190: Chapter 188: Death by Poisoning 190: Chapter 188: Death by Poisoning “Thank you for that, but you should still be careful.
If you have any requests, feel free to tell ,” Song Qingyu said.
“I only have one request, and that is to keep this mission confidential.
I don’t want others to know,” Tangyu said.
Song Qingyu looked slightly stunned and after a long while responded, “If you want complete confidentiality, I’m afraid we won’t be able to support you on our end.”
“It’s fine, I’m enough on my own.
More people might even make it worse,” Tangyu said.
After a long silence, Song Qingyu finally said, “Alright then.
However, I don’t want you to take any risks.
If you need anything, contact anyti, and I’ll do everything within the power of Donglin City’s police force to support you.
Though I really hope you can help us crack the case, safety is the most important thing.
If it cos down to it, don’t be too forceful.”
Tangyu gave a faint smile and said no more.
“By the way, Tangyu, the person you saved yesterday has been out of danger since then and should have woken up by today.
Do you want to go see him?” Song Qingyu asked.
Tangyu nodded and said, “Sure, take to see him.
Oh, and Captain Song, can you bring so of the drugs previously seized so I can study them?”
Song Qingyu nodded and said, “Of course, I can take you there right away.
The drugs are important evidence, and it’s a bit troubleso to take them out.
I’ll also get you the detailed information on those people.”
“Alright, let’s go to the hospital first,” Tangyu replied with a nod.
More than ten minutes later, the car stopped again due to a roadblock caused by a car accident.
Song Qingyu got out of the car, followed by Tangyu.
Indeed, it was an accident—a car had crashed into a telephone pole and was severely deford.
At that mont, traffic police were handling the scene while an ambulance from the 120 ergency service was parked nearby, with a doctor checking on the injured party.
As Song Qingyu and Tangyu approached the car, they could see clearly that the person inside was in his thirties.
The accident wasn’t too severe, the inside of the car remained relatively intact, and not even the airbags had deployed.
Yet, the man inside had a serene expression on his face, completely unconscious.
The doctor was examining him, with traffic police clearing the scene.
“Hey, Captain Song,” a traffic officer in his forties approached and greeted Song Qingyu.
“Captain Cheng, what happened here?” Song Qingyu asked.
“Ah, what else could it be?
Drug abuse.
He might have had a hallucination while driving and crashed into the telephone pole.
Looks like he died suddenly, probably,” Captain Cheng said.
Song Qingyu’s brow furrowed as she looked back at the deceased.
Hearing it was a drug user, she was naturally more alert thinking this might be another drug-related death.
Tangyu also scrutinized the man carefully, his brows slightly raised.
After examining the victim, the doctor said, “Captain Cheng, I can’t identify a cause.
He probably died instantly from the shock.
Judging by his condition, he used drugs before dying, which is similar to previous victims.”
“Not sudden death, but death by poisoning,” Tangyu said.
“Hmm,” Tangyu’s comnt imdiately drew the attention of the doctor and Captain Cheng.
Song Qingyu also looked at Tangyu.
Poisoned?
Were the drugs toxic?
But previous tests on the drugs hadn’t revealed any toxicity; they just contained so additional substances.
“Captain Cheng, this is a friend of mine.
He’s also a skilled doctor,” Song Qingyu said.
“Oh, I see, a doctor.
Nice to et you,” Captain Cheng then offered a friendly smile.
The doctor sized up Tangyu, his brow furrowed as if asuring a sword.
He didn’t believe that soone so young could possess such high dical skill.
To so summarily contradict his conclusion after only a glance—if it weren’t for Captain Cheng’s cordiality, he might have lost his temper.
“The deceased showed no signs of poisoning.
On what basis do you claim he died from poisoning?” the doctor inquired.
With a light smile, Tangyu replied, “It’s quite simple.
The car interior is undamaged; it was rely a minor car accident.
Death by injury from the accident is out of the question.
As for death from shock, that’s improbable as well.
His face looks peaceful, even with a hint of a smile; this shows he wasn’t tense when he died.
You said he took drugs before his death, and typically, such drugs create hallucinations.
I believe he was still in a hallucinatory state at the ti of his death, hence this serene appearance.”
The doctor’s complexion did turn sowhat unpleasant, as if he felt challenged by a greenhorn, and said, “Even so, it’s not necessarily a case of poisoning.
If the cause of death can’t be determined, the most likely scenario is sudden death.
Even if it’s not sudden death due to stress, there could be other causes for sudden death, right?
A peaceful appearance in death doesn’t prove anything because he did use drugs before dying.
If poisoning was the cause of death, there wouldn’t be a complete lack of symptoms.
I can’t see any indication of poisoning from what I observed.
I tested his blood as well, and there was nothing unusual.
Therefore, I’m afraid I can’t agree with this poisoning theory.”
Tangyu shook his head and said, “Even if the deceased had taken drugs, it’s unlikely that they would die suddenly.
It might appear there are no symptoms, and detecting drugs in the blood is fundantally difficult unless they are common poisons.
The poison this person was exposed to is not an ordinary one.”
Hearing Tangyu’s confident tone, the doctor was sowhat displeased and huffed, “Don’t be so arrogant, young man.
So things shouldn’t be said recklessly.
You’ve rely stood here and taken a quick look, yet you dare to be so certain.
Isn’t that a bit childish?
As for the specifics of the death, we will perform a more detailed examination at the hospital.”
Tangyu shrugged his shoulders, feeling it was futile to explain further, and thus decided not to elaborate.
“Alright, Captain Cheng, you go ahead with your work; we’ll be leaving now,” Song Qingyu said.
“Mhm, sure, have a good one,” Captain Cheng replied, clearly also miffed by Tangyu’s earlier tone.
Once they got into the car, Song Qingyu, with her eyebrows slightly furrowed, looked at Tangyu and asked, “Are you really that sure the man died from poisoning?”
Tangyu replied, “Absolutely, and the poison he was subjected to was very powerful.
Moreover, I suspect the poison was mixed into the drugs, causing the user to be poisoned upon inhalation.” A sharp glint flashed in Tangyu’s eyes; indeed, the situation was far from simple and not just the work of a drug trafficking organization.
Tangyu initially only intended to deal with Zhang Guoli and had not anticipated encountering sothing even more dreadful.
To produce such a fearso toxin, Tangyu couldn’t think of anyone or any power capable of such a feat except for the Yin dical Sect.
And since Tangyu had already verified the presence of Yin dical Sect’s influence in Donglin City, it wasn’t difficult to connect this incident to them.
If the Yin dical Sect was indeed lurking behind this case, Tangyu felt it was absolutely necessary to investigate it thoroughly.
The situation seed to be getting more intriguing, and he felt a surge of challenge stirring within him.
Faced with such a challenge, Tangyu actually began to feel excited.
A life of ease often leads to complacency.
Only challenges like this can ignite the passion within him.
“If the poison is in the drugs, why would so people die while most remain unhard?” asked Song Qingyu, still puzzled.
“It’s quite simple; the amount of poison in the mixture must be very scant.
Only those who inhale too much would die, and not every person reacts the sa way due to different body constitutions.
Not everyone will die upon first exposure, but prolonged use in a body that can’t resist the toxins will lead to death.
You could say this is a kind of highly dangerous slow-acting poison,” Tangyu explained.
“If that’s the case, isn’t that extrely frightening?
No wonder so many people have died.
If this continues, won’t more people die from using these drugs?
Despicable, truly despicable.
I can’t imagine who would be so devoid of conscience to develop such drugs, treating human life like trash.
Such people deserve to be punished by law,” exclaid Song Qingyu angrily.
Drugs are already a severe scourge, but these drugs are incredibly deadly.
“But why add poison to these drugs?
It doesn’t seem to benefit the traffickers, does it?
If not for so many users dying, I doubt we would be under such pressure to crack down on this organization.
By doing this, aren’t they just causing trouble for themselves?
And with users dying, they’re losing business and could potentially incite panic among the remaining users,” Song Qingyu continued, still perplexed.
Tangyu fell silent for a mont, his deep gaze suggesting he was contemplating sothing profound.
After a while, he said, “Everything has its purpose.
If we can’t figure it out, it just ans we don’t understand the situation well enough.”
In his heart, Tangyu knew that if the Yin dical Sect was involved, it would explain a lot.
The Yin dical Sect’s approach was brutal; they tested poisons on live humans.
It was possible that this batch of drugs was the sect’s way of conducting a poison test.
Such practices by the Yin dical Sect deeply enraged Tangyu.
No wonder his master had told him about the Yin dical Sect from a young age, always saying that if he ever encountered its mbers, he should eradicate them without hesitation.
The Yin dical Sect truly brought calamity to the world.
Of course, these were still re suspicions; Tangyu didn’t dare to conclude that the Yin dical Sect was definitely behind it all.
The likelihood of their involvent was significant.
Whether other sects utilized poisons as effectively was also uncertain.
Further investigation was needed.
“Your explanation ends up being quite mysterious.
It is indeed strange because we have conducted thorough analyses and tests on each batch of drugs and have never found any toxic substances.
Yet you’re right; if they weren’t poisonous, it would make no sense for so many people to die from using just the drugs,” said Song Qingyu.
Tangyu leaned back in his seat and chuckled lightly, “It’s quite normal.
Existing dical thods may not detect every type of poison.
Furthermore, so substances may not be toxic on their own but beco deadly once inside the human body.
So substances beco poisonous upon contact with blood, others when they encounter stomach acid.
These possibilities do exist.
Just because tests show no trace of poison, it doesn’t an there isn’t any.
I’m sure these people all died from poison, and the absence of any visible signs of poisoning makes it even more dreadful.
If you’re interested, you could experint with animals that have strong life forces to verify whether these drugs are indeed poisonous.”
Song Qingyu looked at Tangyu, not quite grasping these concepts, and shook her head, “Let’s leave these matters to the forensic experts; for now, let’s head to the hospital.”
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