Yuji Imai, the head of the Special Higher Police Section, who was originally in the banquet hall, was maintaining order with his subordinates and some Japanese officers who had not been poisoned. As well-trained soldiers, they promptly sounded the alarm after the accident and brought the scene under control in the shortest possible time, isolating the people.
"Immediately notify the nearest hospital and have them send all their ambulances. There are many people poisoned, so hurry!" Yuji Imai instructed his subordinates.
"Yes, sir," one of the subordinates replied and quickly ran outside.
At this moment, Yuji Imai was filled with remorse. He was in charge of security at the consulate for today's welcome banquet. He had made every effort to prepare for the banquet, but this still happened. Looking at the poisoned people lying on the ground, groaning in pain, including Japanese officers and dignitaries, as well as many high-ranking officials from the Nanjing government, he didn't know how to explain this to his superiors.
At this moment, chaos reigned outside the consulate general. Military police and a large number of Japanese and puppet troops quickly arrived at the scene and surrounded the consulate.
Since such an incident occurred at the consulate, all the high-ranking Japanese officials were arranged to leave first and were escorted back to their respective residences.
Once the ambulances arrived and all the poisoned individuals were taken to the hospital for emergency treatment, Yuji Imai began to survey the scene and assess the damage.
As the head of intelligence work, Uehara Junpei stayed behind to handle the initial and final tasks, urging the Special Higher Police to complete the investigation as soon as possible.
Ning Zhiheng stayed by Uehara Junpei's side the whole time, watching Imai Yuji and other Special Higher Police personnel running around busily.
Half an hour later, having finally figured out some of the situation, Yuji Imai rushed over to report to Junpei Uehara.
"General, the current losses have been tallied. There are a lot of people poisoned, a total of thirty-four: eleven active-duty officers from our side, ten officials from government departments, and thirteen government officials from Nanjing. They have all been sent to the nearest Tongren Hospital for treatment, and I have sent capable personnel to accompany and monitor them."
"Have you figured out the cause of the poisoning?" Uehara Junpei's face was gloomy, as if it could drip water. His gaze as he looked at Imai Yuji made Imai Yuji shiver.
He quickly replied, "It has been determined that the poison was put in the alcoholic beverages. It can be basically confirmed that both the sake and the rice wine were poisoned. The preliminary judgment is that it was potassium cyanide poisoning."
"Potassium cyanide? If it were potassium cyanide, they should all be dead by now!" Uehara Junpei knew that potassium cyanide was highly toxic and would quickly become fatal after poisoning, so this situation should not have occurred.
Yuji Imai explained, "It is indeed potassium cyanide. The military doctor has confirmed it. However, for some reason, the person who poisoned us adjusted the concentration of potassium cyanide to a very low level, which resulted in a much milder degree of poisoning. We performed vomiting-inducing first aid on site just now, and the situation has improved a lot."
Upon hearing this, Uehara Junpei breathed a sigh of relief. It was a stroke of good luck amidst misfortune. He didn't know why the poisoner had lowered the concentration of potassium cyanide, but it was still good news.
"Where is the person who poisoned them?"
"We haven't caught him yet, but we checked the people at the scene, and one of the consulate staff is missing?"
"Who is it?" Uehara Junpei immediately raised an eyebrow.
“A Chinese employee named Zhan Yuanliang was cooking in the kitchen during the banquet. He later appeared in the banquet hall. Before the incident, he lied and said he had a stomachache and needed to go to the hospital. He left through the back door of the consulate!”
"Chinese? Bastards!"
Unable to contain his anger any longer, Uehara Junpei slapped Imai Yuji hard across the face.
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