Lei Hu listened, remained silent for a while, and then suddenly smiled.
"My friend, this is no coincidence!"
"Not a coincidence?"
After a long silence, Shi Gaofei frowned.
“Yes. It’s not a coincidence.” Lei Hu shook his head: “Someone deliberately arranged it this way, and they chose to send me out just when he came to the island!”
Shi Gaofei's expression turned somewhat unpleasant, but he immediately spoke resolutely: "I don't want to hear any of this! I've said it before, I've never wanted to participate in the affairs of your committee, and I never want to in the future! Hmph... infighting! It's everywhere!"
“It’s not that simple.” Lei Hu shrugged, seemingly quite relaxed. “Actually… it’s not necessarily an internal strife. It’s just that we have some disagreements. Some people have taken advantage of this loophole to deliberately keep some of the opponents away—like me.”
Shi Gaofei's expression changed slightly, but he still shook his head: "Why are you telling me this? You know my principles!"
“My friend!” Lei Hu took a few steps closer, looking earnestly at Shi Gaofei. “Some things aren’t as simple as you think. I have to say, you’re a genius, but only within your own field! Your shrewdness is still too shallow.” “I’m a scientist, I don’t need shrewdness,” Shi Gaofei shook his head again.
"ha!"
As if he had heard something absurd, Lei Hu deliberately laughed loudly.
Then, he stopped looking into Shi Gaofei's eyes and turned to look at the screen above, saying slowly, "I know you don't want to hear this, but what if what I'm about to say is related to the purification potion?"
Sure enough, as a mad scientist, Shi Gaofei has been thinking about studying Chen Xiao's blood and then deducing the ingredients of the purification drug!
This is almost his biggest problem lately!
His gaze immediately became very focused: "What are you trying to say? What's wrong with the purification potion? You... have information about this?"
His voice trembled slightly as he spoke the last sentence.
Lei Hu, carrying the wine bottle, slowly walked to the metal test bench, then casually sat down on it, less than twenty centimeters away from the instrument next to him.
This action immediately flashed a hint of displeasure in Shi Gaofei's eyes, but he forcibly suppressed it and patiently asked, "What information do you have about the purification potion?"
"We have internal problems!"
Lei Hu took a big gulp of wine, then sighed as if savoring the memory.
Then, he glanced at Shi Gaofei. Shi Gaofei immediately understood, quickly pressed a button, and said coldly, "Alright! Now, every word we say here will be completely unheard by anyone! You'd better hurry up and speak! If you're spouting nonsense, then I guarantee you'll never set foot in my lab again! Nor will you ever get any new equipment from me!"
"Bio-pod!"
Lei Hu uttered these three words quickly.
He glanced at Shi Gaofei: "That blue-blooded girl's bio-pod! I brought it back from Chen Xiao's house back then."
He smiled in a seemingly profound way: "You should remember that I wrote very clearly in the report I submitted back then: the purification agent that infected Chen Xiao was actually hidden in that bio-warehouse all along, but none of us knew it, and then that kid Chen Xiao found it, right?"
“That’s right,” Shi Gaofei said calmly, his tone tinged with dissatisfaction. “This is your responsibility! It’s unbelievable! Two excellent members of the field team were sent to monitor Chen Xiao, yet they never suspected the potion was hidden in the bio-vault? And Chen Xiao found it first! This kind of mistake is simply incompetence!”
“That’s not how it is.” Lei Hu shook his head. His expression also turned serious: “Shi Gaofei, the truth is: even I was kept in the dark!”
What do you mean?
"How did that kid know to open the hidden compartment at the bottom of the bio-chamber? He's just an ordinary kid; in his eighteen years of life, he's never seen such sophisticated equipment! How did he know to check the bottom? And then act like he already knew there was something hidden there!" Shi Gaofei sneered, "Someone told him!"
"who?"
"There's something wrong with Red Seven."
Lei Hu hesitated for a moment before finally speaking.
He sneered, "None of us knew the potion was hidden at the bottom of the bio-chamber! But Red Seven knew! She told that kid, prompting him to check the bottom of the bio-chamber!"
"Anything else?" Shi Gaofei frowned. "And how did you know that? It couldn't have been that little girl Hong Qi who told you herself, could it?"
"Let me finish speaking!"
Shi Gaofei said calmly, "I didn't know at first either. But later, I carefully read the diary left by Chen Xiao's mother. It was obvious that there was a message at the back of that diary! That message wasn't for Chen Xiao, but for Hei San! In other words, Hei San must have read that diary!"
Shi Gaofei's eyes lit up immediately!
“I checked later, and that diary was always kept in a hidden compartment at the base of the bio-chamber along with the purification potion!” Lei Hu’s smile was somewhat eerie as he coldly chuckled, “Then the first problem arises: since Hei San saw the diary, it’s impossible that she only saw the diary and not the purification potion! Because the two items were kept together! Right?”
“That makes sense!” Shi Gaofei’s eyes lit up as well.
"Of course. There's also the possibility that the diary wasn't originally kept with the potion, but... the bio-pod was entrusted to Hei San by Chen Xiao's parents! In other words, I suspect that even if the diary wasn't originally kept with the potion, it's only possible that Hei San personally placed the diary under the base! So, no matter how you explain it... there's only one conclusion: Hei San, she absolutely couldn't have been unaware of the potion's existence!"
Shi Gaofei's breathing became rapid.
“Black Three is one of our people. Although she's only at the lowest level, Group Three, she should know a lot of things she needs to know! With her level of understanding, it's impossible that she didn't know the importance of that potion! But she concealed it!” Lei Hu smiled, “Then, this leads to the next question!”
"This is blatant betrayal!" Shi Gaofei exclaimed indignantly. "Damn it! That potion is absolutely crucial! Hei San... I've read the report about Chen Xiao. Although Hei San has a personal relationship with her parents, she is first and foremost a member of the organization! We all swore an oath!! Such a significant matter, yet they concealed it..."
"What if she reported it?" Lei Hu said calmly, "What if there's a possibility that she reported it, but instead of giving it to me, she gave it to someone else?"
Lei Hu's voice was cold: "Hei San received my training, and I know her personality. Although she values relationships, she generally wouldn't do something that would harm the organization's interests for personal reasons. So, I suspect she didn't hide anything but reported it truthfully. However, who exactly gave the report to… well, it certainly wasn't me." Lei Hu continued with a cold laugh: "Let's analyze this further. Think about it carefully: Initially, we only defined this as a typical case of accepting a commission without authorization, and Hei San received some punishment. But even if the organization didn't take this seriously, according to our procedures, since we later sent Hong Qi and Hei Qi to monitor and protect Chen Xiao, how could we not have sent someone to inspect that bio-warehouse?"
His voice was mysterious: "Even if we didn't pay attention before, checking the bio-warehouse is a necessary step according to procedure! But since we checked it, why couldn't we find that drug under the bio-warehouse?"
Shi Gaofei was finally stunned.
"According to procedure, the people who inspect the bio-warehouse are the ones monitoring and protecting Chen Xiao! In other words, it's either Black Seven or Red Seven! Both of them are suspects."
Lei Hu said leisurely, "But based on what happened later, Hei Qi was cleared of suspicion. Because she was clearly unaware of it. It was she who discovered that Chen Xiao had taken the medicine from under the bio-warehouse. In a panic, she rashly broke into Chen Xiao's house, which resulted in the leakage of the medicine, and Chen Xiao was infected by it. Hei Qi also lost her superpower as a result—from this point of view, Hei Qi is innocent."
A cold smile appeared on his lips: "Then, things are clear: Hong Qi is a suspect!"