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"Not able to get close? Is there something dangerous on this tree?" A total of five people from the Privileged Department arrive, one of them is a woman who is very capable and astute. She gazes up at the tree and sees something on it, her expression slightly darkening.
It really is terrifying, no wonder it caused such a commotion. If it remains there any longer, the entire city's reputation would be ruined.
"For some unknown reason, two of our colleagues went up there about eight hours ago and suddenly lost consciousness and fell. Fortunately, they got caught and were suspended. They were sent to the hospital, but we still don't know what happened."
"Unconscious? Is there an electric current up there?"
If it were dry wood, it wouldn't be much of a problem, but rain had soaked the trees, possibly giving them decent conductivity. If the murderer had set up a power source in the tree, then those who tried to climb it to recover the corpse would be in danger...