Chapter 185: Crossroads
After listening to a brief debriefing from the surviving officers, Virginia chose to enter the intersection.
It's not that it's a big deal, but it's not long since the time of the incident has passed, maybe there are clues left at the scene, plus she has enough confidence in her own strength, if she encounters an accident, maybe she can find some important information from it.
Seeing the branch leader walking into the scene of the accident, the two senior investigators naturally had no reason to stand by, and docked the empty boat in a safe area and quickly approached the former with two metal boxes.
However, when they ran some distance forward, they saw Virginia, who had reached the traffic light at the intersection at this time, raised her left hand into a fist.
No matter how obvious the tactical gesture was, the two immediately stopped and waited for the next step.
"The situation at the street crossing is unknown, so don't approach it rashly...... Hector, you are responsible for communicating with the security department, making a copy of the surveillance video and the hue detection record and storing it in the database, Fujita, use the No. 1 injection and then lean over, I need you to detect it in real time. ”
Holding a half-moon-shaped mechanical instrument in hand, Virginia looked at the data pushed out one after another on the light screen.
The detector specially made by the archaeological association for the homicide caused by the monster of the source of mental pollution can not only determine the type of monster of the source of mental pollution through the wound and the traces left at the first scene, but also detect the lucky person and their mental state that may exist in the shortest possible time, while Virginia has an "enhanced version" with more comprehensive functions.
Hector, who received the order, bent down and put the metal box in front of Fujita, turned and retreated while taking out the communicator to prepare to communicate with the guards of Thousand Sails City, while Fujita took a step forward, opened the metal box he was carrying, reached out and picked up one of the injections, and flipped his left hand to reveal the special bracelet with a groove in the center worn on his wrist.
Ponder for two seconds and plunge the knuckle-sized end of the needle into the groove.
"Semi-mutant mode, enabled!"
The pale green liquid inside the injection was immediately injected into the body, half-kneeling on the ground, supporting the ground with his right hand, and after continuous deep breathing, black lines appeared on both sides of Fujita's cheeks, and when a scorching white mist was exhaled from his mouth, his state recovered.
After reclosing the box, he approached Virginia with Hector's box in his hand.
"Failed to complete the match!"
As he approached, Fujita heard the sound of an instrument in Virginia's hand.
"The spiritual pollution source monsters that appeared in Thousand Sails City are really unprecedented, and they are not recorded even in the archives of the Archaeological Association......"
For the results of the instrument report, Virginia is not surprised, some time ago, the bad relationship between Thousand Sails City and the Archaeological Association caused the information between the two sides to not be shared, and the detection instrument is connected to the internal database of the Archaeological Association, so naturally it is impossible to find out the information of infected monsters that have only appeared in Thousand Sails City.
What really puzzled her now was the other questions.
Why does the number of anomalous people in the Hue Value Detector suddenly increase in a short period of time?
What is the reason why the patrol members who rushed to support fell into insanity when all the protective measures were in place?
I wanted to find some clues from the scene, but after scanning around, all I could see was mess all over the ground, so I could only turn my eyes to Fujita, who was already squatting next to the police car to check the situation of the patrol members, waiting for his test results.
"President, I haven't sensed any items or special energy residues that may cause mental pollution from these police officers, in fact, these people's protective measures are very in place, even if you see a monster from the source of spiritual pollution at close range, as long as it is not a high-level protobody, there should be no insanity. ”
Ostensibly checking the situation, Fujita's eyes were completely closed at this time, and he only slowed down and leaned close to the corpses around the police car.
There is no doubt about the ability of the senior investigator who can follow the branch president, and the archaeological association, after all these years of development, also has its own technology to deal with the current situation.
Fujita had passed the Archaeological Society's internal tests two years earlier to become a qualified candidate for a project and undergo subsequent body modifications.
By using the potions provided by the association, he was able to adjust his mental state to an incomplete mutant, simply put, a mutant of a mental pollution source who retained his own will.
Does it sound like an inexplicable sense of déjà vu?
That's right, Fujita's current state can be regarded as a weakened version of Zhu Jue five years ago.
Unable to mutate, let alone directly strengthen himself by eating the flesh of evolution, correspondingly, there will be no certain bear monster staring at Fujita's soul anytime and anywhere, and his spirit will remain in a certain state of sanity without external interference, instead of testing back and forth on the edge of madness.
What Fujita really gained was only the ability to sense special beings such as spiritual pollution sources and monsters, as well as a small improvement in physical fitness.
"Hector, do you have the Hue value detector data from the time period of the incident?"
The widespread increase in hue and insanity could not be a coincidence, and Virginia bypassed the police car, contacted his subordinates and pointed to some of the other victims, signaling Fujita to change the test subject.
"I've got it, I'll send it to you now. ”
Previous meetings with the Minister of Security have given the Archaeological Society a fairly high level of authority to investigate such incidents, and access to this information will naturally not be an impediment.
Pulling out her phone and opening the file Hector had just sent through the internal network, the dark red data representing the abnormal hue value was not difficult to find in a pile of light green data, Virginia quickly locked down the incident, and after just a cursory glance, she found that there seemed to be a pattern in the data.
"At 13:02, the first group of people with abnormal hue values appeared, and the number was 3. ”
"13:10, second batch, 9 people. ”
"13:18, third batch, 7 people. ”
Muttering to the data on the screen, a look of confusion gradually appeared on Virginia's face.
If the first batch of people with abnormal hue value were cultists sent by the Ouroboros organization to carry out terrorist operations, so they were exposed at the same time, then why did the second group of people have abnormal hue values at 13:10?
To say that the second group of people who are also Ouroboros can act at the same time as the first group of people, why bother to divide the order?
If they are victims of the virus, how can they break out at the same point in time if they are in different locations and have been exposed to the virus at different times?
Not to mention that the third group of abnormal hue values were all patrol members who came from support, and they were also insane at the same time.
Three outbreaks, each 8 minutes apart, such a regular outbreak, is not so much that the Ouroboros tissue spreads the virus, but that Virginia believes that someone is here to release something that can affect the mental state of humans......
"President!"
Just as Virginia was thinking, a hoarse low cheer suddenly came, and she subconsciously looked over, only to see Fujita, who was still probing before, kneeling on the ground, holding his head in his hands, rolling on the street in extreme pain, and the originally thin lines on his face were now visibly deepened by the naked eye!
"Fujita?"
Pulling out the firearm on her waist, Virginia guarded the surroundings, she didn't notice anything unusual, she could only reach into her pocket with her free left hand while approaching Fujita and take out the soul stone that could detect the source of spiritual pollution, and glanced down, the original crystal clear spar was already turbid.
"President, get out of this area...... It's a trap!"
Due to his peculiar mental state, Fujita was obviously more sensitive to certain things than Virginia, and struggled to yell.
Although it was difficult to understand the meaning of Fujita's words for a while, this did not prevent Virginia from trusting this subordinate who had been with him for two years, and leaned forward a few steps, grabbed the back collar of the former with one hand, and resisted it on his shoulder, while his free hand grabbed the two metal boxes on the ground, and immediately evacuated to the safety zone.
Even against his subordinates who are a few laps wider than herself, Virginia still walks like a fly, and the strong explosive power contained in her slender and tall figure is fully revealed.
In the process of retreating, Virginia gradually felt a dull pain in her brain from time to time and an occasional flash of trance, but fortunately, Hector was able to escape the intersection before the situation deteriorated further.
"What did you find?"
With a sigh of relief, he took out his cigarette again and lit it in his mouth, using its effect to restore his chaotic mental state, and his eyes fell on Fujita, who was sitting on the side of the empty boat as if he was in collapse, his face was pale.
"Just now, in the intersection area...... Sorry, it's hard to describe, it's like there's some kind of presence that sticks a straw into my skull, constantly pulling my senses, I can't sense where its source is, it seems to appear out of nowhere...... I'm afraid that's why there have been people with abnormal hue values here one after another!"
The experienced Fujita opened his metal box and took out another injection, and injected it into his body in the same way as before, and his pale face resurfaced a little blood, while constantly recalling what he had just felt, describing it in as much detail as possible, hoping to find important clues in it.
Prosperous~
The roar of engines resounded over the street in the distance, and the red and blue warning lights unique to the garrison vehicles were easily distinguishable in the dark sky.
The efficiency of the garrison department cannot be said to be slow, and the piercing sound of breaking the air is the best proof of this.
"Hector, contact the security department, let them immediately block this area, don't let anyone approach, and urge them to analyze the surveillance video as soon as possible, not only today, but also the footage in the near short period of time needs to be viewed, this area has definitely been manipulated by the Ouroboros organization!"
There are also opportunities hidden under the crisis, and if they can crack the Ouroboros' way of action, Virginia is confident that she will be able to grasp more important clues.
"President ......"
Hector's tone sounded a little hesitant, and he looked down at the phone screen and said,
"Neighborhood 23 saw a large hue increase a few minutes ago, at a newly renovated intersection, and it was only restored today!"
"What did you say?"
Virginia turned to the side and took Hector's phone to reconfirm the message.
The next second.
A chill rose up his spine.
The Ouroboros moved much faster than she expected!