The War God's Homecoming

Chapter 227 Who Instructed You

Chapter 227 Who Instructed You

"Stout, did you find something?" Upon hearing Stout's words, Harleen Knight's eyes lit up.

Others in the conference room turned their attention to Stout as well, their faces filled with curiosity.

"Yes!" Stout nodded in response. "There's an additional ingredient in the problematic pill."

"Although this ingredient has some effect on very specific cancers, its side effects are significant. At a certain dosage, it can lead to death." He continued to explain, "If I remember correctly, this ingredient should have been banned a few years ago. I don't understand why it's present in Wild Swan Pharma Solutions' product."

The people around them gasped in shock at his revelation.

"I have a question, sir," the department manager responsible for testing at Wild Swan Pharma spoke up after a while. "Our company conducts sample testing on all products before they are stored. If what you said is true, why couldn't we detect it?"

"This ingredient is very similar to common targeted therapy drugs, and the amount in each pill is minimal. It's difficult to detect through routine testing alone." Stout explained.

As he spoke, he quickly jotted down a note on paper and handed it over. "Try testing it using this method."

The department manager looked at the note, surprise evident on his face. Experts could recognize each other's competence at a glance, and the note Stout had written revealed his expertise in the field. Moreover, the method he suggested was indeed something they had overlooked.

"Mr Hall, you should personally take your team to try this method!" Harleen spoke up.

"Alright!" The man nodded and walked towards the testing area.

"Boss, it might not be that simple," Stout said to Billy after a while. "I can't yet figure out the motive behind this."

"This ingredient requires complex processes to refine. If their goal was simply to sabotage Wild Swan Pharma, it wouldn't be necessary to go through all this trouble."

"Yeah," Billy nodded thoughtfully.

In less than twenty minutes, the manager returned with a shocked expression and looked at Harleen.

"Ms Knight, it's true. The batch of problematic pills indeed contains an extra ingredient. Furthermore, following the method provided by this gentleman, I also checked the three main raw materials of our company's products. In the end, we found this ingredient in the most important of those semi-finished materials."

As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man sitting at the conference table collapsed to the ground in panic, sweat drenching his face. He continued to mutter, "How could this happen... it can't be..."

Everyone turned to look; the middle-aged man was Johnny Stephenson, the Deputy General Manager responsible for procurement.

"Mr Stephenson, do you have something to say?" Harleen looked at the man.

"... Ms Knight, I... I'm sorry for the company..." Johnny Stephenson struggled to get up from the floor.

"What's going on?"

"It's... it's Ashton Erickson..." Johnny Stephenson trembled as he spoke.

"Who is Ashton Erickson?"asked Harleen.

"He's the owner of the company that supplies the semi-finished materials our company recently started using..." Johnny Stephenson said shakily.

"Why did you suddenly change suppliers?" Harleen's brows furrowed again.

"Ashton Erickson offered prices one-third lower than our previous supplier's, and... and I had the quality control department test their products and didn't find any issues, so I..." Johnny Stephenson continued. Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

"Just because of the lower price?" Harleen Knight's tone turned stern. "Did you take bribes from them?"

Johnny Stephenson dropped to his knees, trembling all over.

"I'm sorry, I... I had no idea this would lead to such severe consequences..."

"You're despicable!" Harleen responded angrily.

"Ms Knight, use this prescription to make medicine and prepare a concoction for patients with mild symptoms. It will counteract the toxicity of this medicine." Stout said, handing over a written prescription to Harleen Knight.

"Really!?"

"Yes!" Stout nodded.

"Thank you, Stout." Harleen was full of gratitude.

"Don't mention it. Even if I'm not here, boss can handle it." Stout smiled.

"Wife, you stay in the company to deal with the aftermath. Stout and I will pay a visit to Ashton Erickson's company." Billy said at this point.

This incident had caused such serious consequences; he naturally needed to get to the bottom of it.

"Alright, you two be safe." Harleen nodded.

Five minutes later, after learning the company's name and address, Billy and Stout set off in a car.

Ashton Erickson's company was located in an industrial park in the southern suburbs of the city. After about an hour, the two of them parked the car in front of a company.

"Whom are you looking for?" Inside the company lobby, the receptionist asked as they entered.

"Ashton Erickson!" Stout answered.

"Mr Erickson? Do you have an appointment..." Before the receptionist could finish, Billy and Stout were already heading for the staircase.

"Hey, you can't go up yet. I haven't informed Mr Erickson..." The receptionist hurriedly shouted, "Security, stop them!"

Seven or eight security guards rushed over. "Stop right there!"

"You have nothing to do with us. Don't cause trouble for yourselves." Stout turned around and said.

"Are you two looking for trouble?" the head of the security guards waved his hand. "Stop them!"

Bang!

Stout's hand swept out, and a gust of palm wind sent several guards tumbling to the ground, their faces showing shock as if they had seen a ghost. No one dared to approach them anymore. A few minutes later, the two arrived on the third floor, asked an employee, and proceeded towards a large office at the far end.

At the door, Stout kicked it open.

"Ah..." A woman's scream sounded, and then a disheveled woman hurriedly got up from the couch and rushed out of the room.

"You scoundrels, who are you? Are you tired of living?" A middle-aged man stood up from the couch, glaring at Billy and Stout angrily.

"Are you Ashton Erickson?" Billy asked.

"Who are you people, and what do you want?"

"About the matter concerning Wild Swan Pharma, who instructed you to do it?" Billy sat down on the couch.

"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, Ashton Erickson's eyes flickered with panic.

After steadying his emotions a bit, he spoke in a low voice, "What Wild Swan Pharma matter? I have no idea what you're talking about."