Chapter 58: Lingering like a ghost

"The medical experts in the laboratory have developed an immune enhancement therapy using Dittany promoting factor." Patrick led Murphy down the stairs to a display room.

Several popular science pictures for promotion were hung on the wall, and there were some models placed on the side.

"They culture human T cells in vitro, separate and activate them through antigen magnetic beads, and then input them back into the patient's body, which can allow patients with insufficient immunity to obtain strong immunity, thereby achieving the purpose of treatment."

"In the past, this technology was limited by the proliferation rate of T cells, and the course of treatment was very long, making it difficult to apply to acute infections. But now with Dittany promoting factor, the T cells extracted from the patient's body can quickly proliferate to a sufficient dosage."

"The application scenarios of this therapy are very wide, not only can it be used for the treatment of some bacteria and viruses, but in the future, there is also hope to treat AIDS and cancer."

"In addition, our technology patents related to Dittany promoting factor have currently accumulated more than thirty, and more than twenty patents are in the application stage."

Patrick said, showing Murphy the patent certificates hanging on the wall. "One or two of these patents will be able to bring us benefits no less than White Medicine in the future."

Murphy nodded. "Is there any progress in the research on mutated Dittany?"

The so-called mutated Dittany is magic Dittany.

Compared with the effect of magic Dittany, Murphy was more curious about the reason for its birth.

This might be a path for magic to transform plants.

"Not yet, the researchers are trying to compare the genomes of the two. We bought several ABI370As, which can be automatically sequenced by the Sanger method. However, the Dittany genome has about 20,000 to 30,000 genes, and it will take time to complete the whole genome sequencing and comparison."

"Okay."

The progress was a bit slow, but Murphy wasn't disappointed.

Scientific research is like this. Not producing results is the norm, producing results is an accidental event, and it is often a mistake. Moreover, the current level of technology is far from when he traveled through time, and even the Human Genome Project hadn't started at this time, and the efficiency of methods for measuring genes was still very low, so being anxious was useless.

"By the way, I'm prepared to let Umbrella enter the electronics and software industries. Recently, you can look for potential technology companies and buy them. I have some ideas that need them to realize."

Murphy was a programmer in his previous life. If there was any Muggle industry he was most familiar with, it was computers and the Internet, and he was already dissatisfied with the current level of technology, so he decided to accelerate it.

And what can best promote the world's technological progress in the next thirty years is undoubtedly computers and the Internet.

At present, Microsoft's Windows 2 has just been launched. Although it is already very advanced for today's world, the simple interface and terrible interactive experience still make Murphy feel uncomfortable.

Apple's NeXT computer was released a few days ago, but sales were sluggish. Apple at this time was not the trendsetter that would dominate the world in the future.

NVIDIA hadn't been born yet, and Intel had just taken off last year.

The computer industry at this time was still in the novice village state.

Murphy decided to take the full-level operations learned from the big guys and go for a slaughter.

The two were chatting about company planning when they came to the first floor. Suddenly, with a "thump", a woman in professional attire suddenly fell to the ground.

"Ah, Jennifer fainted!"

"What's going on?" Patrick, as the company's general manager, naturally had to go see when an employee had a situation.

Murphy also followed.

"She, she, she has been careless these two days, and her whole person is confused. I just said two words to her..." Beside the person who fainted, there was also a supervisor-like person, who was explaining in a panic at the moment. "I, I don't know what's wrong with her..."

Patrick was from medical school and knew some first aid knowledge. He squatted down, probed Jennifer's breathing, and felt her pulse. "Breathing and heartbeat are normal." He took a flashlight and shone it in the other party's eyes. "Pupil reflex is also no problem. It looks like she fell asleep. Call an ambulance."

After speaking, he asked the supervisor: "What symptoms did she have before she fainted?"

"She was the front desk, but she has been confused for the past two days. Not only did she forget all the work I arranged yesterday, but she didn't even remember what day of the week it was. I just said two words to her, and she became like this... Is she sick?"

"Maybe it's a cerebral infarction." Patrick said.

"Will the initial symptoms of cerebral infarction last for two days?" Murphy asked.

"Generally not. Looking at the description, perhaps it's memory confusion caused by sudden head trauma? But I didn't see any wounds on her head."

Murphy looked at the woman named Jennifer, feeling a little suspicious in his heart. This performance seemed to be quite like the feeling of being hit by a powerful Obliviation Charm.

"When did she become like this?" Murphy asked the supervisor.

"Yesterday... afternoon, at two o'clock, I arranged for her to have an important meeting in the afternoon and asked her to prepare some forms, but she forgot as soon as she turned around. Her whole person was confused, and I even suspected she was on drugs."

"Two o'clock, where was she then?"

"She should be right here in the lobby."

Murphy glanced at the surveillance cameras in the corner of the lobby, let Patrick continue to take care of Jennifer, and went to the monitoring room himself, asking the staff to retrieve yesterday's video.

After watching for a while, he suddenly called to stop the playback.

In the picture, a man dressed in an outdated style said a few words to Jennifer who was printing forms. Then, Murphy saw him seem to take something out from his waist, and then a flash flashed between the two, followed immediately by a green flash.

The forms in Jennifer's hands were scattered all over the floor. The man picked up one of them, looked at it, stuffed it into his arms, and left.

And Jennifer seemed to have forgotten what she was supposed to do, standing there blankly.

A spell.

That man is likely an Auror again!

Really lingering like a ghost!

He found the supervisor again. "Yesterday, what work did you arrange for Jennifer? What forms did she print?"

"That was the upstream supplier meeting for 'Camelot'. The suppliers of various materials, packaging, etc., needed for our Venus series production all came. What I asked Jennifer to print was the contact list of major suppliers."

Murphy asked him for a list and took a look. There were more than thirty supplier companies on it.

Suppliers... That Auror wants to check his upstream channels one by one, so as to find the evidence that he used Beauty Potions to make Venus series cosmetics?

I have to say, this is really feasible.

Because among these thirty-plus suppliers, two are shell companies registered by Murphy. The only material they supply is called plant essential oil, but in fact, they are those Beauty Potions.

If the Auror follows this line to investigate, he might really be able to find the warehouse where he stored the potions.

Although the warehouse and the shell company were transferred through several logistics steps, it is still possible to piece together a chain through witnesses and logistics lists.

Of course, it is difficult to convict him through such an indirect chain of evidence, but it is always a trouble.

Murphy thought for a while and called the security team of the Hazard Mitigation Group. "An important facility may be invaded, I need you to set up some traps."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 59 =====

(End of chapter)