It's mid-December.
Gohara's daily schedule is still transparent to the investigation headquarters, but even if they know that he will act like a murderous game in the near future, there is almost nothing noticeable from his daily behavior.
And the only signs, such as deliberately using English words in a speech to predict the number of murders, are believed to be largely intentional by Gohara...perhaps he deliberately disclosed it to the police out of the rules of the game. clues.
Everyone in the search headquarters felt uncomfortable when they realized this, as if the other party was deliberately letting you down in a game where the winner was determined to be the winner, and you happened to understand this.
Everything on the surface is advancing smoothly like this, and before the final moment arrives, this calmness will probably continue for a while with the tacit understanding of both parties in the game.
Secretly, Kaoru Ichijo and his team's preparations never stopped. Sugita insisted on including the first version of the nerve fragmentation bomb as a weapon. However, because he wanted to avoid Gohara's eyes and ears by surprise, he prepared materials and production through underground means. Its speed is limited, and it is expected to only be equipped with about 500 rounds of Python revolver's divine breaking ammunition.
Although the effect on high-level Gurungi such as lions is weakened, it still has an effect after all. As long as enough is made before the decisive battle, the result of winning by quantity can be achieved.
Over at the Science and Police Research Institute, Enokida is working intensively and orderly on the development of new nerve fragmentation bullets. Moreover, due to the successful experience of previous research and development, the new bullet is just a replacement of materials on the original basis, so it is much earlier than expected and has increased power. The new nerve-breaking bomb, which was twenty-five times more powerful than the original nerve-breaking bomb, was completed with incredible smoothness.
In comparison, it took more time to make a special ultra-high-pressure rifle adapted to the new Shenjuan bullet. Because of the huge bullet, the recoil force of this rifle was also astonishing. The recoil force in the first simulation experiment was even It can easily break a person's ribs.
When Enokida saw this result, he sighed helplessly: "I'm afraid not only No. 1 and No. 2 can use this weapon, but as far as I know, any gun-shaped object will turn into a strange weapon in their hands." Crossbow, so the rifle I made may not be as convenient as a toy gun... No, it must be modified!"
Two days after that, Ichijou was contacted by Enokida again when he was thinking about how the enemy would kill people, and he was invited to the Metropolitan Police Department's Technical Section Center in Koto District.
When he saw Enokida, she was still wearing the same clothes he had seen the last time he went there, and her hair was very oily. It seemed that she had been concentrating on weapons in the past few days, and she might not have left the police research.
After a brief exchange of greetings, the formal test began. In an unmanned 300-meter shooting range, Ichijo fired a new type of fracture projectile with an ultra-high-pressure rifle.
"boom!"
The huge gunshot made Ichijo, who was wearing earmuffs, still feel a buzzing in his ears. The recoil he had never experienced before caused the bullet to deviate greatly from the target, and the impact made Ichijo's upper body tilt back greatly.
Ichijo was able to shoot without hesitation even when Kuuga was engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. He had always had considerable confidence in controlling the rifle, but the powerful impact just now made him hesitate.
Such a terrifying power would undoubtedly be a disaster if it could not hit the enemy accurately but instead hit other targets!
"This has been modified for ten versions, but even one has become like this... I understand, then try to install the muzzle brake and make various adjustments..."
Enokida seemed to have fallen into some kind of personal realm, just recording data to the point of forgetfulness.
Although Kaoru Ichijo believed in Enokida's long-standing reliability, when he saw her like this, he still felt a feeling of guilt in his heart.
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Time passed like this day by day, and preparations for the search headquarters were in place. There were multiple back-ups for weapons, manpower, and arrest procedures. In the end, the only thing that bothers Kaoru Ichijo is what kind of ability and method No. 49 will use to commit crimes.
If you can know this in advance, you may be able to save something at the worst time.
Five days before Christmas, Kaoru Ichijo came to Polepole. Because they had to prepare for Christmas in advance, both his father and Nana went shopping, leaving only Higashino and Godai to look after the store.
Ichijo told this doubt to Higashino Ryusuke out of habit, hoping to hear the answer from him.
However, this issue is also what Ryusuke Higashino has been thinking about these days. "According to the information I know, I only know that the lion Gurungi can release a bacterium that will be decomposed into special biological proteins by electric current signals. This This substance will hide after being ingested into the human body in a harmless state. Since this substance is completely controlled by the lion in the form of quantum entanglement, as long as he wants, he can use his ability to manipulate quantum to turn it into The deadly toxin kills people instantly."
"Well..." Godai Yusuke, who had been listening silently, said, "To put it simply, this means that No. 49 can use telepathy to control the venom he spits out, is that right?"
"Well, that's about it... And because quantum entanglement cannot be blocked or obscured, it is useless even if you are on the other side of the earth, so this kind of killing is probably more difficult to resist than Daguaba's supernatural ignition... only However, I only know this method of his, but I have no idea in what form he will use it."
After finishing a long speech, Ryusuke Higashino took a sip of the coffee in his hand. He knew that in the original, the lion used a nutritional drink on the market to deliver this substance into the bodies of millions of people.
But this method obviously takes time. It takes several years to plan the layout and form a complete industrial chain. Moreover, this product also has considerable sales volume, which requires long-term operation.
Judging from the current situation, Goyuan, who has been monitored throughout the entire day in just one month, obviously does not have so much time to do those things.
"But no matter what, his plan is to kill all 3,645 people at the party, right? Then there will be arrangements at the scene in advance..." Kaoru Ichijo said with a frown.
But to ensure that more than 3,000 people all ingest a substance that would turn into a toxin at the same time, Ichijo could never imagine how this could be achieved.
Finally, he said solemnly: "In short, although there is a suspicion of alerting the enemy, it seems that it is necessary to go there to investigate before the charity party is held..."
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