Chapter 339
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This area in the suburbs outside the city had been turned into a natural reserve some years ago. All of the inhabitants were moved a long time ago, so it became deserted over the years.
Some old abandoned buildings could be seen through the rain. There were also some crows on old electric poles.
Some noises could be heard amongst the thunder. It was like someone was setting off fireworks in the area. The noises were deafening.
Continuous gunshots followed the noises. The sound of gunfire disrupted the peace of the woods.
The underground base was thrown into chaos, and the speakers were blaring “Warning, danger!” on repeat.
Some giant screens revealed the situation outside. The base had been surrounded without their knowledge. Some drones were laying waste to the cameras outside. Static began to show up on the screens.
All the doctors in the labs were alerted. They came out and began pacing, saying, “What’s wrong? What’s happening?”
Most of the people in the base were bookworms who were obsessed with their research. They couldn’t hold their own in a fight. They had no life skills other than doing research.
Amidst the chaos, a cold voice rang out. “Come with me. Evacuate from the secret pa*sage.”
Colin had a stormy expression. “They didn’t attack out of nowhere. This is a planned a*sault. They might be waiting for us at the end of the pa*sage. Who’s able to evade all of our security cameras and find our location?”
Colin finally realized that he had provoked a madman.
His area of activity had long been under Ethan’s watchful eye, but he thought he had fooled Ethan. He was proud of it too. But his actions had brought disaster to the organization’s doorstep.
“It’s too late for words now. I’ll lead a team to attract their attention. The rest of you escape while I keep them occupied.”
“Leo!”
Colin stopped in his tracks. His face was calm under the mask, but his voice was laced with bloodlust. “I don’t have to be responsible for the murders I commit with this identity, right?”
“There’s no need for that. We don’t need to confront them. Take the drug and leave with the others.”
“I’m sorry, boss, but I’ll have to defy you on this.”
Colin had spent enough time as a goody-two-shoes. He didn’t have to do that today.
There would be no one to take Olivia from him after Ethan was dead. He deserved to die anyway.
The quiet forest was in flames. The drones would fly over and open fire when they detected human activity. Some people didn’t even get the chance to get to cover. They died as soon as they emerged from the base.
The members of Toxic Hive were researchers. Even though some mercenaries were in the base, they were heavily outmanned and outgunned by the special forces that came prepared.
They were already surrounded.
Several secret pa*sages were made when the base was first built, Colin gave up the chance to escape. He knew that this was the best shot he had at killing Ethan.
He had figured out Ethan’s approximate location before the cameras were destroyed. He got to the surface from another tunnel. It was the closest one to Ethan. It was the most dangerous place and the safest one at the same time.
Everyone had their focus on the area that was being bombarded. The sound of explosives drowned out everything else.
Someone grabbed Colin before he could jump out.
“Leo, it’s dangerous. Get out of here.”
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“I need to kill him. Give me ten seconds.”
He could recognize Ethan’s back even amongst the group of people. Some mechanical animals carrying explosives appeared in the woods. They would explode immediately upon contact.
The explosions kept going off.
Brent said to Ethan, “It’s dangerous here. Let’s retreat.”
The bombs would not discriminate against their targets. Ethan couldn’t afford to stay here any longer. Ethan and company quickly retreated, leaving the professionals to do their jobs defusing the bombs.
The group of people around Ethan was smaller. It was the best chance to take him out.
As everyone was hiding, a bullet went straight for Ethan’s heart. He fell to the ground on the spot.
Colin smiled when he saw Ethan collapse.
He thought he had killed the man who was haunting Olivia.
It seems Ethan only ever married Olivia to take revenge for what happened to his little sister. While Olivia is plagued by her sickness, he holds her chin and says coldly, “This is what your family owes me.” Now, she has no family and no future.
Her father becomes comatose after a car accident, leaving her with nothing to live for. Thus, she hurls herself from a building. “The life my family owes will now be repaid.” At this, Ethan, who’s usually calm, panics while begging for Olivia to come back as if he’s in a state of frenzy …
