This guy must have fled. When we found her home, she wasn't there. Perhaps she found out Qian Shi Cui was arrested, which is why she took immediate action.
If she's part of the organization, she can escape easily. When we arrived at a residential building, we found her former apartment filled with broken drones and complex parts. Only He Xin could understand this stuff, and luckily, she was with us.
He Xin dismantled these contraptions with a screwdriver, her busy work looking a lot like Professor Agasa. If only Conan weren't around, he might have made a few jokes.
After we collected everything into evidence bags and finished our on-site investigation, all we needed was to find Gong Er Qing. She wouldn't be able to escape then. Even though we didn't know her whereabouts, with the evidence, she couldn't deny it.
We found the controller in her home, which was the same design as the one Qian Shi Cui used to harm us. Her fingerprints were on it, and DNA testing would likely confirm it.
While we were pursuing Gong Er Qing, the evidence was sent for analysis. I, with the remaining team, contacted the police across Guangming City. Suddenly, major public security bureaus, police stations, and precincts began a city-wide manhunt for Gong Er Qing. Finally, on the afternoon of January 30, 2023, she was apprehended.
She was near Kang Fu Lai Plaza at the time, likely thinking the safest place was the most dangerous. As we surrounded her, she tried to escape again, but Xiao Yuan De apprehended her like a hawk catching a chick.
As she was put into the car, she said, "It's useless to arrest me. There are too many technicians who can control drones in Guangming City. Without me, there will be many more people committing similar crimes. You'll just have to slowly wear yourselves out!"
"Oh really? Bring them on, and we'll arrest them all. I don't believe criminals can outlast us, the people's police!"
I retorted. Gong Er Qing dared not reply, pouted, and was quietly taken back.
Upon returning to the provincial department, Gong Er Qing was taken directly to the interrogation room. I initially thought she would readily confess her crimes, especially since we found so many illegal drones and controllers with her fingerprints in her home. However, after returning, she seemed to have transformed, playing a game of silent resistance with us.
Liu Yu Ning and I sat not far from her. I spoke first, "Didn't you confess in the car? Why the change of heart now? Did you think of something?"
My tone was very gentle at the time, wanting to see how Gong Er Qing would respond. To my surprise, she remained mute, as if utterly unresponsive to the outside world.
I felt she was faking it. But as I approached her, I noticed her eyes were incredibly vacant. I touched her arm; it was extremely cold. I immediately called for a doctor to examine her.
After some time, the doctor told me, "She's likely suffered some nerve damage, causing her inability to speak and perform certain bodily movements. If this continues, she will become a vegetative state."
"What? Do you know why this happened to her?"
"We can't confirm yet. Let's take her for further examination!" Some medical staff took Gong Er Qing away. We were all astonished. Gong Er Qing was fine before; how did she suddenly become like this? Liu Yu Ning speculated, "Could it be that the organization did something to Gong Er Qing's body? Seeing her being arrested, did they activate some device within her? Given their advanced drone technology, if they implanted some micro-device in her and triggered it at a critical moment, her body could react like this at any time."
"High-tech crime has been around for a long time. It's unexpected that they would use it on a suspect this time. However, this shows that Polaris members are becoming increasingly cautious. They don't want these minor players to expose more secrets, and they are starting to feel threatened. After all, we've cracked down on them so many times over the years, and more and more of their leaders have been arrested."
"The more cunning their plans, the closer they are to their limit. We must persevere and take another step towards victory!"
We encouraged each other before following the medical team to the public security hospital. After a series of examinations, the doctor informed us that a large amount of Amiodarone had been detected in Gong Er Qing's body. This drug is a mild non-competitive alpha and beta-adrenergic receptor blocker, with mild Class I and Class IV antiarrhythmic properties. Its primary electrophysiological effect is to prolong the action potential and effective refractory period of all myocardial tissues, which is conducive to eliminating reentrant excitation. It inhibits the rapid sodium ion influx in atrial and myocardial conduction fibers, slowing down conduction velocity. Overdosing can lead to gradual body necrosis.
On the outer layer of the drug was a special medium. Normally, it would not be corroded by stomach acid. Instead, it was embedded in Gong Er Qing's esophagus. Unless stimulated externally, it would remain sealed, preventing large amounts of toxic Amiodarone from entering the body. This explained why Gong Er Qing was fine before but became like this after returning to the provincial department.
He Xin and other technicians were brought in. A small amount of this special material was separated with tweezers. Then, with the help of Xie Chu Chu, Ling Xiao Tao, and Zhang Ke Ying, they located the microchip. Ultimately, it was thanks to He Xin's expertise that they fully understood the principle of the chip and the external micro-physical structures. It was similar to how a car starts: the motor drives the gears, which then turn the wheels. The chip was the motor in this structure, and the outer casing was the gears and tires.
Such a design requires extremely precise instruments. He Xin stated that their micro-drones couldn't even compare to this technology, admitting with some embarrassment, "Perhaps the organization's technology is even more advanced than ours."
"This is a chilling problem to consider. If our technology lags behind, this drone attack incident would have left us utterly helpless!" said Gao Ming Qiang.
"Otherwise? They are an international criminal organization. Perhaps they have technology from multiple countries. If it's all concentrated, it won't be easy for us to break through completely!"