When Colonel Leibniz arrived at the hospital, it was already past 8: 00 pm. Fully armed soldiers of No. 39 Division had already occupied all the passageways of the hospital. Not only the hospital, even the entire Blackhot City was in a tense atmosphere.
The one who tried to assassinate Zhang Tie was the father of a classmate who had disappeared during the survival training with Zhang Tie. Before the assassination, that person believed that Zhang Tie had killed his son during the survival training, so he wanted Zhang Tie to pay for his son's death.
Without Zhang Tie's status and Glaze's father's status, this was just a trivial matter. However, if two people's identities were added to this matter, then this matter would become complicated.
Zhang Tie was a military officer of the Iron-Blood Camp of the No. 39 Division of the Iron-Horn Army of the Norman Empire. Glaze's father, who had already died, was the team leader of the guards of the Gregory family in Blackhot City. The Gregory family was one of the most powerful families in the Coal, Steel, and Iron Federation of Blackhot City. Almost one-seventh of the wealth in Blackhot City belonged to the Gregory family.
In the territory that had just been annexed to the Empire, a guard captain of a family that had lost power actually dared to publicly assassinate a military officer of the Empire. The consequences of this were starting to become serious. Who knew if there was any conspiracy against the Empire behind this?
In particular, the assassin used the three-eyed crossbow and the poison on the bolts. They all came from the Gregory family, so the Gregory family couldn't deny that they had something to do with this.
At this moment, the violent maniacs of the Iron-Blood Camp had already surrounded a castle of the Gregory family in Blackhot City, ready to rush in and exterminate the Gregory family at any time. The other clans in Blackhot City were all silent. In order to prevent other accidents, Colonel Leibniz had declared martial law in Blackhot City. Now, the streets outside the hospital were filled with fully-armed soldiers patrolling the streets with killing intent.
For these soldiers. It was enough for them to know that a military officer of the Iron-Blood Camp was assassinated by a guard of a rich clan in Blackhot City.
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Previously, Colonel Leibniz had not planned to come to the hospital because he had heard that Zhang Tie had died. However, after hearing this news, Colonel Leibniz just let out a sigh inside. He still remembered Zhang Tie, the young man who had received the attention of the Battle God and looked very spirited in the military uniform of the Norman Empire. Previously, this young man would have been the protagonist of an interesting story in the cocktail parties and salon of Nordinburg. He didn't expect to die like this. This made Colonel Leibniz feel like he had lost an interesting toy, a fun thing. He had received the news with the same emotion he had felt two years before, when the family cat had dropped and broken his sandalwood-root pipe, which he had placed on his desk.
Zhang Tie was poisoned by Blue Frost, a rare lethal poison that was often applied to the blades or bolts of assassins. Commoners could never get it. In Blackhot City, only rich clans like Gregory Clan might have some. The weapons and poisons used to assassinate Zhang Tie came from the arsenal of the Gregory family.
As long as blood was drawn, Blue Frost would be fatal within one minute. Most of the time, there was no antidote for it. This did not mean that there was no antidote for Blue Frost, but the antidote for Blue Frost was hundreds of times more precious than Blue Frost itself. It was impossible for it to appear in a place like Blackhot City. Therefore, when Colonel Leibniz heard the report of Zhang Tie's situation and confirmed that Zhang Tie was poisoned by Blue Frost, he had already regarded Zhang Tie as a dead man.
At that time, the Iron-Blood Camp was like a powder keg that had been ignited. They were full of killing intent and were ready to seek revenge from the Gregory family.
At that time, he didn't blame that cat. However, today, he had to make a big fuss about it. Because he was the regimental commander of No. 39 Division and the one who was assassinated was his subordinate. At this moment, each soldier of the Norman Empire represented the dignity and honor of the Norman Empire in Blackhot City. Especially when there might be some political intentions involved in this matter, he couldn't just sit back and do nothing.
For the whole afternoon, those influential lobbyists in Blackhot City and those furious military officers of the Iron-Blood Camp had completely blocked him in the office. One of them was defending the Gregorian family, while the other wanted Leibniz to order the Iron-Blood Camp to wash the castle of the Gregorian family with blood.
The Gregory family had actually dispatched an assassin to assassinate a military officer of the Norman Empire. Once this crime was confirmed, the Gregory family would be exterminated.
Encountering such a thing, the Gregorian clan was also flurried. Therefore, at supper time, the head of another clan in Blackhot City invited Colonel Leibniz to have supper in a private club in Blackhot City. At supper time, the Gregorian clan expressed to Colonel Leibniz their 'sincerity' to solve this misunderstanding through a middleman, which greatly moved Leibniz. Leibniz couldn't help but sigh — although these black-gold clans who had been mining mines in Blackhot City for dozens of years didn't have a profound background and didn't have a commendable fighting force, they were so rich that even the nobles of the Norman Empire were dwarfed by them. God knew how much wealth these families had accumulated after so many years of mining in Blackhot City.
On one hand, the "sincerity" of the Gregory family made Colonel Leibniz's heart pound. On the other hand, this matter was indeed a bit tricky. It would be difficult to solve it to satisfy all parties. Therefore, Colonel Leibniz scratched his head.
However, at this moment, Colonel Leibniz heard a really shocking news — Zhang Tie, who had been poisoned by the blue frost, was still alive.
Therefore, seeing the hope of solving this matter perfectly, Colonel Leibniz came to the hospital where Zhang Tie was being treated out of curiosity.
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Zhang Tie was lying on the hospital bed with bandages on his shoulders and lower abdomen. His face and skin were terrifying indigo, like a blue eggplant. Until now, Zhang Tie was still in a coma. However, he was still breathing. His chest and lower abdomen would slightly rise and fall every few seconds.
Although Leibniz had seen many bizarre things in his life, he had to admit that Zhang Tie's condition was indeed one of them. Out of all the strange things he knew, this matter could definitely be ranked in the top three. A person had been poisoned by the blue frost poison for at least seven hours, and under the condition that he did not take the antidote, that person actually did not die? Based on the toxicity of the blue frost, even a magical beast should have been killed by it.
"Are you sure that he's really poisoned by the blue frost?" Leibniz asked the doctor.
Seeming to have already expected such a question, the doctor took out a small bottle containing blue liquid and a white rat. In front of Colonel Leibniz, he stirred the bottle with a needle used for injection before pricking the white rat's body.
Under Colonel Leibniz's gaze, the white rat jumped twice. The white mouse that was pricked by the needle jumped twice in panic and then slowly stopped moving. Ten seconds later. The white mouse was already twitching in the cage. After another ten seconds or so, the poor white mouse's skin began to turn blue. A minute later, the white mouse's body was like a piece of frozen meat. He began to stiffen.
Colonel Leibniz no longer doubted.
"This bottle of blood is a sample we took from his body for testing! It was already a hundred percent certain that it was the Blue Frost Poison! There was no antidote in the hospital, so there was nothing we could do. We could only bandage and treat his wounds. Compared to Lan Shuang, the two wounds on his body weren't fatal. At first, we thought he was dead. But for some reason, this person's body seemed to be different from an ordinary person's. Others would have probably died hundreds of times in this situation. However, the damage caused by the blue frost isn't as great as we imagined. It's a miracle that he can hold on until now! "
Colonel Leibniz's heart raced as he suddenly remembered that Zhang Tie had told him that he had been struck by a lightning bolt. Was this also a special ability that Zhang Tie had after being struck by a lightning bolt?
"This person has been struck by a lightning bolt. After being struck by a lightning bolt, this person has acquired Lightning Stroke Savant's Syndrome. His strength has increased, and his cultivation speed has also increased. Is it because of the lightning bolt that his body could resist the blue frost? "
"This person has acquired Lightning Stroke Savant's Syndrome?" The doctor in the hospital was also amazed. After thinking for a short while, the doctor nodded. "It's very possible. Our bodies have endless mysteries. It's like a treasure house. Nobody knows how much his body has changed after being struck by a lightning bolt!"
"Can he wake up?"
"Because the abdomen of his battle suit has a good defense against arrows, the wound on his lower abdomen is very shallow. Only the wound on his shoulder is a bit deep, but it's not fatal. Given his breathing frequency, the damage caused by the blue frost has been controlled within a certain range. I cannot tell you for sure that he will wake up, but it's possible!"
"Fine, please give him the best treatment. This person is the most excellent military officer of the Norman Empire. He has a bright future!" Colonel Leibniz said.
"We will try our best!"
Colonel Leibniz then left Zhang Tie's ward. Before leaving, he told a small team of soldiers to stay in the hospital and not to let others disturb Zhang Tie's treatment. Additionally, he told them to keep Zhang Tie's condition confidential. If Zhang Tie woke up, they had to inform him at once. At the same time, when Colonel Leibniz left the hospital and boarded his special vehicle, he told his adviser to go to the Iron-Blood Camp and inform those violent maniacs that Zhang Tie was not dead yet. Therefore, the curfew in Blackhot City was lifted. Colonel Leibniz didn't want to make this event too big, so he sent a signal to some people in Blackhot City to ease the tension...
Soon after Colonel Leibniz left, a large group of military officers of the Iron-Blood Camp led by Battalion Commander Reinhardt rushed into the hospital and entered Zhang Tie's ward.
Seeing Zhang Tie still breathing after being poisoned by the blue frost for so long, all the military officers of the Iron-Blood Camp were dumbfounded.
Knowing that this might also be a side effect of the Acquired Lightning Stroke Savant Syndrome caused by the lightning strike, Reinhardt asked Guderian seriously this time, "How about I try it …"
"If you were unfortunately killed by the lightning strike, there would be no second person who could cultivate Iron-Blood Battle Qi in the entire No. 39 Division. Without someone who could cultivate Iron-Blood Battle Qi to take over your position, the Iron-Blood Camp of No. 39 Division would be disbanded! This would be a great strike for both the Iron-Blood Camp and the entire No. 39 Division. The No. 39 Division would become the only troop in the Iron-Horn Army to be abandoned by the Battle God. Not only us, even Colonel Leibniz would not agree with you... "Guderian replied calmly.
Reinhardt could only let out a sigh. At this moment, everybody was watching Zhang Tie who was lying on the bed with great admiration. Closely after that, they found that the blue color between Zhang Tie's eyebrows seemed to have faded a lot after they arrived at the ward for such a short while...
In the space of Zhang Tie's consciousness that nobody else could notice, a piece of information directly appeared in Zhang Tie's mind...
"The Manjusaka Karma Treasure Tree has finished analyzing and reconstructing the toxins in Zhang Tie's body. The toxins in Zhang Tie's body are being cleared and his bodily functions are recovering. Now, you can produce Poison-Refining Fruits. Do you want to produce them?"
"Yes, sir!"
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