Chapter 9 Section IX

Kusanagi and other investigators from the Metropolitan Police Department, together with Fujioka and others, went to the headquarters of the "Bitter Love Club" to conduct a search. It was around 9:00 in the morning.Although there were ordinary believers in the dojo, they were just confused and did not resist. The cadres resisted strongly. They stopped the elevator to prevent the police from going upstairs. First Minister Takeo Mashima and Second Minister Hajime Moriya tried to lock the staircase door of the room on the fourth floor where they were. At the critical moment, Kusanagi and the others broke in, reached the fifth floor according to the plan, and rushed to the "purification room" and the next room according to the sketch prepared in advance.

Tohiko Hayazaki, whose real name is Kazuo Ishimoto, was in the next room with his wife, Sayoko.After letting them out, Kusanagi and the others began to check the bookshelves on the wall, and soon found a metal switch in an inconspicuous place. After pressing the switch, the bookshelves can be opened horizontally. There is a closet-sized device hidden behind the bookshelf. Several wires are pulled out from there to connect to the machine hidden in the floor. "As expected by that guy." - Kusanagi thought. Experiments with the machine were carried out outdoors.Yu Chuan discussed with the police from the forensics section and carried out various tests to confirm its safety, while Kusanagi and others watched from a little distance away.

Tang Chuan came over, "Okay, let's start!" "why me?" "You wrote the report, right? So it's best to experience it yourself, and get ready!" As Tang Chuan pointed to the cushions placed on the ground, other investigators, colleagues from the forensics department and others all smiled. Kusanagi took off his shoes sullenly, and sat down on the cushion. Yu Chuan approached him, and took out a postcard-sized piece of paper wrapped in plastic wrap, "Put this in your breast pocket." According to what he said, Kusanagi straightened his body, "Is this okay?"

"Okay, be mentally prepared!" "Please be gentle! Anyway, this is the first time for me!" Kusanagi stared at the square electric panel placed two meters away. It was a machine that was seized from the church a few days ago. According to Yuchuan, it seemed is an antenna. "It's okay, let's go to the normal 'Send Nian' mode first, it's coming!" said Tang Chuan and pressed the switch. "Oh!" Kusanagi couldn't help making a sound, because his body felt instantly warm. "How is it?" Tang Chuan asked. Kusanagi nodded, "I did feel it, just like what the believers said."

"Then let's be serious, you might feel a little sad this time." "In front of such a strange machine... don't scare me!" Just now, Kusanagi yelled "Ah", his body felt as if he was being roasted by the flames coming from the front, and he couldn't sit still and leaned back Rolling over, as if being chased by scorching heat, he ran away desperately. Soon I couldn't feel anything, and I couldn't feel the heat anymore. Looking at my body, there was no trace of being burned by the fire, and I felt like I was possessed by a demon. "It's scary, it's like being surrounded by fire!"

"If you increase the power, it will feel hotter." "Damn, please spare me!" "It's really amazing!" Fujioka said, "Mr. Kusanagi, would you like to try again?" "No! If you think I'm pretending, you can do it yourself!" "No, I'll forget it. Mr. Yuchuan, can you explain it again? It's similar to the principle of a microwave oven as you said." Tang Chuan nodded, "This uses microwaves - when people are in high-frequency electromagnetic waves, microwaves will stimulate the water contained in the human body, because the water molecules start to move violently, so the body will feel hotter."

"Will it affect the body?" "With this device, only a few tens of microns under the skin are affected. Although it feels hot, it does not leave scars. By adjusting the power and power-on time, you can feel the change in heat. The United States has developed a A device for suppressing riots that doesn't hurt people, called it." "It's just using this kind of thing to pretend to be the patriarch of a new religion! It's also because of this guy that Nakagami jumped out of the window and died, right?" "Of course it is, because I felt the flames coming from the front, and I fled backward reflexively, just like Kusanagi just now. The photographer said that it felt like the person who jumped out of the window when the fire came. This sentence gave me Enlightenment. The window is opened during the 'Send a Remembrance' to prevent microwaves from hitting the glass, and if there is water on the glass, the glass may shatter when it is heated."

"I see, I finally understand, thank you Mr. Kusanagi! I will definitely report to my superiors when I go back." "Please also send my regards to the Criminal Section Chief!" "OK!" Fujioka left with his subordinates, and Kusanagi also stood up. "Look at the piece of paper just now." Tang Chuan said. Kusanagi took out the paper wrapped in plastic wrap from his pocket, and was shocked when he saw it, the white paper turned into completely black. "It's the same as the paper back then." Kusanagi said. Yukawa, who infiltrated the religious order with Satoyama Nami, showed Kusanagi a piece of paper after returning. It was an A4 paper, and one side was completely black.

Tang Chuan said that this is heat-sensitive paper, which is paper that turns black when exposed to heat.He said that he wetted himself with water, wrapped it in plastic wrap and put it in the university notebook, and placed it in the center of the lower part of the pulpit where Lian Qi was sitting in advance.Yu Chuan saw that the religious group used microwave tricks. From Nami Satoyama's words, it is estimated that there is a hidden device somewhere. If the microwave is irradiated, the moisture in the thermal paper will be heated and the surface will turn black. Yu Chuan also said that when he put the notepad, Lishan Nami stood in front of the "star of bitter love" because he saw that it was made of a mirror, probably a one-way mirror for surveillance.

After Kusanagi reported the situation to Mamiya, the previous large-scale investigation was carried out. The investigators did not waste time and went directly to the room next to the "purification room" because they had already determined the location of the device.

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