Thinking of this, Yuji Imai immediately regained his spirits, loudly accepted the order, and turned to leave.
Uehara Junpei had no desire to stay any longer and said to Ning Zhiheng beside him, "Zhiren, it's too chaotic here. I need to go to the hospital to check on the treatment. You should go back and rest!"
Ning Zhiheng was unwilling to go back. He wanted to know the exact details of the poisoning, especially the officers of the Sixth Division led by Nojima Ichiro. If these people were dead, it would save him trouble. If they were alive, he might have to devise a plan to get rid of them to vent his hatred!
"Uncle, it's so late, are you still going to the hospital? The situation is still unclear. I think I should go with you!"
Upon hearing this, Uehara Junpei did not refuse and nodded, saying, "Alright, let's go take a look together. After we've dealt with things, we'll go back together."
So the uncle and nephew left the consulate together, escorted by a motorcade, and headed to Tongren Hospital.
Tongren Hospital is close to the consulate and is also the best hospital in Nanjing. It is also a hospital exclusively for Japanese people, with most of the doctors and nurses being Japanese.
Although it was already late at night, the hospital was brightly lit and filled with Special Higher Police agents. The hospital urgently recalled all doctors and nurses to do everything they could to treat the poisoned patients, but because potassium cyanide was so toxic, the treatment was very difficult.
When Uehara Junpei and Ning Zhiheng arrived at the hospital, two people had already died from poisoning.
Dr. Shimada, the attending physician in charge of the treatment, reported to Junpei Uehara.
"Consul Uchida and Secretary Miyashita were seriously poisoned and died before they could be taken to the hospital. The symptoms of the other poisoned individuals were mostly relieved after gastric lavage."
Uehara Junpei was slightly relieved. What he was most concerned about was Ueno Keisuke's condition, so he quickly asked, "How is Colonel Ueno Keisuke? He is our country's top biochemical expert. You must concentrate your efforts on treating him."
Dr. Shimada looked somewhat troubled and explained, "Colonel Ueno's condition is quite serious. He is deeply poisoned and has a very poor constitution. We have given him a gastric lavage, but there is no sign of him waking up."
Uehara Junpei was naturally unwilling to give up, and he pressed on, "Isn't there any effective means? He is very important to the cause of the Empire!"
"No!" Dr. Shimada shook his head. "Potassium cyanide poisoning is very troublesome. Apart from gastric lavage, the only thing we can do right now is to provide him with glucose to provide energy, promote the liver's detoxification function, and strengthen his constitution. There are no other good methods. Everything depends on him."
"General, to be honest, this is already considered good. In the cases of potassium cyanide poisoning I've handled before, almost all of them died on the spot. This situation is somewhat special; the concentration of potassium cyanide is very low, and most of them don't have obvious symptoms. The chances of them being saved are very high!"
Uehara Junpei couldn't help but press his temples, feeling anxious. According to Dr. Shimada, Ueno Keisuke was probably in grave danger.
At this moment, Ning Zhiheng suddenly asked, "How are Nojima Ichiro and his colleagues doing?"
Unlike Uehara Junpei, Nojima Ichiro was Ning Zhiheng's primary target.
Dr. Shimada was taken aback. There were many people who had been poisoned, but he only cared about the most important ones and couldn't quite remember the others.
Ning Zhiheng explained, "This man is the brigade commander of the Sixth Division. He is from Kyoto, my fellow townsman. He and several of his colleagues have been poisoned."
Ning Zhiheng's words would allow Uehara Junpei and the others to understand that he was only concerned about this person's situation because of their shared hometown.
"These officers are also in bad condition; they are severely poisoned and have not yet regained consciousness."
Ning Zhiheng immediately looked worried and asked again, "What are the chances of a rescue?"
After thinking for a moment, Dr. Shimada decided to speak frankly: "Excuse my bluntness, but you need to be prepared. In my experience, their chances of waking up are not high!"
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