On the second day, Mr. Clark's entire body was convulsing violently by dusk. He could not stand it. He really could not stand it anymore.
"Tell me the recipe of the antidote!"
He could still hear Julian Shaw’s voice in the midst of his pain.
The pain lashed toward his body in waves akin to tidewater. Mr. Clark wished that he could just die countless times, yet he could not. Julian was monitoring him closely so that he did not even have a chance to commit suicide.
The boundless pain crept toward him without end. His mind was going blank slowly. Mr. Clark had wanted to endure until the end originally but found that he could not stand it anymore after being tormented in such a terrifying manner.
He nodded with all his might the next time Julian questioned him.
"So you're willing to talk now?" Elation swept through Julian's heart.
Mr. Clark nodded once again.
There was only one thing on his mind now. He wanted Julian to give him the antidote now or kill him.
"Alright, I shall give you a chance to speak." Julian looked at him. "You're a rather gifted and skillful doctor. You should know that biting your tongue off is not a good way to die. Doing it will only cause you more pain! Death will not come so easily."
Mr. Clark continued to nod.
He was well aware of this, of course. He had bitten his tongue previously only to resist.
"Very well." Julian removed the cloth from Mr. Clark’s mouth. "Tell me, quick.”
Mr. Clark's body shivered as he described the antidote slowly.
Julian turned on the voice recorder on his phone and recorded the full version of Mr. Clark's description.
"That's all." A few minutes later, Mr. Clark was done describing it. Julian looked at him suspiciously. "I hope you're not lying to me!"
"That's all. Give me the antidote! Quick, give me the antidote!” Mr. Clark screamed out frantically.
Julian did not speak but he summoned the expert pathologists waiting for their turn at the door and played them the voice clip.
"I hope that you’re not lying. When the antidote is concocted, you’ll be the first to try it." Julian looked at Mr. Clark.
"Be quick! Order them to be quick!” screamed out Mr. Clark.
Julian could not help feeling slightly relieved upon seeing Mr. Clark's urgency, as it did not appear to be feigned.
Mr. Clark had disclosed everything, including the ingredients and ratio of the antidote.
The people from the research center started bustling about at once.
Two hours later, the antidote was passed to Julian.
"Inject it! Quick, quick, quick!" Mr. Clark looked at the item in Julian's hand eagerly.
Julian coincidentally also needed to test the effect of the medication on Mr. Clark so he administered the antidote right away.
Less than a minute after the antidote was injected, an unprecedented soothed expression appeared on Mr. Clark's face. The terrifying rash that had appeared during the virus flare-up had also faded swiftly.
"It's effective!"
Uncontrollable joy flashed past Julian's eyes.
Now that the virus had been eradicated, Mr. Clark took a few slow breaths.
"Very well, you didn’t lie." Julian narrowed his eyes.
"Of course I didn't lie." Mr. Clark looked at Julian. "I don't feel very well being tied up like this. Let me loose. I still have something to brief you on."
"What is it?" Julian looked at him.
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