Simulation Game: Crisis Management-Chapter 46 - 42: Outbreak

Chapter 46: Chapter 42: Outbreak
As soon as the broadcast sounded, the tourists were instantly agitated, but fortunately, it was just a "cold," which didn’t cause much panic. However, some tourists began to keep their distance, and those who felt uncomfortable took the initiative to contact medical staff to their condition.
"Don’t worry, we’ll immediately contact the Kagoshima Prefectural Hospital Bureau for testing and promptly identify the symptoms."
Mr. Morita patted his chest and promised, then left with the medical staff.
Remaining in place, Xiaowu Yefu looked at Gu Ji, blushing and lowering his head, "Miss Jian Na, then... then I’ll go maintain order first. Call me if you need anything!"
"Okay."
Gu Ji answered casually, his eyes always fixed on the remaining tourists with excited expressions, his brows furrowed.
For ordinary flu, such prevention and control measures are indeed effective. However, if it’s a more serious virus, this type of control can easily result in oversight due to underestimating the symptoms.
The safest method is still to set up blockades and lock down the area.
I wonder if there will be a task issued later to prevent the spread of infection.
If someone conceals their , bringing the virus to Kagoshima.
This would not just be a local incident, but it would turn into a regional, or even a national event!!
"Don’t be nervous, sister. Maybe it’s really just a common cold?"
Ito Meiyu shook Gu Ji’s arm, trying to comfort him.
"We’d better stay a little further from the crowd."
Gu Ji took her to hide in a corner. He did not forget his primary task: not to get infected by the virus, and it was only one day past the time limit required by the task.
Thanks to the ample cruise staff, the patient screening took less than fifteen minutes.
After confirming no one else was ing, with a click, the control room finally opened the deck door on the first level.
The tourists let out a cheer and crowded forward excitedly.
After most of the crowd disembarked, Gu Ji led Ito Meiyu toward the hatch, reminding her not to touch the handrail.
Stepping onto the deck, looking out, aside from the white houses in the town, the most striking thing was the blue mountains hidden in the clouds in the distance and the vast fields of yellow rapeseed flowers at the foot of the mountain.
Kagoshima is one of the few major cities in the world close to an active volcano, known as Satsuma Fuji. Most people come for this volcano.
But Gu Ji was different. He was here to observe the tourists and constantly await information from the cruise ship and the hospital.
In theory.
If it’s a common flu virus, the laboratory only needs four to six hours to detect the results. But if it’s an unknown virus, it takes much longer, needing identification, comparison, ing, and re-examination.
In the evening, before returning to the cruise, he went to the largest pharmacy in Kagoshima and bulk-purchased sufficient medical protective supplies.
When he returned to the cabin, many tourists were still eagerly discussing topics related to Kagoshima.
Gu Ji directly found the security guard named Xiaowu Yefu to inquire about the symptoms.
"Miss Jian Na, please rest assured. Mr. Morita contacted the Prefectural Hospital Bureau, confirming that this is just an ordinary flu, possibly related to the recent drop in temperatures in Yokohama. The infirmary has already given medication to the patients."
Xiaowu Yefu scratched his head and explained.
Is it really an ordinary flu?
Gu Ji frowned slightly, wondering if he had judged incorrectly.
Ito Meiyu blinked and smiled, "See, sister, I told you it was nothing!"
With doubts, Gu Ji prepared to revisit the "source of the virus," which was the man in the brown hat.
He found this guy easily in the casino.
Besides a cough, the red spots on the man’s body hadn’t spread any further, nor was there any ulceration or bleeding. However, the corners of his eyes were somewhat bloodshot, uncertain if it was due to the progression of the symptoms, or staying up late drinking.
Let’s wait another day and see...
Back to the guestroom, a night passed.
The cruise had gradually moved away from Japan’s sea, heading toward Xia Country Xiangzhou, expected to arrive in three days.
To make this three-day sea drift less boring, the cruise took the opportunity to host many activities, such as water parks, electronic music festivals, opera performances, etc.
Gu Ji spent all day looking for those who were infected but went through all the public areas and barely saw anyone.
Including the white-haired old man and the young white person he initially found on the deck, from the night before last to their return to Kagoshima yesterday, hadn’t seen any sign of them.
"Could they have not left their rooms all day?"
Gu Ji pondered secretly.
Finally forced with no options, he could only try his luck at the lottery event held in the hall on the first level in the evening.
The top prize promoted by the cruise was 5 million yen, although it could only be spent on the ship, it was still enough to attract a large number of tourists.
Ugh—!
Before the lottery even began, someone who apparently drank too much suddenly started to vomit violently.
"Ugh... so disgusting!"
"Let’s get out of here!"
...
The surrounding tourists ran away with looks of disgust, and Gu Ji followed the sound to see a young Japanese man with a middle part, resting his hands on his knees, bowing his head and retching continuously. In front of him on the ground was a sticky mess of yellow-green matter, mixed with some red threads, emitting a strong fishy-acid stench.
Mr. Morita hurriedly directed the cleaning staff to clean up.
At this moment, the young man with the middle part lifted his head, eyes bloodshot, his cheekbones flushed, full of a pained expression, as if possessed by a demon.
"Wait! Do not approach him! Everyone step back quickly!"
Gu Ji hastily shouted, scaring the cleaning staff to a halt on the spot.
Coughing, muscle pain, fever;
Subcutaneous redness, bloodshot eyes, dry heaves, vomiting with blood streaks.
These are symptoms of viral hemorrhagic fever!!
There are many kinds of viral hemorrhagic fevers, but the complications are all very severe, such as epidemic hemorrhagic fever, simian hemorrhagic fever, Marburg hemorrhagic fever, etc. Among them, the most deadly is the Ebola virus, with a mortality rate as high as 90%!
Thinking of the name of this virus, even Gu Ji instinctively stepped back.
"Help... help..."
At this moment, a voice wailed from the corridor of the fourth-floor guestroom upstairs. A shaky figure walked to the edge of the stairs, "Help... urk—!"
Before he could finish speaking, there was a violent vomiting.
But unlike the previous person, this time, a large amount of red-black sticky sludge fell from the air, splattering in the first-floor hall, with some of the liquid splattering on nearby tourists’ faces!
"Are you out of your mind!"
A black man cursed angrily.
But the next second, the figure’s neck stiffened, convulsing violently, frothing blood, then toppled over the railing, with a splat, crashing heavily onto the ground, like a rotten tomato, the blood splattering in a fan shape, dyeing the cracked tiles red.
The entire venue fell silent for half a second.
Then.
A tremendous scream erupted in unison:
"Ah—!!"