NovelEnglishThe mercury dichloride that had been poured into Edmund's mouth soon took effect, and he could feel the discomfort and pain slowly surging inside him. He knew that this must be because his kidney functions had begun to deteriorate rapidly! It was only at this point that Edmund truly realized what a big problem he had gotten himself into.
Previously, he had used to think that with his status, position, and family background, he could run amuck fearlessly in any corner of the world.
After all, the vast majority of things in this world seemed too cheap as compared to his ten-billion-dollar family fortune.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHe had caused a lot of trouble when he was in the United States, but even if he truly killed someone, he could take care of it with a few million dollars at most, and it would not have caused him any trouble nor consequence at all.
If he had poisoned Corwin in the United States and the matter had been exposed, he could immediately get a scapegoat to confess to the matter by spending a mere few hundred thousand dollars. 5 So what if the whole world knew that he was the mastermind behind it? He could bribe his way to the most powerful person in the judiciary and put all the charges on the scapegoat alone, escaping unscathed.
However, this time, he had offended Charlie.
Since he was on bad terms with Charlie, he could not solve the problem with money like he always did! In just a few hours, Edmund had transformed from a strong young man into a terminally ill patient who had lost almost all mobility and could only lie on the floor, wailing in pain.
The doctor that Isaac had arranged in advance had been following up on Edmund's physical condition. He would perform a creatinine blood test on Edmund every half hour. 3 In just half an hour, Edmund's blood creatinine value had shot wildly from 75 at the beginning to 200, 500, 800, 1000, and even went all the way to 1500. This value indicated that Edmund's kidneys had sustained a total failure. 3 Subsequently, the doctor immediately connected him to the dialysis machine.
The dialysis machine was, to put it bluntly, an artificially manufactured mechanical kidney. When the kidneys had lost their functions, the machine would replace the kidneys to complete the task of detoxification and filtration. 6 Therefore, when the dialysis machine started, Edmund could survive, but it also signified that he could not get rid of the machine for the rest of his life.
*** Meanwhile, in New York, United States.
A white man in his fifties was pacing anxiously in his office in a skyscraper in Manhattan.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmHe was Salem Whittaker, Edmund's father.
At this moment, it was already 3 pm in New York.
Salem had tried to get in touch with Edmund since 9 a m, but he had not been able to contact him until now. 2 He was afraid that something might have happened to Edmund in Oskia, so he contacted Edmund's entourage as well, but without exception, he couldn't get in touch with any of them.
He was able to contact several other executives who had followed m Edmund to Aurous Hill, but none of them had any idea where Edmund had gone after the evening.
In order to locate Edmund, these executives immediately reported him missing to the Aurous Hill police, but they could not track Edmund down either. It was as though he had just disappeared into thin air.
After receiving such news, Salem immediately realized that something must have gone terribly wrong. 2
He pressed the phone on his desk and ordered in a in a stem voice, Arrange a plane right away. I want to go t o Oskia!" 6 *** X
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