"Why... Why would he do that?” Joseph slumped into his chair as his eyes were glazed over with disappointment.
Even though he was not a good man himself, he bared his soul to his brothers.
He did not know why he would want to betray him.
Julian could not stand looking at Joseph's dejected face.
He was not good at comforting people, so he just said plainly, "Pull yourself together, Joseph. The situation is urgent, and what matters the most right now is saving our people."
Julian's words successfully forced Joseph out of his dejection. He straightened himself and said through gritted teeth, " Yes, you’re right. I have to pull myself together. I have to save my brothers."
It was not worth feeling bad for a traitor. If those two people were really cooking up some evil plans just like what Julian had said, then the lives of hundreds of his brothers would be in great danger.
Joseph reverted back to his usual self-possessed and collected demeanor after he calmed himself down.
"You have to be careful. I think there should be more than one traitor hiding in your group," Julian reminded.
"Yeah, I will," Joseph answered calmly.
Since the person he considered as his most trusted aide was a traitor, there was a chance that other people in his group would be traitors as well.
Joseph was never a man who trusted windfalls. There were only a dozen people he could fully trust amongst his men, but it was more than enough. Swiftly and immediately, he ordered those people to watch over the traitor along with Willa and her master's movements.
At the same time, he did not stop paying attention to the changes in the palace.
After all, something big was about to happen a week later, and he must be prepared for it.
It took them several days to do the investigation and for Julian to collect information from his bugging device. When Joseph was reading through the report, he still could not help and relapse into a trance.
It turned out that his palace had long been heavily infiltrated by the organization.
Most of his brothers had turned against him, but even half of the guards in the palace also belonged to the organization.
Had Julian not realized that something was not right, all of Africa would fall into the organization's hands in a few more months. Even though it was kind of difficult to turn the tables at this moment, it was better than being kept in the dark the entire time.
The last week flew by quickly.
Both parties continued their plan in secret and the promised day where everyone would recover finally arrived.
Joseph did not know what the other party would do, but he did not plan to let them get ahead of the game.
Both of the parties’ preparation had reached the last stage, and Joseph decided to act first.
In the huge laboratory, all of the people who were infected with the virus had gathered up.
The old man still had his usual kind and genial smile sitting on his face. "It'll be the last treatment today. After today, the Errol Virus will be completely gone.”
"Start the treatment, then," Joseph said with a smile.
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