I looked warily at Carol, asking, "What exactly are you trying to do?"
She grinned. "Let’s chop off her fingers one by one."
As soon as she was done talking, her n pinned Violette against the table. Violette’s arms and hands were forcefully splayed in front of Sarah.
Carol said, "Give Geno Society a call and get them to release my brother. I’ll chop one of her fingers off if I don’t see him in an hour’s ti."
"If I still don’t see him after ten of her fingers are gone, I’ll chop her head off and place it in front of you instead."
Her tone was icy and devoid of emotions. She was capable of doing it.
Violette cried as she struggled. "Let go! Mom!"
Sarah sat unmoving. She wasn’t even looking up.
They were both waiting to see who would lose out first.
"Carol!" I struggled to break free from the others, but I couldn’t.
Carol quietly watched Sarah. When she saw that Sarah was remaining silent, she indicated for her subordinate to proceed.
"No!" Violette scread while crying. Sarah remained unmoved.
Just before the axe fell, Sarah said, "It’s pointless even if you kill her. She’s just an ordinary person with no superior genetic traits. She’s just a worthless pawn to Geno Society-an imperfect existence who should have been discarded from the day she was born."
Carol sneered as she looked at Sarah, "So, you’d rather watch her die than release my brother?"
Sarah said again, "We’re all but pawns-"
"Do it!" Carol ordered angrily.
"Stop it!" Just as I struggled to break free from my captives, Ewan pushed Dexter over.
Carol frowned at Dexter. "You shouldn’t interfere with this matter. I’m in charge here!"
"Even if you kill her, Sarah won’t tell you anything valuable. Joel won’t be able to return as well," he said softly.
"I’ll just kill her slowly in front of Sarah to vent my anger, then! I’ll make her watch how her daughter whom she gave birth to will die before her eyes," Carol said maniacally.
"Do you think she’ll care about her daughter?" Dexter chuckled coldly as he looked at her. He continued, "I rember you were once pregnant too. You gave birth to a child in that rented house before choking it to death. You said that the child was nothing but a dirty product. Have you forgotten about it?"
Carol stood up suddenly, seemingly agitated. She started pushing away everyone and left in a state of chaos.
I looked at Dexter in shock. I never knew that Carol was pregnant and had given birth before.
She played dumb to mask her intelligence, using the guise of a ntally disabled person to evade Geno Society’s inforrs.
She was a woman capable of being cruel even to herself, let alone to a child born without love.
"Co back with , Sophia." Dexter reached his hand out to bring back to our room. "Sophia!" Violette was about to run out while crying but was shoved back by Carol’s n. Both her and Sarah were locked in the room.
I glanced at Violette from the outside. "Joel was taken away by Geno Society. I hope you can persuade your mother to let them release him."
She nervously turned to Sarah. "Mom."
Sarah remained calmly seated before closing her eyes. It was evident that she was ignoring Violette.
I sighed before pushing Dexter back.
"Carol has definitely angered Geno Society by taking Sarah and Violette away. It’s about to get chaotic here," Dexter said softly.
I nodded, having already figured out that much.
Initially, I assud that Geno Society would co for Dexter and while Carol went out with her n to capture Sarah. However, since they did not co for us, they must still have other plans.
Now that both Sarah and Violette were here, they would surely take action.
Carol was too full of herself. In the end, not only did she fail to manage to rescue Joel, but she might even lose her n.
"If Geno Society breaks in..." Dexter paused as he looked up at . "Don’t resist them, Sophia."
I understood what he was telling . He would go with them, and he was afraid that I might get hurt if I resisted them.
"Sion is in their hands. He might be in danger if I don’t go with them." It might be fatal if they were to casually use Sion for experints in order to uncover the secrets of reincarnation.
"I’ll follow you no matter where you go," I whispered.
"We don’t have to make unnecessary sacrifices. They might not even need you anymore with Sion and I there." Once we returned to our room, Dexter handed the notebook filled with mathematical formulas.
"There would only be endless possibilities if we continue living, Sophia. Only then could we completely shatter them. Soone has to do it, right?" He tried to persuade to let him go on his own.
"You’re right. Soone has to do it, and soone has to keep resisting." I nodded, agreeing with him.
Unfortunately, I definitely wouldn’t be the person to keep resisting if Dexter was no longer here.
"The Sophia from before would’ve had the sa thought as you. But unfortunately, it’s just like what Carol has said-I now have an Achilles’ heel. I’ll die without you." I shook my head and lit up the notebook with a lighter.
I burned everything without caring what was written within. Perhaps it would be best for things that defied the laws of nature to vanish without a trace.
"Sophia!" Dexter helplessly called for before pulling into his embrace.
He whispered in a hoarse voice, "Even if we manage to survive, with the way I am now—’
I said, "Your physical handicap isn’t your excuse to escape. I want you alive with -you need to stay with even if you’re suffering!
"I was already dead in the first place. You were the one who tried to bring back countless tis. Now that you’ve managed to bring back, you have to take responsibility for it!"
I choked with sobs as I looked at him. "You have to take responsibility for ."
Dexter smiled at . His eyes were red as tears pooled around the corners. "Alright."
He reached out to wipe away my tears before kissing gently.
I pressed my forehead against his as I crouched before him, resting on his lap. We lingered for as long as we could.
"Sophia," Dexter called out for softly.
I flashed him a smile and asked, "Do you still rember the first ti we t? We were both disheveled then."
We were too young to notice the awe of seeing each other for the first ti.
"I rember. I’ll always vividly recall every mont I saw you." Dexter ruffled my hair.
A loud crash echoed from outside. We both knew that Geno Society had closed in.
A traitor must have been working with them from within the Rebels.
Carol had no choice other than to leave with her n in order to preserve themselves.
Confronting Geno Society directly would only lead to mutual destruction. No one would co out on top in the end.
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