Hipokuratesu No Shiren

[Machine Translation] Dr. Nanjo, an internist at Joto University Hospital, came to the Department of Forensic Medicine of Urawa Medical University, led by Professor Tojiro Mitsuzaki, an eccentric but top-notch autopsy technician. He has a question about the death of Gondo, a former member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly who was taken to the hospital the day before and died suddenly. Liver cancer was thought to be the cause of death, but a medical checkup he had undergone nine months earlier had revealed no problems. Kotegawa of the Saitama Prefectural Police, who is sent to investigate, obtains evidence that Gondo's nephew planned to poison him using accidental rice. However, the answer that Mitsuzaki derived from the autopsy was a horrifying infectious disease! Soon after, another suspicious death is discovered in Gondo's surroundings. New assistant professor, Makoto Tsugano, who is trying to identify the source of the infection, has arrived at the shocking truth...!

偏屈だが解剖の腕は超一流の光崎藤次郎教授が率いる浦和医大法医学教室に、城都大附属病院の内科医・南条がやって来た。前日に搬送され急死した前都議会議員・権藤の死に疑問があるという。肝臓がんが死因とみられたが、九カ月前に受けた健康診断では問題がなかった。捜査に駆り出された埼玉県警の古手川は、権藤の甥が事故米を使って毒殺を目論んだ証拠を掴む。しかし、光崎が司法解剖から導き出した答えは恐るべき感染症だった!直後、権藤の周囲で新たな不審死が判明。感染源特定に挑む新米助教・栂野真琴が辿り着いた驚愕の真実とは―!?