Chapter 494 - Contagion
"Are you saying true?" Suzuki Jiroki showed a surprised expression. "Did that bacteria really appear?"
"We have reason to be so suspicious," the doctor nodded solemnly. "Although some of the symptoms and rumors do not match, there are indeed blood stasis on his body, which is consistent with the information about bacteria I have seen before. Taking a step back, even if this thing is not the type of bacteria from the National Tokyo Microbiology Research Center, it is obviously a product from the Red Siamese cat. Maybe it may even be an improved version."
"Is it very dangerous?" Suzuki Jiroki said solemnly.
"It may be quite high," the doctor nodded. "If possible, we may have to isolate Honda and need to obtain the best medical treatment for Honda as soon as possible... What is more important is to achieve the best complete isolation treatment, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."
"..." Jiroki Suzuki glanced at the clocks and world map next to him.
"I think it's not suitable to return to Japan at this time." Jiroki Suzuki sighed. "We are now about 1,800 kilometers away from the main island of Japan. Let's not talk about whether our isolation measures can last for so long, and Honda's own condition will not allow it."
As he said this, Jiroki Suzuki walked to the world map and pointed to a faint line above it - probably his planned route. "We should continue to move forward now. If we sail for about four hours, it might be a better plan than turning back."
Now, they have set sail for about 18 hours, and their sailing distance has exceeded 2,000 kilometers. They are currently closest to them and are the most likely to provide the best medical treatment.
Jiroki Suzuki slid his finger to the lower right a little and stopped in a very conspicuous place in the vast ocean of the Pacific Ocean. "If it were here, there should be good enough medical conditions, right?"
Next to his finger, the name of [Guam] is particularly conspicuous.
"That's American territory," the doctor hesitated. "Although it can indeed provide enough medical assistance to Honda, diplomatic..."
"What else can I do?" Jiroki Suzuki shook his head. "I'll send messages to the country to negotiate and communicate. You'll be responsible for the health and safety of Honda and everyone."
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"Do you think this is really a symptom of that bacteria?" Qianyu, who was sitting by the bed, asked Ai Haibara beside him in his cabin.
"I think... it's possible," Ai Haibara nodded. "Although the whole symptoms are not particularly mild from the symptoms mentioned before by Takado Fujioka, I think it's possible that if this is the mechanism of action of the bacteria and some adverse conditions of that person themselves have added insults, I think it's possible that these symptoms will be caused."
"But is the onset of this symptom a little slower?" Qian Yu's expression was obviously difficult to relieve. "If these symptoms occurred in the early morning, it would be a relatively acceptable explanation, but these symptoms came too late, right? It has been more than 15 hours since he got on the airship."
"Unless..." Haibara Ai suddenly thought of something. "If that bottle was only recently released..."
"Poison?" Qian Yu was stunned and immediately denied this possibility. "Is the poisoned person worthy of his life? This thing is infected without any difference. If even he himself is infected, it will be a big problem."
"So, sustained release?" Haibara Ai raised again. "If there is any ice cube at the bottle mouth that can block the bottle mouth, it will melt and bacteria after a few hours - well, this is impossible..."
"Yes," Qianyu shrugged. "After all, this bacteria can't live for so long at room temperature... If it is really infected by this bacteria, the time node for symptoms will definitely appear much earlier than now."
"Or it's late symptoms," Haibara Ai shook his head. "If this is a late symptoms of bacteria, then it can be explained that it's so late."
"This is..." Qianyu nodded. "If it is really a bacteria, then the trouble will be very big... Fortunately, the bacteria can only be spread for short distances through droplets, which means that as long as Honda is isolated, we will basically be safe."
"Well..." Haibara Ai seemed a little worried.
"Don't worry, you're definitely fine," Qianyu comforted with a smile. "If it's bacteria, you should have already developed symptoms of bacterial infection in the afternoon."
"If the symptoms on Honda are just later symptoms, this should be the case..." Haibara Ai also showed a relaxed expression. "Don't worry too much."
At this moment, Qianyu's cell phone rang - the phone came from Gregory, thousands of kilometers away.
"Hey?" Qian Yu answered the phone in surprise.
"Boy, what are the symptoms of the patient named Honda on your airship?"
"The early symptoms of high fever, headache, severe abdominal pain and vomiting appear, and now it seems that symptoms resemble meningitis, but the cerebrospinal fluid is still clear."
"It still sounds like meningitis," Gregory smacked his lips and said lightly. "After all, meningitis is not proved by the lack of cerebrospinal fluid, unless you can get cerebrospinal fluid again tomorrow - of course, although at the speed of acute meningitis, that person named Honda is likely to not live tomorrow."
"Mainly we found the test tube vial of the red Siamese cat in his room, so we suspect that these symptoms are improved versions of the red Siamese cats that they stole from the National Tokyo Microbiology Research Center..."
"It's impossible to be an improved version. It takes a long time to improve a bacteria. It's impossible for them to change the bacteria to a level that can change the symptoms in the past few days!" Gregory immediately rejected Qianyu's idea. "It's possible that the red Siamese cat originally studied a bacteria by itself and then used it on the man named Honda."
"What should we do?" Qian Yu asked the most important question at the moment. "If this bacteria is contagious..."
"Don't think of such a low-probability event," Gregory sighed. "Listen to me, you have encountered a scam threat from the red Siamese cat before, right? They faked some bacteria infected people and used it to scare you. This actually means that they don't have efficient biological weapons. So even if they created some new types of bacteria and used them on Honda, his symptoms are so serious just because of his special personal constitution, which does not mean that this bacteria is as fatal as the bacteria at the National Tokyo Microbial Research Center. Perhaps after a little bit of broad-spectrum antibiotics, we can see that his symptoms are cured without treatment."
Qian Yu was about to continue saying something, but found a hand on his shoulder. "Hmm?"
Next to Qianyu, Haibara Ai suddenly showed a very uncomfortable expression, and his other hand covered his mouth.
"What's wrong?" Gregory, on the other end of the phone, realized that something was strange on Qianyu's side and asked.
"I don't know--" Qian Yu was interrupted halfway through.
Haibara Ai suddenly stood up, walked quickly to the trash can, and then vomited out.
Chapter completed!