Chapter 2387
The mercury dichloride that had been poured into Edmund''s mouth soon took effect, and he could feel the difort 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 toc cheap aspared to his ten-billion-der family fortune.
He 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 dors
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 dors. 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
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The doctor that Isaac had arranged in advance had been following up on Edmund''s physical condition. H e 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 t o 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 rece the kidneys toplete the task of detoxification and filtration. &
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Meanwhile. in New York, United States.
A white man in his fifties was pacing anxiously in his office in a skyscraper in Manhattan
He 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
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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 stern voice, "Arrange a ne right away. I want to go t
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The next day.
Aurcus Hill did not look any different from the usual morning.