"Bacteria?"
Everyone was stunned by Fang Zheng's words. They had never imagined that the deadly bacteria that had been stolen would be released aboard the airship...
"That's right. So, just to be safe... Ran, Sonoko, take the children back to their rooms and isolate yourselves. As for Uncle Mouri..."
Fang Zheng glanced at Kogoro Mouri, who was snoring away.
"Forget it. Let him sleep."
"..."
Everyone was deeply uneasy upon hearing this. But at that moment, one of the reporters who had been with them suddenly clutched his throat in agony.
"Ugh... Aah!! Help! Help me!!"
Hearing the reporter's scream, everyone hurriedly turned to look. Then they saw a horrifying sight—the reporter was covered from head to toe in red rashes. His face was pale, his eyes wide open, and he stretched his hands toward the others.
"Please, save me! Save me..."
Seeing the reporter desperately begging them for help, everyone instinctively backed away. They had only just learned about the deadly bacteria, and the man's symptoms looked almost exactly like those of an infection!
"Help me!!"
The reporter was panicking now. He rushed at the group and lunged directly at Fang Zheng. Fang Zheng sidestepped his grab, then struck the back of the man's neck. The man immediately collapsed unconscious without a sound. Fang Zheng crouched down, checked his pulse, then... took out a pair of handcuffs from his pocket and snapped them onto him.
"Huh?"
Everyone present was stunned by Fang Zheng's strange action.
"Mr. Fang Zheng, what are you doing?"
Ran walked over and asked in confusion. Fang Zheng merely chuckled.
"Nothing. Just taking precautions, really..."
"Don't move!"
Before Fang Zheng could finish, a man wearing a bulletproof vest and dressed like a counterterrorism soldier rushed in with a submachine gun aimed at everyone. At almost the