Mouri Ran's mind was in complete chaos at this moment.
But Shiro did not choose to let the girl go; instead, he continued to ruthlessly twist the knife.
"How about I tell you about the situation of that organization, so you can also understand your childhood friend's current situation?"
"Mm."
Mouri Ran subconsciously nodded, and at this moment Shiro slowly began to speak.
"That organization is called the Black Organization, and its official members use alcohol as codenames."
"And behind it stands a large conglomerate. Its master wants to reverse aging and gain the power of immortality, so he established the Black Organization and conducts research in that direction."
"In fact, many people, including members there, do not know who the person behind it all is. However, for those at the top of power, they all know exactly who that person is. In fact, that person has made many deals with them; otherwise, such an organization would have already been destroyed."
"However, there are many, many cases where people don't know, for example organizations such as the FBI, MI6, and public security do not know who is behind it. Those members naively think they can capture the entire organization at once, sending many undercover agents inside, who are also killed."
"But those idiots don't know that the real people at the top know all of this. They allow people to enter not to destroy the organization, but only to gather more information, to prevent that 'old fox' from developing something and then hiding it."
"Honestly, isn't it interesting? Many people, many undercover agents, wholeheartedly trying to break a criminal organization to stabilize their country, unaware that they are actually only being used to gather information, specifically about the progress of that drug's development."
When Shiro said this, there was a smile in his tone, but to the angel-like girl in front of him, it sounded like thunder, and cold sweat ran down her back.
After all, her father was a police officer, and because of her childhood friend she often had contact with the police, among whom there were many righteous people. Now, after his words, didn't that mean all those good people were just sacrifices for those powerful figures?
"Of course, that is the general background of that organization. The full name of the drug given to your childhood friend is APTX 4869."
"Its main purpose is to reverse aging, keep people eternally young, and achieve so-called immortality. However, since it is still in the research and development stage, except for one accidental failed product that fixed a person's age at a certain point, all the others have become poison. No one survived, and your childhood friend had incredible luck to survive, becoming the first case."
"Uh, do you know? If this news gets out, believe it or not, no one will be able to protect him. Countless countries, countless chaebols, and military leaders will desperately try to capture him for experiments and dissections to study his special traits."
Ran's face turned pale after hearing this, and at this moment Shiro stood up, walked over to her and brought his face close to her ear, while the girl did not dare to do anything.
"Ran, you wouldn't want your childhood friend to be captured and then bled and dissected day and night, have his bones broken, and be subjected to various treatments, would you?"
Ran's thoughts were filled with images of her now shrunken childhood friend being imprisoned, experimented on and cut apart, which made her face terrifyingly pale.
"No."
At that moment, Ran grabbed Shiro's hand, letting out a desperate cry. After all, they grew up together, and no matter what, she did not want to see him go through such a fate.
Shiro looked at the panicked girl in front of him, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Then send a message to your family that you have something tonight and can't return, or say that you're staying at a friend's house."
Shiro did not beat around the bush and directly stated his intentions. The girl's eyes widened when she heard this, because she was not stupid and understood the meaning of his words.
"Please, can you change the condition?"
"No!"
Shiro said at that moment with a smile.
"I can give you money."
Ran instinctively tried to bribe him with money at that moment, even thinking of using all her savings from these years, and if that wasn't enough, she would even ask her mother for help. After all, saving him was the most important thing now.
Shiro stood up after hearing this and said with a smile.
"I don't lack money. I have over 30% of the shares here, and the scattered shares of your friend Suzuki are also in my hands, totaling over 32%."
"There are 10 most famous large chaebols, and I have over 30% to 40% of the shares in each of them. All scattered shares are in my hands. That means all the scattered shares of top chaebols in this country are now in my hands. Do you understand what that means? Before, they may have had many shareholders, but now there are only me and their main families as shareholders."
"Do you think I lack that small amount of money?"
"Of course, if you don't believe me, you can ask your good friend what position the name Shiro has in her family."
Shiro's words made the girl's face turn even paler. Did he lack money? In this situation, obviously not. In fact, his personal power was terrifyingly great.
"Why? Someone like you shouldn't lack people around you, right?"
Ran did not understand. She truly did not understand why someone like him would come to threaten her, an ordinary high school girl, and with something like this.
"Indeed, I don't lack people. I could even have 10 different ones every night, but I'm simply not interested."
"But I am interested in you and your best friend."
"And in your situation, I could have easily knocked you unconscious and abducted you, but I chose this method. Don't you think I was very, very restrained?"
"You should know that no police you know can solve this matter. If someone just says a word, the next day they will be reported missing. And as for the people you know behind you, to be honest, even your good friend, if she wanted to help you, would be powerless. Her parents would definitely stop her, even lock her up."
"Kudo Shinichi is in danger on his own. If I spread this news, his father, who couldn't survive here and went abroad to be someone's servant, will be even more powerless. Even his 'employers' would want to capture his son."
Shiro thought about what he knew about Kudo Yusaku's situation: he couldn't survive here, so he went abroad to get by, barely making a name with some intelligence. Of course, the price was that he had to listen to his 'good friends', practically like a dog.
"Ran-chan, I've said what I had to say. Of course, you can choose to leave now; I won't force you. After all, I have my bottom line, and right now this is just a fair exchange. You save your childhood friend, and I will reluctantly erase this matter, because it concerns eternal life. Although the probability is small, there is still a trace of hope."
After hearing this, Ran's inner defense collapsed. After all, the words 'eternal life' were too tempting.
"Don't you want that?"
"Do you think it's appropriate to ask someone who has just come of age whether they want that?"
Shiro added inwardly: 'Although I am not truly immortal now, my lifespan is definitely beyond your imagination, so I am actually not interested in this so-called A-drug. And even if it is truly developed, it has huge flaws.'
After all, this is a Multi-anime world, not that chaotic one where time is distorted. Many things are different and normalized.
So-called eternal life is just a joke. If you take too much, you will end up like a plant. After all, no matter how active the body is, if the level of life and the soul are not improved, what's the point?
"Honestly, wouldn't it be better to just mind your own business in this situation?"
"After all, whatever the other side adds, it has nothing to do with you, so why bother? Honestly, I personally think it's not worth it for you."
At this moment, Shiro immediately switched to 'green tea' mode. This actually meant that if she didn't help, the other family would be in trouble, which immediately made the angel uneasy.
After all, she had known the other party's parents since childhood, and their relationship was not bad. They had even warmly invited her to visit the United States last time, they were very, very good to her. Now, knowing that they would be in danger, she simply could not stand by.
Ran took a deep breath after mental preparation, looking at the smiling person in front of her.
"Let's go."
Ran knew very well that she had no choice now; she could not go against her conscience.
Shiro was clearly aware of this situation, which is why he acted so recklessly, or rather, used someone else's fate to play the role of a villain.
At this moment, Shiro put his arm around her waist and walked toward the accommodation. Her expression along the way was bad, clearly showing that she was nervous and uneasy.
And Shiro, holding this trembling girl, for some reason felt excitement, as if being a villain was truly wonderful.
When they got the reserved room, the other party was very nervous and said in a shy tone.
"I… I'm going to take a shower."
Shiro nodded at her classic sentence, then thought while touching his chin. Why does everyone say the same thing?
Then he lay on the bed with his arms spread, listening to the sound of water inside, completely relaxed. As for excitement, there was none. After all, this was just a small scene.
When Shiro saw her come out in a bathrobe, still steaming. Just as she approached and he was about to make a move, Ran quickly spoke.
"Why don't you go wash first? I also need to inform my dad."
"We're not going back."
At that moment Ran remembered that she hadn't informed her family and had to do it quickly to avoid trouble.
Shiro nodded after hearing her words, said nothing more, and let her do as she pleased. He went to wash, and as for worrying about what she might do while he was gone, Shiro said he never worries.
After all, she is a smart person, especially in this situation, she knows very well what to do and what not to do.
Shiro hummed while washing and came out, then threw himself onto the bed. At that moment, the girl was curled up, her face resting on her knees.
Shiro walked over and forcibly lifted her face, then held her chin with his hand and turned it toward him, then directly kissed her.
It was the first time Ran had experienced something like this; she was completely lost, her eyes wide open.
At that moment, Ran was like a child who knows nothing, completely confused, but fortunately, there was someone experienced to guide her. After the initial clumsiness, she gradually got used to it.
Shiro noticed that she had indeed trained in karate; the flexibility of her body was very good, maybe not at the level of ninjas, but excellent in the eyes of ordinary people.
The main thing was her youthful energy. The feeling was completely different, wasn't it?
At that moment, Conan, who was playing with a case, suddenly felt as if something was pressing on his head. At the same time, a wind blew and a green leaf fell onto his head. He instinctively thought it was the wind, feeling a slight discomfort.
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The next day, Ran barely opened her eyes. When those bright eyes opened, she looked at the unfamiliar ceiling, and then her whole body felt the same as the day after that competition, even much, much worse than then.
Feeling a hand on her shoulder, she turned her head and looked at Shiro's ordinary face, recalling the events of last night. Various emotions flashed through her eyes, eventually turning into complexity and helplessness.
She even had the urge to cry. At that moment, Shiro opened his eyes. Their gazes met, and unlike her, Shiro's eyes showed no emotion; he was calm like an ordinary person.
"Yo, Ran, you woke up?"
After greeting her, he suddenly leaned forward and kissed her again. She was a bit confused; is it like this immediately after waking up?
However, this time, after they separated, Shiro did nothing. Instead, he looked at the girl who had blushed and said in a helpless tone:
"You blush too easily."
"Actually, there's no need for that. After all, last night, what should have been seen was seen, what should have been touched was touched, what should have been 'eaten' was 'eaten'. Even what shouldn't have, became so."
Ran's face turned even redder as she remembered last night's events. After all, she had never had a boyfriend, at most a childhood friend she had feelings for but had not confessed. She never expected to be 'taught' in this way yesterday. Like a dream, too embarrassing.
Ran wanted to get up, wash, and go to school, but as soon as she got up, various pains appeared and she fell directly. However, at the moment she fell, Shiro caught her and lifted her into his arms.
"Let me. After all, in your situation, I bear a bit of responsibility, right?"
Hearing this, Ran couldn't help but look at Shiro angrily. 'A bit', he says? She thought she would die last night.
"Please, can you be serious for at least a moment? I can't anymore."
After some time, someone suddenly made a plea.
"I don't want to either; it's natural behavior."
Shiro decisively shifted the responsibility, attributing everything to nature.
"In any case, please, I beg you, stop what you're doing."
After a long struggle, she finally managed to get dressed in the clothes that had been washed and dried yesterday.
The two of them sat like that, although their position was a bit strange, leaning against the bed, her in Shiro's embrace. She was very, very tired at that moment and didn't care, too lazy to explain.
"You've already gotten what you wanted, shouldn't you fulfill your promise?"
Ran's meaning was clear: delete the video. But she did not expect that Shiro's next words would make her want to curse. This guy was shameless, too shameless.
"Did I say I would delete it after one time?"
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