentleman or using the organization's manpower and intelligence network.
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After Gin deduced that the child in the surveillance video who, along with Sera Masumi, deduced that the drug dealer's child was Shinichi Kudo, if he were wholeheartedly loyal to the organization and fulfilling his duties, he would definitely immediately carry out another operation to silence him.
Especially according to the organization's rules, if the other members of the organization discover that he has failed, even if that gentleman is concerned about having Fat Piglet who can travel through time and space.
My sister, who brings information about the future and changes history, will not punish me. There will definitely be many people who want to kick me when I'm down and ridicule me in every way.
But at this time, he faced the crisis of being betrayed and killed by an unknown enemy soon. Given his personality, he suspected everyone, whether they were officials from various countries, members of organizations, or those he had silenced.
Furthermore, knowing that the man was just a coward who had no ambition beyond researching immortality technology for the organization's development greatly diminished his interest in continuing to serve and develop the organization.
Therefore, after realizing that Shinichi Kudo was still alive and his current whereabouts, he wanted to use him to investigate more information related to APTX4869 rather than complete his job as the third-in-command of the organization.
His intuition told him that he was likely to be tricked in the near future, and it was very likely related to APTX4869. Moreover, given that APTX4869 has a very high mortality rate after ingestion, these three rare survivors must have something that could overcome the lethal toxicity of APTX4869.
Since the Symbiosis Cult can produce APTX4869 into a non-lethal drug for sale, their research will definitely have come into contact with APTX4869 survivors who survived the poisoning. One is Mary Akai, and the other is Shinichi Kudo, a two-thirds probability.
Keeping this show-off and that highly vigilant woman around is still useful. Maybe we can use them to lure out the symbiotic cult members in Japan, and then get rid of all the guys who might betray him in the future...
With this in mind, Gin, knowing the identities of Mary Akai and Shinichi Kudo, did not try to silence him again, but instead secretly investigated him for more information.
Naturally, during this investigation, Shiho Miyano's existence was also discovered. The amount of bait increased to three, and the fact that APTX4869 was developed was an even more powerful bait, which Gin would certainly make good use of.
During his further investigation of Conan and Ai Haibara, he not only obtained a lot of information about Conan's childish appearance, but also copied his school medical examination reports.
Gin only connected the results of his nearly year-long investigation after obtaining the childish medical examination reports of Shinichi Kudo and Ai Haibara from Teitan Elementary School:
Dr. Miyano and his wife developed APTX4869 20 years ago—Judy's parents were murdered by the organization at the end of December 20 years ago—17 years ago, Tsutomu Akai destroyed the organization's APTX4869 research institute in the United States—
Three years ago, at the beginning of the year, Shiho Miyano returned to Japan to conduct research on APTX4869. Three years ago, at the end of summer, Shiho Miyano performed exceptionally well at the research institute and was given the codename "Sherry" by that gentleman.
Three years ago, in early autumn, Tequila commissioned Itakura Taku to complete a four-dimensional projection system. After more than a month of coercion and enticement, Itakura Taku agreed after nearly two months. Three years ago, in October, Vermouth was ordered by that gentleman to investigate at the British intelligence headquarters whether they had archived information about Akai Tsutomu's APTX4869 development, during which she attempted to silence Akai Mary. Three years ago, on December 5th, her Scottish identity was exposed.
Since three years ago, he has not been summoned by that man again—starting a year ago, Rum secretly sent his confidants to search for that man's whereabouts, which shows that even his confidant, the organization's BOSS, had not seen that man during this period—then Shiho Miyano defected, and this year has been a cycle...
When this information was confirmed through Mary Akai that APTX4869 had a rejuvenating effect, and the difference between her real age and her childish age after being poisoned, along with the physical examination reports of Conan and Ai Haibara at Teitan Elementary School.
This allowed Gin to finally construct a logical chain in his mind that was consistent with the evidence. At the same time, he realized why that man refused to let him investigate the files of Japanese primary and secondary school students, find out the whereabouts of Miyano Akemi, Miyano Shiho, and Kudo Shinichi, and why Vermouth was trusted by that man so much.
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He speculated that the first version of the silver bullet made by the Miyano couple 20 years ago did not have the effect of reversing aging, but should only have the effect of freezing age, like the fat piglet knew in the future, which is why he was able to live to be over 140 years old.
Despite appearing as if he could die at any moment, he always maintained that aged and decrepit appearance whenever I saw him, and he did not die for more than ten years until Akai Tsutomu destroyed the first version of the Silver Bullet, at which point the organization temporarily lost the ability to manufacture this drug.
Later, Shiho Miyano returned to Japan to participate in the research on the reconstruction of the surviving materials of the first edition of Silver Bullet. Perhaps there was a problem with her reconstruction, or perhaps the gentleman could no longer bear to live with that old and weak body, which set the direction for Shiho Miyano's research.
In short, Shiho Miyano developed her version of APTX4869, a silver bullet version with a rejuvenating effect, and this version of the drug was used by the organization's boss.
This allowed him to finally escape his aging body and successfully rejuvenate. Only then, in a state of great joy, did the man give the then 17-year-old Shiho Miyano a code name and promote her to one of the organization's executives.
However, what that man didn't expect was that shortly after successfully rejuvenating, he should have discovered that his body, like Shinichi Kudo and Shiho Miyano's, had become childlike after being poisoned.
His body cells would then fall into a static cycle, and his body would stop growing. If his body stopped growing at the same age as Vermouth's, he might accept it well and not take any further action.
However, after Mary Akai, who was 50 years old, was poisoned and childish, her body size was around 12 years old. Shinichi Kudo was 17 years old. After being poisoned and childish, his initial registration age when he entered Teitan Elementary School was 6 years old, while the general enrollment age at Teitan Elementary School was 7 years old.
Logically speaking, the reason he registered at this age is that the high school student who likes to play detective games carefully checked his physical condition and confirmed that it was the same as when he was 6 years old, which is why he chose this age to register.
Similarly, after Shiho Miyano was poisoned and childified, her body size was about 7 to 8 years old. She was registered as 7 years old at Teitan Elementary School. The organization has detailed records of her physical growth from childhood to adulthood. Gin has compared the records and confirmed that the information from her physical examination at Teitan Elementary School is consistent with the organization's records of her age at age 7.
With the same dosage and effects, the child-rejuvenation effects produced by Mary Akai, Shiho Miyano, and Shinichi Kudo were different: 50-12==rejuvenated for 38 years, 20-7==rejuvenated for 13 years, and 17-6==rejuvenated for 11 years.
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