Ke Xue World: The Confrontation between Black and Red

More than ten years later,

This is the second time that whiskey has experienced the feeling of being crushed repeatedly, inch by inch, from body to soul, and reshaped again and again.

The excruciating pain that felt like cutting flesh and crushing bones surged out from every part of his limbs, and almost instantly, the salt soaked into every inch of Whiskey's skin.

Together with the wounds that had not yet healed, they all experienced the baptism of cold sweat.

In a trance, Whiskey seemed to have returned to the night when he underwent the ban engraving ceremony.

The scenes that were originally buried deep in his soul seemed to smell a familiar scent, and they were replayed over and over again in his brain, which was more than 95% filled with pain.

Jilanwan...Mom...

It was like catching a piece of driftwood in a whirlpool.

Whiskey was kneeling on the ground, curled up and supported by his elbows, with his head lowered. His whole body, even his eyelids, were trembling slightly. Suddenly, he opened his eyes.

Then, using all his strength and the little bit of consciousness he had managed to struggle out, he raised his head with difficulty and looked at Karasuma Renya who was slowly walking towards him in the distance.

Part of the dark red hair that was soaked with cold sweat stuck to his forehead, while the other part was messily folded over the collar of his luxurious black-patterned suit.

Under the layered and interwoven collar, three strange golden-red lines appeared the moment Karasuma Renye walked in front of Whiskey and stopped.

Clearly and with great presence, it appeared on the skin of Whiskey's neck.

"Cang Xin."

Karasuma Renya looked down at Whiskey who was kneeling at his feet. His pupils were trembling with pain, but he still looked up at him stubbornly.

His expression was unusually gentle, and his tone was full of regret.

"You shouldn't have disobeyed the order."

However, those eyes with a genuine smile were filled with satisfaction.

"Cang Xin, you have always been an extremely smart child."

"If there were no ban, not to mention Rum, I'm afraid even I would be unable to escape your plan."

Karasuma Renye once again gently called out the name he had specially chosen for the whiskey, like a real father, praising his naughty and unruly adopted son.

There was even a hint of pride and approval in his eyes.

When it comes to bloodline descendants, Uramaru Renya actually has no shortage of them.

But from the moment he decided to embark on the path of pursuing immortality, the only experimental value of his descendants was to help him gain immortality.

He doesn't need a bloodline heir to inherit everything from him.

Because he himself will control all of this forever and ever.

If the future doesn't go the way he wants.

Then, he would rather destroy everything in his hands than make wedding dresses for others.

But even Karasuma Renya himself did not expect that he would change his mind after creating a new whiskey with his own hands.

Looking back on the cause, Karasuma Renya himself found it difficult to explain the specific reason.

Perhaps it was because he saw some subtle similarities between himself and the young Whiskey.

Perhaps it was the look in the boy's eyes from the beginning to the end, even until now, when he couldn't even stand up and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably, but his arrogance had not diminished in the slightest.

Ever since he had the idea, he has never given up on completely taming and controlling this hawk that could have soared in the sky and spread its wings in the sun.

Or maybe, the road to eternal life is too long, and it is too lonely to walk alone...

Then, once the thought comes to mind, everything that follows will surge like the tide, flowing endlessly.

Eventually, it evolved into what it is today.

"At the beginning, I gave you three prohibitions. But in addition to these, there is actually a fourth prohibition.

But there is a restriction on this ban. The fourth ban will only take effect if you violate any of the first three bans. "

"And I think you should have guessed this a long time ago."

As the last sound of Karasuma Renya's words gradually faded into the air, Karasuma Renya's hand, which gently lifted up the wet hair and layered collar behind Whiskey's neck and rested on the skin of Whiskey's neck, also fell.

As he lowered his eyes, he could clearly see the three prohibition marks that had already taken shape on the back of Whiskey's neck.

And...the fourth golden-red mark is gradually taking shape, from light to dark.

“Whether it’s using that batch of arms worth 30 billion to pry open the first ban.

Or they should plan step by step and pull Champagne and Rum down from the position of core cadres so that the second ban cannot protect them.

You have never actually violated the ban once."

"You even considered the fact that the ban has causal effects."

That's why Champagne was extremely lucky to be found alive after the explosion at Yokohama Port.

It's not that Champagne was lucky enough, but that someone had made all the proper arrangements before this.

Mentioning the past again, Karasuma Renya, who has now witnessed the implementation of the fourth ban with his own eyes, no longer feels the slightest bit of displeasure he had when he first knew about it.

"It's a pity that you are still a child after all, and you lack some patience."

Karasuma Renya sighed again.

But when Whiskey heard these words, he only felt ridicule.

The victor's blatant and disgusting mockery of the loser.

Beads of sweat the size of beans kept appearing and rolling down. Whether it was a coincidence or an accident, a drop of sweat actually rolled down Whiskey's forehead and into his eye socket.

Immediately, a thin layer of mist appeared on those crimson eyes.

After a long and painful period of time, the fourth prohibition was finally completely engraved into the depths of his soul.

Whiskey, who seemed to have crawled out of deep water, was still trembling uncontrollably.

But even so, he still tried his best to squeeze out the sound from his throat and asked Karasuma Renya:

"Where did I lose?"

The unwillingness in Whiskey's eyes made Karasuma Renye very happy, so he gave the answer very readily.

"I wrote a promotion announcement in advance involving champagne."

It was a paper version of the promotion announcement with a private seal on it, scanned into an email box.

This announcement appeared on the organization's intranet at 12:19 Tokyo time on December .

At the same time, this also means that from 12:19 on December in Tokyo, Champagne will once again become a core cadre.

A core cadre who died in Tokyo in the early morning of December 12 due to his own weakness. The cause of death and whiskey had a complete causal relationship, which led to the implementation of the fourth ban.

"Fino, Castelle's sister really lived up to the code name you chose for her. She successfully completed the revenge that Shirley has yet to complete."

Karasuma Renya said it lightly.

It was as if he was completely unaware of how much information was contained in the words he said, and how shocked others would be if they knew about it.

However, Whiskey, realizing where the plan went wrong, was not too surprised.

He had already experienced the opponent's strength.

A person who is the head of a consortium and comes from an aristocratic family is able to run and manage such a huge outsider force and control it tightly, and has so many cooperative alliances.

Turn a fantastic idea into reality step by step.

It is enough to see his abilities, means, character and thinking, which are far beyond the reach of ordinary people.

If Karasuma Renya was really someone who could be easily dealt with, why would he have to endure Rum for so many years?

As for the existence of Shirley, Whiskey, who knew clearly that Karasuma Renya had a strong desire for control, was not surprised at all.

This is the case for him, and it will undoubtedly be even worse for a descendant of Vermouth's special bloodline.

It would have been fine if Vermouth had kept it a secret before, but now that everyone knows about it, she has to pay attention to the situation of the people that Vermouth cares about.

The passing geese leave their voices behind; the passing wind leaves traces behind.

No matter how perfect Kudo Shinichi and Shirley's disguise is, as long as the people are still alive and Karasuma Renya is willing to investigate, he will always find out something.

What's more, it is impossible for Karasuma Renya to have no impression of Shirley, an important person who was almost sent to the core experimental base.

And sometimes, just a little sense of familiarity is enough for Karasuma Renya to get to the bottom of things.

The reason why no one was sent to bring the person back immediately was probably because they wanted to see if Shirley, who thought she was temporarily safe, could develop a safer APTX with a higher success rate.

At that time, the Duke had just made a breakthrough.

Just looking at the results presented now, it undoubtedly proves the Duke's research results, and makes Karasuma Renye even more satisfied.

only…

Could it be that something went wrong with Fino?

The endless delayed neuralgic tingling made Whiskey blink subconsciously.

It is actually very simple to discover the weaknesses of champagne.

It was as simple as an encounter and a few casual conversations due to a joint mission, but it made Whiskey realize that Champagne's preference for Castel was actually based on guilt.

Many people in the organization knew that Champagne favored Castelle and protected her everywhere, but few knew that behind the favoritism was the blood of Castelle's parents.

Following the inferences made, we traced back all the way, even though many things had already been buried underground with the death and silence of some people.

Some things were still dug out by Whiskey.

It was also from that time that Whiskey secretly selected the executor who would send Champagne to his death.

Fino, Castelle's biological sister.

She is also the youngest daughter of a couple who "accidentally" died in an explosion detonated by the enemy's dying force during Champagne's last mission after becoming Champagne's apprentice from Karasuma Butler.

What’s interesting is that the couple not only both belonged to the direct team and had both the ability and experience, but they also both taught Champagne for a long time.

It is not an exaggeration to call him a teacher.

Whiskey did not delve into whether what happened that year was an accident or there was something else going on.

After all, the person was already dead and turned to ashes. It would be a waste of effort and worthless for him to investigate the cause of death.

All he needed was to use the guilt hidden by champagne to create a chess piece that could kill him.

Since he feels so guilty, then dying at the hands of the descendants of the guilty person can be considered a worthy death.

So, while Champagne was on high alert and cautious, Whiskey picked an ordinary day and planted a seed in Fino, who was still a reserve member of the organization at that time.

Then watch the seed take root and sprout.

Eventually he grew ingrained in him and became a member of the equipment group he placed under Bourbon.

It’s a pity that this move was seen through by Karasuma Renya from the very beginning.

It was not until this moment that Whiskey realized that when he thought he had figured out his opponent, Karasuma Renye, Karasuma Renye also understood him deeply.

Get to know him...the whiskey that he cultivated and shaped.

The mental pain was gradually healed by time, and the torture wounds on the body, soaked with cold sweat, gradually became felt again.

With the strength he had finally recovered, Whiskey stood up again.

His body, which was no longer trembling, made him completely calm down, and even his head, which had been raised stubbornly, lowered again.