Chapter 2 The Missing Girl 3

  "Doctor Zhang, the report is out!" Pan Jian handed over the printed toxicology test report to Zhang Tong, who was carefully examining the cross-section of human bone under the microscope.

  "Oh? So fast!" Zhang Tong took off his glasses, rubbed the sour bridge of his nose, and then read on seriously line by line.

  "I really didn't expect that this kid would actually use tetrodotoxin! It's a bit too scary, isn't it?" Pan Jian stood to the side, muttering to himself, "I don't know what else he doesn't understand."

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  Zhang Tong's expression turned serious and he quickly picked up the phone, dialing Wang Ya Nan's office: "Ya Nan, come over immediately! There's been a breakthrough!"

  "Tetrodotoxin?" Wang Yanan's face was filled with confusion and perplexity.

  "Right, Tetrodotoxin!" Zhang Tong pointed to the report on the table and continued to explain, "Tetrodotoxin is a neurotoxin, and humans will be poisoned if they ingest 0.5-3 milligrams of it."

  Fatal. Within four hours at most, or as little as ten minutes, the victim will experience numbness in their fingers, lips and tongue tip, followed by vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea. As the poisoning time deepens, the victim begins to gradually

  "Language disorders, blurred consciousness, difficulty breathing, decreased blood pressure, coma, and eventually death from respiratory circulatory failure!"

  "How did you find out that the deceased died from this special animal toxin? Didn't you say that the deceased's body had been boiled in water?"

  Zhang Tong smiled slightly: "No matter how meticulous the murderer's plan is, there will always be a flaw! Tetrodotoxin is highly heat-resistant and boiling it in 100-degree water for eight hours won't destroy the toxin.

  The residue will only deepen the accumulation of toxins in the human skeleton. Think about it, water at 100 degrees Celsius, those thin slices of flesh from the dead, just a brief scalding in hot water would do, he didn't think

  "But this little pufferfish toxin's heat-resistant property has exposed his true nature!" She said, her expression turning serious. "Ayane, this person is not only a skilled surgeon, but also knowledgeable about biochemical toxins."

  "It seems that his cultural level is not low! Moreover, he is very arrogant, otherwise, he would not have deliberately cut this poor girl into so many pieces!"

  "The murderer is obviously showing off!" Pan Jian couldn't help but interject.

  Wang Yanan nodded and turned away.

  The door of the forensic office had just been closed for a short while when the sound of hurried footsteps was heard at the entrance, followed by a loud "bang" as the door was kicked open. Zhang Tong looked up in surprise and immediately furrowed his brow.

  "Irritably said: 'Zhao Da journalist, since you're so busy, I won't waste your time here! What are you doing coming over here?'"

  Zhao Junjie smiled awkwardly. He knew he was in the wrong and didn't dare tell Zhang Tong that he had gone drinking with Liu Chunxiao last night, ending up sleeping on Liu's sofa in a daze because he was drunk.

  Too dead, two people were late this morning. He subconsciously reached out to touch his forehead, which still hurts like hell now!

  Looking at Zhao Junjie's painful expression, gritting his teeth and squinting his red eyes, Zhang Tong immediately understood that this was a typical symptom of a hangover. She helplessly sighed, took off her work gloves

  He casually placed the gloves on the edge of the microscope, walked to the iron cabinet against the wall, opened the door, took out a small paper package, poured out two white tablets from inside, and then put the paper package back. He closed the cabinet with one hand.

  Behind the door, Zhang Tong came to Zhao Junjie's side and handed him the medicine.

  "What's this?" Zhao Junjie was a bit confused, he hesitated for a moment looking at the medicine in Zhang Tong's palm, then carefully glanced at Zhang Tong who had her eyebrows tightly furrowed.

  "What are you staring at? Eat it, it won't kill you. It's good for your headache. If you still want to do something serious today, hurry up and eat it! The water is over there, go get it yourself!"

  Tong returned to her workstation without looking back and ignored him from then on.

  Zhao Junjie suddenly felt his nose sour. He clenched his fists, looked at Zhang Tong, then lowered his head and spread out his palm to look at the pill in his hand, dazed for a long time, before walking towards the water dispenser in the corner of the wall.

  Go.

  The phone rang, and Zhang Tong looked up at Pan Jian and said calmly, "You answer the phone."

  "Alright." Pan Jian was very clear that Zhang Tong's patience had already reached a certain limit today, otherwise she wouldn't be too lazy to even answer the phone.

  "Hello, this is the forensic office. Who are you looking for? Hmm... okay, I'll talk to her, wait a minute!" Pan Jian turned his head and said loudly, "Dr. Zhang, Deputy Captain Zhao called..."

  "Is it convenient for Wang Ya-jing's parents to identify their daughter's body?"

  As soon as he heard this, Zhang Tong hurried over, dropped the things in his hand and walked quickly to the phone, took the phone from Pan Jian's hand, "Deputy Captain Zhao, have you told the family members about the deceased's body?"

  "Has it been severely damaged?"

  "I've said so, but her parents insisted on identification. Emotionally, we can understand that too. Dr Zhang, you arrange it, we'll come over in half an hour."

  Zhang Tong's mood had reached an all-time low. She thought for a moment, then decided to first tidy up the deceased's clothing and place it on the stainless steel autopsy table. Then she took out the deceased's skull and placed it on another inner tray.

  On the dissecting table, finally pulling up the curtain between the two dissecting tables, this is the end. Although it's said that the family members identified the body, as a forensic doctor, she couldn't stop it, but she decided to give them as little information as possible.

  The deceased's family left some spiritual space for endurance. If possible, Zhang Tong really didn't want to open that cold gray plastic curtain.

  Half an hour later, the door of the forensic autopsy room was pushed open on time. Zhao Yun was the first to walk in, followed closely by a middle-aged couple with pale faces. As they entered, Zhang Tong

  The middle-aged couple subconsciously shivered, their eyes flashing with a fear that was hard to conceal. Zhang Tong knew that the temperature in the autopsy room was much lower than outside, all of which were necessary to ensure the corpse

  The body has a good storage environment, but from another perspective, it is too close to death. People who come here for the first time almost always have this feeling - an indescribable chill!

  Zhang Tong walked up to the first autopsy table. She didn't lift her head to look at the middle-aged couple's facial expressions, but the sobbing sounds that followed in her ears already confirmed that they had recognized their daughter's clothes. Zhang

  "Tong faintly sighed: 'Do we need to continue?'"

  "I want to! I want to see Jingjing! No matter what she's become, she's still my daughter!" The voice was unusually firm, it was the deceased's father. "Comrade police officer, I must see Jingjing..."

  "Jing!" The last two words were spoken with a sob in the voice of the deceased's father.

  "Then you'd better be mentally prepared!"

  The couple looked at each other in dismay and then nodded vigorously.

  The Tianchang City Public Security Bureau bathroom, Zhang Tong always comes here to take a bath after work every day, and over the years she has developed a fixed habit. The reason is actually only one, that is

  It was she who didn't want to bring back too much of the taste of death to her already fragmented home.

  After the parents of the deceased who came to identify the body left, Zhang Tong's mood sank to an all-time low. She was listless for the entire day and couldn't focus on her work, thinking about how she had accompanied her mother to claim the body that had jumped...

  The scene of his father's lifeless body would immediately appear before his eyes, and the unrecognizable father and the grief-stricken mother left an indelible mark in Zhang Tong's memory.

  Zhang Tong also deeply knew that the nightmares that had been entwining him for many years were closely related to his profession, and it was a normal reaction when facing death every day. Many times, Zhang Tong felt like he couldn't hold on anymore.

  He had thought of changing careers more than once, but every time he saw the tears of the victims' families, Zhang Tong would feel a surge of motivation in his heart, and he was determined to do his best to assist in solving the case and bringing the criminals to justice.

  People are bound by law.

  It was after work, Zhang Tong carried a change of clothes and pushed the door to enter the public bathhouse. Because she was busy sorting out samples, she came a bit late today. The aunt at the entrance smiled and greeted her with a nod.

  "Huh: "Zhang Fa Yi, looks like you're the last one today!" Zhang Tong's heart was absent-mindedly smiling, nodded, took the slippers and sign, and walked into the bathroom cubicle.

  The bathroom was quiet and deserted, with only the sound of dripping water from the faucet under the dim yellow light. The air in front of her was misty, and Zhang Tong felt his breathing becoming slightly rapid as he took off his clothes.

  She lifted her head and looked at herself in the mirror, with a haggard face.

  The fog seemed to be getting thicker and a familiar sense of fear gradually spread throughout her body. She furrowed her brow, shook her head, and was certain that she had overworked herself today, straining her nerves too tightly, so it was inevitable that she would feel mentally exhausted.

  There will be some dizziness.

  Zhang Tong took a deep breath, put on his slippers, grabbed his bath supplies and continued walking inside.

  The entire women's bathroom had over eighty square meters of space, with two rows of shower stalls on either side and a row of long benches in the middle. At this moment, the bathroom was empty except for her. Zhang Tong chose

  She stepped into the first cubicle on her left, turned on the showerhead and adjusted the water temperature. Then she put herself entirely under the warm water flow, letting it wash over her body. She immediately closed her eyes, trying to relax as much as possible.

  Pine.

  Suddenly, above the gurgling sound of water, a faint cry of a little girl was heard in her ear, hoarse and heart-wrenching, clearly a girl whose mouth had been covered.

  The desperate cry for help and struggle. Zhang Tong's heart skipped a beat, this voice was so familiar! She suddenly opened her eyes wide, but in front of her was still the pale yellow wooden door of the bathroom. And the little girl's crying sound continued...

  She quickly turned off the faucet, grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her body, then pushed open the wooden door and looked around. The crying sound stopped abruptly, and there was no movement in the large bathroom except

  The sound of dripping water from a shower head.

  "Who? Who's there? Is anyone there?" Zhang Tong's voice was shaking slightly.

  No one responded, and Zhang Tong's sense of fear grew thicker. She felt her heart pounding, and her breathing gradually became more difficult. Without any hesitation, she immediately packed up her things.

  After getting dressed, she left the bathroom without looking back.

  It was late at night, and Zhang Tong was still sitting in front of the computer, staring intently at the screen. "Hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations..." Familiar words kept flashing before his eyes, and Zhang Tong's face...

  The color is getting uglier and uglier, and finally, her hand weakly slipped off the keyboard. Leaning back on the computer chair behind her, she closed her eyes and let out a long sigh.

  Zhang Tong was sadly aware that the memories she had hidden for twenty years were being ruthlessly awakened step by step. She didn't know whether this meant good fortune or disaster, although sometimes she really

  I hope I have the courage to face this dark memory, because at least it can solve a puzzle that has troubled her for a long time. However, she is also very afraid, as if this memory is

  A Pandora's box, once opened rashly, is very likely to engulf oneself forever in the black fog it emits.

  Zhang Tong acknowledges that he is not a strong person.

  The third floor monitoring room of Tianchang City Public Security Bureau, Captain Wang Yanan was staring at the monitor screen in front of her with tension. She had been here for 24 hours and her eyes were a bit sour and swollen.

  Outside, her legs were also almost numb. But these didn't count for much in her eyes, as she looked at the whiteboard behind her with more and more clues recorded on it, she felt nothing but excitement from getting closer to the truth step by step.

  The feeling.