Chapter 14: Withdrawal Reactions

There was definitely someone in the villa, because I could hear some muffled shouts, the kind of shouts that came from being covered in the mouth.

There is a good chance that there was a kidnapping here, and if we had come at the right time, there would have been a good chance that the kidnappers would still be in the room.

Perhaps, the kidnappers are watching us from a corner and will attack us at any moment.

The number of kidnappers, the weapons they wield, everything is unknown.

After calling for police support, I decided to take the lead in conducting a search in the villa with Li Meng.

After searching house by house, we came to the door of the bedroom on the first floor, which was also empty, with only a narrow gap.

We can't tell what's going on inside the house through the cracks, but we have to go inside and search.

This fear of the unknown is innate in human beings, and the bedroom in front of us has become "Schrödinger's bedroom", and it is impossible to know what is going on in the house without opening the door.

There may be no one in the house, maybe only a hostage tied up, or a robber with a weapon in his hand.

I settled down, and my mind recalled a sentence said by a famous Infinite Sword Saint Master Yi - don't be afraid of the unknown.

I made a tactical gesture towards Li Mengbi and gently pushed the door open.

As the door slowly opened, so did our field of vision, and the two of us alternated cover, enough to deal with threats from all directions in the bedroom.

In a small room like this, the number of people is not dominant.

And we have pistols in our hands.

Seven steps away, the gun is fast.

Within seven steps, the gun was accurate and fast.

As the doors opened, our hearts hung in the air, because there seemed to be something on the bed in the bedroom.

From a distance, it looks like a person.

From a closer look, it is not at all possible to see that it is a person.

It was a man with a towel in his mouth, which was horizontal in his mouth and tied with dead knots at the back of his head.

His feet were tied together in a dead knot with another towel, and one hand was also tied to the head of the bed with a towel.

And the other hand, scratching in the air.

The corners of his mouth were constantly rubbing against the towel in his mouth because of his violent struggle, which had caused a slight tear at the corner of his mouth, and the blood was not stopping, and the towel had been stained red.

The feet and the bound hands had turned a blood-ischemic purple color from the very tight towel ties.

The only remaining moving arm, and the only movable palm, was his last hope.

But judging from the bedside items scattered around the floor, as well as the broken lamps and broken water glasses, and the deep scratches on the white walls, his last hope did not bring him any real help.

The man struggled in pain on the bed, his forehead was bruised, his eyes and nose were full of tears, and his mouth let out a hoarse roar.

He was in great pain, as if he was being slashed by a thousand knives, and he couldn't survive or die.

Li Meng and I immediately settled down, and did not come forward to rescue us immediately, but carefully investigated all corners of the house. This includes under the bed, in the closet, behind the curtains, and wherever the kidnappers can hide.

The danger in the room has not been lifted, and we must not take it lightly, otherwise the man will not be able to save it, and we will have to ride in it ourselves.

"Safety."

"Safety."

We searched the corners of each room, each issuing a tactical command for security.

Li Meng leaned against the wall of the bedroom door, still on her guard, because we had not fully searched the entire villa, and she needed to make sure that I would not be in danger from outside the bedroom while rescuing the man.

"I'm a policeman, I'm here to save you, calm down." I put my pistol back in its holster and walked to the bedside, ready to untie the towel from his mouth.

But he looked at me with a look of horror, and I stretched out my hand to untie him, but he resisted very much, shaking his body vigorously, and even tensing his whole body, so that his whole body hung in the air.

Suddenly, the whole bed was falling apart, creaking and rattling.

"I'm a police officer." Once again, I identified myself with him, hoping to give him psychological comfort.

After all, a person has just experienced a very horrific kidnapping incident, and his nerves are very tense.

But just as he heard me identify myself for the second time, those eyes instantly widened, and he stared so hard that his bloodshot eyeballs seemed to fly out of their sockets at any moment.

At the same time, the towel in his mouth bit even tighter.

Perhaps, it wasn't that he was biting tightly, but that he was already twitching a little, and the muscles of his whole body were twitching uncontrollably, so that he couldn't even control his mouth.

The man's expression made me feel a tightness in my heart unconsciously.

Because I came up with a word – drug addiction.

"Are you on drugs?!" I immediately asked seriously.

After hearing my words, the man's gaze obviously softened, and it seemed that he was still conscious, which was a good thing.

"Who tied you up like this?!" I immediately asked.

The man shook his head in pain, the only hand that could move was clasped around his thighs, and even his nails were already sunk deep into the flesh.

He didn't answer me, but I already understood.

Because he still had one arm left to move.

If someone else had tied him, he would never have left him an arm.

But if he tied himself up, it would be reasonable to have one arm left.

So, is he detoxifying in this way?!

I immediately grabbed his only movable arm, stopping him from self-harming while seeing the hole of the needle on the inside of his arm.

"Xiaomeng, the situation is very urgent for patients with drug addiction here, immediately notify the anti-drug detachment, the anti-drug brigade, and the hospital to come to support!" I grabbed the man's arm and shouted at Li Meng.

"Good!" Li Meng made a very firm voice.

The man looked very thin, but he was able to exert an extraordinary force by leaning on one arm, so much so that I could barely control him with the strength of my whole body.

This is a very obvious withdrawal reaction, and it is a physiological reaction that cannot be controlled.

Common withdrawal symptoms include: dizziness, headache, increased blood pressure, tachycardia, rapid pulse, sweating, tearing, runny nose, dilated pupils, abdominal pain, diarrhea, body aches, fear, and confusion.

In addition to physical symptoms, there are also mental anxiety, depression, mania, sleep disorders, etc.

In any case, the physiological symptoms caused by withdrawal are not controlled by humans, and even if you tie yourself to a room, it will not eliminate the withdrawal reaction.