Chapter 421 : Beeihae Shinnshiow

Just like before, the door to the room opened again. Only this time, the number of people who came was not as many as before. Two doctors and a nurse entered the room.

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"Good afternoon, Mister Beeihae." One doctor greeted Shinnshiow kindly.

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"Good afternoon." Shinnshiow could hear his own voice. He sounded like a weak old man.

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"You wake up so quickly. In fact, earlier we predicted you wouldn't wake until three or four hours later."

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"So, how do you feel right now?" The doctor smiled. By Shinnshiow's estimation, the doctor was probably still only thirty-two or thirty-three years old.

"Except for a limp and a headache, I'm fine. Maybe in another four or five hours, I'll be fully recovered."

"You are incredibly confident, Sir." The other doctor smiled politely. He looked older than his partner. Maybe he was in his late forties. His skin was rather dark, with wavy black hair. "Not many people can easily motivate themselves. Confidence like this really helps your body's recovery process."

"Actually, what happened to me?" Shinnshiow really wanted to know what had happened to him. The kidnappers did not treat him badly. But for some reason, this morning, Shinnshiow suddenly felt nauseous and very weak.

"You have been poisoned." The older doctor spat out those words at such a slow tempo. He seemed worried that Shinnshiow could not understand his sentence. "We have not been able to determine exactly what poison entered your body. However, based on the symptoms you are experiencing, for the time being we conclude that you have been poisoned by Korabizu."

"Korabizu?"

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"That's right, Sir." The doctor nodded graciously.

"Isn't that a strange food that is very hard to find in this city?" Shinnshiow shook his head vigorously. It was really hard for him to believe. "How did that happen? I've never touched food like that."

"What makes Korabizu poisonous is the imperfect processing method. So there are bacteria and Korabitoxin that are in raw Korabizu. If the raw Korabizu is cleaned properly, there will be no problem. But if not, then the combination of bacteria and the Korabitoxin can cause poisoning. Low doses will only cause nausea and headaches. But high doses can result in death." The doctor, who was not yet forty years old, explained briefly.

"As far as I know, Korabizu is usually eaten half cooked?" Shinnshiow asked. "Is it harmless?"

"If the bacteria and Korabitoxin in Korabizu have been removed, it won't be dangerous. So not all cooks can do that. It takes years of training. And they can't process it without a certificate issued by the authorized institution."

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"But I don't eat that stuff at all," Shinnshiow said.

"That's why we were a little doubtful. If you took Korabizu, then there should be some Korabizu fibers stuck in your mouth or tucked between your teeth. However, in reality, we didn't find traces of Korabizu at all."

"So, how did that toxic substance get into my body?"

"My guess is that someone deliberately smeared or introduced the bacteria and Korabitoxin into the food or drink that you consumed this morning."