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. Ata certain dosage, it can lead to death." He continued to explain, "If I remember correctly, thisingredient should have been banned a few years ago. I don't understand why it's present in WildSwan 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 Pharmaspoke up after a while. "Our company conducts sample testing on all products before they arestored. 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 isminimal. 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 thismethod."

The department manager looked at the note, surprise evident on his face. Experts could recognizeeach other's competence at a glance, and the note Stout had written revealed his expertise in thefield. 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 motivebehind this."

"This ingredient requires complex processes to refine. If their goal was simply to sabotage WildSwan 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 atHarleen.

"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 rawmaterials of our company's products. In the end, we found this ingredient in the most important ofthose semi-finished materials."

As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man sitting at the conference table collapsed to theground in panic, sweat drenching his face. He continued to mutter, "How could this happen... it can'tbe..."

Everyone turned to look; the middle-aged man was Johnny Stephenson, the Deputy GeneralManager 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 thefloor.

"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 recentlystarted 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 thequality control department test their products and didn't find any issues, so I..." Johnny Stephensoncontinued.

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

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 mildsymptoms. It will counteract the toxicity of this medicine." Stout said, handing over a writtenprescription 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 AshtonErickson's company." Billy said at this point.

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

"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 Stoutwere 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, theirfaces showing shock as if they had seen a ghost. No one dared to approach them anymore. A fewminutes later, the two arrived on the third floor, asked an employee, and proceeded towards a largeoffice 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 couchand rushed out of the room.

"You scoundrels, who are you? Are you tired of living?" A middle-aged man stood up from thecouch, 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 onthe 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? Ihave no idea what you're talking about."