The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife

Chapter 384 Errol Virus

"This is interesting." Joseph laughed mysteriously. "I don't think our relationship is good enough for me to answer your question."

Julian narrowed his eyes and then said coldly, "You knew I would make this call and ask you this question. Isn't that the reason you're keeping this number available?"

Julian's sagacity had exceeded Joseph's expectations. He fell silent for a while before talking again. "You think too much, but sure, what is the thing that you want to ask me about?"

Julian did not beat around the bush and got straight t o the point. "After Susie came back, a rash began to appear on her neck. Initially, the rash was faint and was only limited to her neck. However, several days later, it began to move around and spread to other parts of her body. Right now, her arms, her body, and her face are all full of this rash. What is going on with her? I assume that you should have the answer."

Joseph fell silent once again. This time, it took him even longer before he started to speak again. "Just as I expected.”

"As you expected? What do you mean by that?" Julian's eyes turned grim.

"I expected this. This is his way of doing things,”

Joseph said calmly, although there was a hint of suppressed anger in his voice.

Julian suddenly came back to his senses.

He had overheard Joseph asking Mr. Samael for some kind of antidote and had seen Mr. Samael give a carton of antidotes to Joseph with his own eyes.

When those memories surfaced in his mind, the bad hunch in his heart suddenly reached its peak. He grabbed his phone tightly as he snarled out, "Susie was poisoned? What kind of poison was it?"

"It's not poison. It is a kind of virus known as the Errol Virus." Joseph's voice was cold and devoid of any emotion.

"Your men have been injected with this virus as well?" Julian squinted. "I want every piece of information about the virus."

"I'm not sure who created the virus, but one thing is certain: He or she must be a nut. The Errol Virus is a type of latent virus that is extremely destructive."

Joseph's heart shuddered when he remembered the days when he had been infected with the Errol Virus." This virus is somewhat similar to drugs, but it is 100 times scarier.

"After one is injected with it, there won’t be any reaction during the initial stage. Then, a few days later, a rash will begin to appear. Once the rash appears, it will spread rapidly, and it'll only take several days before it spreads to the other parts of the body, just like what Susan is experiencing right now.

"This rash is not offensive at this stage and doesn't really have any adverse effects on the infected person other than making him or her look ugly. However, all this is nothing compared to what will happen three months later.

"The scariest aspect of the Errol Virus comes during the third month. The virus will reach its maturity during the third month and will start to attack the infected individual through the rash on their body. The people injected with the virus will suffer great pain. The pain will slowly worsen and intensify until i t completely crushes the person’s will."

Joseph did not hide anything and blurted everything h e knew about the Errol Virus to Julian.

"Susie... was injected with this kind of virus?" Julian clenched his fists tight. "Who did it?"

Joseph raised his brow. "It had nothing to do with me. I assume that it was Mr. Samael who secretly injected the virus into her while she was unconscious. You should know that he was sent by the King, and if he really wants to do something, I won’t stop him for the sake of my brothers' lives."

"Your brothers’ lives?"

Joseph decided to lay everything bare since the situation had reached this point. He nodded and said," All of my brothers, about 1,000 of them, were injected with the Errol Virus. They need a simplified version of the antidote every three months. If they don't get the antidote, the virus will attack them, and if the virus attacks them, they will probably die. Therefore, I have no choice but to listen to the King’s orders for their sake."

Joseph implicitly explained his helpless situation.

Julian narrowed his eyes. "Is the mortality rate high once the virus starts to attack?"

"Yes." Joseph nodded. "A hundred men from my original gang, including me, were amongst the first group of people to be injected with the virus. When the virus began to take effect, the mortality rate was a s high as 90%. Death came only after some of us endured excruciating pain and suffering. Although a few people survived, the agonizing pain drove them insane and they are still suffering from schizophrenia even now. I'm the only one who pulled through. After you survive the virus, you will become immune to it. Even if you're injected with the virus again, it will not have any effect on you anymore.

"Julian, I consider myself a strong-willed person, but during the three days when the virus was attacking m y body, there were countless times that I wanted to end my life. Even though I pulled through in the end, I did not want to experience that kind of pain anymore.

"Since Susan was injected with the virus... To be honest, I doubt she will make it through."

Julian froze, as all his blood had run cold.

Out of those 100 men, most of them were dead and the rest had gone crazy. Only Joseph had survived. What’s more, they had not died because of other causes. They had been killed by the excruciating pain.

Julian could not imagine how painful it would be. If h e could not get his hand on the antidote, could Susan have to go through that pain as well? Julian dared not think about it.

"Besides, I'm considered a core member of that organization. After you forced the U.S military to destroy the island, the King removed you from the recruitment list and put you on his kill list. This implies that the King has given up on recruiting you. Even if you change your mind and want to join the organization now, he will not let you anymore.

Without joining the organization, you cannot get your hand on the antidote. In other words, you can only watch helplessly as the virus slowly takes hold of Susan in three months," Joseph said sternly.

Julian took a deep breath and commanded himself to calm down. "Since you told me so many things, do you have a way to save Susie, Joseph?"

Joseph fell silent for a moment before speaking again. "Truthfully, I've had enough of this kind of coercive life. I've been trying to break free, but I've never been able to do so. Julian, I've always thought that this was i t. This is how I have to spend the rest of my life, as their pawn, and there is no way I can free myself from their control. However, I began to see some hope now."

"Hope? What is this hope?" Julian asked. NôvelDrama.Org holds © this.

"You are the hope, Julian,” Joseph replied. "You can turn the tide even if you're facing that kind of situation, so I think maybe you might be able to come up with a way to deal with the Errol Virus. If

you get your hands on the antidote and save my men, I will give everything to you. Even if you want my life, I will give that to you as well."

"The Errol Virus is the King's trump card. He uses it to control the people under him. I’m sure that he must be keeping the antidote at a place where no one could find it, so how am I supposed to get it?" Julian asked through gritted teeth.

"That's up to you," Joseph said with a shrug. "I’m not a s smart as you, so I don’t know how."

Julian was left speechless by Joseph’s audacity.

"However, don't get so discouraged. I believe that you will find a way," Joseph encouraged him. "I can give you some help, but I can't do it too explicitly. Plus, you can ask me anything about Susie’s condition. I'll tell you everything that I know."