I'm a weird expert in Japan

The director was the one introducing the whole process. Huang Guang listened attentively the whole time. He did not feel impatient at all, but rather quite proud.

According to the introduction, the purpose of this plan is to solve the problem of human life expectancy and find methods that can slow down human aging and even restore youth.

Overall, it can be said to be a very conventional plan. Shizhu does not think it is necessary to hide in a giant research center more than ten meters underground.

The premise is... if it's really just about developing drugs.

The uneasiness in his heart grew with every step he took towards his destination.

Until the last door opened, the busy researchers inside stopped one after another. They were wearing masks and protective glasses, and their expressions could not be seen because of the reflection of the fluorescent light from the monitor.

He walked along the road where researchers lined up to greet him respectfully, and finally he, Huang Guang and the director of the institute stopped in front of two huge culture tanks.

The three-meter-high culture tank was filled with transparent liquid, in which two naked "teenagers" who looked about the same age were soaked.

The foreigner's face, the ghostly facial features, and the undead human's fair to transparent skin color, under the dark green light, existed like a translucent colloid.

There were dozens of densely packed cans attached to their bodies, and they were floating in the cans motionless as if they were asleep.

"Have you heard of vampires, Shizhu?" Huang Guang, wearing a haori, put his hands in his sleeves. "I didn't expect this legendary creature to really exist. I always thought it was just made up."

"...They are...vampires?" Shizhu had to try his best to act surprised this time.

Of course he knew about vampires, and he knew better than anyone what was true or false in those anecdotes.

"Very beautiful, isn't it?" Huang Guang said, "How enviable! I don't know how many years I have lived, but I am still as young as you. How enviable! This ability of immortality -"

When he spoke, it was as if he was licking the tips of his teeth with his tongue, making a hissing sound, like a poisonous tongue crawling across the grass in the dark night, making people's hair stand on end.

"So the research here is actually--"

"That's right." Huang Guang said.

"Can vampires... also be caught?" Shizhu asked.

This time, it was the director's turn to answer. "It took a lot of effort to catch these two vampires. A few years ago, there was a series of missing tourists in Germany. We got the clue by chance and pointed out that it was the vampires who did it. But when we found them, they were already seriously injured..."

In other words, it was precisely because of his serious injuries that he was captured alive.

"So brother is planning to... study them to get the secret of immortality?"

"Very smart." Huang Guang said indifferently.

In fact, if you still can't guess it at this point, it really means that Dianthus is just a waste.

"But recent research has not been very successful... vampire blood can improve a person's recovery ability, but it cannot make a person rejuvenate..." the director said in embarrassment.

He only knew that Shizhu was Huang Guang's younger brother, and since Huang Guang had no objection, he could only continue to explain.

"I heard that vampires are afraid of the sun. If a person becomes a vampire like me, he won't be able to bask in the sun?" Shizhu stood a few steps in front of the yellow light. He could only see the back of his head and could not see Shizhu's cold expression at this moment.

"Yes, this is exactly the problem we are troubled by. How can we let people get the advantages of vampires while avoiding those disadvantages?" The director rubbed his hands. "It is said that there are many hybrids of vampires and humans in the world, but the number is very small, and most of them are elusive. According to the intelligence we have... except for the characteristics of immortality, these hybrids have weakened a lot."

"Weakened a lot?" Shizhu realized that Huang Guang might not just be pursuing immortality.

"Vampires are said to have many magical powers, such as the ability to create matter and the ability to manipulate the shape of objects..." the director continued to explain respectfully, "but most hybrids cannot do these."

"I see." Shizhu nodded slightly.

After realizing that vampires are more than just immortal, Huang Guang even began to covet their special powers.

However, vampires are also divided into different grades. Shizhu didn't know the grade of the vampire captured in front of him, but at least... it definitely couldn't meet Huang Guang's purpose.

Otherwise the research will not stop here.

"How pathetic, to be reduced to a human specimen..."

Shizhu took a few steps closer and reached out to touch the culture tank.

Unexpectedly, Huang Guang stopped him from doing so.

Besides, Shizhu really can't do anything now, so he can only express his sympathy in this way.

Suddenly, the half-open eyes of the vampire in the culture tank regained some spirit, and its floating hand moved forward and touched Shizhu's hand through the glass wall.

"...?!"

Before Shizhu could come to his senses, he felt a tingling sensation on his fingers, like a tap.

He stepped back, holding his arm.

Thinking that a vampire had resurrected, the director hurriedly ordered people to check, but the report they received was that there was nothing abnormal.

"I feel...uncomfortable..." Shizhu didn't have time to explain and knelt on the ground.

He felt his head spinning, breathing became increasingly difficult, his body gradually lost balance, and in an instant he fell to the cold floor.

From beginning to end, Huang Guang just looked down at Shizhu indifferently, and was indifferent to his reaction.

In a trance, Shizhu felt that several people came to check his physical condition.

"...Nothing happened...Most likely he was frightened..." The director seemed to be reporting the situation.

"Useless trash, he's scared now. Send him back to my residence first. There will be things for him to do when he wakes up." Huang Guang turned around, leaving behind a contemptuous back.

Shizhu felt nothing about it, and his consciousness sank into the dark deep sea.

Four hours later, a fire broke out in the family home.

Chapter 204: Opportunity to Give Up (1)

The next day, it was still raining in Tokyo, with no sign of stopping.

Looking out the window of the room, the leaden clouds were piled up layer upon layer, so thick that it almost made people feel that they were about to suffocate. The sound of the dripping rain was occasionally mixed with a few thunders from afar, telling Lian that this kind of weather would continue for some time.

"Shouldn't the plum blossoms be out by now?"

Lian sat cross-legged on the bed, muttering to herself.

In fact, he had no plans to go out, and the weather did not hinder Lian's actions.

But the thing is… there was a call from Araragi Koyomi last night.

When seeing the news, Lian could try to look at it from the perspective of an ordinary conspiracy, and then treat it as something that was not closely related to himself.

Now it is completely impossible to think like this.

Fire, rainstorm, thunder, all things connected together, all point to the "large-scale natural disaster seven years ago" that only exists in the mirror world.

But it hasn't developed to such a serious situation yet.

If we can find the cause in time now, maybe we can find a way to prevent the disaster from expanding.

Unexplained strange things and disasters ended the journey to the Mirror Kingdom before the whole incident could be investigated, and further developments could not be foreseen.

"Anyway, let's go find someone to discuss it first—"

Lian, who had just decided on her next plan, heard someone knocking on the door.

"Who?"

He thought it was someone like a maid in Shinki's house, but when he opened the door, he saw Touma Kazusa again.

"You're up..." Hesa ​​was surprised.

"what happened?"

"We have a guest." Kazusa took her hand off the door handle. "It's for you."

"Huh? Is that Teacher Hanekawa?" Lian asked hurriedly.

The teacher's sudden visit must have something important to tell me, but it was really inappropriate for me to just lie in bed.

However, Kazusa showed an expression as if she wanted to say something but stopped, just like a soldier on the battlefield whose comrades told him "You still have a wife to live with", and then he died in his place, making it impossible for him to say the fact that "my wife is a paper woman"... embarrassing.

So before Lian could confirm further, a figure leaned out from behind the door, waved his hand hidden in his sleeve, and greeted Lian.

"Miss Shan...long time no see..."

He responded to the other party's greeting hesitantly.

It’s not quite right to say that I haven’t seen her for a long time. Not only did I receive help from Oshino Ogi in the mirror world, but after I came back, I also often saw her in school.

This person likes to inquire about some strange stories. When he is not in class, he walks around the school. It seems that even in a school with a short history like Fengzhizaki, he has collected things like "Seven Incredible Legends of the Campus".

I will talk to Lian about it when I meet him.

"Yes, yes, long time no see. But I didn't expect that Lian-jun just got up. Should I go to the living room and wait for you to finish washing up before coming over?" Shinobu Osamu asked with her usual half-smile.

Lian looked at the T-shirt and shorts she wore to sleep and shook her head. "Forget it, let's just leave it at that. It's fine if Miss Shan doesn't mind."

"Hey..." Oshino Ogi stood up and went into his room. "The body of a vampire is really convenient. Strictly speaking, Ren-kun doesn't even have the metabolism brought by sleep, right?"

"Well, that's basically it." Lian supported his chin with one hand, resting it on his folded knees.

Not only does my face feel stuffy, but even my hair is free of dandruff and oiliness, it's as clean as if I had just taken a shower.

Besides, one would not come to visit someone for no reason. Oshino Ogi came to the Shijo family specifically, so he must have something to discuss with me.

"Originally, I didn't want to make such a sudden visit that would disturb others." Oshino Ogi naturally pulled the chair in front of the desk and turned to sit there facing Lianhou. "And it's even more rude that you didn't come here to play with Lianjun. But now Araragi-senpai is delayed in Kyoto. I'm afraid he may not be able to return to Tokyo until things over there are dealt with. So I can only convey some things on your behalf."

"..." Lian was speechless for a moment.

He didn't even know whether he should complain about her definition of "disrespectful". There was no doubt that the smiling Shan was not relaxed at all, and the current situation did not allow him much time to tell jokes.

At this time, Lian noticed that Hesha was still standing at the door. When her eyes met his, Hesha showed an obvious expression of embarrassment and was about to leave.

"Touma, if you are curious, come in and sit down and listen." Lian waved her hand, "You are not an outsider anyway--"

"Yeah." Hesa ​​just nodded, then walked into the room and sat directly on the cushion on the carpet.

Lian took a deep breath and looked at Oshino Ogi. "So, where is the situation now?"

After one night, he needed to know how many people had started to act, especially Miss Woyan, how much that person knew about the matter, how much preparation she had made, and what she planned to do.

However, Oshino Ogi just maintained that smiling expression and looked at him as if he was a fool.

"Did Ren-kun sleep well last night? I thought you would be completely unable to sleep because of this incident and Araragi-senpai's call."

"...Uh..." Lian scratched his head, "Because I don't know anything..."

"That's right, you know nothing, and you didn't bring out the things you should have known in time." Oshino Ogi rarely changed the way of saying it.

“Ahahahaha…” Lian laughed dryly, “I thought you were going to say, ‘I know nothing, you’re the one who knows’…”

"Strictly speaking, I also want to say this, but if I say this about this matter, it will be unusually cruel to you. In this case, it is better to let the all-knowing Miss Woyan reveal the answer. If possible, we even hope that you can help us deal with this matter without knowing anything. But this is impossible for you, for anyone. Just like the classmate Touma sitting here now, knowing that we are going to discuss topics related to weirdness, but excluding her who knows these things, this is a very serious act of exclusion. If necessary, it can be posted on the forum."

Oshino Shan looked at Kazusa and laughed.

"Cruel? Weirdness itself is something bred by the human heart...it just manifests differently depending on the thoughts and content..."

"After you know the essence of this matter, you can still say the same thing. I really admire you, Xiaoshan."

Chapter 205: The Opportunity to Give Up (2)

With just one sentence, Oshino Ogi easily blocked Lian's frivolous attitude.

So far, Lian has not treated any strange incident lightly, but he looks down on the strangeness itself.

Oshino Ogi mercilessly reminded Lian not to treat this matter lightly.

"This strange thing is very unusual. According to what you learned in the mirror world before, combined with the inferences made by Hanekawa-senpai when he was preparing for your tutoring at the beginning of last month, this Kyoto fire is most likely just the beginning of the whole incident."

Then, Fan made the most direct assertion in the tone of an outsider.

"To be honest, I feel a little helpless. Lian Jun actually gave up the progress of investigating the secret just to see me. If he had investigated it clearly in the mirror world from the beginning, he wouldn't be constrained by so many things now."

"How do I know that you were locked up in the third music room of the school?" Lian denied immediately.

Until he found Oshino Ogi, he had never thought that it was Oshino Ogi who was imprisoned there, and he didn't even think that the so-called key clue was a person.

"I'm just kidding, just to lighten the mood. But right now, we have no reference for every step we take. We can only rely on our own abilities to take one step at a time. Nothing has changed."

"Miss Woyan doesn't know what to do either?"

"Knowing everything does not mean being omnipotent. Lian-jun has already understood this well in the world over there, right?"

"that's true……"

Because he is not omnipotent, even though he knows that he will be excluded from that "box garden", Woyan Izu Lake in the mirror world can only prepare a note for Lian in advance so that he will definitely see it when he goes there.