"The two of you, my name is Amber Ernest, and I am Gongsun Hao's superior. The new drug our company has developed is officially being unveiled today. Please give me about five minutes, and I can begin my speech." Amber said, and we all deliberately chimed in, "Great! We're really looking forward to it!"
Inwardly, I had already mocked her countless times, but outwardly, I appeared filled with anticipation. Yu Ning even deliberately applauded with great excitement, as if her acting skills were on full display again.
At this point, Amber seemed to be looking down at her speech draft. Gongsun Hao, for some reason, kept glancing at us with a strange look. I thought he might be sizing us up, but when I met his gaze, he would turn away and whistle.
I chewed a piece of gum while waiting. For some reason, these five minutes felt incredibly long. We prepared our cameras, and when Amber led us to a stage behind the research center, I finally saw strange containers, isolated in individual bottles, holding large amounts of internal organs from various animals. There were also some... well, they appeared to be human heads.
Amber carefully walked onto the stage and picked up the microphone. I deliberately raised the camera to point at her. In reality, I had no intention of broadcasting anything, nor could I. If these images were seen by the outside world, they would surely shock many people. Fortunately, we had tampered with the camera, so when turned on, it could only record locally.
Seeing that we were ready, Amber began her speech.
"Ladies and gentlemen, hello. I am Amber Ernest, an outstanding medical scientist. Our company is Stellar International Group, and our boss is the great Zhuge Tianyu. I am her most capable research expert. Stellar International is a pharmaceutical company with great creativity and practical experience. For years, we have been researching various drugs for special diseases, such as rapid aging in children, aquagenic urticaria, foreign accent syndrome, Mebius syndrome, progressive ossifying myositis, and Morgellons disease, among the world's top ten rare diseases. While we may not yet have solutions for other conditions, we have achieved a breakthrough with Morgellons disease.
My wording may not be perfect, but I hope you can understand. Morgellons disease is a condition where patients frequently feel like parasites are wriggling under their skin, and their skin lesions exude blue-white fibrous material. According to the Morgellons Disease Research Foundation, there have been nearly 14,000 reported cases globally since records began. This disease was named in 2002 by a French mother who named it after her 2-year-old son, who unfortunately died shortly after suffering from this rare condition. However, the medical community remains divided on whether this rare disease actually exists. In March 2008, the American Journal of Dermatological Diseases reported that many doctors believe the disease actually stems from the patients' hallucinations, and the parasites they perceive crawling under their skin may be caused by the discomfort of ordinary eczema.
But in our year, 2023, our company has finally overcome various technical challenges and achieved the final results. We will start with Morgellons disease, and then move on to porphyria. We once had a subordinate who suffered from this disease, and we had managed to cure them before. But alas, our progress failed. Even now, we cannot cure porphyria, aquagenic urticaria, and other rare diseases. However, I have a premonition that in the near future, we will have the opportunity to tackle these diseases one by one.
Stellar International will soon be mass-producing Purs. We absolutely welcome any medical institutions that wish to cooperate with us. Now, you can take a look at the research laboratories our company has established for the development of Purs!"
As Amber spoke, she gestured for us to pan the camera. Since it wasn't going to be broadcast anyway, I deliberately moved it around. She left the stage and explained things in front of us. Yu Ning and I kept up a stream of affirmative responses. The 360-degree listening and surveillance device in my arms had already recorded all her actions, as well as much of the equipment on site. With so many human brains captured here, even if the drug truly could treat Morgellons disease, they would likely not escape prosecution.
Moreover, I noticed that many of the preserved heads here were quite fresh, indicating they had been removed from the body not long ago. I don't know how long they had been at it, but Amber finally concluded her nonsensical speech, and we breathed a sigh of relief. She allowed us to tour freely, which was perfect for us to gather more criminal evidence.
We went to an office and pretended to be filming the environment while secretly opening drawers and searching for things. We found some design blueprints, which we photographed. We couldn't understand them, but if we managed to leave here, we would have to get the blueprints back to the forensics department for examination.
After finishing the filming, I deliberately printed a few copies and hid them. Just as we were about to explore other areas, as we left a printing room, two special forces soldiers approached and said, "Journalists, it's time to return and rest!"
Our freedom was indeed restricted. Liu Yu Ning sounded a bit impatient, looking at her watch and saying, "What time is it? We have to go back already?"
"The boss said you must follow our schedule for activities here, because this entire island belongs to Stellar Group!"
"Mm, there's nothing we can do about it."
If it weren't for the mission, Liu Yu Ning would have probably started cursing. I also deliberately said, "It's fine to go back early. I've been carrying the camera all day, and I'm a bit tired."
The two special forces soldiers made a gesture of invitation, and we followed them back to our previous hotel. They then stood guard outside our room. After we closed the door, we sat on the bed a while later, resting. Liu Yu Ning said to me, "I don't know how long this will take. Will Zhuge let us see whoever we want to see?"
"I'm not sure. We can't just leave and find him directly. There are probably tens of thousands of special forces soldiers here. Otherwise, the Minister wouldn't be so cautious. Sigh, how do you feel about today?"
"How else could I feel? Listening to Amber's load of crap speeches, I don't even know what it was about. But tell me, can that Purs really cure Morgellons disease?"
"It's hard to say. Zhuge really wants to clear his name, but his past crimes cannot be erased. This time, he's made a miscalculation. Wouldn't it have been better if he hadn't exposed himself?"
"No, I think he might be... hmm, perhaps on his last legs?"