Conan: I'm Not a Ghost

As evening approached, the light in the spacious presidential suite was dim. Pisk stood up and turned on the chandelier.

He has been on the phone with Sakaki for almost an hour, recounting his memories from 19 years ago from his own perspective.

Under his narration, Sakaki gradually understood the events that happened 19 years ago and figured out the ins and outs.

"Just like that, two years passed by in a flash."

Pisk's voice came:

"Two years later, you are already 7 years old, and Ryunosuke has completely secured your position as the second-in-command of the organization."

"The APTX project, thanks to the efforts of the Miyano couple, has made rapid progress and has made breakthroughs one after another. It is getting closer and closer to the goal of the silver bullet."

"But then something unexpected happened."

Crack!

Opposite the microphone, Pisk lit a cigarette and seemed to be thinking about how to get to the point.

Sakaki was not in a hurry and waited quietly without urging.

after a while

"One day, Mr. and Mrs. Miyano suddenly contacted Ryunosuke and I, saying that the preliminary product of the silver bullet had been successfully developed. We were overjoyed and rushed to the secret research institute immediately."

Pisk said:

"When we arrived at the institute, we saw the pill named Silver Bullet. It seemed to have a magical power that bewitched people's hearts. As soon as we saw it, we had an irresistible impulse."

"At this time, Mr. and Mrs. Miyano told us that the pill was just the initial version of the silver bullet. It was only tested on mice. It was very dangerous and the success rate was only 15%."

"but"

"If you want to further improve the silver bullet, you need to conduct human experiments."

Having said this, Pisk hesitated:

"Actually, at the beginning of the planned research, many people had already taken the unfinished medicine. Due to the strong side effects, very few people could survive."

"This silver bullet is no exception."

"The organization spent a lot of money to select 10 volunteers and let them take silver bullets. The result..."

"All 10 volunteers vomited blood and died."

Sakaki was stunned for a moment, he thought

The silver bullet will be successfully trial-produced.

"After research, the Miyano couple found that the silver bullet was very toxic and would destroy human organ cells. The initial version of the silver bullet failed."

"Later, Japan's economy took off, and fewer and fewer people were willing to be guinea pigs for money. The organization couldn't go out to catch young men every day. This would arouse suspicion from the outside world."

"As a last resort, the Miyano couple had to reduce the dosage of medication and began long-term observation of the experimental products."

"A woman who had taken drugs before and survived by chance came into their view."

Narrowing his eyes slightly, Pisk said faintly:

"She was originally a low-level member of the organization. Because she made an unforgivable mistake while performing a task, she was sent to the research institute by the organization and became a test subject."

"What everyone didn't expect was that this woman actually survived the experiment. The Miyano couple discovered it during a regular check-up."

"She actually stopped aging!"

The woman who stopped aging

After thinking about it, Sakaki thought of someone.

Sharon Wynyard.

"Originally, she was supposed to die, but she climbed back from the edge of death!"

Pisk was emotional and even said incoherently:

"She was one of the first people to test the drug 19 years ago, and she was also the only woman to survive!"

"Because she did not die after taking the medicine, Boss forgave her mistake and kept her by his side, controlling and respecting her."

"Two years later, 17 years ago, after the Miyano couple discovered that she had stopped aging, the Boss became even more fond of her and regarded her as a real silver bullet!"

Sakaki suddenly felt a little strange.

If you say.

Belmode stopped aging because of the APTX plan

He should be tortured.

Just as he had guessed before, he was imprisoned, tied to an experimental table, used as an example, wearing a thin white T-shirt, and locked in a dungeon without seeing the light of day.

Can.

The last time he saw Belmod, she seemed to be very free, even giving her three points of gin.

What happened to make her, who was originally unforgivable, sit in this position today?

"Pisk, this woman you are talking about"

Sakaki muttered:

"Could it be Belmod?"

"It seems you know her."

Pisk breathed a sigh of relief:

"Yes, this terrifying woman is Belmod."

"Even though she looks less than 30 years old, she is actually very beautiful."

"She is almost 50 years old this year."

"If you stop aging."

Sakaki asked doubtfully:

"Is age still that important?"

"This is where I'm going to tell you next!"

With a suddenly serious tone, Pisk said word by word:

"Although Belmod's body cells have stopped aging, the price is sacrificing organ activity and squeezing the body's vitality!"

"Like a gift from the devil, her appearance lasts forever, but her lifespan is greatly shortened!"

"Cells in a normal human body are constantly dividing and proliferating, but after Belmode took the drug, her body cells began to reverse growth. That is, the main cells continued to eat other identical organ cells to extend their lifespan. This is completely Subverting the laws of life science!”

Sakaki understood.

Miss Miyano once told him about a similar case - Conan.

APTX4869 has a very small probability of making the user smaller. It relies on the somatic cells to forcibly engulf other daughter cells and increase the internal DNA telomeres, thus becoming smaller. This process is very painful and unscientific.

The drug A taken by Vermouth is different. The cells in her body are still dividing in an orderly manner, but as soon as the division is completed, they will be engulfed by the mother cells and turned into their own nutrients.

Although the effect of stopping aging is achieved, she has to endure unparalleled pain every day, and her life span is much shorter than that of others.

Conan and Vermouth, the former is a one-time use, and the extent of the impact on life span is still unknown. Judging from the results alone

The APTX4869 developed by Miss Miyano has a stronger toxin, but the effect is stronger than the first-generation drug A developed by her parents, and is closer to the ultimate goal of immortality, and the disciple is better than the master.

But drug A should not appear in the world.

"Later, Vermouth, who was lucky enough to survive, became a disciple of Kaito Kid and learned the art of disguise and voice change in order to prevent the news of her stopping aging from being leaked."

"She hated the Miyano couple who developed Drug A very much, so 17 years ago, she secretly set fire to the secret research institute, burned the Miyano couple to death, and framed your father!"

The voice was sonorous and powerful, and Pisk seemed extremely angry. He clenched his fists in anger and shouted:

"Ryunosuke is my benefactor and my most important friend!"

"I will never forgive her!"

"Now, you should understand what happened 17 years ago."