Chapter 109: Xiaoxi shows her claws. Sister Bei: Don’t I have any dignity? ...
"Answer my question."
Tsk, the little lion is showing off his claws. Too bad the person on the other side is a thousand-year-old vixen (in a positive sense). Shiho's tone is a bit fierce, but the subtext is: "Hurry up and tell me. Or I'll... I'll ask you again."
"I have nothing to do with that doctor's disappearance." Vermouth's voice grew colder. "But I'm not surprised that Dr. Agasa would imply that I'm connected to him. He's been obstructing Beckman's research for decades."
Her voice switches to iceberg mode in a split second. Bayley is a master of emotional management. She denies the three consecutive preliminaries, then immediately shifts the blame to Dr. Agasa. This is faster than removing makeup in a Hollywood dressing room.
"For decades"... a huge amount of information. What kind of hardcore love and hatred is this? Dr. Agasa, I didn't expect you to have two faces. I didn't expect you to be such a doctor. Jpg
"Why would he do that?"
She pressed the issue. The young scientist went into detective mode, her curiosity piqued.
Bei Jie: The fish has taken the bait, and the plan has worked. This interaction is more interesting than watching elementary school students quarrel (bushi).
"Because he's one of the Guardians." Vermouth leaned closer to Shiho and whispered, "A group of self-proclaimed scholars who believe certain knowledge should be buried. They've been suppressing Beckmann's work since the 1920s."
The timeless classic "close in, whisper to kill." At this distance, this atmosphere, the air is thick with pheromones (crossed out), custom perfume, and the scent of conspiracy. Is she trying to share a secret, or something else she dares not say (doge)? Her alluring gestures are revealed, intended to seduce her.
"Guardians," "Buried Knowledge," "1920s"... There are so many elements that my CPU is going to burn out. What kind of Conan code is this from "The Da Vinci Code"?
"This is nothing more than a cheap and paranoid conspiracy theory."
"Really?" Vermouth pulled out a photo. "This photo was taken in 1925. The man on the left is John Agasa... your dear Dr. Agasa's grandfather. The woman next to him is Eleanor Beckman."
Queen's Contempt.jpg. And then... she pulled out the evidence. Smoothly and seamlessly, it was all done in one go. Sister Bei: Not only do I have a story, I also have evidence. With this level of proficiency, I'm afraid she's always waiting for a kitten to come to her.
Dr. Agasa's grandfather? This web of relationships is so complex that even those who haven't read enough of "Dream of the Red Chamber" can't fathom it all. A gene for scientific research (and troublemaking) inherited from ancestors, identified.
Shiho looked at the photo, now so old it had turned sepia. The resemblance between Grandpa Agasa and Professor Agasa was unmistakable. But even more shocking was Eleanor herself...
She looked no older than thirty, although in 1925 she would have been in her sixties.
Masaka, isn't this the first-generation APTX4869 user (bushi)? Ms. Beckman, a certified Level 10 scholar in the art of youthful beauty. High-end cosmetics are so high-end that they'd pay for them overnight.
"That's impossible."
A scientist's final act of stubbornness. Shiho's materialistic worldview is under severe attack, teetering on the verge of collapse. Her inner thoughts must be: My beaker. My test tube. My scientific outlook.
"Really?" Vermouth took the photo back. "Or does this prove that Eleanor's formula is more effective than historical records?"
Bayley's rhetorical questions are always so powerful. The action of collecting the photos, wow, is so perfectly executed. Fishing, too much fishing, she's the ultimate in fishing.
She even asked a multiple-choice question, which was to stimulate Shiho's curiosity.
"If her formula worked, why did she disappear? Why did she hide her research?"
Shiho's 200-IQ logic engine kicked into gear. She began to dig deeper. This question went straight to the heart of the matter. As expected of the developer of the APTX4869, his professionalism was unparalleled.
"Because of her, she discovered the true efficacy of this formula." Vermouth and Shiho looked at each other. "Not only can it delay aging... it can also transfer vitality from one object to another."
Qiaodou Madai, has he jumped directly from biochemistry to the realm of metaphysics and cultivation? The side effects of this drug are much more irritating than what's described in the instructions.
Isn't this just like the internal skills passed down in martial arts novels? A lifetime's worth of skills are passed down to a disciple, and then the energy is exhausted. Except here, there's no need to practice advanced internal skills like the Northern Ocean Divine Art or the Star-Absorbing Art. Just use this A-drug analogue.
I seriously suspect that Sister Bei will say next, "If you want to practice this skill, you must first..." (Stop.)
"From a strictly biological point of view, it's impossible."
"Impossible" again. If Shiho keeps saying this, Sister Bei will give a live demonstration of "everything is possible." Scientists' worldviews are experiencing a tsunami. #TucaoXiaomata is online. Kids, can the things in the world of science be called science? That's science.
“And yet,” Vermouth said, pointing to the photo, “Eleanor remains youthful, while Charlotte rapidly ages and dies. This formula creates a perfect balance… the continuation of one life comes at the expense of the demise of another.”
The turning point hero arrives late. Pointing at the photo reminds Miyano-chan that reality is crueler than theory.
This year's most devastating scientific discovery. This isn't rejuvenation; it's an exchange of equal value.
Even though some clues were starting to fall into place, Shiho's scientific mind still strongly opposed this theory. "Are you saying that Eleanor stole Charlotte's life force and accidentally killed her?"
Dr. Miyano's inner theatre is a frantic struggle between reason and the supernatural.
Inner thoughts: Yada, I’m just a kid who wants to do scientific research quietly, why do I have to endure so much?
What is Vermouth's real purpose in using the fishing technique and taking out the photo? (Single choice)
A. To educate Shiho about the importance of family genetics.
B. To show off his taste in collecting old photos.
C. To prove that Dr. Agasa’s grandfather knew Eleanor when he was young.
D. To use the "shared secret" to pull Shiho deeper into his own magnetic field, and at the same time appreciate the kitten's adorable shocked face.
"It's not an accident." Vermouth's tone became serious.
"Eleanor knew exactly what she was doing. Charlotte was dying of tuberculosis. Eleanor couldn't bear to lose her. So she created a formula that would transfer what was left of Charlotte's life into herself."
Tuberculosis, a standard BE symptom, carries its own inherent pathos and cruelty. And then there's "life transfer," what kind of forbidden alchemy is this? Lady Eleanor, you know what it means to "love you to the point of dying with you (physical version)."
"It's horrible."
Horrible! Shiho shuddered with scientific conscience.
"This is love, distorted by despair." Vermouth said calmly.
Isn’t this the advanced version of BE aesthetics?
"Eleanor spent the rest of her unusually long life trying to atone for her mistakes. Trying to find a way to use the formula without sacrifice."
First, she defied fate for love, then spent the rest of her life pursuing scientific research to atone for her sins. Ms. Eleanor's life story is a perfect example of the Jinjiang heroine's dual buffs of leveling up and redemption. Typically, such characters either die alone or die with a smile on their face just before finding a solution.
"Did she find it?"
Shiho's question is, does this century-old problem really exist, or is it just a fantasy? (suspicious look biubiubiu)
"This is exactly what I've been trying to figure out." Vermouth stood up and said, "Follow me."
Sister Bei's OS: "You thought I was on the first floor, but actually I'm in the atmosphere."
After fishing for so long, I am finally entering the main dungeon. The classic guide lines bring back memories of various RPG opening moments.
She led Shiho through the clubhouse and came to a door that looked different from the one they had visited the previous night. This door led to a small library, the walls lined with books, and there was only a table under a skylight.
The configuration of the private library of a standard occult master is just missing the sentence "knowledge is power, and I hold power."
I feel like I’m about to take out the yellowed magic alchemy book any second.
"Eleanor's personal collection," Vermouth said, closing the door behind her. "Here are all the things Charlotte wrote after her death, and any traces she wanted to make up for."
Shiho walked to the bookshelf and gently stroked the spines of the leather-bound books with her slender fingers. It was as if she could smell the scent of ink and dusty love of the old books. "How did you get these?"
"Because I'm her descendant." Vermouth took out a book from the secret compartment of her desk. "Not by blood, but by adoption. Eleanor adopted a child in 1930. A girl named Victoria."
"Your grandmother?"
Shiho began to take stock, sorting out the generations and filling in the gaps in information.
"My great-grandmother." Vermouth handed a notebook to Shiho. "This is Eleanor's last diary. She admitted everything she had done to Charlotte and recorded her last attempt to make amends."
The "Last Diary" is another classic prop, often recording the most core secrets and deepest emotions. I'd bet my money on it, and it's guaranteed to contain some truly epic candy or a truly epic sword.
Since she adopted her great-grandmother in 1930, is Bayonetta really 29? Masaka. How is that possible? Maybe she's patching her own age in this second level of the Logos Key simulation, in this consciousness fusion.
I really care about your age, Beilu Modou. Tsk tsk tsk.
Shiho opened the diary, her eyes scanning the code that seemed familiar to her. But this version was different...more complex, its structure even more hopeless.
We have seen many passwords, but a "desperate" password... I'm afraid it's not woven with love, hate, and vengeance?
Shiho, whose professional field is not puzzle solving, encounters an advanced dungeon as soon as she leaves the novice village.
"I couldn't decipher the message right away," she said.
Every profession has its own expertise, and even top students have times when they are helpless. This shows the value of this code.
“You don’t need to decipher it.” Vermouth stepped closer. “I already know it. The final formula has been completed… for several years.”
Sister Bei: I won’t pretend anymore. I’m a hexagonal warrior and I’m going to show my cards.
So all that foreshadowing was for this "surprise!" moment? (bushi)
"Then why do you even want me to get involved?"
Shiho, the tool, roared with righteous fury (no). Isn't this just the "I've painstakingly completed ninety-nine steps, and now I'm giving you the last one to show off" tactic?
"Because I need someone who can verify this formula. Someone with scientific knowledge who can understand what Eleanor created." Vermouth's eyes were filled with eagerness. "Someone who can help me use it correctly."
This isn't about finding a partner; it's clearly about searching for a soulmate, like Boya smashing his zither to find Ziqi. Sister Bei's subtext: "Only you understand me, only you can stand shoulder to shoulder with me." It hits, it hits.
"Use? You actually want to test this formula?"
Shiho asked a soul-searching question: "Sister, you're so brave?" (dog head) This is like throwing Pandora's box directly in her face. Sister Bei is about to cause big trouble.
The highest sense of ritual in science: turn science into a date and the recipe into a love letter.
"I want to complete Eleanor's unfinished work." Vermouth held Shiho's hand. This posture made her, who was always confident and calm, look a little fragile.
Beilu Modou is always the eye of the storm in stories.
Vulnerability is the best aphrodisiac. No argument there. (Winking meaningfully)
"She found a way to reverse the process... to return what was taken away. But sadly, she died before she could even try."
"Who are you going to test this on?"
Shiho didn't pull her hand away, but asked calmly. As expected of Ai-chan, she remained calm even when faced with a huge crisis (inner OS: Don't come over here.).
Subtext: "You're not trying to use some unlucky guy as a guinea pig again, are you?" (alert.jpg) This familiar formula, this familiar taste, the DNA is moving.
"I myself." Vermouth held her hand tighter.
Shocking news. Sending a few people as test subjects? Is Sister Bei going to stage a "living in the face of death" drama? Risking everything for a glimmer of hope.
At this moment, Bayley is no longer the actress with many faces, but a gambler who has staked everything. She is so cool yet also has a little bit of a broken feeling.
"For years, I've been using a diluted version of the original formula. That's why I look the way I do. But it's broken. Finally, balance is coming."
Shocking revelation! Bayley's secret to eternal youth is... a low-profile version of the Alchemy APTX?
Is the final balance or something like that the "APTX backlash literature"?
Shiho looked at her, feeling like she was truly seeing her for the first time. Beneath the perfect makeup and carefully styled hair, she could detect the slightest signs of accelerated aging... though subtle, they were clearly visible to her trained scientist eyes.
In the past, we only saw flowers in the fog and the moon in the water, but now we can see high-definition face-to-face shooting. It is a precursor to soul resonance.
It's the gaze of a scientist, and also... well, a very special gaze. It's heart-pounding, and there's no escaping that awful look.
"You're dying," she whispered.
Shiho, is that mouth blessed? Such a blunt delivery that caught me off guard. He didn't even try to embellish it with words like "your vitality is fading."
This tone carries a hint of... concern? (The edible expert is imagining this)
"My physical condition is indeed deteriorating." Vermouth released her hand, "Just like Charlotte's. Anyone who uses this formula will eventually become like that. Unless the reversal process is effective."
She admitted it calmly, her expression expression brimming with the shattered beauty of someone who had seen through life and death. This kind of honesty was even more heartbreaking than concealing something.
"Unless the reversal process works"... So, the only hope lies with the person before you. This sense of fate is incredible. The fate of the Beizhi couple is in your hands, Shirley.
"And you need me to test you."
Shiho spoke the truth. Translation: "So, after all this trouble, you still want me to be a tool?" (dog head)
But. But. This classic scene of "Only you can save me/I can only rely on you" is carried by the yuri banner.
The law of the final chapter: all the cloaks of rationality and science eventually become invitations to love.
When Vermouth said "I will test it myself", her innermost thoughts might be:
A. "For the organization. For that master." (She even recites the winery oath.)
B. "It's over, it's over. I can't continue with my cosmetic surgery. I'm going to become an old woman. I need to find a scientific research expert to help me survive." (Reality)
C. "Only Shirley... no, Shiho, only she can understand this pain and glory. Only she is worthy of my entrusting this final secret and life." (I'm so drunk)
D. "Actually, I wanted to see if reverse engineering APTX could reveal the whole alchemy process."
"Yes, I need you to help me improve it." Vermouth's voice softened. "You are the most outstanding biochemist I have met in my decades of research. Your research on telomere preservation is the missing piece that Eleanor has been unable to find."
He starts off with a compliment, sugarcoated warning. "The most outstanding biochemist," he boasts, exaggerates. Is this high-level scientific research PUA from the start?
Shirley’s alert OS: If someone is too nice to you for no reason, he is either a traitor or a thief.
#Mary Sue in scientific research# Telomere preservation is not the point, the point is that she is the piece of her destiny.
This compliment should have made her happy, but Shiho said coldly, "So your interest in me is purely scientific."
Shiho-chan, the heroine of the science world, is the most sober person in the world. Eat the sugar coating and fire back at me.
Tsundere Kitty is online. "I'm not shaken by your praise." (Inner thought: I'm a little happy, what's going on?)
This rhetorical question, tsk, is a bit... tentative? (Eightfold mirror chewing candy)
"My interest in you has never been pure, Shiho." Vermouth smiled with narrowed eyes, moving closer to close the distance between them.
Ah, she exploded right there. What kind of lewd words are those, Bayonetta? "Never pure"?
"Science led me to meet you. But this is not why I came to find you."
Translation: Baby, I crave your body and your brain.
The research is fake, but I'm here to flirt with you. #It's not just the project that interests me, it's also me as a person.
Vermouth describes ambiguity as if it were a philosophical proposition, and her sister's love words are filled with deadly poison.
The two of them gradually closed the distance, and Shiho's heartbeat quickened. "What's wrong?"
Asking despite knowing the answer. Number one at playing dumb. Inner thoughts: What is she, she, she, doing? (Little Deer Duangduang bumps his chest)
"Your way of thinking. The fire behind the ice. The sense of identification I felt when I first saw you." Vermouth's hand gently and softly stroked Shiho's cheek.
I got it. Touching her face kills. I suggest writing a book about Sister Bei’s seduction techniques.
This sense of fate that "I am the only one in the world who understands you" drives Shark crazy.
"Just like what I see in your eyes right now."
#When the Queen of the Sea meets the iceberg of scientific research# Identity is the universal gravitation of the Lily universe
Shiho felt an electric charge from Vermouth's touch. She told herself she should walk away. She should remember Kudo's warning, Agasa's concerns. She should maintain a scientific detachment.
However, she leaned her face gently on Vermouth's palm: "This is unwise."
…She went up. No, she rubbed herself against it. The kitten took the initiative to act like a spoiled child. A textbook example of someone who says one thing and does another.
Mind: Run. Emotion: Get closer.
"Akechi and the like are overrated." Vermouth's thumb gently stroked Shiho's lower lip.
Foul! This action, the sexual tension is directly pulled to Mount Everest.
Subtext: Baby, stop thinking, just feel me. #ButILoveUnwiseLifeChoices
This kiss came unexpectedly, like a chemical reaction. Vermouth's lips were soft and persistent, with a faint smell of wine and secrets, strong and mysterious. Yes, her kiss had a spy-like quality.
This kiss wasn't just an intimate touch; it was a promise: we were going to do something great together.
Shiho's hand reached for Vermouth's waist and pulled her closer. The scientific caution disappeared in the heat between the two of them.
This pull not only broke the distance, but also the entire rational defense line that Shiho had originally built as a scientist.
When the two finally separated, Shiho's scientific and rational analytical mind became active again: "The formula. Show me the complete version."
Hahahaha. As expected of Miyano Shiho. First thing after the kiss: business.
Your career brain never goes offline.
Bei Jie: Don’t I have any dignity? Talking about work right after kissing? (feeling wronged but not daring to say it)
Shirley: What is love? Does my experiment matter? (Inner thought: Oops, I just got a little carried away. I need to calm down in professional mode.)
Love switches to scientific research channel in one second. Scientific research career line has never been disconnected. #The most sober first kiss heroine on the whole network# Still thinking about the content of the experiment
Vermouth chuckled and said, "Most women don't ask for a scientific formula after their first kiss."
This doting smile. "My family member is just so different, what's wrong?"
Subtext: "Little devil, I really can't do anything about you~" (imagine the coquettish tone on your own) This damn feeling of indulgence is too sweet.
"I'm not most women."
A-level! Queen Sulli speaks.
"No, you are not." Vermouth's eyes were filled with pride. "This is exactly why we are here."
It’s not about “liking your cleverness” but “respecting your complete mind”. This is the love of soulmates.
She walked to the desk, opened the drawer with the key hanging around her neck, and took out a small bottle of liquid.
This key must have witnessed many unknown secrets. (Imagine 100,000 words)
"The complete formula. Eleanor's reversal process, modified based on your research." She held the liquid up to the light. "Balance is achieved without sacrifice."
Replacing the old methods of "having to pay a price" is a new, balanced, and gentle alternative.
Ding Dong, the last multiple-choice question is online.
Shiho, how will you respond to Vermouth's sudden and affectionate confession?
A. "Please describe your research methods and motivations. I need replicability."
B. "Science is rational, but I'm willing to make a mistake for you once."
C. "Are you like this with all scientists?"
D. "Can you please sign a consent form before you kiss me?"
#The moment when love awakens in a scientific research girl#The fatal attraction between a cold and lustful sister and a genius girl
Shirley's first reaction after her first kiss was to ask for the recipe. Is her real thought at the moment closer to reality?
A. Damn it, I almost forgot I was here to build a career. (A careerist will never admit defeat.)
B. This kissing skill is barely passable, but the recipe is even more fragrant. (The first place for being hard on the outside but soft on the inside)
C. Oops, it's a heart-throb. I'm using work to cover up my shyness. (Blushing)
D. Beilu Modou, you've successfully caught my attention. (I've read too much domineering literature)
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