Toda Kiwako was carried into the ambulance, and her fiancé hurriedly followed.
But the medical staff did not leave right away. Instead, they asked the crowd, "Who said they saw a sea snake just now?"
Mouri Ran quickly raised her hand.
The medic looked serious. "Do you remember what kind of sea snake it was?"
Ran blinked. "I remember it, but I don't know what it was called..."
Jiang Xia said, "When Ran mentioned the snake, I took a look too. It was a little far away, but it looked like a Laticauda semifasciata."
He took out his phone, searched for a picture, and showed it to Ran. "Was it this one?"
"That's right!" Ran nodded. The snake had startled her badly, so the image was still fresh in her mind. "I'm sure it was this kind."
"Laticauda semifasciata?" The medic looked puzzled. "That's strange. This kind of snake almost never bites people... I'll have the Doctor prepare the appropriate antivenom. If you find anything else, contact the hospital at once."
The ambulance drove away with its siren wailing.
The person in charge of the beach was nearby as well. Hearing that someone had been bitten by a sea snake, he hurriedly explained, "Laticauda semifasciata do appear around here, but they normally only eat small fish and shrimp. They're gentle by nature and especially timid. At the slightest disturbance, they try to flee, and even when they attack, they move very slowly.
"This beach has been open for over twenty years, and not a single tourist has ever been bitten by one. The only injury incident involving one happened to a Fisherman—a Fisherman accidentally caught one in his net, then carelessly touched the frightened snake with his bare hand and got bitten... Why would one suddenly bite someone?"
Suzuki Sonoko