Chapter 851

The remains of a broken test tube lay on the floor, and Isaac strode into the room, studying Irene from head to toe.

"Are you alright?"

Irene shook her head. "I'm fine."

Isaac frowned—her face was pale, and she appeared weak as she lay against a desk.

Still, he asked, "Did you find something?"

"Dennis was definitely poisoned," she replied. "I found traces of hemlock in the sample Lulu gave me."

"Hemlock?" Isaac asked. "What's that?"

"It's a poisonous plant," Irene explained. "You can extract enough poison to kill two oxen with a single shrub."

However, she had no idea who would poison Dennis—he had been admired and loved during his time at Hotmesh Research, and no one held enmity against him.

"Maybe he consumed it by mistake?"

"No," Irene said confidently. "That can't happen because hemlock doesn't exist here—it's indigenous to another continent. Moreover, there should be initial symptoms such as exhaustion, accelerated heart rate, cerebral hypoxia, and fainting. It would the