Anime Crossover: Master is Not Here Today

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Chapter 211. Conversation, the unusual situation in the village.

211.

Seeing the other person's shocked expression, Fujimaru Ritsuka withdrew her hand and, with a smile, gave her first business-related self-introduction—

"Hello, I am Fujimaru Ritsuka from the Chaldea Mystery Agency. Nice to meet you."

Chaldea Mystery Agency

Ozaki Toshio murmured the name to himself, still feeling somewhat incredulous, yet he had to acknowledge the changes that had occurred within him.

A person's energy and spirit have a significant impact on their outward appearance.

For example, the way he was tired and anxious just now is completely different from the way he is now full of energy. To others, he is like a different person.

Muroi Shizunobu naturally noticed the unusual and obvious changes in Ozaki Toshio, and said with some concern:

"Toshio, are you alright?"

"It's nothing. It should be fine, in fact, it's unusually good."

The fatigue that had accumulated in his body was completely cleared away. As his spirits lifted, the restlessness and impatience that Toshio Ozaki had been feeling also seemed to slowly subside, and reason returned to his mind.

Putting everything else aside, this extreme experience of positive and negative contrasts made him deeply aware of the harmfulness of insomnia and anxiety.

另外

He held his head with one hand, feeling as if he were somewhere between reality and illusion, and couldn't help but ask Fujimaru Ritsuka:

"How did they do that? Was it a form of suggestion? Or some kind of illusion?"

"To be precise, it should be called magic."

Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled, but her answer clearly did not satisfy the other party.

"I've never heard of this type of magic before."

Toshio Ozaki pursed his lips, but didn't delve into it further. Most importantly, he did see what he wanted to see.

However, before getting to the main point, he glanced at Ai Haibara again and smiled amicably:

"Little one, how about I find you a nurse to keep you company? We're going to talk about some adult topics now."

The contrast is huge.

Ai Haibara merely glanced at him without responding. Ritsuka Fujimaru chuckled.

"She's one of us too, there's no need to hide it."

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Ozaki Toshio found it somewhat difficult to understand, but considering the other party's methods, he ultimately remained silent.

So he habitually lit a cigarette, slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, and said:

"In that case, let's get down to business."

"Regarding the so-called resurrected corpses."

Toshio Ozaki led everyone to the hospital office and handed them a stack of medical reports.

Those are reports of patients who came to the hospital for treatment and died during this period, which record detailed information about the deceased from the onset of their illness to their death.

According to medical regulations, pathology reports cannot be shown to anyone other than the patient and their relatives, but in the current situation, we can't worry about that anymore.

His goal was to find clues about the monster in the deaths of these patients.

"I don't know anything about resurrected corpses or any supernatural knowledge. I can only tell you the details I know."

After saying this, Toshio Ozaki began to describe in detail the circumstances of the deceased that he knew.

What he said was similar to the information about the deceased that Nanfang Rihe had told them in the car, but it was clearly more detailed and specific.

However, to Toshio Ozaki's surprise, Ai Haibara quickly flipped through the medical report in her hand while he was speaking, and then said:

"Those monsters seem to resemble vampires in some ways."

Her words immediately drew the attention of everyone in the room.

Fujimaru Ritsuka asked:

"Why do you say that?"

Ai Haibara replied:

"The deceased all suffered from normochromic normocytic anemia, with clinical manifestations leaning more towards hemorrhagic anemia, and ultimately died of acute heart failure."

"Although the report shows no obvious external injuries or severe internal bleeding on the deceased's body, under these circumstances, we can only assume that the blood in the deceased's body was drawn out in some unknown way, right?"

Ozaki Toshio looked at Haibara Ai in surprise, never expecting that the girl, who looked only six or seven years old, seemed to really know something about medicine and could even make a judgment faster than him.

At this point, he completely abandoned any thought of underestimating the other party and continued:

"Although there were no obvious external injuries, I found this on the deceased."

He then took out a stack of photos from behind him and handed them to everyone. The photos showed different parts of different deceased people, but what they had in common was that each of them had two faint red dots.

Although it looks like a snake bite at first glance, it is actually quite different.

The wound from a venomous snake bite usually presents as two deep, small, round holes. However, the faint red dots in the photo look more like mosquito bites, which just happened to be in similar locations.

"But that's the only anomaly I could find on the deceased."

Speaking of this, Toshio Ozaki sighed with some reluctance:

"If a pathological autopsy could have been performed on the deceased, perhaps more clues could have been obtained, but unfortunately..."

In a closed village where cremation is not allowed and the custom of burial is still preserved, it is almost impossible to expect the villagers to be open-minded enough to allow their relatives to be dissected.

In conclusion, based on the current intelligence, the following inferences can be drawn:

The villagers attacked by the resurrected zombies were likely vampirically drained. The victims would not die immediately, but would die of acute heart failure within three to five days after symptoms appeared.

Judging from the gradually worsening symptoms of the deceased, it is possible that the resurrected corpse launched a continuous attack on the target, ultimately causing the target's death.

After Toshio Ozaki explained the circumstances of the deceased, Shizunobu Muroi then introduced the results of his investigation.

In addition to the situation Nanfang Rihe had mentioned before, his investigation revealed that many of the deceased who worked outside the village had suddenly resigned from their jobs for reasons unknown before their deaths.

He also discovered that as the villagers began to die mysteriously, some villagers started moving out of the village overnight with their families, and no one submitted a relocation application, so it was unknown where they went.

Among these families who suddenly left the village, there were even quite a few families that had just experienced a death. According to the village's customs, they should not have left so hastily, which clearly indicates that there are some unusual circumstances.

However, it remains unclear whether these anomalies are related to resurrected corpses.

This is all the intelligence they currently possess.

"Can I ask a question?"

After listening to their conversation, Moriarty suddenly spoke up, smiling as he asked the two men:

"So far, the intelligence doesn't seem to have truly confirmed the existence of resurrected corpses. What makes you two so certain?"

"It's intelligence from my side; I haven't had a chance to tell you yet."

Upon hearing this, before the two could answer, Nanfang Rihe spoke up:

"Actually, we have never actually seen a resurrected corpse. However, during the investigation, I met a villager who claimed to have seen one."

"Not only that, he also said that he knew the resurrected corpse, who was a person who had been buried in the village not long ago."

At this point, Nanfang Rihe paused slightly, adjusted his glasses, and said:

"So, under cover of night, I and the other party pried open the grave of the deceased and found that the body inside the coffin was indeed gone."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 212: Preparing for Operation, Unexpected Situation

212.

The act of directly digging up a grave is indeed audacious, but when it comes to Nanfang Rihe, one can only sigh, "As expected of her."

After all, back on Ridu Island, the other party was a ruthless character who could fight shadows while wielding a shotgun and a sledgehammer.

After a brief moment of reflection, everyone quickly got back to the main topic.

All intelligence has now been handed over, and the next step, without a doubt, is the formal operation phase.

It was nearing dusk; once the sun set and the moon rose, it would be time for the resurrected corpses to act.

At that time, Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others will also officially begin their investigation.

Previously, Toshio Ozaki and the others were worried that the resurrected corpses were too powerful and that it might be dangerous for them to confront the monsters directly, so they did not dare to take action at night.

But with the arrival of Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others, they can finally launch a counterattack.

However, looking at the setting sun on the horizon, Fujimaru Ritsuka scratched her head somewhat embarrassedly and smiled:

"Before that, how about we have dinner first?"

Ozaki Toshio and the others were taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized what was happening. Instead of blaming her for her casual attitude, they nodded and said:

"makes sense."

Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others spent almost a whole day traveling from Tokyo to this remote village. They were exhausted from the journey, and under normal circumstances, they should at least be allowed to rest well for the night, if not be treated with great hospitality.

But with the possibility of more villagers dying at any moment, they can only hope that the other party can take action as soon as possible and resolve the problem completely.

However, even though they were eager to solve the problem, they didn't mean they would deny the person even dinner.

After Ozaki Toshio and Muroi Shizunobu exchanged a glance, Muroi Shizunobu spoke:

"Then please let us treat you to a meal, to show our hospitality."

"However, this is just a small village, and there are no particularly luxurious restaurants here, so I can only treat you to a simple meal. Please forgive me for that."

"how come."

Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't stand on ceremony and immediately laughed:

"That would be very troublesome."