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Chapter 696 Virus Spreads! (Third Update!)

"Say it again!" After Lavid's scream, Constantine's even sharper scream followed.

After his scream, Ravid's scream came from the other side:
"I said, shut down Brussels immediately, and have everyone stay home and not go out!"

"There was a virus on that overturned train, a large number of viruses, a large number of deadly viruses!"

"All the wounded who were sent to the hospital died; not a single one survived."

“Those who were not injured are still alive, but they have also been infected with the virus, including our rescue workers.”

"Doctors in the hospital's infectious disease department examined the patients and found that these viruses included, but were not limited to, influenza, smallpox, plague, and anthrax..."

"do you understand?"

"Are you deaf? Answer me!"

Constantine didn't reply. As Ravid recited the names of the viruses like a menu, his hand went limp and the phone fell to the ground.

Nokia phones are incredibly resilient; even after falling to the ground and breaking into eight pieces, they still managed to complete their final call.

But the final call was like a heavy hammer blow to Constantine.

He stumbled back to his desk, turned on his computer, and searched through it for a while before finally finding a piece of intelligence sent to him by the Belgian intelligence agency.

[List of viruses leaked from Fort Detrick, America...]

The Fort Detrick virus leak, for ordinary people, was just a rumor, but for those in high positions, it was a very real piece of information.

With a few resources and a little money, removing the list of virus leaks is incredibly easy.

Once it was confirmed that this was indeed the case, European countries began to use their own methods, each maintaining verbal contact with America while in fact gradually weakening or severing ties with her.

After all, viruses are invisible, and no one can guarantee that they will not be infected, nor can anyone guarantee that they will not die after being infected.

It's best to see it but not see it.

As for the cases that had already appeared in Europe, they were all taken to hospitals and locked up; not a single piece of information was leaked.

He couldn't understand why, under these circumstances, there would still be such a large-scale virus leak.

After staring at the data on the computer screen for a long time, a spark flashed in Constantine's mind. He grabbed the documents his secretary had brought him not long ago, opened them, and found the photos with explosion images.

The photo was taken from surveillance footage and is somewhat blurry, but you can still see that some things were blown up.

Further on, there are a few more photos of the train derailment.

In these photos, it's clear that some things were broken.

Upon seeing this, a bold idea flashed through Constantine's mind, but this idea still needed to be verified.

He picked up the phone and quickly called his secretary, asking her to retrieve the relevant video materials.

The secretary received the call and left, returning about half an hour later with the relevant video materials.

Constantine eagerly connected the hard drive containing the video data to his computer, opened it, and quickly found the footage of the train before it derailed.

Explosions and rollovers.

In those few short frames.

The contents of the bags were shattered on the windows as the train overturned, and the train windows, in turn, shattered due to the derailment. The glass, covered in a strange liquid, fell onto the open ground outside the train.

With the external power supply cut off, the surveillance cameras, powered by their own electricity, continued to operate. Soon after, residents of the surrounding town appeared on the cameras and began the rescue.

These townspeople naturally came into contact with the shards of glass and the liquid.

After coming into contact with these substances, the townspeople went to rescue others, and during the rescue, their hands, still wet with the liquid, touched the wounds of the injured.

They were tired, and they used their hands to wipe the sweat from their foreheads.

After watching for a while, the screen cut off, and Constantine knelt down on the ground, looking utterly dejected.

According to the report just mentioned, the town's residents were driven off the scene by the rescue team as soon as they arrived.

Once they are driven out of the scene, they will naturally return to their homes or workplaces.

Several hours have passed since the incident occurred, meaning that the first wave of infections did not affect the hospital staff, but rather the residents of the small town.

Those lively and energetic town residents.

They should be spreading those viruses all over the place by now!

What's more, there's a river where the train derailed!

Having figured all this out, Constantine felt as if the sky had fallen. He kept taking deep breaths and trying to mentally prepare himself. After more than ten seconds, he finally stood up, picked up the phone on the table, and called the Belgian security services.

"According to the police, there was a large amount of virus on the train that derailed in Halle."

"According to on-site videos, a large number of ordinary people have come into contact with these viruses."

“I need you to lead the people from the Brussels city government, as well as the Brussels police, to Halle and bring these people under control.”

"Remember, not a single word of this can get out!"

After finishing the call, Constantine collapsed into a chair, utterly exhausted, and covered his face with his hands, pondering why his life was so miserable.

Before he could figure it out, a phone call from Paris shattered his thoughts.

The person who called was an old friend of his.

I work at a hospital in Paris.

Before Constantine could even speak, the other person preemptively said:
"Constantine, what I'm about to say is something you must remember!"

"A special virus has broken out in Paris. It is a mixture of multiple viruses with a high mortality rate and is highly contagious."

This is your chance!

This remark completely broke Constantine's composure. He chuckled twice and said, "Belgium has it too!"

After saying that, the person on the other end let out a few low murmurs, and then quickly said:

“Then do me a favor, Constantine, use your privileged channels to transfer my parents to Finland.”

“I bought a farm in Finland, where I have stockpiled a lot of supplies. Let my parents go there and stay for a few months. As long as everyone else is dead, they won’t have any problems.”

"I'll leave this to you. I'll send you the address later. I have something else to do, so I'll have to go now!"

After hanging up the phone, Constantine was in a state of turmoil. The thought of the trouble he might encounter next made him want to jump off a building.

He pressed his forehead for a while to relieve the throbbing in his head. Then he made a call to his subordinates to arrange for his old friend's parents to go to Finland. After that, he contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to contact other countries. He wanted to figure out what the situation was.

The diplomatic department did not respond for a long time; it was their security department that responded first.

The security services have provided information that various strange virus cases are now appearing in European countries.

Everyone is busy, extremely busy. No time to deal with all that nonsense.

Disturbed and confused, Constantine began searching for international news, and as he searched, he came across news that similar cases had appeared in Japan as well.

He was instantly happy upon seeing the news.

…………

Tokyo, Japan, Prime Minister's Office.

Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Hiroshi Kaga carefully placed a report in front of Prime Minister Eimasa Nakajima, and then carefully withdrew.

Nakajima Eima picked up the report, glanced at it twice, then threw it on the ground and stomped on it.

He stomped twice, then raised his head, staring intently at Kaga Hiroshi, and asked:
Are you sure the source of the infection came from those American women?

“Yes!” Kaga Hiroshi nodded, bent down, picked up the document from the ground, flipped to the next few pages, and then showed the contents to Nakajima Eimaro.

The following content is an investigation report on the movement trajectories of the first few infectious disease patients. These patients were all girls, aged between 20 and 25, and were located in various parts of Tokyo. It can be said that they had no contact with each other.

However, after careful investigation, it was found that these individuals did not have any overlap in their movements, but they did have some overlap in the people they came into contact with.

And those intersections are the American people.

Or rather, American soldiers stationed in Tokyo Bay.

These people developed symptoms after spending a night with these American soldiers, and were then sent to the hospital where they were diagnosed as carrying the virus.

Then the quarantine began.

Upon seeing information about the American soldiers in the data, Nakajima Eimasa instantly lost all other thoughts. On Japanese soil, American soldiers were practically living fathers.

They really dare to take action; they really dare to kill.

virus?

Viruses are nothing; even if you get infected, there's still a chance of survival.

If you provoke these American soldiers, they'll pull out their guns on the spot.

Reaching out, he snatched the documents from Kaga Hiroshi's hand, tore them into pieces in a few quick movements, and tossed them into the trash can. Nakajima Eima calmly tapped his fingers on the table and said:

"If those people don't have the money for treatment, then just abandon them."

"As for the external publicity, just say that these people are prostitutes, and that they contracted a disease after having a one-night stand with tourists from South Korea. Remember, it was South Korean tourists."

"In addition, try to downplay the related virus issues and prevent this matter from spreading."

"The rest is fine to worry about."

Upon receiving the outcome, Kaga Hiroshi nodded repeatedly, turned and left Nakajima Eishin's office, preparing to follow Nakajima Eishin's method and shift the blame onto the Koreans. After all, he really didn't dare to shift the blame onto the Americans.

Even if the people below believe that the Americans did it, they cannot admit it.

As he was thinking this, he didn't notice someone coming from the front, and the two bumped into each other. Kaga Hiroshi subconsciously cursed, and only when he looked up did he realize that the person was Nakajima Eimaro's secretary.

The other person gave a friendly smile, then let Kaga Hiroshi pass and hurriedly ran into Nakajima Eimaru's office.

Upon seeing Nakajima Eimaru, the secretary exclaimed, "Prime Minister, there's a huge problem!"

"South Korea held a press conference and said that a new type of flu had appeared in their country. According to their investigation, the flu virus came from the remnants of our country's military in their country during World War II."

"They said they would pursue this to the end and demand compensation from us!"

The secretary's words made Nakajima Eima jump up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. "What did you say?"

The secretary quickly handed over a printed A4 sheet of paper. On the A4 sheet was a photo of South Korean Prime Minister Park Jung-pong speaking, and below the photo was the content of his speech.

In every printed photo, Park Jung-pong's expression is clearly visible, and coupled with the caption below the photo, that expression just looks incredibly irritating.

After reading the documents, Nakajima Eima looked up at his secretary and asked:

"Is there a video?"

"Yes!" the secretary nodded, answering decisively.

"Then why not provide the video?"

"No funding!"

"What do you mean?"

"To play videos quickly, you need to use a laptop or an iPad from Apple, but we don't have the funds to purchase either of those."

"Is there any other way for me to see the video?"

"You can choose on-demand TV viewing; you just need to pay!"

Nakajima Nagamasa laughed in exasperation that a prime minister like himself needed to be instructed on relevant intelligence. He turned away, putting the so-called virus incident behind him, and began to prepare a plan to speed up the operation of the entire Japanese bureaucracy.

Meanwhile, in Seoul, South Korea.

After Park Jung-pong finished his speech, he returned to his office. Just as he got back, Kim Hoon-soo, the Minister of Health and Welfare, approached him, put down the documents in his hand, shook his head, and said:
"To be honest, you shouldn't have pinned this on Japan. We have a lot of cooperation with Japan. This time you've shifted the blame onto someone else, and next time, they might try to sabotage us somewhere."

These somewhat accusatory words made Park Jung-pong chuckle softly. He tilted his head, looked at Kim Hoon-soo, and asked with a strange laugh:

"Then tell me, who should we shift the blame to?"

"Is it North Korea next door? Do you believe that if we throw a pot at them today, they'll actually throw a pot at us tomorrow!"

"And it's an iron pot, a solid iron pot, the kind that could crush us to death."

"Or perhaps our neighbor to the west? That's certainly a good idea, but the question is, can you afford the consequences of cabbage prices going up?"

"I don't care if a cabbage costs 30 won, as long as you can afford it."

"As for America, the culprit behind all this..."

"To put it bluntly, we are establishing our country on someone else's military base."

Park Jung-pong's words made Kim Hoon-soo hesitant to respond. After all, although North Korea was of the same ethnicity and ancestry as them, it was now like a barefoot person unable to wear shoes. If they tried to pin the blame for the virus on North Korea, North Korea would really find a scapegoat and smash it on their own heads, leaving them half-dead.

As for China, the current international public opinion environment is very unfavorable to them. If South Korea speaks out, there will definitely be people echoing it.

On the surface, they really can't do anything.

However, behind the scenes, there is a high probability that the prices of various vegetables, grains, and meats exported to South Korea will be increased.

In addition, various products sold from South Korea to China will also be investigated.

That would be very bad for South Korea.

As for America...

How can you establish a country on someone else's military base?
(End of this chapter)