Walking through the elegant corridor and coming to the backyard, I saw a simple bamboo house standing in the middle of the pond, and an old man with gray hair sat on a tatami mat and poured tea and flipped a book alone.

There is a copy of "The Tiger of the Warring States" on the side of the desk, and the old man has just flipped through the biography of Tokugawa Ieyasu of the Tiger of the Shogunate.

"The master is waiting for you there." The maid raised her hand and pointed in the direction for the man to step forward.

Jiro Akai bowed his head and thanked him, and the maid smiled and bowed, and then left.

After straightening his clothes, he walked up to the covered bridge leading to the bamboo house, took off his shoes and stepped on the tatami mat, and sat cross-legged.

Sitting in the bamboo house, the warm air enveloping his body, Akai Jiro quickly stopped feeling cold, and looked around to see where such a hidden heating device was installed in this room.

The old man stopped pouring tea in his hand, handed over a cup, Akai Jiro took it with trepidation, and then plucked up the courage to say: "Hello, my name is Akai Jiro, and I am a ...... of Tenhara Private Hospital."

"I know you, stomach cancer is in the advanced stage, and you have less than a month left to live." The old man raised his glass, took a sip of tea, and said softly, "You will die soon, anytime, anywhere." ”

Akai Jiro's heart sank, and for a while, the warm air around him seemed to disappear suddenly, and the cold ice wrapped around his stomach again.

He whispered pleading, "You can heal me, won't you?" Otherwise, the doctor wouldn't have ......."

"That's right." The old man admitted very bluntly, "Tianyuan Hospital is just a small industry under my umbrella, and there is indeed a medicine that can save your life, but I dare not guarantee the effect." ”

Akai Jiro knew that there was no such thing as a cheap one, and he asked, "How much does it cost, or...... What do I need to do? ”

The old man nodded approvingly and said softly, "Promise me three requests, and you will be able to live." Wine, beauty, gold, power, all the beauty of the world after that, you can continue to enjoy. ”

"I say yes to them all!"

"Don't you ask in advance, what are the three requirements? What if you are asked to shoot the Prime Minister? The old man's playful gaze looked directly at the man's lowered head.

"Since you have chosen me, it must be within my ability."

The old man nodded, then took out a sandalwood box, put it on the tea table, and after opening it, it contained a small pill, bright red, and a little abnormal.

Jiro Akai raised his head, and there was a look of ecstasy in his eyes that couldn't be hidden, "This is the life-saving medicine?" ”

"That's right, APTX-4399, a drug produced by Genentech Pharmaceuticals, claims to cure most of the world's diseases, but there are also a small number of hidden dangers, and some people will have albinism, muscle wasting and other sequelae."

"I'm not afraid, as long as I can live, I'm willing to try this drug!"

"Don't worry, wait until you read the three requirements, sign your name on the confidentiality agreement, and the medicine will be yours." The old man took out another yellowed piece of parchment and pushed it over.

Akai Jiro roughly glanced at it, the so-called three requirements are not too much, but the third one is slightly more difficult.

[(1) Any sequelae and adverse side effects, including death, caused by Jiro Akai voluntarily accepting the test drug.] 】

[(2) After the successful drug test, Jiro Akai kept the matter strictly confidential and did not mention it to anyone, including close relatives and friends. 】

[(3) After the successful drug trial, Jiro Akai voluntarily joined the Black Sanctions X organization, lived in a new identity, and carried out the tasks assigned by the organization in exchange for follow-up treatment drugs. 】

"Well, after reading the three requirements, if you are willing to sign the agreement, let's start writing. If you don't want to, it's too late to regret it now. The old man said.

"I want to know, what is Black Sanctions X?"

"As for X, your level is too low, and I don't have anything to say right now. You have ten breaths to think about it, decide for yourself. The old man looked down at the other man's motionless body.

Jiro Akai flashed a picture of the bad evil organization in his mind, and he was a veteran, knowing that once he joined, it would be a betrayal of his faith and his country, but in the face of life and death, he had no choice.

He clenched his teeth, clenched his hands into fists, and after only thinking about it for three seconds, he signed his name.

Seeing the signing of the agreement, the old man finally showed a relieved smile, looked at the man's bony shoulders, and asked, "What kind of name do you want for your new identity?" ”

"Tokugawa." The man's eyes shone brightly in the night, and he stared at the title page of Tokugawa Ieyasu's biography, and said intently: "Tokugawa Lan." ”

The fog cleared, and the menacing dark clouds released the moon, and Tokugawa Lan reached forward, grabbed the strange pill, and swallowed it with the tea.

——·——

Yes, is it dead......

Wet, warm, long-lost warmth, slowly wandering on the body.

At first, the sensation is faint, slight, and difficult to capture.

But gradually, the sensory stimulation began to become clearer and clearer.

Is this what it feels like to be dead?

It seems that it is not so unacceptable.

Even, a little bit more comfortable.

The input of the nerves, like a dry canal being reintroduced into the living water, is a gradual process from moistening the cracked earth to wetting and finally to storing water.

As all this unfolded, Tokugawa Lan's perception of the outside world began to become more and more sensitive.

He could feel the chill in his hands, his feet, and all over his body.

Then start trying to open your eyes.

The line of sight, at first, was blurry, and could perceive a little light, but could not be imaged, and then, it became clearer and clearer.

A floor-to-ceiling mirror was standing in front of the hospital bed, and the old man was wearing a white shirt, and the dark green suit was rolled with silver thin edges, which fit incomparably and looked extraordinarily grand.

When Tokugawa Lan woke up, he saw his face in the mirror for the first time, and it was an extraordinarily young face, as young as ...... Self at the age of 20?

Even the hair has grown.

He was in disbelief and thought he was hallucinating, but the mirror was there, the old man was standing nearby, and all the dream-like scenes were real.

"Congratulations, the APTX-4399 drug trial has been successful, and the cancer cells in your body have been basically eliminated, and you are even twenty years younger! From now on, you are the one who Dark Sanctions X organizes. The old man said.

"Cancer gone? Such a miracle drug? It's incredible, it's a medical miracle! ”

Tokugawa Lan was shocked and delighted, he clenched his fists hard, feeling the unprecedented vitality in his body, the pain and suffering caused by the disease were completely gone, and he was a completely healthy person at this moment.

"Don't rejoice too soon, although the cancer is cured, but ...... There are still some side effects of the drug, and if there is no follow-up treatment, you will not be able to resist this side effect and will die again.

And the drugs for follow-up treatment are only available to the people of the organization, which is why you are required to sign an agreement. ”

At this time, Tokugawa Lan was even more confused, "What kind of organization are you who can create such a miracle medicine?" Banned drug dealers? ”

The corners of the old man's mouth twitched slightly, and then he pondered the words and sentences, and said solemnly: "The Black Sanctions X organization is a very special organization, and the entire Heguo, from top to bottom, has our members, and we shoulder a special and great mission. ”

"What kind of mission?"

The old man shook his head and said with an elder-like smile: "With your current level, you don't know the ultimate mission enough, and when the time comes, I will tell you." Next, it's time to adjust to your new identity and do things for the organization.

Now I announce that the first mission you need to carry out, your code name, Falcon Eagle, is to help the organization eradicate the traitor hiding in Shibuya, Bai Yan! ”