User blog comment:Dispelling Mage/Omake: Lucy & Migi - Review/@comment-4449950-20150829072752/@comment-7418318-20150829084301

The toxin weren't a tactic. Shinichi just tried to at least hurt Gotou in any way he could. That it ended up the way it did was luck, not judgement. Shinichi was the one most surprised about the presence and effects of the toxin. ^^