An infinite journey starting from paradise

Looking at the double helix structure displayed on the big screen, Conan asked in confusion: "Doctor, what is this? Is it the DNA double helix?"

"Ah, it's Shinichi... Um... Sorry, I was so tired I didn't notice you come in."

Dr. Agasa scratched the few remaining hairs on the back of his head, his voice sounding very tired.

"You haven't been busy all day again, have you, Doctor? So, what are you researching? Is your rocket finished?" Conan asked.

Dr. Agasa yawned and replied, "Huh... No... This is a highly toxic drug that Mr. Lin gave me. It can kill people almost without being noticed. He hopes that I can research the composition of this drug."

This drug was, of course, the Drug A that Hayashi Shangren had "whipped" from Gin on the night of Conan's birth. Since Hayashi Shangren hadn't pressed him, Dr. Agasa hadn't taken it seriously, treating it as just another drug and leaving it alone. But last night, Dr. Agasa suddenly remembered the drug and decided to run a simple test, only to discover that it was anything but a simple poison. It could even be said to be a "transcendental experiment" rather than a poison at all.

"What's on the screen isn't a person's genes, but the microscopic manifestation of this drug. Unlike ordinary molecular formulas, this drug seems to be something that humans deliberately try to imitate and replicate with other substances...something like genes," Dr. Agasa explained.

Although Conan knew nothing about pharmacology, he still grasped the key point of Dr. Agasa's words: "Doctor, what do you mean by 'something like genes'?"

"It's hard to say." Dr. Agasa said ambiguously, "This kind of thing has never been seen before... Although its structure is very similar to the human gene double helix, and its internal structure also imitates base pairs. But... I am almost certain that the prototype that this drug is trying to imitate is definitely not the human gene... If this is the performance here, then it should not be established... But, it... um..."

Seeing that Dr. Agasa seemed to be immersed in the experimental data again, Conan stopped disturbing him and turned back to the first floor to prepare a pot of tea and some instant noodles for the doctor.

"If that's the case, then this part should have a repair function... But what's this thing? It looks like a slot reserved for something..."

Dr. Agasa looked at the data of Drug A on the big screen and fell into deep thought again.

Another person who was also keeping an eye on similar data was Shiho Miyano, who was in a secret research institute dozens of miles away from Dr. Agasa's home.

The difference is that the data she is studying does not come from Drug A, but from the "prototype of the prototype" of Drug A. Friends who have watched Conan know that Drug A was created by Miyano Shiho based on the unfinished manuscript of her parents' research results, and what she is looking at now is the prototype "imitated" by her parents' drug.

"Is this thing really mermaid meat?"

Looking at the data in her hand, Miyano Shiho fell into deep self-doubt. The data showed that the sample the gentleman had urgently sent today was likely a cell from a "human": the same twenty-three pairs of chromosomes as humans, the same double helix structure, but the difference was that this cell contained an indescribable energy, which could repair damage to other cells and even revive the dead.

"Could it be that?"

Miyano Shiho recalled that when she was a child, she saw a finger sealed in an instrument in her parents' laboratory. She also vaguely remembered that her father seemed to say that the finger had been cut off decades ago, but there was no sign of decay at all.

"Could it really be some kind of mermaid meat?"

Thinking of how Gin and Vodka had taken her to an island a few years ago to investigate a long-lived old lady who was said to have discovered mermaids, Miyano Shiho couldn't help but suspect that the drug A that the organization wanted to create to keep the living young and bring the dead back to life was the mermaid meat that the legendary Yaobikuni had eaten.

So, is what the winery wants to imitate really mermaid meat?

Of course that's impossible.

The book claims that the distillery's research wasn't about mermaid meat, and that the finger Miyano Shiho saw as a child wasn't Sukuna's. In fact, both the "meat" the distillery was researching and the incorrupt finger originated from Hayashi Naoto's arm.

Lin Shangren's arm? Really?! When did he break his arm? And how did it end up in the hands of the winery?

In fact, Lin Shangren has broken his arms twice so far. The most recent time was when he cut off his left arm himself, and used that left arm as alchemical material and used the [Wedge of the Hundred Aspects of the Furnace] to create that powerful prosthetic arm for Dong Shi.

Lin Shangren's first arm loss occurred in the Doll Village of the Shell Girl world, specifically in Chapter 154 of this book. At that time, Lin Shangren accidentally touched the clay figurines beneath the village, which stabilized the relationship between possibility and space. He unexpectedly awakened the power of Schrödinger's cat within the Four Beasts' Dice, transforming into a quantum ghost for the first time and entering the history of the Doll Village. While Lin Shangren facilitated the establishment of the ancient Doll Village, he also lost his right arm due to the disorder of time and space, caused by the overlapping and intertwined space and time.

Thanks to his ability to heal people with birds, the loss of an arm was painless for Lin Shangren, who could easily regrow one in seconds. Therefore, he paid little attention to the incident, allowing the arm to vanish into the history of the Doll Village. However, this arm eventually made its way to this world, indirectly contributing to the birth of Conan and the current state of the world.

So why and how could this arm cross the world and come here?

Let’s not discuss this here for now… Never mind, let’s discuss it anyway.

I believe the astute ones have already noticed that it is indeed Kuroya Naori, the young man who was led by Slaanesh to travel back in time and caused the "Hina Doll Murder Case." It can be said that it was Kuroya Naori's accidental time travel and the accidental encounter with Hinagami Hideomi and Maeda Keiko's affair that led to the subsequent series of tragedies in the Ningyo Village. Even Fuyuko's birth was influenced by him - if the "Hina Doll Murder Case" had not occurred, Chihara Fuyumi would not have fled the Ningyo Village, and she would not have known the Six Senses. The Six Senses would not have been associated with the six senses.

It can be said that the chain reaction set off by the fluttering wings of Kuroya Naori, a little butterfly, created everything in the world of Kara no Yorozuya. And after the "filial son returns home" and Madoka Nami's teenage years, he was taken to another place by a mysterious being after being possessed by a demon.

This world is his final destination—the Kroye mentioned in Michael Heinz's diary is Kuroya Naori. He arrived in this world with Hayashi Naoto's right arm, witnessing and participating in the events that shaped this world. As for Kuroya Naori's current location, his relationship with the winery, and why he appeared in this world with Hayashi Naoto's arm—we'll leave that aside for now.

(The reason why Hayashi Naoto failed to recognize the young man in the photo as Kuroya Naori was also very simple. After all, he only knew that there was such a person as Kuroya Naori, but he had never actually seen his appearance with his own eyes.)

At this point, Miyano Shiho was unaware that she had already encountered the source of these mysterious cells. She was incredibly anxious: the organization had suddenly accelerated the research on Drug A, which meant an increase in human experiments, adding even more blood to her already sinful hands. Meanwhile, Gin, resentful of her sister, Miyano Akemi, for the time he was arrested and crippled by Hayashi Naoto, seemed to be planning to have her carry out some dangerous operation.

"What should I do?"

Miyano Shiho is caught between a rock and a hard place. It seems the only thing she can do is pray to the gods to save them, but the "god" who is destined to save them is currently obsessed with a honey trap and can't extricate himself.

"Such a white sketchbook... er, no, such a dark painting."

Lin Shangren was moved to tears as she leaned forward with her chest half uncovered. His eyes could not help but sweep over the faintly visible whiteness of her chest and the deep cleavage. It was conceivable that if he were to be caught by this pair of wonderful things, he would probably ascend to heaven on the spot.

After seeing Lin Shangren's involuntary glances, Lai Shenglei thought to herself, "As expected, men are still lustful in nature, no matter how serious they are."

Since Lin Shangren is unwilling to share all the information he knows, Lai Shenglei only has two choices. First, Lai Shenglei uses the beauty trap to try again and win Lin Shangren's trust. Maybe Lin Shangren will "dominate the big head with his small head" and tell all the secrets he knows.

The second was coercion. Since the truth Lin Shangren wanted to investigate was related to the artwork left behind by the monument guardians, she decided to conceal the truth and cut off the source of the trouble. She herself would keep Lin Shangren under control while letting her two sisters act according to the original plan, stealing the collection from the Ruimu Museum and using it to threaten Lin Shangren to reveal the truth.

However, Lai Sheng Lei hadn't anticipated that her plan to "hold Lin Shangren steady" would escalate into a "kiss" and ultimately nearly get herself into trouble. Meanwhile, Lai Sheng Tong and Lai Sheng Ai's burglary played right into Lin Shangren's hands. He had already prepared a trap for the two mischievous little kitties, waiting for them to fall into it.

Chapter 310: The First Kiss of Tears in the Next Life

"According to research by antiquarians, the drawings in this sketchbook were created by Caspar David Friedrich in 1804 while he was traveling and living in Reston. The sketches in the sketchbook record what he saw and heard at that time.

This sketchbook was discovered in Karlsruhe, along with nineteen other sketchbooks. Collectively, they are known as the "Karlsruhe Sketchbook." The drawings in the sketchbooks are mostly of architecture and plants, and many of these pencil sketches eventually became the basis for Kaspar's oil paintings.

The only exception is the work in this sketchbook.”

Lai Sheng Lei put on dust gloves and carefully opened the sketchbook, which had weathered nearly two hundred years of wind and frost. The first page had no drawings, but a few words: "Price of Bread," "Tip," "Day of Prayer," and a few rows of randomly typed lines. Kaspar's drawings began on the next page.

Unlike the other sketchbooks discovered with it, this one doesn't depict the landscapes that made Kaspar famous, but rather a portrait sketch that, by today's standards, seems quite naive. It's clear he's drawing an elderly woman, but the line and tone aren't quite as polished as one might expect.

Like the most famous German painter, Kaspar excelled in landscapes and architecture, his technique and style even establishing a school of painting, but he was not particularly adept at portraits. This pencil sketch in the sketchbook is one of his few surviving portraits—of limited artistic value but greater historical value.

"According to my father, most of these sketches are of Caspar's friends, and a few are passers-by on the streets of Reston. The most precious one should be the portrait he drew of his good friend, the great poet Novalis. But my father's favorite is this one."

Lai Sheng Ai turned the sketchbook over, starting from the back, until she came across a portrait drawn on the back of the sketchbook. The portrait was of a young woman.

She had a beautiful face. Not the kind of glamorous, breathtakingly beautiful, but rather a very pleasant one: a slightly plump oval face, a straight but not quite high nose, thick, flat eyelashes... The combination of gentle, smooth features gave her the impression of a truly endearing person. Even Kaspar's originally stiff brushstrokes seemed to come alive in the painting of her face.

Looking at the woman in the painting, Lin Shangren asked curiously, "Why is there no date or signature on this painting? The other paintings in this sketchbook seem to have them."

Lai Sheng Lei shook her head slightly and said, "I'm not sure. I just remember that Dad seemed to want to cut out this painting and keep it as a separate collection. He hesitated for a long time, but ultimately didn't do it."

"Is that so... hum... Beauty of 1804... ah, sorry."

Lin Shangren retracted his leg. Laisheng Lei had just, seemingly unintentionally, nudged Lin Shangren's calf with her stockings. Seeing how nervous he was, Laisheng Lei jokingly said, "Why are you apologizing, Shangren-kun? It was just an accidental bump. You shouldn't be so emotional, right?"

Then, Lai Shenglei sat up from the sofa, supporting herself on the table with both hands. She suddenly bent over and leaned closer. A mischievous smile flashed in her bright eyes as she raised her head. She said, "Or is it that Shang Renjun is thinking about something else?"

From Lai Sheng Lei's plunging neckline, one could clearly see a pair of heavy, snow-white breasts bouncing down with astonishing weight and volume, yet they didn't become flat or elongated, remaining bulging and swelled, looking incredibly close to falling out of the bra with its hollow lace trim.

"Gulu."

Lin Shangren swallowed unconsciously.

"What are you sorry about?" Lai Shenglei narrowed his sky-blue eyes and moved closer.

Lin Shangren also acted quite embarrassed, but he still said in a frank tone: "I... was just peeking at your legs, Sister Lei, and... the part of your chest that was accidentally exposed... I'm sorry, I was vulgar, I apologize."

On the other side, Lai Sheng Tong, who heard the conversation between Lin Shangren and Lai Sheng Lei through the eavesdropping device, burst out laughing: "Hey, hey, big sister, this guy is acting too honest, isn't he? He is completely different from what he looks like on the surface."

"Is this guy really that innocent? Is he pretending?" Lai Sheng Ai also said.

Laishenglei had never expected Lin Shangren to pull this off. A cold, strict, and resolute criminal police officer, a man who could build an art gallery for his deceased lover and even date a married man only to have him divorced and live with him, was actually innocent. She couldn't believe it, even if she was beaten to death.

"Pretending to be innocent and deceiving the queen, now it's time to act pitiful, right?"

Although Lai Sheng Lei had no emotional experience and had never personally put into practice the rich theoretical knowledge about the psychology of the two sexes in her mind, she still instinctively judged that the man in front of her was playing hard to get with her.

He has ideas about me.

This is enough.

Lai Sheng Lei was really afraid that Lin Shangren was a pure, loyal, and unkind tough guy. If that happened, she would not be able to find a way to keep Lin Shangren on her side - there was still half an hour before the Kuchikikan closed, and it would take time for Lai Sheng Tong and Lai Sheng Ai to act. According to Lai Sheng Lei's estimation, she would have to delay Lin Shangren for at least two hours to cover her two sisters to complete the theft.

"Then talk to him about emotions."

Having made up her mind, Lai Sheng Lei continued, following Lin Shangren's words: "There's no need to apologize for something like this, right? It's just a look, it's not something to be embarrassed about. Or is it that lawyer Fei doesn't allow you to look at other women, or to get too close to other women?"

"This...is not it. It's my own fault. I'm not very good at getting along with the opposite sex. It has nothing to do with her." Lin Shangren lowered his head, as if he didn't dare to look Lai Shenglei in the eye.

"Why? With such superior conditions, you should be very popular with women, so why are you not good at socializing with women?" As she said this, Lai Sheng Lei sat down next to Lin Shangren. Lin Shangren also deliberately moved to the side, as if to distance himself from her.

"Is there any strange smell on me?" Lai Shenglei said with a little dissatisfaction.

"No, no...it's just...I..."

"Hahaha." Laisheng Lei seemed to be amused by Lin Shangren's embarrassment. She asked, "Shangren Jun, can you tell me, how could you, the renowned pride of the police force, become so cowardly when facing a weak woman like me?"

"I...huh..."

Lin Shangren took a deep breath, as if he had made a great decision. He raised his head and looked at Laisheng Lei, and said very seriously: "Sister Lei... I am really afraid that I will fall in love with you. I am afraid that I will hurt you, and her...

Actually, my heart was in turmoil the first time I saw you. Because of your beautiful face and charming temperament. But most importantly, your eyes. When I looked into your eyes, I felt like I was seeing someone like you: tough yet hiding a vulnerability. It was like another version of myself in the world.

[Ugh~ Too much, too much, it shouldn't be that bad. It's just too greasy. ( ??д?? )]

Lin Shangren ignored Xiao Ai's complaints and continued in a sincere yet exaggerated tone, "After I found out you were Mr. Heinz's daughter, I realized we were truly the same. We both left our families early, both wandered through life, both shouldered enormous responsibilities, and both were searching for a truth that had troubled us our entire lives."

Lin Shangren's words weren't really a lie. After all, he truly was an orphan, and he had indeed wandered between multiple worlds, barely a life of displacement. He shouldered the fate of countless lives and multiple worlds, a truly enormous responsibility. As for the truth that had plagued him his entire life... well, that wasn't there.

However, when these words reached Lai Shenglei's ears, their meaning completely changed. In her opinion, Lin Shangren was a man with a mysterious background, extraordinary abilities, countless secrets, and was pursuing a dangerous secret.

Perhaps Lin Shangren, like her, is a descendant of a certain ancient monument guardian, and his family was persecuted by that mysterious force, which is why he desperately pursues the truth of the past. To achieve this goal, he uses the property left by his ancestors to continuously expand his influence and extend his tentacles into all areas of society, just to find out the truth and give his family justice.

This experience is so similar to hers.

"My father disappeared unexpectedly, and I took on the responsibility of the family. At such a young age, I had to face countless enemies who wanted to swallow up the Heinz family. Even with the help of Uncle Yongshi, I could only barely make ends meet. I also had to take care of my two younger sisters. Not to mention, I had to investigate the truth behind my father's disappearance..."

Thinking of this, Lai Shenglei felt a little sad.

Lin Shangren continued, "But... I can't like you. I'm involved in too many karmas, and it's very likely that they will implicate you. And... I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said this."

Lin Shangren shook his head and immediately stood up. He said, "I shouldn't have come. I shouldn't have even told you those things... Blame it on my selfishness. I shouldn't have made this mistake. I'm sorry.

Miss Laisheng, let's end this matter here. We should not have any further contact from now on... Goodbye."

As Lin Shangren was about to reach for the sketchbook on the table, Lai Shenglei grabbed his hand.

Regardless of whether this guy was genuinely expressing his feelings or playing hard to get, or retreating to advance, he couldn't leave now. If Lin Shangren returned to the Kuchiki Pavilion, Xiaotong and Xiaoai would be unable to continue their operations. Moreover, if he truly severed all ties with her, she would have no way of learning the truth about her father's disappearance from Lin Shangren.

Thinking of this, she was willing to shed tears in her next life. She stood up and took Lin Shangren's hand: "Don't go!"

"Ah hey, I've taken the bait."

Lin Shangren wanted to make a few more pretentious remarks before moving on to the next step. He didn't expect Laishenglei to be so aggressive. The moment Lin Shangren stopped, she threw herself into his arms, stood on tiptoe, and kissed him on the lips.

"Let's go for it. If I don't stick out my tongue, it doesn't count as my first kiss." Lai Shenglei thought to herself.

She thought that a sudden peck on the lips would be enough to control Lin Shangren, but she didn't expect that this guy would be so arrogant and directly put his arms around her waist. His lips began to suck her cherry lips dishonestly, and his tongue began to move.

"He's not going to try to reach in, is he?!"

Lai Sheng Lei's eyes widened. She raised her hand and placed it on Lin Shangren's waist, wanting to pinch his flesh, but Lin Shangren's muscles were too hard and tight, making it impossible to pinch him. After feeling Lai Sheng Lei pinching her, Lin Shangren increased her strength, and her long tongue penetrated her, stirring and licking her delicate little tongue.

Lai Shenglei's lips were a little cold, but they became smooth after being touched for a long time, and then slowly became hot.

Being kissed so wantonly by Lin Shangren, Lai Shenglei wanted to resist at first, but in the end she chose to give up and responded awkwardly.

"Boji~boji~boji~"

"Gulu~"

After two minutes of deep kissing, Lin Shangren finally loosened his arms and let go of the Tears of the Next Life.

"Hu...hu...hu..."

Lai Shenglei gasped for fresh air. After all, it was their first kiss, so she didn't know how to coordinate her breathing to prolong it, and she was afraid that her heavy breathing would be offensive.

"tears……"

"Shang Renjun."

Lai Sheng Lei's breathing gradually became even, a faint pink appeared on her porcelain-white cheeks, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and her misty eyes were captivating.

"Oh hoo~"

Lin Shangren's heart trembled.

Oh no, my heart is really pounding this time.

Chapter 311: Getting Myself Involved

"Sister, what's wrong with you? Why is there no sound? What happened?!" Lai Shengtong asked anxiously.

At this moment, Lai Sheng Lei was obviously unable to answer her two sisters in time, because after a deep kiss, Lin Shangren actually took the initiative to hug her again. And Lai Sheng Lei, who was a little dizzy, took the initiative to put her arms around Lin Shangren's neck, and offered her a kiss with her red lips slightly opened, even more passionate than the deep kiss just now.

"She's a quick learner, or was she just pretending to be innocent and hiding her true strength?"

"Damn it, why is this guy so skilled? He even said he's not good with women. How many women have you kissed and how many times have you kissed?!"

The two people, each with their own thoughts, hugged each other like this. Although they had different thoughts in their minds, their bodies' instincts were still very honest. As the kiss became more and more intense, Lai Shenglei's delicate body couldn't help but tremble slightly, her limbs began to weaken, whimpering came from her throat, and her brain became dizzy, making it almost impossible for her to stand.

Lin Shangren also pressed forward very skillfully, and fell on the sofa with Lai Shenglei in his arms.