give it all to miss machima

"Yes, it's confirmed. They met for the first time in person at a nightclub."

"Tell me... in detail about this Moscow hotel?"

"Yes, this is a criminal organization established by the Russian mafia, headquartered in Moscow, with branches in Italy, Spain, Germany, Japan, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. They do everything that makes money, including assassination, robbery, smuggling, drug trafficking, extortion, and human trafficking."

"Besides being ruthless, their biggest characteristic is... their exceptional military skills—almost the best among all gangs in the world. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the military underwent massive layoffs and budget cuts, resulting in many veterans, even elite KGB officers, joining them. They openly engage in various criminal activities and have begun to infiltrate the country's political and economic spheres... For example, this leader who came this time—Baraleka, she was once a captain in the Soviet Airborne Corps..."

"Soviet airborne forces...VDV!?"

Machima couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

Ryoko Tamiya nodded: "Yes, the information we have found so far shows that she participated in the Afghan War, was stripped of her military post after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and then joined the mafia. Many of her former subordinates who followed her during the Afghan War also joined. Therefore, this group is definitely not a gang of thugs and hooligans, but a well-trained army."

"Balalaika... Balalaika?"

Machima kept repeating the name.

"That sounds familiar... Can you tell me about this Balalaika?"

"Yes, she's one of the Moscow hotel bosses wanted by Interpol for years... and currently serves as the commander of a branch in Roanapur..."

"Roanapura!?"

"It is a coastal city in Thailand, known for violent crime, drugs and arms smuggling. It can be said to be a paradise for gangs and mercenaries, existing in a state of... semi-anarchy. Gangs there have more influence than the police."

"I see... Hehehe..."

After a moment of stunned silence, Machima finally couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha! Black Reef? Interesting, very interesting!"

"What Black Reef?" Tamiya Ryoko didn't understand.

"Nothing much, so... is the distillery planning to hire these outside helpers to kill me?"

"That should be the case. Our parasites have actually replaced several people at the brewery a long time ago. One of them happened to participate in today's meeting. According to his report, Rum, Gin, and Vermouth all showed up at the meeting and handed over your information. I suppose the operation will begin soon."

"good very good!"

Machima couldn't help but stand up and clap her hands.

"I was wondering how to lure them in. If I suddenly reduced security, would it make them suspicious or afraid to act? If a group of retired VDVs were to lead the attack, everything would make sense!"

"You're planning to...?"

"Let them come...I'll...wait..."

Machima stopped talking and began to think.

"Wait a minute, even if there are outside help, the organization should choose a foolproof opportunity before making a move. After all, they can't afford the consequences of failure, right?"

"What...do you mean?"

"So... how do they know what a foolproof opportunity would be? They can't possibly expect Vermouth to invite me out, can they? That would be incredibly stupid of them."

"...?"

"fool!"

Seeing the silent Ryoko Tamiya, Machima patted her head.

"There's only one answer left, isn't there? Didn't Vermouth secretly replace a researcher and get close to Shiho Miyano a while ago? It seems they're planning to find a breakthrough through Shiho Miyano. Not bad... It seems they really think I care a lot about Shiho."

"You want to..."

"Just wait..."

Machima laughed, a truly joyful laugh.

"Shiho...ha...I will give her an opportunity, whether intentional or unintentional—an opportunity for her to kill me."

Tamiya Ryoko finally came to her senses, and even she couldn't help but gasp slightly.

"Your twisted sense of humor... is truly astounding."

Chapter 125 Betrayal

A series of beeping alarm clocks followed by a loud sound of something being smashed to pieces.

However, Shiho, who was woken up, was not surprised at all, and had even gotten used to it. Since the two of them started sleeping together again recently, Machima has set up an alarm clock almost every morning as her official wake-up call.

She let out a long yawn before slowly opening her eyes. With great willpower, she managed to pull her hand away from the softness beside her—though she was reluctant to admit it, Machima's touch was indeed quite nice… Of course, she was straight and was simply enjoying the irresistible feel of the touch.

Looking at the other person's smooth back, and then at her own naked body in the blankets, recalling the scene of the two of them passionately entwined last night, Shiho Miyano subconsciously pulled the blanket up to cover her face, which was flushed slightly.

Machima, who was standing nearby, slowly woke up. The worm burrowed into her arms, reached out and hugged her, blowing its warm breath on her neck, making her feel ticklish.

Shiho chuckled and tapped her nose:

"Time to get up!"

"Sleep some more... five..."

"minute?"

"……Hour……"

"..."

"Ah! It's so cold!"

"Hurry up and wash up, it's almost noon, and I have to go to the lab this afternoon."

After a normal wash and brushing their teeth, the two went to a restaurant for brunch.

"Good morning, Mingmei-nee~" Machima greeted Mingmei.

The latter was slightly taken aback, and smiled and nodded to the two of them, but her expression looked a little unnatural, which made Shiho blush—with such good soundproofing, her sister shouldn't have been able to hear her moans last night, right?

Fortunately, Machima was there to change the subject. To avoid an awkward conversation with her sister, Shiho quickly stopped Machima from taking the vegetables out of the sandwich and instead stuffed more vegetables in: "Don't be picky about food."

"Yes~"

Although she was extremely unwilling, Machima still opened her mouth and swallowed the vegetables bite by bite, and Shiho Miyano couldn't help but smile slightly.

—Since the “moderation” plan began, Machima has become increasingly obedient to her.

If we agree to do it once a day, then we will do it once a day. If we agree not to exceed the specified time, then we will not exceed it.

Shiho even tentatively asked to stop for two days, and Makima looked like she wanted to devour her, but in the end she really didn't come to raid her at night.

This can be considered a major victory for Shiho Miyano, and it is also something that truly makes her feel gratified—because Machima really kept her promise to "never force her"—instead of making her meow before hypocritically asking if she wanted to continue, as she had done before.

At the same time, Shiho knew that if Machima was allowed to take without restraint, given that guy's personality, he might quickly become indifferent and eventually lose interest—after all, this guy had a long criminal record and had been with countless women. Therefore, even if it meant sacrificing himself to feed the tiger, he had to... feed him little by little!

The clever Shiho also knew that she couldn't just suppress Machima all the time; she had to give her some incentives. With a reward mechanism, Machima would be more willing to listen to her.

Therefore, after leaving Machima waiting for three days, Shiho hinted that she should come to him that night, and that night she took a little... initiative!

It really was just a little bit; it wasn't that she was slightly addicted, after all, she's straight!

Sure enough, although the price was that he almost couldn't get out of bed the next day, after that, Machima's pampering became even more obvious, to the point of almost obeying him in everything.

And after that, each time they did it, compared to the previous semi-coercive forcefulness, Machima became much gentler. She would only continue when Shiho responded to her, and there was never a situation where she couldn't get out of bed the next day.

Of course, Shiho would never admit that if before she was simply thinking, "Since I can't resist anyway, I might as well enjoy it," then now she's starting to "enjoy it."

...Well...after all, she's straight!

Machima, who was watching TV, finished chewing the vegetable leaves in her mouth and suggested:

"The weather's so nice today. How about we invite Akemi-nee and go to Enoshima this afternoon?"

"No, my experiment has just started, and I have a lot of things to deal with."

"Another experiment..."

Machima sighed and asked casually:

"Speaking of which, what have you been researching lately? Is it still that drug?"

Apart from the security personnel, Shiho Miyano now has complete control over everything in the laboratory. Only she can access the key data, and since laymen can't understand it at all, Shiho has no doubt that Makima knows nothing about the laboratory.

"Well..."

Shiho thought for a moment and decided that now might be a good time to tell Makima about Shinichi Kudo. After all… she was there, wasn't she? Makima would definitely listen to her and wouldn't react excessively to the other woman…

But she couldn't explain why, and in the end, she just smiled and shook her head:

"It's a secret~"

A drug that can reverse aging would shock even Machima, right? It's not too late to tell Machima after she finds a way to solve the high mortality rate problem. Besides, judging from what her sister said, Shinichi Kudo is living a pretty good life now and shows no signs of doing anything foolish.

"Alright alright……"

Machima sighed.

"I really regret making you get those drugs again... You could have used that time to enjoy some good times... Sigh..."

In the afternoon, Shiho returned to the lab and first checked on the mice.

To prevent others from discovering the new effects of APTX4869, this is a laboratory that only she can enter right now.

On one side of the room, dozens of individual transparent glass cages contained motionless mice, but none of them showed signs of rejuvenation.

She couldn't help but sigh and wrote down the results in her notebook.

This is the third batch already... It seems that lowering the drug concentration is still ineffective... The signs of rejuvenation still appear to occur randomly with an extremely low probability...

So, what exactly is the decisive factor in determining the experimental results? Is it not PATX4869 that is special, but the experimental subject itself? Could it be that Shinichi Kudo's body has something extraordinary about it?

Or... tell Machima about it, and then let him arrest the person and collect some samples?

The thought flashed through Shiho's mind and then disappeared. Although she had committed countless sins, she still could not accept the idea of ​​human experimentation deep down.

Currently, the only solution is to increase the number of experiments again until more mice are successfully rejuvenated. Then, based on enough data, we can try to deduce the decisive factors and improve APTX4869.

She pressed the bell, and a moment later, the female research assistant entered the lab. Shiho, taking notes, pointed to the dead mice without looking up:

"Clean this batch out, and then bring in two... no, three more batches of lab rats."

"...Ms. Shiho Miyano, if you discovered that all the happiness you have now is a lie, what would you do?" the other person asked with a smile.

"……what?"

Hearing these nonsensical words, Shiho Miyano looked up at her research assistant with a puzzled expression. A few seconds later, her expression changed slightly—because she suddenly sensed a dangerous yet familiar aura emanating from the other person. It was…

Almost instinctively, Shiho reached for the emergency call button, but the next second, the other person lunged forward and grabbed her hands.

"Calm down, Sherry..."

Shiho stared intently at the pair of watery green eyes before her—though her appearance made it impossible to tell, the voice, the tone, and the gaze…

“Beelzemold!”

Although she witnessed Machima's tedious humiliation last time, that was something only Machima could do...

Shiho Miyano was still incredibly afraid of this woman.

But after a few seconds, seeing that she didn't take any further action, Shiho gradually calmed down.

This is inside Machima's laboratory. There are well-trained security personnel outside. Even the Thousand-Faced Witch couldn't possibly take you away without anyone noticing...

As for killing or harming her?

Shiho didn't think the other person was the type to do something so irrational—besides, it would only invite Makima's terrible retaliation...

"What...do you want to do?"

"Oh? You've calmed down now? What a pity, I thought you'd be squeaking like a little mouse..."

"...The Thousand-Faced Witch went to all that trouble to sneak in just to scare me? You'd better..."

"I'm just here to tell you some truths," Vermouth said with a smile. "Some truths about... Makima."

"..."

Shiho Miyano paused for a moment, then couldn't help but reveal a mocking smile:

"That's it? You're not trying to tell me that Machima tried to control me with drugs, are you?"

It was that damned Vermouth who was encouraging Makima to use drugs on the two sisters that day... and then...

"You and your organization can't fight Machima right now, so you've set your sights on me? You're treating people like fools."

"...Hehe...Hahaha! Hahahahahaha!"

What made Shiho uneasy was that the other person still looked at her with the same gaze one would give a self-proclaimed clever little brat, and after a chilling silence, laughed.