Full-Time Mage: Starting with Gengar, selected for the National Tournament

Chapter 69 The whole story, with no way to prove it when the dead are alive.

Night falls.

Western Fortress.

In the barracks for the wounded.

Suddenly, a wounded soldier saw his comrade who was still unconscious beside him and his eyes widened in terror.

"Plague! Big Li has been infected, his body is covered in festering sores!!" one of them shouted.

A young man, shirtless, lay on a wooden bed, groaning in pain.

His wounds were covered in festering sores, from which a foul-smelling blood was constantly flowing.

Seeing this scene.

The entire barracks was terrified and everyone ran outside.

Everyone knows that the epidemic in Hangzhou is highly contagious.

Even without touching each other, just breathing the same air can greatly increase the chances of infection.

Soon, almost everyone in the barracks had run out.

But there was one boy who, instead of being afraid, was carefully examining the infected wounded.

The infected person named Da Li was awakened by the noise of the crowd.

I was completely bewildered for a moment.

He stayed in the fortress the whole time and never went out, so why did he get infected with the disease?

But soon, he noticed the boy still standing there in the barracks, and scolded him, "Boy, what are you still standing there for? Didn't you hear them say? I've been infected with the plague!"

"This isn't necessarily a plague. I was bitten by a poisonous rat before, and I have a lot of these poisonous sores on my hands," the boy comforted me.

At this time.

An officer wearing a mask led Chu Ming over.

The officer grabbed the boy's shoulder and pulled him outside: "Wang Xiaojun, this is none of your business. Don't get in the way!"

Chu Ming glanced at the boy named Wang Xiaojun a couple more times before walking toward the infected person in the barracks.

Immediately afterwards, a wisp of scorching purplish-black flame ignited at Chu Ming's fingertip, seemingly carrying a certain power of absorption and devouring, refining and eliminating all the sores on the infected person's wounds.

The infected person's purplish-gray complexion faded quickly.

Then, the healing mage, wearing a mask, cast a healing spell.

In just a short while, the infected person's complexion returned to its normal rosy hue.

"Everyone who took the blood serum has been cured."

As Chu Ming stepped outside the barracks, he spoke to Ming Kuo, the military commander.

Ming Kuo looked grateful: "Thank you for your help. As you said, I have sealed up all of that batch of poison."

"Yes, those are all evidence." Chu Ming nodded.

"Using counterfeit and substandard goods, passing off inferior products as superior ones, and this recent high-profile epidemic incident—that Vice-Presiding Judge Wang Yi—he absolutely cannot escape responsibility!"

A murderous intent flashed in Mingkuo's eyes; the soldiers on the front lines were all his brothers.

They were all injured while protecting the city.

He wasn't dead yet.

If someone dies after taking the blood serum, that would be such a tragic and unjust death.

……

Chu Ming and Ming Kuojun exchanged greetings.

He quickly found the boy from earlier: "Wang Xiaojun, right? You said you were bitten by a poisonous rat before, and you have a lot of these poisonous sores on your hands?"

"Yes, I raised a gray eagle, but it's not purebred and is disliked by the beast tamer, so it's always hungry."

"So I ran into that woods and caught some rabbits and mice for it to eat."

"But a few times, I encountered a kind of poisonous rat monster and got those poisonous sores. At first, they were quite serious, but then a gray eagle brought me eagle-red grass, and I recovered in no time."

"After that, I never got sores again when I encountered those poisonous rat monsters."

Wang Xiaojun said very seriously.

"Poisonous rats? Red eagleweed?"

Upon hearing the boy's explanation, Chu Ming's eyes lit up with joy.

They were originally there to confirm the relationship between the blood serum and the epidemic, and to help the wounded who had taken the blood serum.

did not expect.

They actually traced the source of the virus directly.

They even discovered an antidote?

It's really hard to find a place to break through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it!

"Do you still have any Eagle Red Grass?"

"It's gone. Eagle Red Grass only grows in the West Ridge area. We used to be able to manage to get some, but now, the White Demon Eagles are rampaging, and the West Ridge outside the fortress has become their territory," Wang Xiaojun said.

Chu Ming frowned slightly.

Since there are no herbs available at the moment, we can only leave them for now.

However, you can catch a few poisonous rats.

Taking back the blood serum and poisoned rats is more than enough to prove the Black Serpent's innocence.

"Can you take me to the forest you mentioned earlier?"

"Oh, okay." Wang Xiaojun nodded and pointed in a direction, saying, "It's over there."

Following Wang Xiaojun's instructions.

The two soon arrived at the woods.

They caught the poisonous rat monster.

As someone from a family of hunter mages, Chu Ming immediately recognized it as a branch of the demon rats that inhabit forests and burrows.

It is called the Lingzhao Plague Rat.

These rats, apart from being slightly larger, are no different from ordinary gray rats. If placed among servant-level creatures, they would be relegated to the bottom of the pack as cannon fodder.

The only distinctive feature is that these rats contain a type of infectious toxin in their paws.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

But any mage with a normal constitution can withstand it.

Some people with ulterior motives are now purifying rat blood and turning it into a blood serum.

This is a blood serum with extremely high purity after refining.

Once ingested by the wounded.

The monk was already injured and weak.

As a result, he directly absorbed the purified blood of the plague-infected rats, and it was only natural that he died of the plague.

According to Lingling.

Two months ago, Sister Leng discovered that someone had used other things to replace the orthodox alien blood in the production of blood serum, resulting in a batch of problematic blood serum.

"In other words, it was only a matter of time before this batch of toxic blood agent went bad."

"And coincidentally, the Black Serpent is also going through its once-a-decade molting period. If I were him, I would never let this opportunity slip by."

"By using Zhu Meng's sword, which came from the magic court, he can use another sword to kill the snake. He just needs to go with the flow and push all the evidence onto Xuan She."

"No wonder the Magic Association told the news reporters about the Xuan Snake and the plague. Luo Mian was laying the groundwork and generating buzz in advance."

Chu Ming recalled that at the meeting, Luo Mian forced Zhu Meng to deal with the Xuan Snake first.

Clearly, he knew things were about to get out of control.

They wanted to ensure there was no way to prove it.

I've figured out the whole story.

Chu Ming didn't delay any longer and took Wang Xiaojun and the poisonous rat back to Hangzhou.

……

meeting room.

Leng Qing was the first to share her new discovery.

Her investigation revealed that the person in charge of reviewing that batch of blood serum was the wife of Vice Judge Wang Yi.

After being interrogated by the spiritual master.

The real mastermind behind it all was also exposed; it was none other than Councilor Luo Mian, a high-ranking member of the Magic Association.

"Now we've finally caught him red-handed." A smile appeared on Leng Qing's lips.

Chu Ming nodded and told Leng Qing all the clues and evidence he had collected.

After listening to Chu Ming's account.

Leng Qing was completely stunned.

It only took half a day.

Not only did they uncover Wang Yi's connection, but they also confirmed the link between the bloodstains and the epidemic.

Even the source of the epidemic—poisonous rats—and the antidote have been identified?

"Tang Yue really made the right choice in bringing you here."

Leng Qing looked at Chu Ming with admiration.

But her joy didn't last long.

A message suddenly popped up.

Leng Qing glanced at her phone, a hint of helplessness on her face: "Wang Yi committed suicide out of guilt."

"But his death actually benefited Luo Mian. If Luo Mian pinned all the blame for the blood serum incident on Wang Yi, he can simply deny it to the death," Chu Ming said, tapping his fingertips on the table.

Leng Qing was a little irritated and rubbed his temples: "We just received news that the number of people affected by the epidemic is increasing and the medical staff are already overwhelmed. We need to send someone to Xiling as soon as possible to get the Eagle Red Grass."

"But now, Xiling has fallen into the hands of the White Demon Eagle Legion."

"And once our Skyhawks pass through that area, they will be controlled by the White Eagle Legion."

Chu Ming pondered for a moment, then said calmly, "I have a flying dragon that is unaffected by the White Demon Eagle. I can go there."

"Please!" Leng Qing said solemnly.

"I can go too! My Little Grey is a hybrid, it won't be controlled by the White Eagle Legion!" Wang Xiaojun, who had been standing quietly to the side, volunteered and raised her hand.

(End of this chapter)