Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 1137 - 1142: Strange Poison

Chapter 1137: Chapter 1142: Strange Poison

Gweil arrived, and after a long absence, finally set foot on the land of the United States again, which made him quite emotional.

It turns out that as a psychopathic killer, one must align with the right organization.

With the right organization, one’s hobbies are valuable and protected; without the right one, well, there’s not much to say, a society-threatening wild psychopathic killer must die.

So Gweil was truly grateful, grateful for his current life, happy to have aligned with the right people.

The only thing that bothered Gweil was that he never got the chance to fully utilize his professional skills. Yang Yi had set up a lab for him, provided funds to procure any needed materials—a level of spending he couldn’t have imagined back in his university lab days. However, the poisons he diligently developed never got to see use.

But now, at last, things had changed!

Gweil walked out of the airport with the crowd.

His eyes felt uncomfortable because of wearing colored contact lenses, which were not for appearance sake but to alter the color of his pupils and slightly the spacing, adding this effect made wearing them quite uncomfortable.

Not to mention changes to appearance, hair color, and skin tone, of course, he had undergone a complete transformation.

So Anton did not go to find Gweil, and even if he did, he wouldn’t have recognized him; it was fine for Gweil to find him.

Gweil saw Anton, waved to him, then walked directly towards him.

Anton’s eyebrows raised, sizing Gweil up and down with his professional gaze for a long time without recognizing him. He even doubted if the person who was approaching him was Gweil.

"Hi, Anton."

"You are... the Professor?"

"It’s me, you really couldn’t recognize me at all, could you."

Anton swallowed, whispering, "Follow me."

Once Gweil was in the car, Anton whispered, "Where is Schultz?"

"Don’t know, he was in first class, and I was in economy. He disembarked before me, he doesn’t even know we were on the same plane."

Anton sighed, saying, "Anna is very meticulous, let’s go."

As the car started, Gweil looked at the scenery outside and sighed, "It’s been really long since I left, hmm, what’s our target’s weight?"

"About seventy-five kilograms."

"Be more specific, is it exactly seventy-five kilograms, or seventy-six kilograms?"

Anton looked impatiently at Gweil in the passenger seat, saying, "You wanted to take a trip out to find something to do, I can understand that, but it’s just poison. Is such precision really necessary? You think I don’t understand anything?"

Gweil’s expression, hindered by his disguise, wasn’t very clear, but from his voice, it was evident that he was quite pleased with himself.

"Do you know, many drugs are discovered by chance, found to have special effects on certain diseases after numerous failures, thus a new effective medicine emerges."

"Of course, I know."

"So do you know that poisons are the same?"

"I know, but as long as the poison can guarantee to kill, that’s enough."

"No no no, it’s completely different."

Gweil became even more smug as he proudly said: "A kind of poison that will absolutely not be detected, and guarantees to be lethal, ensuring it kills within a very short time. What do you think?"

"Very valuable, but there are too many poisons that can kill people."

"Right, but I’m talking about a poison that cannot be detected. If you want the person to die from a heart attack, then he will die from a heart attack. If you want him to die from a cerebral hemorrhage, then he will die from a cerebral hemorrhage. Have you ever seen such a poison...?"

"Seen it, of course, there are many types of poisons produced in the KGB laboratory."

Gweil paused slightly, feeling a bit frustrated, but he quickly perked up and said: "So how effective are they?"

Anton sighed softly and said: "Not very effective, because the results are not guaranteed, so we prefer to use absolutely lethal poisons. Actually, we don’t use poisons at all, because it’s not necessary."

"It’s probably because they are not effective. Using cyanides, which are certain to be detectable, is no different than using a gun or a knife, right?"

Anton nodded and said: "You’re right this time."

Gweil, brimming with pride, said: "But this time it’s different. I’ve discovered a novel poison that acts directly on the nervous system but does not manifest as nerve poisoning. Even if you dissect the body, even if you test it a hundred times, you will absolutely not find any abnormalities. It will only appear as a natural death, not as if poisoning occurred."

Anton curiously asked: "What exactly is it?"

Gweil smiled, then he whispered: "It’s an extract from conus achatinae venom, refined and then mixed. I discovered it accidentally when I bought a lot of conus achatinae venom extract, and inadvertently mixed the purified venom of a conus achatinae from the Great Barrier Reef with a crystalline venom from a conus achatinae near the Samoa Islands in the Pacific. It was a boring stroke of luck, but the results were astonishing."

Gweil looked at Anton, then he slowly said: "I experimented on lab rats, discovering the rats died in 0.01 seconds, then..."

"Wait a minute!"

Anton looked at Gweil and asked: "How long?"

"It’s hard to calculate accurately; the onset of the venom’s effect and the rat’s death occurred almost instantaneously, which means this is a true immediate death."

"And humans?"

"No more than two seconds, under a precise dosage. If the dosage is increased, then the person’s death can occur within 0.2 seconds, conservatively estimated."

Anton exhaled deeply and said: "That sounds really powerful, so how is it achieved?"

Gweil smiled and said: "Do you want to hear the molecular formula? This is really a great discovery in toxicology. I really can’t help but want to publish a paper, but I held back. The formula is..."

"Stop, tell me how to use it."

Gweil, slightly disappointed, said: "I knew you wouldn’t understand. Alright, increasing the amount of Great Barrier Reef conus achatinae will cause death from a heart attack within about two seconds, a perfect heart attack. Increasing the content of the Samoa Islands conus achatinae venom will cause death from cerebral hemorrhage, but it takes longer, roughly two to five minutes. The reason I have to come personally is to know the target’s weight and then accurately mix the two venoms. This is to achieve the best effect, since you want the body to be completely free of any detectable poison."

Anton suddenly said: "Wait, have you conducted human experiments?"

Gweil’s mouth twitched slightly, then he whispered: "Mm, no, I haven’t had the chance to perform human experiments..."