Salute To The General



Hearing that, Enrique blanched in horror. He was about to plead for forgiveness when Colin sprang into action. Crack, crack!

Two horrible sounds of bones cracking pierced the air.

Colin had actually broken Enrique's legs!

Enrique rolled around on the ground and yelled in anguish, "Ow!"

In the Cab, Erwin was sitting in the Cab secretary's seat. He was holding the Cab meeting on behalf of Zion.

His expression was stern as he said, "Everyone, President Woods' illness has deteriorated. The doctor made it clear after the surgery ended. His condition is critical now. If he can make it past forty-eight hours, he can survive for some time. If he fails to make it through, you know what will happen next."

Everyone sported varying expressions.

They had heard that the President was getting better. Never in their wildest dreams did they expect his condition to deteriorate without warning. Could it really be the medication provided by Cross Group? If we had known this would happen, we wouldn't have agreed to use the medicine to treat President Woods. That way, he'll get to live a few years more!

Erwin surveyed the crowd and said sternly, "President Woods is under observation in the ICU. The next forty-eight hours will be critical. His life is in danger, but we need to find out the reason behind the deterioration of his condition. Was it medical malpractice or something else? If it was medical malpractice, and there was a problem with the medicine Cross Group provided, we need to hold them accountable. No matter how powerful the person in charge is, we need to arrest the person and make him or her pay for it!"

The Cab members shared a look.

The person in charge of Cross Group? He is talking about the Chief Military Governor's wife, Penny Smith!

Erwin was telling them to arrest the person in charge no matter how powerful he or she was. In other words, Penny would be arrested the moment they found any evidence to tie her to the matter.

Suddenly, everyone realized that the usually gentle Erwin had shown his true colors. He wanted to wipe his enemies out, including the influential Chief Military Governor!

If the results of the investigation showed that the President's condition had worsened because of medical malpractice, Penny would most probably be held accountable. Besides, the medicine Cross Group provided wasn't approved by the relevant authorities. Technically, she had broken the law.

It was thanks to Nathan that the royal physicians of the Royal Medical Department had decided to use Cross Group's medicine to treat the President. If Penny landed in hot soup, Nathan would also be affected. They would be the talk of the town.

Besides, given Nathan's personality.

he would definitely do his best to protect Penny. He might even take the blame and resign from his position to protect her.

He would sacrifice his power and influence in exchange for her safety. That way, Erwin would be able to get rid of Nathan without resorting to violent

means.

Everyone exchanged glances. Erwin had finally shown his true colors, and they wondered if Nathan would do nothing as things spiraled out of control.

Just when they were immersed in such a thought, a commotion sounded outside.This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

Everyone turned to look at the door.

Erwin frowned. He parted his lips to demand to know what was going on outside.

Before he could utter a word, Colin had barged into the room with a team of soldiers. He tossed a bloody man before Erwin and the Cab members. The man seemed to be on the brink of death.

The members could barely hide their shock when they realized that the bloody man was Enrique.

Didn't Erwin order Enrique to find out why President Woods' condition deteriorated? Why is he now...

As the crowd stared at Colin

fearfully, he said, "Mr. Holmes and the Cab members, this person tried to harm Mrs. Cross. I broke his

legs. Chief Cross ordered me to send him back here. He also has à

message for Mr. Holmes: If you

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want to investigate the matter, do it in the open. Don't resort to despicable means. Those who

misuse their power to achieve their goals will suffer the same fate as Enrique."

Hearing his words, everyone understood what had happened.

It was obvious that Enrique had been ordered to make things difficult for Penny, and his actions had angered Nathan. As a result, his legs had been broken.

Nathan sending Enrique back and even telling Colin to relay a message to Erwin showed clearly that he was no pushover.

Nathan and Erwin were still in the middle of their battle of wits, and the victor had yet to emerge.