Chapter 776



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Click!

As Nora opened the safe, the sound of the door opening also rang out.

She looked behind her sharply and saw the man in black walk in. His hand was on the light switch and, with a click, the room lit up like day.

Nora’s eyes narrowed.

For the first time in her life, Nora, who had been a leader in every field no matter what since she was a child, felt a sense of helplessness.

The man was too strong.

To be honest, she didn’t have that feeling even when she fought Justin. As she thought, the man again said to her in imperfect English, “Give me that thing. I spare your life.”

Nora didn’t move, keeping her hand in the same position, ready to open the safe. She tried to buy time. “You’re only strong because you took the genetic serum. Artificial strength like that doesn’t deter or intimidate anyone.”

The man sneered, “Justin Hunt can say that, but what makes you think you can too? Haven’t you been injected with the genetic serum as well?”

Nora frowned.

His words didn’t fool her, nor did she feel that she wasn’t as strong as she had believed herself to be, but she was very upset by what he said. Nora knew very well that what her mother had injected her with was only a miniscule amount of IQ-enhancing serum. All her accomplishments to date were to her credit.

She wanted to say something else, but the man came up to her in an instant and kicked her in the face.

His movements were relentless, merciless and icy.

If the kick hit Nora, she would most likely die on the spot.

She didn’t have time to look at the safe, she could only dodge.

She had just dodged the attack when the man’s other leg came at her with another kick. His gaze was icy and conveyed disgust to Nora.

“I’ve given you a chance. Since you don’t appreciate it, forget it!”

He swung his fist again.

Nora awkwardly dodged it and asked, “Do you hold a grudge against me?”

She was trying to discover his identity by talking to him.

The man sneered. “Don’t bother guessing, you don’t know me. but I know your mother! If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t be in this state today.”

Nora frowned. “Weren’t you a few years old when my mother died?”

“Heh, if she hadn’t developed the genetic serum, would we have become tools for her experiments? I hate sanctimonious hypocrites like you! You say we’re evil and the world should lock us up, but really? Was it our choice that we should become this?”

The man spoke more, but his every word was cold and icy. He stared at Nora and said, “So you all deserve to die!”.

Almost as soon as he said that, he threw another punch!

Nora recoiled again, only to find that her back was already against the wall. As the man attacked her again and again, she took step after step backwards, she had been forced to end up in a dead end.

… Even knowing that the man was strong enough to break her arm! And crush her!

Nora could only raise her arm to block his attack.

She closed her eyes and listened as the man moved closer and closer to her.

Just as the man was about to strike her, she suddenly opened her eyes.

The best form of defense was attack.

How could Nora just sit there and do nothing!

Without even thinking, she put all her strength into her leg and kicked the man’s abdomen.

The man had only two options: either he would withdraw his arm, allowing her to dodge the bullet, or he would keep attacking and she would fight him to the death, even if it meant that she herself would suffer an even more serious injury!

Now that the lights were on, the security guards would discover the situation in no time. If she delayed long enough, someone would eventually come. As long as the V16 didn’t fall into the man’s hands, Justin would still have a chance to get it for Xander.

Nora narrowed her eyes, but she didn’t expect the man to choose the second option without hesitation.

THUD.

Nora’s leg connected with his abdomen.

Despite that, the man didn’t stop and his fist went straight for Nora’s arm!

THUD Another thud was heard.

However, the pain of having a broken arm didn’t reach her, which took Nora by surprise. When she came to her senses, she realized that someone’s leg had intercepted the man in black’s fist from the side.

The blow caused the man in black to finally take a step back.

Before Nora could see who her savior was, she was pulled backward by the shoulders. A solid, strong figure then stood in front of her, blocking her from the man in black.

Nora stared at the person in front of her.

Although he was dressed in black clothing, suitable for moving in the dark, and wearing a baseball cap, she recognized at a glance that it was Justin.

The man in black had put all his strength into the punch now. Although Justin kicked out at his fist, it stood to reason that he would not have been able to resist the punch, but it looked like Justin’s leg was completely fine.

Nora suddenly thought about how Justin was always forced to flee across the room every time she fought with him.

However, now that she thought about it again, the man had gone easy on her all this time!

It was obvious that he was stronger than she was.

Nora looked at the man in black again. Although she had kicked him and had also exchanged a punch with Justin, the man merely took a few steps back as if he was completely fine.

The man looked at the two of them and chuckled softly. “Ha, you overestimate yourselves.”

Then, without another word, he stepped forward without hesitation. Justin and Nora looked at each other. The two tacitly stepped forward and wrestled with the man.

Despite fighting two against one, the man still seemed to be having a good time.

They were not to keep fighting him like this.

The thought had just crossed Nora’s mind when Justin grabbed her arm and pulled her towards the safe.

“Hurry!”

Justin had only uttered one word, but Nora immediately understood what he meant. Instantly, she moved toward the safe.

The man was furious at the sight. He bypassed Justin and attacked Nora.

Nora didn’t care. With full confidence, she entrusted Justin with her safety and opened the safe.

The man wanted to pounce on her, but Justin kept him busy.

However, the moment Nora opened the safe, her pupils shrank!

Because…

Inside the safe was nothing but a bomb!

The bomb was activated the moment she opened the safe, and instantly began to display a twenty-second countdown.

Next to the bomb was a small box.

Was this… the trap her mother had left for her?

If it had been someone else who didn’t know the password, the bomb would probably have exploded the moment it was opened. Only when he used the password to open the box would he have time to escape.

His mother had really considered… all the possibilities.

Still, she probably never thought her daughter would be trapped here, did she?

Without hesitation, Nora grabbed the small box, turned around, and yelled, “Run!”

As soon as she yelled, the man in black rushed toward her. He reached out to grab the box in his hand.

Nora dodged it and shouted, “If we stay any longer, we’ll all die here!”.

Despite that, the man stood just inside the door and sneered, “You two can forget about leaving if you don’t give me that!”

The countdown reached ten seconds!

The walls of the room with the safes were forged in steel to prevent people from breaking in and stealing things. There were no windows, only a metal door.

With the man standing guard at the door, it was impossible for the two to escape.

At the critical moment, Justin suddenly snatched the metal box from Nora and threw it to the left of the door. He shouted, “Here, you can have it!”.

The man stepped aside without hesitation to grab the box.

Nora frowned.

Time was too tight, she didn’t have time to change the contents of the box at all. The metal box was still the one she had just taken out and the V16 might be in it.

He dared not risk it.

Just as she was about to run to grab it again, Justin grabbed her arm and she bolted out the door with great force.

Thud When Nora hit the floor, Justin had already grabbed the metal box before the other man. He threw it through the door without hesitation!

And then…

Before Nora could get back up, both the man in black and Justin ran like mad for the door.

Justin looked at Nora.

They had run out of time.

The countdown went from one to zero.

Boom!

The room exploded.

Waves of heat rapidly spread from the metal safe to the door….

All Nora could see was that the heat waves hit Justin and the man in black from behind. The two were only one step away from the metal door.

She wouldn’t be able to get out in time…

Realizing this, Nora jumped off the ground and rushed straight for the metal door.

With the door between them, she and Justin looked at each other.

Suddenly, the corners of Justin’s lips curved upward. At the last moment, he slammed the metal door shut!

“Nooooo!”

Nora screamed!

Justin… He was still in there!!!

He still hadn’t come out yet!!!

But all she heard was the click of the lock coming from beyond the big metal door, as well as the thunderous explosion from inside….

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