Miyano Shiho's Speculation (cont.)

Blood for blood, life for life.

This is probably something that Kajiira Shigeru tacitly approved.

After all, the Kyorei Association is not a big gang, and three of its members and a business spy have been killed in succession. If the Kyorei Association and the Kajihira Group can sit still and do nothing, then no one in the underworld will respect them.

Therefore, the moment Kyohei Hamura was acquitted, the Kyorei Association's revenge was inevitable.

It's unclear whether the other party's revenge was successful.

If successful, this lead on Kyohei Hamura will likely be temporarily cut off, and we'll have to find another way to investigate the case.

Fortunately, the clues had already pointed to the Cutting-Edge New Drug Development Center, so losing one of Kyohei Hamura shouldn't be a big problem.

Similarly, by following this line of inquiry, they can continue to uncover the person behind Kyohei Hamura.

Of course, the real reason Jiang Hang knew that this would happen tonight was because when he infiltrated the nightclub, he used his Eagle Eye to see the bigwigs of the Kyorei Association handing out guns to their underlings, instructing them to find an opportunity to kill Kyohei Hamura.

Afterwards, someone will naturally turn themselves in and go to jail on their behalf.

Jiang Hang did not stop these retaliations at the time because he had no interest in these Mafia fights and dog-eat-dog battles.

Even if all the gangs in Kamurocho gathered together for a massive PUBG tournament, Jiang Hang would only watch as the Mafia members fought until only one faction remained, and then he would take action to pack up that faction and send them all to prison.

According to the first-hand intelligence obtained from Takagi Wataru, it was indeed the people from the Kyorei Association launched a night raid on the Matsugane Family's territory, but the person who died was not Kyohei Hamura, but a Matsugane Family member whose figure and clothing were somewhat similar to Kyohei Hamura.

It's unclear whether this was intentional on Kyohei Hamura, or if that underling was just unlucky enough to run into trouble.

However, it doesn't seem strange that those involved in organized crime meet their end in any way.

Perhaps a few people will occasionally have a good ending, but for most low-level Mafia members, their fate is unlikely to be any better.

All Jiang Hang could do was hope that the other person wouldn't be involved in the underworld in their next life.

However, Kamurocho will definitely be packed with police from the countermeasures department tonight, so there's no need to go there and outwit them.

If I really want to know what happened tonight, I can just ask that reporter tomorrow.

Since the other party was "forcibly" protected by the Kyorei Association, he should be well aware of this information.

He briefly sent a message to Takayuki Yagami, telling him that he had found out some things that night and that they would meet in Kamurocho the next morning. Then he went to Professor Agasa's place to discuss the possibility of ADDC9 being real or fake with Miyano Shiho.

Jiang Hang is Poison Master and also possesses advanced medical emergency skills. Miyano Shiho is a biology expert. Although she is focused on researching the finished product of aptX4869, she is not lacking in other areas either. Her ability can be seen from the fact that she can make medicine that can make people catch a cold immediately by taking some scrap materials.

"You came all this way to see me late at night just to discuss these academic issues?" Miyano Shiho rolled her eyes at Jiang Hang, but still put down her work and followed Jiang Hang to look at the paper that the Cutting-Edge New Drug Development Center had published last year.

Of course, these papers are mostly theoretical and do not directly provide the specific materials and drug ratios for this drug.

Miyano Shiho reads papers quickly; the two of them finished reading the entire paper in less than half an hour and even extracted the key theories.

"Well, if we're just talking about theory, these theories shouldn't have too many problems," Miyano Shiho gave an affirmative answer first.

After all, there are more than 50 million people with Alzheimer's disease worldwide, which is a huge number. If anyone can really develop a drug to cure Alzheimer's disease, then they will definitely be worthy of the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

Moreover, countless people idolize each other.

Therefore, after this paper was published, it must have been read by many medical experts.

Since they did not express any objections during this year, and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare also had high hopes for this paper and drug.

That means the theory mentioned in this paper is definitely not a big problem.

"But theory is one thing, and there's a big difference between theory and practice." Miyano Shiho shook her head, revealing a mocking smile.

He was mocking the paper, but also mocking himself.

The theory behind aptX4869 actually had its prototype in his parents' generation. The boss of the Black Organization at the time supported his parents in carrying out subsequent research and development because of this theory.

As a result, after her parents died in an accident for unknown reasons, for nearly 20 years, there were few people in the Black Organization who could truly understand this theory. In the end, only she tried to recreate the current version of aptX4869 based on her own understanding.

However, it is clear that theory and practice cannot be directly linked.

The drugs she developed still have significant flaws.

While it can indeed be considered a finished product to some extent, there is only one case of Conan surviving so far, and it is still a long way from being a qualified product.

"Although the theory of aptx4869 is certainly more complex than that of ADDC9, in my opinion, the most crucial aspect of this theory relies entirely on the drugs developed by the other party to repair brain nerves."

"However, the specific materials and proportions of this drug are not mentioned in the theoretical text."

Miyano Shiho used an analogy, comparing it to a perpetual motion machine that, once developed, could provide humanity with almost limitless energy.

But the question is, how do you create a perpetual motion machine?

"So even if there are no problems in the theory, the key is whether the drug can achieve the effects that it claims in the theory. Otherwise, it's all just empty talk."

"For at least the past year, the other party has not revealed any other more useful information since this paper. So in my opinion, although they should have some ideas for developing this drug, it is still far from their ideal state."

After thinking for a moment, Miyano Shiho gave a rather pessimistic figure.

"30%, I think it's pretty good that the development has progressed to this point."

As for the development progress of aptX4869, Miyano Shiho gave a progress rate between 50% and 90%.

"With Conan as a sample, and thanks to you for taking away the complete development records, my development of aptX4869 has been much faster than before in the past few months."

"Currently, there haven't been any major changes in the development strategy for aptx4869, so it's probably 90%. If we can find the special gene in the drug that only reacts to aptx4869 in Conan's body, and make some adjustments, we might be able to get the finished drug."

"It is also possible that this step will require me to make a lot of adjustments to the properties of the entire drug. Although it is not to the point of completely scrapping and starting over, the finished product will probably be very different from the current one."

Judging from Miyano Shiho's confident demeanor, she probably didn't encounter too many problems during the research process.

It's likely that Jiang Hang has been using the system to give Miyano Shiho the skills in biopharmaceuticals, combined with her own talent and hard work, as well as Conan as a living example, that's why Miyano Shiho is behaving the way she is now.

Returning to the topic of ADDC9, Miyano Shiho shook her head again, indicating that she was not very optimistic about the team.

"From the director to the researchers, this development center has not made any major medical breakthroughs in recent years, nor has it had any experience in developing drugs. Otherwise, this development center would not have been shut down."

"If what you said is true, the other party may be forcing us to put this paper out as a last resort, which will make the development progress even less optimistic."

As she said this, Miyano Shiho gritted her teeth and still voiced a possibility.

"Unless, the other party is secretly conducting a large number of human experiments, the drug development process might be able to advance much further."

At this point, Miyano Shiho must have been thinking about her medication.

After all, this is one of the few drugs that have no effect on human trials because it is impossible to find out what exactly happened to the person's body.

It is precisely because aptx4869 cannot be detected by current medical methods that the Black Organization uses the drug she painstakingly developed as a useful poison.

She shook her head and then said to Jiang Hang, "This drug for treating Alzheimer's disease certainly doesn't have the undetectable properties of drug A. So if they are conducting human experiments in secret, there will definitely be some special symptoms on the subjects. If you want to investigate this, I think you can start from this point."