My transformation into a beautiful girl started with a hemorrhage.

After Cao Deng persisted several times, the old minister frankly told him, "You're thinking too simply!"

"What?" Grass Lamp asked in confusion.

The old minister paused, took a sip of water, and then slowly said:

Cabinet ministers will remove political obstacles for them, the military will guarantee their safety, countless lawyers will find legal loopholes for them, the media will speak well of them, and even if the evidence is conclusive, there will be countless pitiful people willing to be scapegoats for them and take the blame for all their crimes. Their enemies are now lying at the bottom of Tokyo Bay.

Do you think having evidence is enough to take action against them? No, you'll encounter numerous obstacles from lawyers, the media, social organizations, and even the prosecutor's office itself.

Even after you finally overcome these obstacles, there will still be ministers and the military blocking your way.

Even if you finally succeed, battered and bruised, do you think you can bring Yasuda Eiji to justice?

No, you can't! You'll only end up with a bunch of scapegoats.

Public opinion will quickly fade the memory of the incident, and people will forget about it within two days.

And... what about you right now?

You are already covered in wounds, and you might even die, or your family members might also meet with misfortune!

So, let's just let this matter go.

Chapter 3, The Reason Ends

"But then, what is the meaning of our existence?" Sotoh roared, nearly collapsing.

"Alright, you can go now! Take a few days off and come back to work when you've thought it through." The old minister frowned when he saw that Kusaburo was still so stubborn, and waved his hand to force Kusaburo to leave.

Cao Deng left dejectedly, and returned home to lock himself in his room alone.

His sense of justice prevented him from finding peace; it was a feeling of something stuck in his throat, making it difficult for him to eat or sleep…

He felt that someone had to stand up for justice, so early the next morning he set off for a prestigious newspaper, the Asahi Economic News, to expose Yasuda Eiji's actions.

Kusaburo was unaware that Yasuda Eiji had learned of his investigation into Yasuda Pharmaceuticals. When Kusaburo was about to report him to the newspaper, Yasuda Eiji first tried to coerce and bribe him, but Kusaburo remained unmoved.

Enraged, Yasuda Eiji ordered his men to kidnap Soubi's family in an attempt to force him to submit.

Eiji Yasuda wasn't afraid of being punished, but rather that if things escalated, his father would scold him again, and his two half-brothers would gloat, which was something Eiji Yasuda couldn't accept.

Meanwhile, Yasuda Eiji's lackey, Yahashi Kazuhiko, volunteered and told Eiji that he would definitely handle the matter perfectly!

Kazuhiko Yatsuhashi may not have many other skills, but he is very adept at ingratiating himself with Eiji Yasuda.

He knew that Yasuda Eiji was a womanizer, but he was in love with the second daughter of another large conglomerate, the Kujo family—Kujo Kana.

Therefore, he often found all kinds of beautiful women, both plump and slender, for Yasuda Eiji and sent them to his bed, and took care of all the aftermath. This is also the reason why he was able to become the president of a subsidiary company of the Yasuda Group.

Driven by a desire to please his master, Yahashi Kazuhiko directly targeted my wife Soto's daughter.

However, after kidnapping Hui, he was in a dilemma, because seeing such a stunning beauty as Hui, he didn't know what to do for a moment.

He was originally supposed to offer this little beauty to Yasuda Eiji, but he was afraid that Yasuda Eiji would be captivated by this girl who was already stunningly beautiful at such a young age.

In this scenario: the girl's father is sworn enemies with the young master and even threatens to report him, while the young master dotes on this woman. This would put the young master in a very difficult position, and if he's in this predicament, he'll inevitably blame himself for handling the matter…

Besides, since I gave her to the young master, she must resent me very much.

Who knows if this girl, after gaining favor, will whisper sweet nothings in the young master's ear?

If that happens, I might lose everything I have now... No! Absolutely not!

We mustn't let the young master discover this girl's existence!

At the same time, although Yahashi Kazuhiko was a womanizer, he naturally wanted to defile the stunning beauty in front of him.

However, as a proper lackey, he knew one thing well: even if the young master Yasuda didn't want the woman he had touched, he couldn't touch her himself.

Because he knew the young master would harbor resentment: "The women I've been with, even if I don't want them, are still women you can touch."

And women that the young master hasn’t touched, especially the kind of women that the young master would be infatuated with at first sight, are even more untouchable by me!

Because, in case the young master later discovers that she has hidden the girl's beauty from him, she can still say that she did everything for the young master's sake.

However, if he touched this girl, and the young master found out about her later, he would have no way to explain himself. At worst, he would lose everything and die a horrible death.

As a proper lackey, it's important to have a way out!

So that's why Yahashi Kazuhiko kidnapped Kei, but didn't rape her himself.

As for letting his subordinates commit rape?

Why should my subordinates get what I haven't even received!

However, he couldn't touch her, nor could he kill her directly for fear of causing a bloodbath. After all, even a lowly prosecutor is still a position within the government, and killing a prosecutor's family member would be a public provocation against the Japanese authorities.

It's important to understand that while Japan may not be a large country, it's not small either. Monopolistic conglomerates can control things to a certain extent, but they can't be completely lawless.

First of all, conglomerates are inherently divided, riddled with internal conflicts. Businessmen are driven by profit, and it's not uncommon for someone who is an ally one second to betray you the next.

Secondly, besides the four major conglomerates, the power structure in Japan is chaotic, with former imperial families, ethnic minorities, local groups, various political parties, religious organizations, centuries-old aristocratic families, and the aftermath of America's purge of the Japanese elite after World War II, making it incredibly complex!

Furthermore, these forces overlap; for example, a high-ranking official might also be a shareholder in a large corporation; a major might also be a member of the Han Chinese ethnic group…

However, he couldn't let her get away with it so easily, so Yahashi Kazuhiko deliberately had his men severely cripple the original owner's fertility, so that even if someone else got her in the future, she would only be a disabled woman.

As for disfiguring Hui, Yahashi Kazuhiko did consider it, but if the young master later discovers what this woman looked like before, and then finds out through a little investigation that it was me who did it, would the young master let me off the hook for doing this!

So it's fine as it is now. She's just lost her fertility, but she's still a beauty. If the young master finds out, she can still be his plaything. Because a woman who has lost her fertility can only be a plaything for life. Even if the young master dotes on her, he won't blame himself for being a plaything.

Although Yahashi Kazuhiko was somewhat disappointed that he could not enjoy the body of such a stunning beauty as Kei, he was not discouraged.

Because after he gained power through Yasuda Eiji, he enjoyed all sorts of beautiful women on his own.

His current wife is a wealthy young woman he seized after gaining Yasuda Eiji's favor, using the power he acquired. Initially, this young woman fiercely resisted, but now she has no choice but to obediently give birth to their second child…

After receiving photos of his daughter vomiting blood and covered in bruises, Soto completely broke down. When he considered calling the police and fighting to the death with the perpetrator, he vowed to make the killer pay the price.

Suddenly, an unfamiliar phone call came in. A menacing voice on the other end warned him: if he called the police, they would chop off his daughter's limbs, gouge out her eyes, cut off her nose, ears... turning her into a human pig...

The grass lantern could no longer hear what was said after that.

After struggling agonizingly for five hours, Soubi thought a lot. He considered finding an opportunity to kill Yasuda Eiji by hand, shooting, exploding, poisoning, and so on. However, he thought about what kind of revenge the remaining orphans and widows would suffer.

He realized that he was ultimately just an ordinary person, unable to give up everything.

So he compromised with Eiji Yasuda.

This led to what happened after Hui traveled through time.

Chapter 4 Awakening

Dr. Tanaka, an elderly doctor with graying temples, said with difficulty, "Well, how should I put it? The patient has bruises all over his body, but don't worry, there won't be any scars. Of course, these external injuries are nothing serious; he just needs to recuperate for a month or two."

"The problem is that the patient has multiple internal organ ruptures and bleeding, which will require slow recovery. However, after recovery, the patient may be quite weak, especially since the lower abdomen was severely injured, causing damage to the uterus. The patient may have very low fertility in the future, and even if she is lucky enough to have a child, the risk of miscarriage is very high."

"At the same time, blood tests showed that her blood contained dangerously high levels of IUCA, a new synthetic compound that has only been discovered in recent years and can cause death if injected in excess."

It's a miracle your daughter survived, but she also developed central alcohol dependence withdrawal complications.

"Besides that, there's the psychological counseling for the patients, which is something I can't do."

"What? Extremely low fertility, miscarriage!" My wife, Misa, rushed forward and grabbed the doctor's hand, asking urgently, "Doctor, do you mean my daughter will never be able to have children again?"

Dr. Tanaka reassured her, "It's not that it's impossible, but the chances of conceiving are low and the risk of miscarriage is relatively high. If you're very lucky, it's still possible."

Misa understood what the doctor meant and began to sob uncontrollably. Grabbing Dr. Tanaka's hand, she pleaded in a tearful voice, "Doctor, you must be mistaken. Keiko is only 15 years old. How could she be infertile at such a young age! Doctor, please take a closer look!"

Kusaburo, holding his wife who was weeping with her head down, forced back his grief and asked, "Isn't there any other way? I remember there was something called in vitro fertilization a few years ago?"

“It’s different. In vitro fertilization (IVF) also requires sufficient egg motility. If the woman cannot produce eggs or the egg motility is extremely low, IVF technology cannot be used,” Tanaka replied.

My wife, Misa, continued to cry in her husband's arms, unable to imagine what kind of treatment her daughter had suffered.

While feeling guilty, Wagatsuma Soudou still retained some rationality. Remembering what she had just heard about alcohol dependence, she asked Dr. Tanaka, "What is alcohol dependence?"

"As the saying goes, alcoholism is a one-time addiction, but since it was only injected once, it hasn't become deeply ingrained yet. It will be fine once the IKA is completely broken down by the body."

"However, since the human body does not have any substances that can break down artificially synthesized compounds like IVA, it can only be eliminated from the body through metabolism, which takes about two months."

"You also need to be mentally prepared. Over the next two months, your daughter's alcohol dependence symptoms will get stronger and stronger until she passes through a peak and gradually weakens. You must persevere. No matter how much pain your daughter is in, you cannot give in, otherwise this child's life will truly be ruined," the old doctor said earnestly.

"Ah, another poor child," the old doctor sighed inwardly.

However, his life experience over most of his life has taught him that the less you know about some things, the better. Don't force things, just do your job well. It's not that the old doctor is cold-hearted, but that he has seen too many similar things in his decades of medical practice.

……

"..."

My body felt like it was sinking deeper and deeper, and I didn't know how much time had passed—a day? A month? A year? Ten years? A hundred years?...

Hui felt as if a long time had passed, yet it also felt as if only a moment had gone by.

At this moment, Hui felt the darkness around her becoming denser, and she wanted to reach out and touch it.

Huh!? ...Do I even have hands?

...Or rather, do I even have a body now?

Where is this? Is this where people die?

Ah! I just transmigrated, and I died in less than five hours!?

At this moment, Hui seemed to have entered a world of light and shadow. A huge ball of light revealed mystery, as if it was about to burst this dark world apart. Hui wanted to reach out and touch it, but then remembered that she seemed to have no body.

What kind of place is this...?

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"what!?"

Hui opened her eyes.

"Hui, my good child, you're finally awake! Don't be afraid, Mommy's here," a beautiful woman said, hugging Hui with overwhelming joy.

"Hmm, this is... This is Mom." Hui snapped out of her daze.

"Mom, I'm fine," Hui wanted to say, but the words caught in her throat. Perhaps due to the influence of her body, Hui became weak and sentimental, experiencing the warmth of her mother's embrace and the freezing cold that the original owner felt when she died.