The Consortium's Heir

Chapter 243

Chapter 243 I Can’t

##Darius heard some noise on the other end of the line, then his grandfather’s resolute voice rang out.

"Tell me everything you know."

He knew there was nothing to hide about this, so he told James everything he and Borisin had seen and experienced.

James sounded even grimmer after listening to him.

"So, you mean to say that neither of you came into contact with anyone? No one injected anything into either of your bodies or force-fed you anything? Yet this still happened?"

Darius rubbed his temple.

"Yes, Grandpa. I’ve tried my best to recall every detail, but I haven’t come across anything that seems out of the ordinary."

"Alright."

James hung up.

Darius put his phone down and looked at Edward.

"That drug you researched—how is it administered?"

Edward met his gaze.

"There are plenty of ways. One can drink, touch, or even breathe it in."

"When do the memory lapses start?"

"The moment the drug kicks in.And that was the reason why it wasn’t thrown into production—there was no way to control the time it took to act up.Some saw the effects earlier than others, but there were some lab rats that only showed effects three to five months later."

Darius took a deep breath and nodded.

"How long will it take to verify whether it’s from that lab?"

"Another eight hours, sir."

Darius nodded again and leaned back while crossing his legs at the knee.

"Well, since we don’t have any updates on that matter, we can look into something else."

"Something else? Is it..." NôvelDrama.Org (C) content.

Edward shook his head after some thought.

"Sir, I can’t think of anything else."

Darius looked at him with a faint smile.

"You don’t need to play down your talents when you’re with me.In fact, I want all the people around me to be worth ten of someone else."

Edward lowered his head, not daring to speak.

Darius sighed and continued, "Borisin took us away, didn't he? What happened to Wilson Gillette?"

Since they were on this topic, he glanced at Borisin, who was still wondering what had happened to himself.He suppressed the urge to give him a kick and turned back to Edward.

"Erin’s probably going to be busy for some time, so I’ll leave this up to you."

Edward didn’t expect things to turn out this way.He quickly raised his head and looked at Darius, shocked.

"S-Sir, thank you."

He didn’t know what to do, so he took a step back and bowed respectfully.

"I apologize for this, but when I joined the Reid Consortium, I decided to make protecting you my life’s mission."

Darius sighed at the resolute look on his face.

"If you can give me an appropriate reason for that, I’ll agree to it.But you need to understand this— you’ve turned down an order of mine, and if you can’t give me a good reason, I don’t think I can allow you to stay with me anymore."

He didn’t sound angry, but Edward knew he meant his words.He stiffened.

Darius had given him two choices, but neither of them was what he wanted.

However, it was obvious there wouldn’t be a third option.He sighed and shut his eyes.

"Sir, I can give you a reason.After graduating at the age of sixteen, the university hired me, and that’s when I started doing experiments.After a few of the drugs that I’d worked on achieved success, more people started to know about me.They wanted me to work for them, but I'd never thought of leaving because a former professor of mine was with me.This only lasted for a year, though.One of the companies refused to leave me alone no matter how many times I turned them down, and one day, they lost control of themselves when trying to persuade my parents to see things their way."

Edward’s eyes turned red at this point.

"From that day on, I lost my family.I hated them and stopped going home, spending all my time on my research.I wanted to use my research to get them off my back, but the university kept turning down my requests for grants.During that period of time, I was obsessed with producing a drug to stop more tragedies from happening.It never occurred to me that this obsession of mine would lead to an even worse tragedy.

"The owner of the company that hurt my parents changed his identity and started another company to reach out to me.

When he found out about my thoughts, he immediately agreed to invest in my research, and I accepted it without hesitation.

That night, I returned to the university to pack my stuff without letting anyone know.

Only when I got to my new lab did I realize what a huge mistake I’d made.

Things were completely different from what I'd imagined.

They confiscated my phone and luggage, making me go through all sorts of data.

"At the beginning, I didn’t realize how wrong it was to conduct these experiments.It was only when they started bringing humans into the equation that I felt something was up.Also, based on my observations, none of those people had come voluntarily.

As these things happened, we were forced to keep our mouths shut.

Many lab assistants didn’t know the proper procedures when conducting experiments, and their hands were filthy.

They weren’t professionally trained, and this made me feel suspicious.

"T tried negotiating with the owner to let me leave, but it obviously didn’t work.

They locked me up and starved me until I gave in.

After about two years, they allowed me to leave the lab, but I had to marry a woman and live with her.

Our neighbors were the security guards at the lab, including that old lady.

"One night, the house caught on fire. That’s when I took the opportunity to escape."