Everyone looked at the fish in perplexity. What did this fish have to do with their illness?
Dr. Ellis came over to look at that fish and asked in curiosity, “Mr. Larson, is there anything wrong with this fish?”
Matthew chuckled. “Director Redd, have your villagers been fishing from this lake lately?”
Jonathan looked a bit embarrassed.
Initially, there was only a small pond on this mountain with fish in it. However, there were only a few fish in the pond so no one paid attention to it.
After the villa area went under development, the pond became a large lake. In addition, Young Master Lach introduced tanks of fries into the lake, which later grew into large fish.
Since no one was guarding this area, the villagers often caught fish from this lake to be cooked at home.
“Mr. Larson, although we do catch fish from this lake for food, I don’t think that there’s an issue with these fish. In the past, we often ate this kind of fish too!” Jonathan replied.
Matthew said, “There won’t be any problems if you eat this type of fish elsewhere, but eating fish from this lake will cause a huge issue.”
Jonathan was confused. “Why?”
After a chuckle, Matthew suddenly extended his hand and pressed on Jonathan’s stomach.
At once, Jonathan felt his stomach churn. The next second, favonovel.com opened his mouth and vomited.
“Look at that!” Matthew shouted.
Jonathan took a glance at the pool of liquid that favonovel.com vomited only to see a small loach-like creature wriggling in it. It was a terrifying sight.
Jonathan paled in fright. “H-How did this happen? Why do I have a living thing in my stomach?”
Dr. Ellis widened his eyes and gasped, “Mr. Larson, c-could it be that he’s infected by worms? This is a worm, isn’t it?”
Matthew nodded. “This is a kind of worm. However, it’s a wild worm and wasn’t deliberately put into the lake by anyone. They are a kind of parasite that is persistent in surviving and all the fish in this lake carry the eggs of this parasite. In addition, the eggs of this parasite can’t be killed by heat and once it enters the human body, it will slowly incubate and live in the body. In fact, this parasite is so compatible with the human body that it’s undetectable during the usual examination. Therefore, many people don’t even know the cause of their own deaths!”
The face of the villagers around favonovel.com turned pale while they gasped, “Mr. Larson, we ate this fish too. D-Do we have this parasite in our stomach as well?”
“But I’m not suffering from a headache. I can’t possibly have that thing inside me.”
“I don’t feel sick either. Could it be that I hadn’t ingested this parasite?”
“Mr. Larson, can we still be treated?”
Matthew waved his hand. “Don’t worry. This isn’t a severe illness and can be easily cured.”
Hearing that, everyone sighed in relief.
With a face as white as a sheet, Jonathan implored, “Mr. Larson, please save us!”
Matthew smiled and said, “I’ll prescribe a medicine for you. After taking it for three days, you will have diarrhea but after that, you’ll be fine. However, you must stop eating the fish from this lake for now.”
Jonathan immediately said, “Thank you, Mr. Larson. Don’t worry, I won’t eat any fish from now on, not to mention the fish from this lake.”
Matthew laughed. “I didn’t mean that you couldn’t eat fish. What I mean is you can’t eat the fish from this lake for some time because I’ll need to exterminate the parasites in this lake. After the parasite is gone, these fish will be safe to consume.”
Everyone finally understood the situation and they were relieved at the same time. They didn’t care if the fish from this lake was edible or not. What mattered the most was their lives!
Right at that moment, Professor Walter asked in perplexity, “Mr. Larson, why would this kind of parasite appear suddenly? We’ve tested the water before this and we didn’t find any issue!”
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