It was a form of intimidation as well as taking a stand. In fact, everyone had the same idea. No one cared whether Daniel was killed by Art Trading Corporation. What they cared about was whether they could get the antidote.
Bernard understood Giovanni’s intentions, sosaid, “Mr. Santiago, don’t worry. I have two strings for my bow. On Southland District’s side, I’ll snatch the goods from Kindness Clinic, while my father, Lord Vedastus, will do his best to develop the next batch of drugs. Both will be carried out simultaneously, so you’ll definitely be safe.”
Giovanni sneered. “Mr. Vedastus, let me remind you thatI only have seven days before I get sick, and that is if I don’t add today into the mix. If you can’t get the goods back within seven days or if Lord Vedastus can’t develop it, then I’m sorry, I’ll get rid of Art Trading Corporation when I die as well. I mean it.”
After speaking,stood up, kicked the chair away, and strode away.
The “boss” was gone, so the others had no reason to stay here anymore. They all followed him. In the vast conference room, only Bernard and Silvester were left.
Silvester scratched his nose and said in confusion, “What on earth are these people thinking? Their lives are in our hands, and the only antidote is ours. How dare they yell at us like that?”
Bernard smiled bitterly. “This is because Vincent snatched away all the antidotes. They’ve lost hope of living, so they don’t care about anything else anymore, as they have nothing to lose.”
If this continued, the forces that the two brothers finally established in Southland District would collapse in an instant.
This must not happen!
At this time, the secretary walked over with a laptop and said, “Mr. Vedastus, Lord Vedastus wants to have a video call with you.”
‘Lord Vedastus? Dad?’
Bernard hurriedly asked the secretary to put the laptop on the table. Then,smoothed out his clothes and pulled Silvester to sit beside him. He answered the video call and connected to Lord Vedastus.
After the call was connected, Lord Vedastus’s face did not appear. The face of a woman appeared instead.
This woman was the woman Bernard and Silvester hated the most. She was Bernard’s younger sister and Silvester’s elder sister, Fiora Vedastus.
When the two brothers saw this woman, they almost jumped up from their chairs out of anger.
Silvester was short-tempered and immediately yelled, “Didn’t Dad want to see us?! Why is a witch like you appearing in front of the camera?!”
Fiora said while smoking a cigar, “Do you think I really want to see you two good-for-nothings? It’s because Dad is so angry thatis not in the mood to talk to you two, soasked me to pass a message to you.”
Bernard suppressed his anger and asked, “What message does Lord Vedastus want you to pass?”
Fiora smoked the cigar and puffed out a smoke ring She said, “Lord Vedastus said that your request to reconfigure the antidote can’t be done at present. It’ll take half a month at the earliest.”
Half a month? That was too long!
By that time, Giovanni would have already turned on them.
Bernard said, “Can’t you just take out part of Celandine City’s antidote and give it to us to cope with the emergency?”
Fiora smiled. “Are you crazy? If we give you Celandine City’s antidote to help you cope with the emergency, what about those in Celandine City who do need it? Celandine City is the base of Art Trading Corporation, so we can’t let anything happen. As for Southland District, you guys caused the problem, so you should find a way to solve it on your own.”
After speaking, Fiora ended the video call.
Bernard raised his head slightly. His eyes were full of anger and resentment.
It would take half a month at the earliest to develop a new antidote, and Lord Vedastus was unwilling to take out Celandine City’s antidote to cope with the emergency. If this situation continued, Southland District was going to be in danger!
