Chapter 22: The Mysterious Blue Pill
Supporting Corne, Ellie's words left Lloyd stunned on the spot.
On one side is an emergency contact, and on the other side is the news of his sister's injury.
However, Lloyd has only one, in the end, what should be done?
"I see. So, get ready right away, everyone, and go to Joy Street to deal with Mr. Guntz's case. ”
Lloyd's calm voice stunned Ellie, and this overly rational answer made her blurt out involuntarily: "Why? ”
"Why?"
Perhaps because it was too natural, the boy didn't understand the girl's words, and after thinking for a while, he showed a look of sudden realization.
"Because, we're the police. I don't have medical knowledge, and even if I go to the hospital, I can only hinder the doctor's treatment, so I might as well trust the doctor and go to see her after solving the case. I believe that my sister thinks so too. And ......"
The young man's words suddenly stopped, as if he was reminiscing about something, and after a moment, he smiled self-deprecatingly, and completed the unfinished sentence: "And, if it were the eldest brother, he would definitely do the same." ”
Ellie was speechless, thinking that he was the same as herself, confused and cowardly and overwhelmed, no, in fact, the two were indeed the same at the beginning. And before he knew it, Lloyd had become determined.
I don't know who said that people will only be friends with people of a similar level. If you want to continue to stand by Lloyd's side......
"I see, Captain."
Then, you can only make yourself strong.
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Take a quick trip to Fun Street, where in the most luxurious room in the casino, Mr. Gunz is playing poker with a random red-haired teenager. What's even more amazing is that Mr. Guntz, who has been invincible during this time, has also lost!
So the annoyed and angry Gunz immediately took action against the red-haired boy, and as a result, Gunz was caught by the Support Section, pressed to the ground, and quickly lost consciousness.
After investigation, the red-haired boy's name is Rykert, a tourist from the Erebonian Empire, who seems to have come here at the time of Crossbell's founding festival, and has been playing until now.
Nothing too special except that the character reminds Lloyd of Lancet.
On the other hand, Mr. Guntz's state is worth scrutinizing.
When Randy held down Gunz, he had a vague feeling that his strength could be equal to his own!
If it's a warrior who has particularly strengthened his strength, then it's a different matter, an ordinary miner can't win against a hunter like Randy no matter what.
And combined with his greatly changed angry personality......
Lloyd was quick to draw conclusions.
"Maybe it's some dangerous drug."
This conclusion is not unreasonable, not to mention the things that can lead to people having super high perception, but the personality changes greatly, and it is often related to illegal drugs.
In particular, Crossbell has no way to smuggle contraband against foreigners, and as a result, all kinds of contraband flow freely in Crossbell's chaotic underground world.
Lloyd had seen drug offenders who were no different from ordinary people on a daily basis, but when they came into contact with illegal drugs, they would become monsters with violent personalities.
Hearing Lloyd's words, the mayor of Mine Town was immediately furious, accusing Lloyd of not wronging others at will.
Because taking illegal drugs is legally and morally condemnable, the mayor doesn't want the people of his town to be condemned in any way.
In the end, after the persuasion of Lloyd and others, he finally agreed to Lloyd's body search.
And when the body is searched......
"It's ......"
Lloyd pulled out a few beautiful blue pills from his pocket.
It's something I've never seen before.
In Lloyd's cognition, there is no drug of this color. I heard that Mr. Guntz also had no medical history, so it was strange that he would carry medicine with him...... Seeing this, even the mayor of the town turned pale with fright, and he was afraid for a while when he thought that he had just almost caused Gunz to go further and further down the wrong path because of his kindness.
In the end, he could only ask the Support Section not to publicize the matter as much as possible.
In this way, the case of the Support Division was over.
"So you can visit Lloyd's sister, right?"
Ellie breathed a sigh of relief and suggested.
“…… Yes. But before that, we should go back to the Support Section once and report to the Chief. ”
Lloyd had a negative view.
"Then, let's go back and report quickly, and then hurry up~~"
Randy's voice was full of excitement, as if he was Cecil's younger brother.
"I said Randy, why are you so excited to see Sister Cecil......
"Of course, because I can take the opportunity to send ...... You can take the opportunity to get closer to Lloyd~"
It's just that it's not a colleague relationship, it's a kinship relationship. Enh!
As Randy talks to himself, the group returns to the Support Division.
Unexpectedly, the section chief was actually at home.
Moreover, in the section chief's room, there is another person.
"Dudley Investigator?!"
Everyone exclaimed in unison.
"You ...... No one has taught you to be a police officer and not to be alarmed. ”
Dudley pushed down his glasses disdainfully, muttering to himself: That's why he is a rookie, and he has never grown up or something.
"Haha, don't worry about Dudley, let them listen together."
Sergei propped his head on the table with one hand, his decadent appearance in stark contrast to the straightened body of the Dudley searcher.
"What a joke! Sergei, that's a secret in the police department! How can these rookies hear! ”
Although he is indeed a rookie, Lloyd still feels uncomfortable.
"Well, although it's a rookie, it's okay to listen to it. Anyway, what are you guys doing here? ”
"Is it such a section chief......
Lloyd gave a brief account of the case just now, and showed the pills he had just gotten.
"Hmm, is that so?"
Sergei still looked at the medicine in Lloyd's hand without energy, and smiled narrowly: "How, Dudleyjun, my subordinates." ”
“…… Although it is not yet mature, it seems that only luck is excellent. All right. I agree that they listened from the side. ”
It turned out that Dudley and the section chief were discussing countermeasures to Rubacher's crazy behavior last night.
During the question-and-answer conversation between the two, Lloyd and the others learned that a long time ago, the search department began to track down some kind of "blue pill that can fulfill the wishes of the user". However, the investigation was forced to be interrupted due to pressure from the top police leadership. That's why Dudley Investigator is here to ask Chief Sergei for advice.
And Chief Sergei has also negotiated with all parties in the past few days and learned a lot of strange things. Not counting Lloyd, they just cracked the Gangs who was able to win consecutive games in gambling, and the person who suddenly changed his mind and gave up the ordinary trading method to buy high-risk stocks but was able to make a profit all the time, and a certain thug of the Sword and Serpent Gang was able to draw with the serious big brother Valudo, and so on.
"These people, let's say they've all taken True Knowledge...... Then what they have in common is...... Luck became very good, personality became extremely irritable, and physical fitness also strengthened a lot. Is that so? ”
Lloyd tried to sum it up, and Dudley Investigator pushed down his glasses and added, "There's still time." All of them have only recently been discovered. It should be assumed that the time they take their medication is about the same. ”
"So, don't you have a clue? Then it's time to investigate the drug. ”
Chief Sergei said this in a feeble voice, and at the same time, he waved his hand like a fly to let the people of the support section go back.
"Speaking of which, isn't there an expert in the Support Division who specializes in this?"
Dudley Investigator gently pushed his glasses down.
Everyone chuckled in their hearts, and everyone understood that he was talking about You Tatsumi.
A long time ago, Dudley was suspicious of Yu Chensi, but during that time, first the mayor's assassination, then Crossbell's fog, followed by Crossbell's founding festival and the Black Auction, and now this weird blue pill, as an elite of the search department, he is really lacking in skills and is unable to investigate the relationship between You Chensi.
But now that he has this rare opportunity, he still feels that he should ask a question on the side.
Sure enough, from Randy and Ellie's fluttering expressions, Dudley was once again sure that Yuchen had a secret, and it was a secret that he couldn't tell himself.
If you and You Chensi don't know each other, then you can rule out personal grievances. Then, it was himself, the investigator, who should not know Yutatsumi's secret.
Really.
That's why I said, you're just a rookie.
Dudley looked at Lloyd, only he looked indifferent, as if he didn't understand what Dudley was talking about.
That man's younger brother has grown to this point.
Hehe, it's really exciting.
Without listening to the lies made up by the Support Section, Investigator Dudley strode away.
This man named You Chensi is probably the key to this case.
To be honest, since he came to Crossbell, all the cases have come too coincidentally and too centrally. Think about it: Rubacher stirs up a delinquent boy deathmatch, Rubacher experiments with military dogs, the entry of the Karuman Consortium, the attack on Crossbell by a giant monster, the assassination of the mayor, the fog and monsters, the explosion of the mystery at the Black Auction, and the explosion of the hospital that just got the news today...... Tsk, it's too concentrated.
This man will come here during this time period...... Is it really a coincidence? It doesn't matter if you're a black cat or a white cat, I'll pull your tail out.