Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 3298

“Modern medicine hasn’t been able to achieve that yet,” said Luke.

“But he’s Shanks. No one else can do it at the moment. Even if he hasn’t done it before, there are plenty of test subjects on the Island of Despair. Who knows? He might be able to figure it out,” replied Luca.

Even though the Island of Despair was now powerful enough, Abel was still abducting captives from every impoverished place in the world, and there was no shortage of prisoners on the Island of Despair.

With so many captives, Shanks could conduct experiments on them one after another, keeping just one of their eyes intact. He could run hundreds of experiments under such conditions.

Given the intensity of the experiments, it was certain that Shanks would make significant progress.

Luke knew that Luca’s statement was not an exaggeration. It was a real possibility.

A glint of ruthlessness flickered in his eyes.

He should not have spared Kassy back then.

However, if he had been ruthless and eliminated Kassy, maybe Luca would not have had the chance to come back after being kidnapped. Hence, all they could do now was eliminate the Island of Despair.

Only by getting rid of the Island of Despair could Luca truly be safe.

With this thought in mind, Luke’s gaze hardened with determination. There was no more time to waste.

“How long does it usually take Shanks to research a new drug?” asked Luke.

Luca frowned slightly. “I’m not sure. During my three years there, I saw his speed, but I can’t say exactly how long it takes. All I know is that he’s a genius. He can usually research most materials quickly.

"The most important thing is that the drugs he uses don’t need to go through the approval process, which cuts out a lot of the complicated steps.”

These drugs were meant for people on the Island of Despair, and as long as they were safe for the captives, Shanks would use them.

Typically, any drug that passed the tests on lab rats could be slightly adjusted and then administered to the captives.

The captives did not often show adverse reactions from the drug tests.

Thus, most of the casualties among the captives on the Island of Despair were due to the brutality of the assassins, not Shanks’ experiments. Very few captives actually died at his hands.

“A genius?” Luke murmured.

Others called him a genius too.

However, he knew how much hardship and effort lay behind that label.

He then heard Luca say, “Abel’s pharmaceutical company has launched many drugs developed by Shanks. He records all the data and steps, hands them over to Abel, and then the lab researchers rationalize and standardize the research data before the drugs hit the market.”

“I see.” Luke felt he was starting to understand.

Abel was able to rapidly accumulate wealth because Shanks was behind the scenes.

Their pharmaceutical company consistently rolled out various types of drugs quickly, all while adhering to regulatory requirements.

Many leaders in the pharmaceutical industry were curious whether a significant research player was behind Abel. They even considered poaching the entire team.

However, in the end, they could not lure anyone away, likely because the researchers knew their own worth.

Without Shanks’ data as support, they would not be able to expedite all the processes.

This conversation with Luca clarified a lot for him.

They had to speed up their elimination of the Island of Despair before Shanks could develop the drug he wanted.

Luca thought of Stan when Luke mentioned X City. She asked, “Where’s Stan and Gerald? What’s their situation now?”

“Stan has recovered after surgery. During his hospital stay, the police discovered that he had multiple conversations with Gerald about the Crawfords' ancestral home, even illegally installing several cameras and listening devices. So, the police have detained him, but Stan is suffering from memory loss, which is slowing down the investigation.

"As for Gerald, he’s now officially wanted by the police, but he’s hiding out in a base on the Island of Despair. I heard they’re planning to move him soon, so our people are keeping an eye on him. As soon as he makes a move, we’ll alert the police to come and take him in.”

As for others, they were outside his concern.

Luke parked the car in the villa’s lot.

Luca unbuckled her seatbelt and yawned.

“If you’re tired, you should take a nap,” suggested Luke.

Luca replied, “I still want to go over some documents.”

“What documents?” Luke asked as he unbuckled his seatbelt and got out of the car with her.

“The data from Rhett. I’ve been too busy these past couple of days to look at it,” explained Luca.

The past few days had been filled with Nina’s wedding, and she had taken leave from Watson.

Rhett had been sending her research data every day, but she never had a chance to review any of it.

“Don’t rush. Tomorrow’s a Saturday. You can save it for then,” replied Luke. He felt that the amount of material for a research project was not overwhelming and could be managed over the weekend.

“That's true,” said Luca. Even though she had to spend the weekend with the kids, they had a day set aside for various extracurricular classes, so she would still have some time.

With this thought, she murmured, “I wonder if Nina has boarded the plane yet. Where is Mr. Mallory taking her for their honeymoon anyway?”

“The Maldives,” answered Luke, wrapping his arm around her waist as they walked inside.

“How do you know that?” Luca looked up at him in surprise.

“Percy said he wanted to take her to the place that holds a special meaning for him,” replied Luke.

“So, how do you know it’s the Maldives?” Luca’s expression grew even more perplexed. “Do men really talk about these things?”