Chapter 2276: The mystery of the epidemic

Compared with the slums, the health and security conditions in the rich areas are simply the difference between "heaven" and "hell".
Garbage and sewage are handled by special personnel every day, and there is no place for scavengers and ferocious rats.
What about the "rat man"?
This is hard to say.
As we all know, as the most populous sub-category of the "Beastized Man" family, the underground gangs in every big city are indispensable for the active figure of the rat people.
Rat people are not all rapists, but the harsh growth environment, brutal animalistic nature, and the supernatural talent that can change their appearance at any time make it difficult for the rats to resist the temptation to make huge profits through crime.
The mouse has a special body and can act as an intermediate host of saprophyte bacteria, infecting the bacteria to the surrounding people, and its own health is not hindered.
The rat man also has the supernatural ability of "transforming form". It can become a "mixed form" of a rat-headed human body, a completely animalized form of "violent rat", and a "humanoid form" that looks indistinguishable from ordinary people. .
Unless under a full moon, the Ratman can switch between his three forms at will.
The rat people only need to maintain a humanoid form, wander around the various communities in the city, and take advantage of the fact that people are not prepared to pollute the water source, and they can achieve the purpose of spreading saprophytic bacteria on a large scale.
If this round of anti-seasonal rot fever epidemic is really a ghost behind the scenes of the rat people, even the well-guarded and wealthy areas will not be spared, not to mention the mixed docks, taverns and shops.
Qiao An can't help but rejoice that it is the winter vacation, otherwise the crowded university campus will also become the hardest hit area of ​​infectious diseases!
"The Leiden city police also noticed the abnormal rot fever epidemic this winter. It is suspected that the rat people deliberately spread the germs in the city, using the health of thousands of citizens as a bargaining chip to force the authorities to terminate the investigation of illegal organizations and gangs , The release of the arrested gang leader was a terrorist attack with political intent.
Rebecca revealed in a low voice.
"Do the police have any plans to negotiate with the leader of the Ratman Gang?" Qiao An asked.
"At present, none of the major gang leaders in the city have publicly claimed responsibility for this public health crisis. Even if the police want to compromise, they cannot find a negotiation partner. Moreover, our police chief, Mr. Andrew Snow, you too I know, I care about maintaining my image of a'tough guy' in the public. How can I easily compromise?"
Rebecca smiled sarcastically.
"Now the police force throughout the city has been mobilized. Carpet searches are carried out in various communities. Rats are caught and thrown into jail. There is a lot of noise, but the epidemic has not eased at all. I don't know how it will end in the end."
"All the rat people are wanted by the police... also include the white rat people?" Qiao An couldn't help worrying about Ah Zhi's situation.
Rebecca nodded heavily.
"There are two kinds of rat people in Leiden. More than 90% of them are squirrel people with evil dispositions. Almost all are gang members who commit crimes and deserve to be arrested and sent to prison."
"However, there are still a very small number of white rat people who are kind by nature, who do not infect veterinary disease, nor do they have parasitic saprophytes. Most of them are engaged in legitimate industries, such as our old friend Azhi who is a reporter at Leiden newspaper. "
"Unfortunately, the police are too rude to distinguish between the squirrel people and the white squirrels. Only the wrong ones are caught and not misplaced. The squirrels will inevitably be affected by this storm."
Rebecca sighed, and then said: "I haven't contacted my friends in the newspaper for a while. I don't know how Azhi, Xiaomiao and Teacher Benny are doing these days. When we are free, let's Let’s go to the newspaper to visit Miranda’s sister, or go to the
Red Tomato Tavern
. If Azhi and the others are okay, they will probably spend the whole day in the tavern."
Qiao An nodded, put the trouble in his mind first, and then looked at Rebecca's black and beautiful long hair.
In the past five years, Rebecca has also made great progress. She is now an 11th-level Pastor Di Moss, and Qiao An also noticed that her "Altered Hair Sage Seal" has also evolved to the intermediate stage, which means that The "Holy Baby" attached to the Holy Seal was closer to being fully hatched, and Qiao An had to worry about this hidden danger.
"Rebecca, have you lost control of your hair all these years?"
"It's not out of control." Rebecca raised his sleeves and showed him the mithril bracelet on his wrist. "I have always been wearing the bracelet you enchanted by hand. I will not take it off when I bathe or sleep, even if I get emotional occasionally. , There are signs of a slight loss of control in my hair, and the "Palace of Mind" attached to the bracelet will turn on itself immediately to help me calm my mind and suppress the trend of hair variation."
Suddenly a smile appeared on the girl's face, pretending to be mysterious, and said: "Joan, I will show you a unique job, watch it well, don't be scared!"
"What unique job?" Qiao An asked curiously.
Rebecca didn't explain, and took a deep breath, her eyes sharpened. At the same time, with long hair rustling and squirming on its own, the color changed from jet black to black and blue, showing a cold metallic texture in the moonlight.
Seeing this strange scene, Qiao An couldn't help but feel shocked, and immediately realized that Rebecca was actively driving her hair to mutate!
Compared with five years ago, the most intuitive change of the "Different Hair Sacred Seal" is the color. The long hair that used to be mutated was silvery white, similar to steel wire, but now it is rich blue-black, and the texture is closer to the hardest kind in nature. Metal-fine gold.
Rebecca raised her hand to comb the hair hanging on her shoulders, and the hair was like countless little snakes flying around her fingers.
Qiao An couldn't help holding his breath as he saw it in his eyes, lest the monster's long hair lose control and cut the girl's white and tender fingers.
"Don't worry, I have already mastered a technique that can manipulate my hair calmly without triggering the'soothing bracelet'."
There is a pond in the garden where the two walked, and a wooden bridge was built over the dining hall.
Rebecca took Qiao'an's hand and walked to the center of the wooden bridge before stopping, holding on to the bridge railing to look at the pond.
"Joan, did you see the big rock in the middle of the pond?"
Qiao An followed the direction of Rebecca's fingers. About 30 feet away from the wooden bridge, a large black rock bulged out of the pond, which looked like a turtle shell.
"Okay, I want to carve your initials on that big rock." Rebecca declared.
"What to sculpt? Shouldn't you just use hair?"
Joan remembered that Professor Moriarty and Sir Castis had said that the "Alternate Seal" evolved to a higher stage, and the attack range would also expand.