The next morning, Matthias woke up and pushed away the translator who was clinging to him like an octopus. He felt incredibly hungry. After taking a shower, he went straight to the hotel restaurant.
He had no appetite for the dazzling array of buffet breakfasts and instead went directly to find someone to knock on the door of the Japanese restaurant.
Before long, the owner of the restaurant, a Japanese man who had just returned from the airport after stocking up, walked over humbly.
"Sir, what are your instructions?"
"I want to eat at your restaurant. Prepare sashimi and raw horse meat for me!"
"Sir, it's morning. Our restaurant doesn't open until noon. Besides, many ingredients are not yet processed..."
The Japanese owner was a bit bewildered. He had never heard of anyone coming for sashimi so early in the morning.
"Sir, this is not according to regulations. It's not our business hours, and our chefs and waitstaff are not on duty..."
"Slap!" Matthias's bodyguard next to him pulled out a wad of cash and slapped it on the table. It was a stack of US dollars, numbering over a thousand.
"I'll ask you one thing: can you open for me to eat sashimi?" Matthias said coldly.
"Hai, hai! I'll prepare it for you personally!"
The restaurant owner took the stack of bills and scurried back. Half an hour later, to the astonishment of the translator and bodyguard, Matthias ate two catties of sashimi and half a catty of raw horse meat.
Not only that, but he also had the owner prepare a lot of sashimi and raw horse meat, packed in insulated boxes with ice, to eat on the plane.
During the more than 20-hour flight, Matthias ate all the several catties of sashimi in the box.
Matthias didn't understand why he had such a craving for raw food.
Little did he know that the powder Ling Tian had secretly put in his food was actually the eggs of Gu worms. As soon as the eggs entered his body, they hatched immediately, turning into very small Gu worms. These worms went directly into his liver through his blood, absorbing nutrients there.
And these worms' favorite food was fresh blood. Therefore, Matthias's body developed an intense craving for sashimi, like an addict going through withdrawal.
Even after arriving in the United States and disembarking, he didn't go to see Boris Augustus directly. Instead, he went to a Japanese restaurant and ate several more catties of sashimi.
After eating and drinking his fill, he patted his stomach and met Boris.
Boris was a senator in the United States Senate. In this country, each state has two fixed Senate seats, filled by election.
However, Senate seats are mostly held by old political families and big capitalists in the United States, and it can even be said that the position is hereditary.
Gustav was the senator for the state where his family was located.
He didn't need to worry about elections or going out to campaign for votes. He stayed in his own manor, acting as a behind-the-scenes boss.
When Boris saw Matthias, he was a little surprised.
"What happened, Matthias? Didn't you go to China? Why are you back so soon?"
"Uncle, my trip to China this time was not smooth. My plan was fine at first, and that woman named Wang Bingxia almost compromised with me. Unfortunately, she seems to have someone guiding her... My opinion is that we need to put in more effort to extradite Wang Qing Tian to the United States. Only then can I force Wang Bingxia to comply..."
"Matthias, although you are proficient in legal matters, I believe you lack a comprehensive perspective.
This Bing Tian Pharmaceutical Company is so profitable, yet it hasn't been acquired by the giants. This in itself is unusual.
Moreover, this company does not focus on overseas markets and has no reliance on overseas capital or raw materials. It is not easy for us to force them to comply. This matter was simply too simple for you to think about..."
"Okay, I understand. But Uncle, I still hope to extradite Wang Qing Tian as soon as possible. Then I will go to China again...
After all, if we can reach a settlement with them, we will save a lot of time..."
"Alright, I'll call my old friend right away..."
However, a week later, Matthias was admitted to the ICU.
Boris was very surprised when he learned of this, as Matthias was considered one of the outstanding members of the next generation of the family. He even wanted to train Matthias to enter politics and become his successor.
So he even went to the hospital to visit him personally. In his ward at the Mayo Clinic, he saw Matthias, covered in tubes and extremely emaciated.
He had fallen into a coma and lost consciousness long ago. Boris couldn't understand how a person could change so much in just a week.
"Dr. Wise, what exactly is going on?"
The Mayo Clinic is a top medical institution in the world. In terms of comprehensive strength, it is even firmly ranked among the top three in the world.
Many difficult and complicated diseases that are considered incurable in other hospitals are properly treated here. Of course, the fees here are also astronomical.
With the financial resources and connections of the Gustav family, there was no pressure for him to be admitted here.
And Dr. Wise was a famous liver and gallbladder surgeon in the United States.
"Mr. Boris, I am very sorry. Yesterday, Mr. Matthias suddenly fell into a coma and was sent here. We conducted an examination, and the results were astonishing..."
Dr. Wise said, bringing out CT and MRI images. The examination equipment at the Mayo Clinic was definitely world-class. Both CT and MRI scans were incredibly precise, almost showing every detail.
Looking at the liver medical examination images, Boris, even though he didn't understand medicine, felt his scalp tingle.
Although Matthias's body was very emaciated now, his abdomen was distended, and his liver was about 30% larger than that of a normal person.
Even more terrifyingly, the medical images showed that Matthias's liver, both inside and out, was densely covered with nearly a hundred soybean-sized cysts.
"What... what is this? What illness does Matthias have?"
"It's liver fluke disease! The cysts in Mr. Matthias's liver are all filled with liver flukes!"