I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 237



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (237)

[Pahlavi II, died during cancer treatment, aged 66]

[The United States is losing battle after battle in the war against cancer.]

This is America, and grim news is sweeping across the country.

Shah Pahlavi II was a wealthy man who monopolized Iran’s oil, and his fortune is estimated at around $7 billion.

Why did a person with so much money have to succumb to something like cancer?

Is cancer an area that cannot be conquered even if money is thrown at it?

The United States, which completed the conquest of the moon with the so-called ‘Moon Shot Project’, declared war on cancer while it was at it.

I’ve conquered the moon, so I can easily conquer something as small as cancer if I put my mind to it, but I haven’t achieved any notable results so far.

What is the fundamental reason? The expert summarized the reason as follows.

“In the past seven years, there have been only 2,000 cancer clinical trials. The reason is the Helsinki Convention agreed upon in Japan in 1964.”

The Helsinki Convention is a treaty to limit indiscriminate clinical trials.

Meanwhile, pharmaceutical companies have conducted clinical trials on animals and have identified 86 negative symptoms that could occur in humans.

If any one of these could be problematic, it would be impossible to conduct a clinical trial, which is why only limited testing is possible even in the United States.

This is why America keeps losing the war against cancer.

If we use a war metaphor, it’s like not being able to fire a bullet because people might get killed. If that’s the case, then why make guns?

Pharmaceutical companies also responded with frustration, asking the government to ease clinical trial conditions, but politicians did not even listen.

If a pharmaceutical company accepts the idea of ​​using humans as test subjects, what kind of reaction will American public opinion have?

But it is also true that the death of Pahlavi II has caused despair in many cancer patients in the United States. Is it true that no amount of money can conquer cancer?

Should we just accept death like this?

Besides, the current US president is Jimmy Carter, who has strong progressive tendencies.

Can a person who neglected the uprising in Iran because he didn’t have the courage to shoot people win the war against cancer?

Americans have recognized that the United States cannot continue the war on cancer.

But pharmaceutical companies are not giving up and plan to proceed with clinical trials, and if it doesn’t work in the United States, they will fight the war in other countries.

***

“Did you go?”

“Yes, my lord.”

This is Japan, and I have received the news of Pahlavi II’s death.

The vain end of a dictator who reigned as if he would live forever, Pahlavi II was not the only one to lose the war against cancer.

Recently, Emperor Hirohito of Japan was also diagnosed with cancer, but at 84 years old, it is dangerous to undergo surgery.

Ultimately, the only answer is chemotherapy, but the number of chemotherapy drugs that have passed clinical trials is limited, and if even those do not work, there is no hope.

Cancer is literally the worst disease the world fears, who will free humanity from this long war?

What is clear is that scientists are the ones who have to do the work, but there are no politicians to give them ammunition.

Who will provide bullets for pharmaceutical companies even if they get cursed at?

This time too, I took on the responsibility of a dirty and ugly war.

“Sir, we have received a call from an American pharmaceutical company.”

“What is it about?”

“A new anticancer drug has just been released, but they say that clinical trials cannot be conducted in the United States due to legal issues.”

I have thousands of test specimens that pharmaceutical companies want, and recently, the number of cancer patients in Inner Mongolia has been increasing rapidly.

The cause is environmental pollution from rare earth mine development. Wouldn’t it be better to have them undergo clinical trials rather than just leave them to die?

This is the kind of thing that a rich person does by giving medicine to a sick person, but I gave my consent to the clinical trial with the mindset that if I were going to die anyway, I should use my life wisely.

Pharmaceutical companies heading to China one by one,

More than 20,000 Inner Mongolians have become test subjects for treatment.

In the past seven years, pharmaceutical companies have conducted trials on 2,000 people, but more than ten times that number were conducted in just three months, and the results were astonishing.

“Sir, we have received a call from a pharmaceutical company.”

“So, was the experiment a success?”

“Yes, it is said that patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors are showing improvement.”

There have even been reports of terminally ill patients who were expected to live less than a month surviving for three months, with their cancer cells completely killed.

Of course, there would have been no deaths while testing so many drugs, right?

Hundreds of people died from side effects of chemotherapy, but there were clear results.

Cancer cells are collapsing due to humanity’s counterattack. I have provided more powerful firearms to the warriors fighting on the front lines.

“No matter what you do in China, just develop a more perfect new drug. I will take full moral responsibility.”

A crazy war that literally tears people apart,

But I tolerated this inhumane test with the mindset of seeing it through to the end.

***

“Your Majesty, the treatment is successful.”

“Did I survive?”

“Yes, the cancer cells are gone. You can rest assured now.”

This is a Japanese hospital,

Emperor Hirohito and the royal family breathed a sigh of relief at the doctors’ explanation.

I thought I was going to die, but who would have imagined that a cure would come out at this critical moment?

Moreover, the cure was created by the Korean enemy as a test to grind people in China, and European public opinion condemned Korea for committing an atrocity comparable to that of the Nazis.

“Then you don’t need a cure? It’s an inhumane cure.”

But Korea’s attitude was confident.

Do you think there are no cancer patients in Europe? The clinical trial procedures there are much more stringent than in the US, so new drug testing is not possible there.

There has been a gap since before, but this test has widened the gap further.

Public opinion in the United States also gave the assessment that the Korean leader ended the war on cancer that the United States had been dragging on for over 10 years in just 3 months.

[Hundreds of people died from the side effects, but thousands survived. There is always a sacrifice involved in the progress of mankind and the advancement of science. The Korean enemy has shown unstoppable progress in war so far, and has never lost. Even the cancer cells will eventually kneel before him.]

Even in the United States, where there was an extremely negative reaction to clinical trials, such remarks were made, and in Europe, emphasizing morality and principles would not change the evaluation of the Korean leader.

It’s the same in Japan,

Articles poured in claiming that the Korean leader had saved the Emperor’s life.

Even the Japanese royal family expressed their gratitude officially, but the head of state stated that the war against cancer has only just begun.

[What talent do I have to develop an anticancer drug? I just trust and support scientists. And it is true that thousands of cancer patients have recovered from this war, but many have also died.

If humanity is to win this war, we must not be bound by morality or principles. I recommend that we take this opportunity to abolish the Helsinki Accords. If we talk about human lives in war, we will not win the fight we want to win.]

Europe opposed it to the end, but AOPR member states scrapped the Helsinki Treaty.

The United States has also relaxed its clinical trial standards, planning to conduct trials on 25,000 people within five years.

The world is going all out to conquer cancer.

As humanity advances with sacrifice, cancer also begins to retreat little by little.

***

“Your Majesty, I will make you a potion that will grant you eternal life.”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“Don’t you want to live forever? For the sake of the world, you must live forever. No, losing you would be a tragedy for the world.”

This is the Daedeok County official residence.

I laughed in vain at the pharmaceutical company official’s suggestion.

People have a lifespan determined by heaven, and I ended my life in the future at the age of 59.

He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and because it was discovered late, he could die within three months.

But luckily, a method to re-compose the anticancer drug was discovered, allowing him to live 1 year and 8 months longer, giving him time to get his life in order.

Is my obsession with conquering cancer due to revenge against the disease that took my life?

That may be true, but in the end, people have to die when the time comes.

And this year, I am 55 years old, and I am getting closer and closer to the age at which I face death.

Before that happens, I must block all possibilities that could take my life. Didn’t Qin Shi Huang do everything to enjoy eternal life?

At that time, unscientific treatments were rampant, but now humans have reached the stage of conquering diseases with science.

By 1980, cholera had been completely conquered, and the disease that had killed hundreds of millions of people now existed only as samples in laboratories in a few countries.

And now, scientists are claiming that aging is also a disease, and have even discovered the principles of how humans age and die.

If we could just solve this, human lifespan would increase from a minimum of 200 to a maximum of 300 years. Wouldn’t that be a nice bonus for those in power?

And every time I look in the mirror lately, I think this.

‘When did I get so old?’

Just 30 years ago, he was a young man of 20, but now he has quite a bit of gray hair and wrinkles between his eyebrows.

I guess I’ll grow old like this and die someday.

Some people’s life comes to an early end after enjoying it once, but I’m enjoying it a second time.

But what’s so regrettable about having to live another 200 to 300 years?

No, is it really beneficial for humanity that I survive? How many people have been slaughtered and used as test subjects for the sake of humanity?

If a human like this could live forever, he would probably be a real devil.

This is worse than dictatorship,

If a drug that grants eternal life is developed, the worst-case scenario could occur where people who should die do not die.

Isn’t it terrifying to imagine Hitler and Mao Zedong living forever?

If such a drug is developed, there will be villains who will do anything to obtain it, and the number of undead demons in the world will increase.

Even the devil who destroys humanity would not do this, I refused the pharmaceutical company’s offer.

“People are given a certain amount of lifespan, and if we go against that lifespan, the world will only fall into chaos. What will happen if people don’t die and just keep increasing in number?”

“Your Majesty, we can control that much with the price. If we raise the price so that not everyone can buy it….”

“That’s what worries me. Just think about the devil not dying and continuing to live. Sometimes I’m scared of myself. How many people do you think I’ve killed so far? Do you think it’s a blessing for the world if someone like me can live forever?”

“But you should try developing it anyway. You might find some use for it later, right?”

“Yes, it is also disrespectful to science not to do what you can do.”

I couldn’t open my mouth at the scientists’ advice.

If there is a way to achieve eternal life and we don’t develop it, isn’t that disrespectful to science?

There is a saying that the end of science is magic, but isn’t it possible that science itself will become the devil?

I couldn’t make a decision because I thought about the storm this choice would cause in the future.

‘Go ahead, don’t you want to live forever? If you succeed, you can live another 300 years.’

‘You’re crazy, really crazy. Do you really plan on becoming a devil? You’re just a human being in broad daylight. Enjoy it and then retire. If you continue like this, you could really become a devil who leads the world to ruin. It’s time to retire from history.’

The fight with myself continues again today.

I was faced with two choices and was agonizing over them.