Chapter 317 The Righteous Red
In less than ten minutes, a cleanup tent was set up, and Jack also put on protective clothing with the help of the captain.
This airtight protective suit is somewhat similar to the space suit in science fiction movies. A square hard helmet is connected to a long breathing tube on the back, which leads to the filter on the waist.
Jack swore he had seen this style in some low-budget science fiction film.
The soldiers acted very quickly. Soon, an isolation channel built with plastic sheets was put into the warehouse from the basement of the greenhouse and directly connected to the cleaning tent.
Jack entered the passage and appeared in front of Red again.
"Open the door, let me get you out and take you to the hospital."
"No, I will stay here, I have been exposed to germs, maybe I am infected now, It's better to stay inside and look for clues."
Red's righteous look almost made Jack angry to death.
“Has the strain already infected your brain? If you inhale too many anthrax spores, even if you find the right antibiotics, you won’t be able to be saved. Anthrax harms the human body because of the toxins produced by the strain, not the strain itself. ”
"Once the strain has multiplied to a certain number in your body, even if the antibiotics take effect, the toxins can still kill you."
"Give you two options, one is to open the door yourself, the other is for me to Knock on the glass and forcefully take you out without increasing the possibility of germs leaking."
Seeing the unkind expression on Jack's face, Red shuddered subconsciously and then opened the glass door obediently.
"The body is that of Dr. Nichols. My preliminary judgment is that he has been dead for at least two or three days, which means he was not the one who carried out the attack. If we find out who killed him, it is possible to find out who carried out the attack. "
"In addition, Dr. Nichols was once a military researcher. He should have taken insurance measures and left the corresponding 'antidote', but he may have hidden it very secretly"
Before Red finished speaking, he was caught by Jack, performed a healing procedure, and handed it over to the soldiers behind him who were also wearing protective clothing.
"I'm better at on-site investigation than you. Just go to the hospital and leave the rest to me."
After saying that, Jack closed the glass door and began to do the laboratory work. Check carefully.
The laboratory is a typical biochemical laboratory layout, with centrifuges, distillers, petri dishes, microscopes, etc. for separating samples.
Jack first checked the body on the ground. It was the thin old man he had seen in the video before - Dr. Nichols. He died from a typical traumatic injury. There was a hole in the head. The murder weapon was thrown away casually. Stainless steel gas cylinder on the side.
Rhett was right. Judging from the body, the doctor had been dead for at least three days. Since he was not the one who released the germs, there was a high probability that he was the one who killed him.
At this time, Hotchner's call came in. When Jack came in, he held the phone in his hands, and then he was embarrassed to find that he couldn't unlock the touch screen while wearing gloves.
"Send me a communicator."
Jack took a deep breath, tried to calm down, and began to observe his surroundings. This was the first time he was working in such a high-risk environment, although Wearing protective clothing, you are not afraid of being infected, but it still makes people feel scared.
Soon the soldiers outside the door sent a communicator, and the person on the other end of the call was Hotchner.
"Jack, what's the situation inside?"
"Uh, Dr. Nichols's body, Red and I agree, the death time was more than three days."
"Next to the body There are some cages with dead animals in them, which should be used for live experiments. I can't tell the time of death of these animals for the time being, but I estimate it is close to the time of the doctor's death. "
"Someone probably had a dispute with Dr. Nichols. During the fight, he accidentally broke a test tube containing anthrax spores and then fled in a hurry. ""Because this was a standard negative pressure biochemical experiment. The room was underground, so there was no anthrax leakage, which is why the army ignored it during previous inspections.”
Jack said as he continued his inspection.
“Some equipment is missing, and the cabinet that should contain the finished anthrax powder is empty, uh. There are two tables in the laboratory.”
“The big table is messy and looks less A lot of things were taken away, the laptop was gone, and only the power supply of an IBM computer was left.”
“The small table is very neat, and the files on it are organized and written in different ways. They record some basic experiments. Operation steps and disinfection precautions are not notes that a senior researcher needs to take."
"So Nichols has an assistant or an apprentice?" Hotch understood instantly.
"Wait a minute, I'll bring Rossi and Garcia in now."
"Jack, is Red okay? He just called me and said he wanted to leave a message for his mother."< br>
Garcia's slightly crying voice came from the communicator.
Everyone in the channel fell into silence for a moment. Jack rolled his eyes secretly. This kid had a fearless attitude before, but when he turned around, he started to leave his last words.
“Don’t worry, I’m here and nothing will happen to him.”
Then Rosie's voice came from the channel, "Jack, Emily and I are still in Nichols' office. We just confirmed with the person in charge."
"Nichols's status here Very high. He is responsible for his own projects independently. He basically has no interaction with other researchers here and does not lead students."
"His main research project here is cold viruses, and that's about it. Leave here now and come to meet you."
Jack quickly stopped, "Well, there's no need. The place here is not big, one or two people are enough. What I need now is a person who is proficient in biochemical laboratory equipment. Expert."
"Dr. Kimura has arrived and she is wearing protective clothing," Hotchner said.
"Is there anything else we need to do."
"Not yet." Jack felt that the atmosphere was too depressing, so he paused and added.
"Rhett has to take off all his clothes when cleaning, right? No one will take a photo? If he wants to show off those difficult knowledge in front of us in the future, we will have countermeasures."
"Jack, you should know that you will have to go through this process when you take off your protective clothing and come out, right?" Hotchner said angrily.
"Pretend I didn't say it."
While talking, Dr. Kimura, wearing protective clothing, entered the laboratory.
"Hi Jack, what can I do for you?"
Jack handed over a stack of information in his hand, "I don't quite understand these notes. Could you please do a simple analysis? , we need to use this to determine the identity of Nichols’ assistant or student.”
While Dr. Kimura was quickly flipping through those notes, Jack was not idle. He needed to find the most critical antidote. ', although Red will definitely be fine, there are still several victims lying in the hospital who are fighting for death.
(End of this chapter)