155: Intelligence update, Norman Pharmaceuticals

Just as Su Yue was about to return to his bedroom, as he moved towards the door, Lin Jia called out to him.

Their eyes met, and Lin Jia opened her mouth to ask:

"You've been in the hospital these past few days. I wanted to ask you in person, but I haven't had a chance..."

"The company's front desk told me that you went to see me on the day I had my accident?"

Lin Jia didn't elaborate; the front desk had only told her that someone claiming to be her roommate had come to see her.

And because the surveillance footage had been cleared, the front desk couldn't remember what the person looked like.

So Lin Jia wasn't sure if the person who went to the company that day was actually Su Yue.

"..." When Su Yue heard Lin Jia's question, his mind was racing.

He also sensed something unusual in Lin Jia's words.

If Lin Jia was certain that it was him who went that day, her tone wouldn't have been this questioning.

Thinking of this, Su Yue immediately reacted.

"What?" He put on a look of complete ignorance, as if he hadn't understood Lin Jia's question.

For a moment, a brief silence fell over the room.

Lin Jia carefully observed Su Yue's reaction but ultimately didn't see any clues.

"It seems like he really doesn't know anything..."

"In that case, the person who went to the company under the guise of being a roommate was Yuan?"

Lin Jia thought to herself, then looked at the bewildered Su Yue again.

With a slight hint of disappointment, she said, "Never mind, it's nothing."

"You've been busy all day, get some rest early."

After exchanging goodnights, Lin Jia also moved to go upstairs.

Su Yue watched Lin Jia's back disappear, and two doors closing sounded almost simultaneously.

He glanced at his long-unseen bedroom, despite the busy day at work.

He resisted the urge to collapse onto the bed from exhaustion and went directly into the basement.

First, he peeled off the artificial skin on his left arm, cleaned the wound with povidone-iodine, and put on a new bandage.

Because it had been treated promptly before, and he had also secretly cleaned it with alcohol while isolated in the hospital.

The wound was slowly healing, and new granulation tissue had already grown.

And Su Yue was gradually getting used to the pain of the wound.

Even with a slight effort, the wound on his left arm would still ache excruciatingly.

After simply treating the wound, Su Yue, with the bandage on, went to the intelligence station.

He summarized the existing intelligence, arranging it on the table in a tree diagram.

During this time, although Su Yue was isolated in the hospital,

He had also gathered various intelligence about black scale disease through Old Sha and Liang Yuzhu and others.

He now wrote down clues on sticky notes and arranged these potentially valuable clues one by one.

First, under the photo of the unfinished building, there were three sticky notes.

They were Old Sha, Xiao Long, and the group of unidentified 'Fat Bears'.

They all had a direct connection to this intelligence.

And it can currently be confirmed that this group of 'Fat Bears' is deliberately spreading the bacteria.

And using the movement patterns of the Homeless person, they want to spread black scale disease in the City.

Currently, Police have not caught anyone, and Xiao Long's whereabouts have not yet been found.

That group of Fat Bears is also quite cautious, avoiding surveillance during the process of spreading the bacteria.

It seems they have heard the wind and are all in hiding.

Like they've evaporated from the face of the earth, there hasn't been any activity recently.

Su Yue was well aware of this.

Now black scale disease has spread, and hospitals are seeing a continuous stream of confirmed patients.

And there is temporarily no specific medicine that can suppress it.

Under such circumstances, that group of people doesn't need to take risks.

They just need to wait for the situation to spread, and their goal can already be considered achieved.

But what still puzzled Su Yue at the moment was the reason for them going to such great lengths.

As the saying goes, 'no profit, no early start,' who instructed that group of Fat Bears?

And what kind of profit are they seeking?

Su Yue thought to himself, there were still two days until the next intelligence refresh.

He then immediately turned his attention to that A/S-level special intelligence.

As he carefully examined the contents of the Airport luggage X-ray, Su Yue's gaze sharpened.

He placed the gel pen in his hand on the intelligence station.

The black gel pen lying on the table was like a drawn black line,

Connecting the luggage intelligence with that group of Fat Bears.

...

In the few days since Su Yue came out of the hospital, he had been following his usual two-point routine between the company and home.

The Market Department was also working overtime to deal with the backlog of work from a while ago.

Liang Yuzhu and Lan Zijun hadn't contacted Yuan during this time.

Liang Yuzhu was still investigating the whereabouts of that group of people, as the appearance of black scale disease was caused by them.

It was also the most crucial direction of investigation at the moment.

However, her investigation seemed to have hit a bottleneck; finding that group of Fat Bears was by no means easy.

Su Yue's life seemed to have returned to normal.

If there was any difference from before, it was simply the overwhelming reports about black scale disease.

The authorities were reminding citizens through various channels to strengthen protection and reduce unnecessary travel.

Moreover, the number of confirmed cases in hospitals was being updated daily.

No targeted medication had been developed yet, and there were no cases of recovery among those infected.

Soon, it was time for the intelligence refresh again.

Su Yue came home from work and was pulled by Lin Jia to sit on the sofa and watch TV.

Since the authorities were advocating for residents to reduce travel, Lin Jia's clients were also quite cautious about their lives.

As a result, she had fewer afternoon teas with socialites, and her time at home increased significantly.

The television was broadcasting news about black scale disease.

"Currently, the infection of black scale disease is still ongoing, and no effective medication has been developed yet."

"In addition, we remind the general public not to equate it with ordinary skin diseases."

"Research has found that common medications currently used to treat skin diseases do not have a significant improvement effect on the symptoms of black scale disease; on the contrary, they can be counterproductive and make the condition more severe."

Su Yue watched the news being broadcast on TV; he had heard such reports frequently these days.

Indeed, as the report said, currently, ointments or sprays for skin diseases have no effect on black scale disease.

And even more so, some have begun to seek folk remedies everywhere, hoping to find a breakthrough.

At the same time, some people with religious beliefs are also promoting that this is some kind of curse, urging patients to seek protection.

"Tsk, this disease is really scary..."

Lin Jia muttered to herself while watching the TV.

"Yeah, be careful lately," Su Yue echoed a few words.

He glanced at the time; the intelligence should be refreshing soon.

He was about to find an excuse to leave and go to the basement to see if there were any new clues.

However, Lin Jia's next sentence immediately caught Su Yue's attention.

"By the way, is this disease really as the reports say, with no medication that can cure it?"

"But how did I hear... someone was treated?"

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As Lin Jia muttered to herself, Su Yue's spirits immediately lifted.

He stopped his movement of wanting to get up from the sofa, as if he had grasped something.

He looked at Lin Jia with some surprise and asked curiously:

"What did you just say?"

"This disease... someone has been treated?"

"Yes," Lin Jia said confidently while eating grapes, "I know a client sister who is quite familiar; she contracted this disease not long ago."

"And I don't know where she got the specific medicine from, at a high price, and it was effective not long after."

Speaking of this, Lin Jia seemed to be confirming her words, explaining to Su Yue:

"And you also know the nature of my work; the clients I come into contact with are either socialites or wealthy wives."

"She previously invited me for afternoon tea, and it seems she really didn't take this infectious disease that seriously."

"Otherwise, with the official propaganda being so serious now, and them being so fond of beauty, they wouldn't let their arms become like that."

Hearing Lin Jia's words, Su Yue didn't doubt their authenticity.

Because Lin Jia never joked around and had no reason to lie to him about such things.

It's just... if it really was as Lin Jia said.

Then black scale disease is actually treatable, but from the current news, the general public is unaware.

In other words, there is a specific medicine, but it is currently only being sold through channels in high society.

And the price is absolutely outrageous!

Thinking of this, Su Yue's eyes narrowed, as if he had vaguely grasped something.

At the same time, Lin Jia was also muttering to herself, "Su Yue, it's really strange..."

"There is clearly a specific medicine now, but why is there no news about it in the news reports?"

As Lin Jia's words fell, Su Yue had already guessed the underlying context of the incident.

As well as the true purpose of that group of Fat Bears...

But after thinking through the whole story, he couldn't help but feel a chill.

Why would that group of so-called Fat Bears go to such great lengths to spread black scale disease?

Why, as the situation gradually spread, did they remain inactive?

They were clearly waiting! Waiting for black scale disease to spread to everyone.

Just like anglers waiting for the fish in the pond to be hungry, then taking out the bait they had already prepared.

At that time, the entire pond will boil!

"It should... be soon," Su Yue answered Lin Jia's question, his voice unconsciously deepening a few shades.

Now that black scale disease is spreading, since there is news of a specific medicine in the circle of wealthy businessmen.

Then as the news spreads like wildfire.

It won't be long before they announce the news of the specific medicine to the public.

This is undoubtedly a big business, and it's almost forcing the public, making those who are infected have to participate.

However, Su Yue couldn't help but have a question mark in his mind.

They are making such a big fuss, aren't they afraid of being investigated?

Moreover, it has only been less than a week since the first case of black scale disease was confirmed.

Developing a specific medicine for a disease requires many complicated processes behind it.

It also requires a series of clinical trials, which can take a few months at the shortest, or half a year at the longest.

If a pharmaceutical company were to launch a specific medicine now, it would be difficult not to be suspected that they had done the research in advance.

Have they made enough preparations to cope with Police investigation?

Su Yue thought to himself, and then immediately turned to look at the time.

"The intelligence should have refreshed... Let's go see if there are any clues."

He thought to himself, Su Yue stretched, and stood up from the sofa.

"The TV is always showing this kind of news lately, the more I watch, the more anxious I get. I'm going back to my room first."

Finding an excuse, Su Yue returned to his bedroom.

After casually locking the door, he went directly into the basement.

...

Standing in front of the intelligence station, a new archive bag indeed appeared on the table.

Su Yue picked up the archive, and the name of the affiliated company was clearly written on the cover: Norman Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.

"Norman Pharmaceuticals?" Su Yue frowned, feeling quite unfamiliar with the name of this pharmaceutical company.

He had been working in this City for a few years but had no impression of this company.

"It shouldn't be a pharmaceutical company in this City..." Su Yue muttered to himself.

As if he had thought of something, Su Yue suddenly froze.

His gaze immediately turned towards that special intelligence.

It was the Airport luggage X-ray; the contents inside were enough to determine that the owner of the suitcase was engaged in medical work.

And now Norman Pharmaceuticals has appeared... Could this be a coincidence?

With questions in his mind, Su Yue slowly opened the archive bag.

Inside the archive bag were several documents.

Su Yue simply read the first few pages of the documents.

He found that it was indeed Norman Pharmaceuticals that had launched the project research for the development of a specific medicine for black scale disease.

Su Yue paid particular attention to the time marked on the documents and found that these documents had no problems.

The times also matched; it seemed that as soon as black scale disease was confirmed, Norman Pharmaceuticals immediately started the project research.

However, the content of these documents seemed a bit deliberate.

It was quite detailed, as if intentionally cooperating with the investigation.

After Su Yue had reviewed these documents that had no issues, he turned his attention to the last page.

The title on this page was different from the previous ones.

It was not a project study for black scale disease, but was marked as 'BDS Specific Medicine Research'.

Seeing this strange letter notation, Su Yue carefully scanned the content of the document again.

As Su Yue examined it, his eyes gradually lit up.

"BDS New Infectious Skin Disease, initial symptoms are itching in some areas of the body, followed by erythema..."

"Finally presenting black ulceration, the affected area is mostly the arms!"

Seeing this, Su Yue had already reacted.

This so-called BDS was the original name of black scale disease.

The reason it is now called black scale disease is because the hospital temporarily named it based on the patients' final arm characteristics.

Thinking of this, Su Yue searched the document for the most important point.

That is the time of the project's establishment! As long as the time of its establishment is found to be earlier than the time of diagnosis, it is enough to prove that they were prepared in advance!

And under Su Yue's visual search, he quickly found the time record on it.

He found that the project for this so-called BDS infectious skin disease was established last year!

This is enough to show that Norman Pharmaceuticals had been planning this incident since at least last year!

Su Yue was thinking, but then he found another clue in the document.

He carefully checked it twice and couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

Because only in this document, there was no mention of anything related to Norman Pharmaceuticals.

"So cautious... didn't leave any document evidence?"

Su Yue muttered, but a picture flashed through his mind.

"Laboratory! Since they can spread black scale disease, they must have a laboratory for this bacteria."

"Even if the documents can be faked, as long as we find the laboratory where they originally conducted research, or the relevant personnel involved in the experiments, we can expose their crimes!"

Su Yue thought to himself, on the other side, Police also received a piece of news.

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