NO00f5: Double-Disc Trematode (Part 2)
"That's right."
Jim nodded.
"The Diplococephalus is a parasite that takes birds as its host. Its eggs are excreted with bird droppings. After being eaten by snails, the bird droppings will hatch and grow in the snail's body. After the larvae develop into miracidia, they will occupy the snail's head in the form of sporangia, causing its eyestalks to swell and jump with bright colors."
As he spoke, he searched out several files sent by Wang Ying.
"Snails are nocturnal creatures, usually only active in dark and humid places. Unshielded sunlight is fatal to snails, but snails parasitized by Diplococcus will overcome their survival instincts and move around during the day - they will actively climb to high places, no longer avoid, and even actively welcome the natural enemies they fear. They will allow the bright spore sacs dancing in their eyestalks to attract birds, and under the control of the parasites, they will willingly be eaten to complete the parasitism."
Searching for information about Diplococcus on the World Wide Web made Ji Mu feel a little numb, but she still asked in confusion:
"Why do you talk about Diplococcus? This? Could the problem of the Thracian Club be related to this parasite? "
Jim did not answer immediately, but opened the file sent by Wang Ying and projected the pictures on the screen before speaking:
"I asked someone to investigate the criminal records related to the list you gave me earlier in the database of the Nord Resettlement Area Public Security Bureau. Listen carefully, the following records all occurred in the past two months.
"On October 29, a community in Xinyue Street, Sector F, 6th Floor of the Resettlement Area received a report that someone ordered 20,000 Asian white-fronted stilt spiders and released them all into the dormitory. Due to the loose closure of doors and windows, a large number of spiders escaped and affected the normal lives of the surrounding neighbors. When the police received the report and rushed to the scene, they found that the woman who ordered the spiders was lying naked on a bed crawling with spiders. And when he was arrested, he was in a calm state of mind and spoke logically and clearly. "
Jim pointed to the woman on the projection, and Ji Mu's pupils couldn't help but shrink suddenly.
The person in the photo was the girl with spider phobia in Youxue's mutual aid group!
Jim continued:
"Then on November 4th, a public toilet on 12th Avenue in the B sector of the fifth floor of the resettlement area was blocked, and the maintenance machine of Garden Housekeeping found a male corpse in the septic tank behind the toilet. The corpse was wearing a full set of professional life-support breathing equipment. The autopsy report showed that the deceased sat at the bottom of the septic tank for at least two hours before his death, and finally took off the life-support equipment while conscious, so the stomach and lungs of the corpse were filled in the end... and the surveillance showed that he was the one who opened the septic tank connected to the resettlement area's circulation system with professional tools, and there was no sign of being forced during the period. "
After switching to the next picture, the boy with a sunny smile in the photo was the mysophobia patient in the same group as Youxue.
"Then on November 15th, a female student in a windbreaker sneaked into the Big Black Bird Bar behind Sunset Plaza in the A sector of the fifth floor of the resettlement area. Afterwards, she took advantage of the security guards not noticing and jumped onto the stage to show her naked body under her windbreaker to dozens of men in the audience. This person is also on the list you gave, the girl who suffers from male phobia due to childhood trauma... But fortunately, the Big Black Bird Bar is a gay bar, and the girl was finally taken to the Public Security Bureau by the security guards. After being detained for five days, she was taken back by her family. "
Although it was "fortunately", Jim was sure that the girl chose the Big Black Bird Bar because she saw that it was a gay bar and that the customers were all men.
Jim continued to flip through the files:
"In addition, there are boys with severe fear of heights who fell after climbing a high tower to perform acrobatics; there is a mother who lost her daughter in the past, who suddenly threw her baby on the tram while waiting for the bus; there is a middle-aged man who is afraid of cats and took the initiative to watch the underground fighting performance. He took advantage of the staff's inattention to touch the backstage and locked himself in the same cage with the genetically modified tiger..."
Speaking of this, Jim stopped and looked at Ji Mu.
"Did you find it? Including Duanmu Youxue, all of them are actively approaching the things they fear, just like snails parasitized by Diplococcus. ”
He concluded.
Even though he had a premonition, this answer still made Ji Mu gasp.
“You mean... the Thrace Club infected Youxue with some kind of parasite?”
Recalling the weird appearance of snails parasitized by Diplococcus, she asked palely.
Jim nodded first, then shook his head:
“No, it is not clear whether the pathogen is a parasite in the literal sense. It can only be said to be something similar to a parasite. It can make the host actively approach the things they fear, make their behavior extreme, and eventually lead to the host's self-destruction. "
This can also explain the girls in the Thrace Club who are only willing to serve strange customers and satisfy certain people's special fetishes - they are not fans of those special fetishes, but feel disgusted and afraid of those things from the bottom of their hearts.
But the more disgusted and afraid they feel, the more they can't help but repeat those things.
Until the personality collapses and the body is destroyed.
Thinking of this, Jim unconsciously touched the revolver hanging on his waist.
Well, he remembered that in the secret room of his house, there was probably... It should be enough to overturn the entire Thrace Club, right?
"So what should we do now? Report to the Public Security Bureau and the Human Intelligence Ethics Supervision Committee?"
Ji Mu asked anxiously, pulling Jim out of those dangerous thoughts.
"Don't worry about the report. I still have some connections in the Public Security Bureau. I just told the whole thing to the people who can speak in the Public Security Bureau..."
After calming down the urge to rush back to the Thrace Club immediately, Jim answered calmly.
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At the moment, not only Jim's connections in the Public Security Bureau, but also Jiang Zhou are trying to contact Booker.
He must investigate the ground branch of the Ikaros Liberation Front.
If the "shadow of change" could be used to explain the cooperation between the Ikaros Liberation Front and the Mafia Family, then now this suspected "parasite" incident has completely touched the bottom line-no matter what standard is used to judge the bottom line.
Even if Ikaros was just a used role, Booker and his high-level colleagues would have to bear the serious crime of negligence.
And since it was a clash between organizations, the most important thing for a private detective like me to do was not to take up a gun and act like a hero, but to collect more relevant intelligence and evidence.
Jim warned himself in this way, calming down the anger in his heart.
In fact, with his ability, he couldn't deal with the weird bunny girl in the Thrace Club at the moment.
If the other party became stronger based on the transformation of "parasitic technology", then it cannot be assumed that there is only one cyborg with the same strength as her.
Thinking of this, a higher priority question also emerged.
Parasitic technology...
What exactly is the "parasite" used by the Thrace Club to infect those victims, and... did they really only infect those who participated in the mutual aid group? (End of this chapter)