A Scientific Urban Detective

#178 - Poisoned weapons

"Isn't the power of the blowgun insufficient?" Seeing the girl's homemade weapon, Yomihama Kazuha immediately questioned, "If you're targeting a large mammal like a human, unless you hit a vital point directly, it's impossible to knock them down with a single shot."

"Is that so?" Okazaki Hiumi said from the side, "I think it still hurts quite a bit to get poked."

"It's just pain," Yomihama Kazuha retorted, "If you don't hit a vital point, how many times do you think you'd have to poke someone with a needle to kill them?"

Okazaki Hiumi thought about it and realized that was indeed the case, but she couldn't help but shudder. "Wouldn't they probably die of pain before they were stabbed to death?"

"Normally, blowguns are used in conjunction with poison to maximize their effectiveness," Yomihama Kazuha said. "Our newbie seems to have collected the corresponding materials as well. And... according to the information, our target seems to be allergic to peanuts."

Earlier, Kinuhata Saiai's chosen lunch included peanut butter.

Kinuhata Saiai carefully put away the soft-packed peanut butter into her pocket.

She tasted it while eating her bread to make sure it was real peanut butter, and then kept most of it to use as a "toxin" to be used with the blowgun.

She had learned about "allergies," so she prioritized this plan. But even if the peanut offensive didn't work, she had other materials among the supplies she had collected that could be used to concoct a real poison.

After another two hours of long travel, Kinuhata Saiai finally found the target's vehicle in an unmanned parking garage.

The target himself was not in the car, but Kinuhata Saiai was not in a hurry, because there was a large supermarket not far away.

The target had been on the run for two days, and there was reason to believe that he would go to the supermarket to replenish his supplies.

So, Kinuhata Saiai found a corner nearby to lie in ambush, quietly waiting for the target to return.

Fortunately, she didn't have to wait long before she saw the target hurrying over with a large bag of things.

Kinuhata Saiai took off her flag and loaded the "bullet" into the blowgun.

Just as the target man was putting the things in his hand into the back seat of the car, a dart hit the back of his neck.

"Ouch!" The target man cried out in pain and reached back to touch his neck. "Who's playing a prank!"

Seeing the sewing needle lying in his palm—with a fluffy "tail" tied behind the needle—it looked like a somewhat dangerous toy.

He couldn't immediately associate it with a "weapon."

After all, it was just a needle, and it wasn't stuck in very deep, so the damage was really limited.

Although he felt a little concerned, he was still on the run, and he didn't have the time or energy to deal with such a trivial matter—if it were really the people chasing him, they wouldn't poke him with a needle, but would just kill him with a bullet.

Looking around the parking lot, he didn't find any sign of the attacker, so he casually threw away the strange needle and prepared to get in the car and leave this place as soon as possible.

Just then, he suddenly felt a little unwell.

Dizziness, accompanied by a burst of chest tightness, nausea, and difficulty breathing...

He was no stranger to this feeling.

—Allergy, these are allergy symptoms!

But the problem was that he hadn't touched anything related to peanuts today, and even when shopping at the supermarket, he had carefully avoided all areas containing peanuts.

Although he was full of doubts, he was not panicked—now that he knew the cause of the problem, it would be easy to solve next.

Academy City's medical technology was also advanced, and most allergy symptoms had fast-acting special medicines.

Of course, he also had related medicines in his car, as long as he could get them...

"Uncle, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" A girl appeared behind him at some point, looking at him with concern.

Kinuhata Saiai, who had entered hunting mode, seemed to switch to another personality. In the name of "hunting," even personality problems could be overcome.

Without waiting for the target to respond, Kinuhata Saiai stepped forward to help him.

But in reality, she suddenly exerted force in secret, pushing the target hard into the car.

Kinuhata Saiai's strength was by no means that of a small girl, and coupled with the target's poor condition, he couldn't even stand still, and he staggered into the car.

Kinuhata Saiai pounced forward, knocking the target down on the driver's seat, and conveniently pulled the seat belt over to help him buckle it.

At the same time, she punched him fiercely in the abdominal diaphragm, using the intense pain to deprive the target of consciousness.

During this period, Kinuhata Saiai moved quickly, searching all the places in the car where items could be stored.

Soon, she found the hard drive that the mission required to recover in a storage compartment.

"You... what are you doing?" The man finally regained a trace of consciousness and immediately noticed the girl rummaging around in the car.

"I'm looking for medicine. Uncle, are you allergic? There should be a special medicine," Kinuhata Saiai said, lying without changing her expression.

"The medicine is in the storage box..." The man opened the storage box on the armrest, and it contained the medicine he urgently needed.

Kinuhata Saiai glanced at it, but didn't take the medicine, instead picking up a bottle of water. "Uncle, have some water first!"

The special medicine was an oral type, and it was normal to take it with water. So the man didn't think too much about it and nodded in agreement.

The next second, Kinuhata Saiai took out the prepared peanut butter, squeezed it all out, and stuffed it into his mouth. Then she poured a bottle of water down his throat!

Only then did the man realize that something was wrong, and he immediately struggled desperately.

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But at this time, he realized that his hands and neck were tied to the seat and handbrake lever with zip ties, and he couldn't break free for a while!

Confirming that she had subdued the target, Kinuhata Saiai's expression quickly returned to her usual gloomy and indifferent look.

She took out a rough branch, and held the sharpened end against the target's throat. "If you don't want to die, listen to me! Cooperate with me, and I'll give you the special medicine."

The "weapon" that the girl used to threaten him was really a bit crude and ridiculous, but undeniably, this branch could really kill people!

A primitive and deadly weapon.

Already tormented by the increasingly severe allergy symptoms to the point of being in excruciating pain, the target was even more powerless to resist Kinuhata Saiai's threat.

Kinuhata Saiai herself was also seeing what allergy symptoms looked like for the first time, and she didn't expect that the target couldn't even say a complete sentence.

"Is this the information you stole?" Kinuhata Saiai picked up the hard drive and repeatedly questioned him.

"...It...it's this!" The man nodded repeatedly, while trying to reach for the medicine with his other hand.

But every time he reached out, Kinuhata Saiai would swat it away with the branch.

After repeatedly questioning him several times, Kinuhata Saiai showed a troubled expression.

She didn't have the ability to determine the authenticity of the information, so she could only ask the target himself, but she couldn't rule out the possibility that he was lying...

"It's true! There's a computer in the car, you can check!" The man wailed. "Please, give me the medicine..."

Since that's the case...

Kinuhata Saiai no longer hesitated and left the target's vehicle with the hard drive.

This hard drive was exactly as described in the mission request, and she had searched all the places in the entire car and found no second hard drive, so she shouldn't be mistaken.

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