Chapter 51 I am more afraid of people losing their courage than dying.

Peter soon understood where the atmosphere in the classroom came from.

"Peter, can you come out for a moment?"

Miss Fish, who was usually a bit old-fashioned, was standing outside the classroom waving at him.

Peter nodded hesitantly and walked out of the classroom.

"This is Officer Billy Nolan. He has something he wants to ask you."

She introduced a burly black policeman next to her to Peter, then turned and left, hesitant to say something.

"I don't think we know each other, officer."

Peter frowned at the officer in front of him.

"Yes, we probably haven't met before. This time I want to ask you something about New York Presbyterian Hospital."

The black policeman got straight to the point and said, "Didn't you prevent a murder case in the hospital yesterday?"

"Yes, there is such a thing."

Peter nodded and said, "Why? Are you going to give me a bravery award? Forget about the award, but I won't refuse the bonus."

"Forehead"

The black policeman looked at Peter's serious expression, wondering if he was joking or really meant it.

"Ahem, actually, the suspect is already dead. We need to go to the police station to question you about some things. Of course, your actions were courageous, so his death should have nothing to do with you."

The black policeman assured Peter that it was just some simple questioning.

Peter hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement and followed the other party towards the police car.

He really didn't expect that the knife-wielding attacker would die.

I didn't use much strength, and the other person just suffered some minor injuries at most.

He died so easily now. Could it be that he was suffering from kidney deficiency?

He walked towards the police car thoughtfully, while the students in the class were shocked when they saw this scene.

It started with Josh's death, and now it involves other deaths.

Although it was confirmed that Josh's death had nothing to do with him, why is this guy always involved in death?

Many students have labeled him as "not easy to mess with" and "the god of death".

Liz Allen, a reporter and video blogger in the class, saw Peter being taken away by the police and immediately raised her mobile phone to take pictures.

And she sent the photo to Gwen.

Gwen quickly shot back a question, "What happened, Liz? Why is Peter with the police?"

"Peter was taken away by the police and Miss Fish said he might be involved in a death at Presbyterian Hospital."

"Walter? How come? Did they make a mistake?"

Anxious Gwen called her directly.

As soon as Liz answered the phone, she was bombarded with questions from Gwen.

"Relax, Gwen, it's nothing serious, we don't know what's going on yet."

Liz comforted the panicked Gwen, "Besides, I know a lot of lawyers who may be able to help Peter."

She thought for a moment and then said, "For example, that. Gwen, do you know Greer Hagensen? A heavyweight in the New York legal community, tall, confident, calm, and quick-witted. His briefcase is made of genuine leather, with a gleaming stainless steel buckle, and his smile is so sparkling that it will melt the hearts of female jurors like butter in a hot pan."

Gwen on the other end of the phone was speechless. "I don't think this joke is funny, Liz. I have to go to the police station. We can talk later."

Liz shrugged, "Okay, we'll talk later, but seriously, my dad is a lawyer, so you can tell me if you need help."

at the same time.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

Strange and Christine head towards the morgue.

“Is it necessary to test it again?”

Christine asked her old partner, "Haven't we already confirmed the cause of Dan Stein's death? The police have already been here once."

The body of Dan Stein, who attacked Strange, has been placed in the morgue after the autopsy.

The initial autopsy cause was anaphylactic shock.

"The anaphylactic shock argument doesn't convince me."

Strange pushed open the door of the morgue, and the cold air instantly hit the two of them. Christine couldn't help but shiver.

"Are you okay? Otherwise I can go in alone."

Strange suggested to Christine.

Christine shook her head. “No, don’t forget, I am also a doctor. I have seen countless corpses and have taken many anatomy classes in college.”

"Actually."

Strange walked to a freezer and turned to his partner and said, "Death is also different. I thought you would resist seeing these things after becoming a surgeon. After all, this represents a doctor's failure in snatching a patient from the god of death."

Christine helped him pull the freezer open and said, "You know what? I've been through worse. When I lived in Worcester, there was a huge tornado. There was a lot of damage and bodies everywhere."

"Much later, I followed my mother out. Every face on the street was filled with despair and dullness. Men drank beer silently in the bar on the corner of Sullivan Street, and women told each other their sorrow and pain in the backyard."

She seemed to recall something, and said sadly, "In half a year, the city's main commercial project has become a funeral. I am afraid that this will happen again. I am more afraid of seeing people lose their courage than death."

Strange nodded, and he suddenly understood why his partner became a doctor.

Indeed, what is more terrible than death is the loss of courage caused by the fear of death, and doctors can give people courage.

Opening the freezer and looking at the pale face of the corpse, Strange frowned and said, "There are hallucinogen-like ingredients in his blood, and the level of blood hormones exceeds the normal level. It looks like he took some kind of drug."

"Hallucinogens?"

Christine calmed down, checked the abnormality of the body, and said, "Could it be that his hyperactivity and change of temperament are also due to taking hallucinogens?"

Strange shook his head. "Will hallucinogens cause anaphylactic shock? Or even cause cardiac arrest, breathing difficulties, and blood hormone abnormalities?"

As he spoke, he examined the man's mouth, "I believe this allergen is not an ordinary hallucinogen."

After hesitating for a moment, he said to Christine, "It's possible that Dan has changed his temperament and become a completely different person. This must be some kind of chemical product that we don't know about, or it could be derived from some plant or animal hormone."

"What is this mark?"

Christine suddenly pointed at a spider web tattoo on the back of his head and asked Strange.

"Gangster mark."

Strange said with a serious expression: "Generally, gang members who have been in jail will have this kind of tattoo, or it may also mean being trapped in a spider web and unable to turn over forever."

(End of this chapter)