Chapter 54

Dr. Melendez did not even seem embarrassed, as I anticipated. Instead, he maintained his composure in the face of Justine's scorn. "Many years ago, we started working on something unprecedented in our history. Our authorities desired something that would wipe away everything in one shot by attacking people's blood, something which would penetrate their endothelium and close down their organs from within, murdering them fast and effectively." And those higher-ups he's pertaining to were no other than Wallace and the people who were on his side. I smirked out of disbelief. What a bunch of insane people. "We worked for years to construct such weaponry, going through planning stages and even reaching so far as to develop a counterbalance to it in case anything went wrong, which worked out in our advantage since I didn't have to start from zero and spend years to produce this remedy. We subsequently progressed to the testing stages. We began small, administerin