Chapter 866



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To be honest, Nora didn’t have much of a sense of belonging with the people here.

What’s more, they had even scorned her kind intentions and refused to listen to her advice. One could say that they had only themselves to blame for their situation.

If Epson and the two students had not left, the laboratory door would have been closed. Even someone like Barbarian would have had to struggle to get in and they would surely have held it until the police arrived.

Nora narrowed her eyes and looked at Barbarian coolly.

Just as Barbarian was about to pull the trigger again, Epson suddenly said, “Fine, I’ll talk! I’ll talk! Don’t shoot!”

Nora stopped what she was about to do and shrank back. She looked at Epson in surprise.

Did Epson have clues about the gene serum?

How could that be?

She frowned hugely. The next moment, she saw Barbarian, whose eyes had also lit up, looking at Epson.

A pathetic-looking Epson rose from the ground. By this time he was terrified in the extreme and his voice trembled as he said, “I know where what you seek is!”.

Barbarian stepped forward abruptly and grabbed him by the collar. “Where is it?”

Epson took a deep breath and said slowly, “I know what you seek and I can tell you what you want, but you must promise not to harm these students! They are innocent!”

galnσvє𝓵s.𝓬𝓸m – your update hub Barbarian scoffed. “I don’t care about those hindrances.”

Epson swallowed spittle.

He looked at Barbarian and spoke again. “I expect you to keep your word. But to ensure the safety of the students, I’ll only tell you what you want to know when they’re all gone!”

Barbarian: “?”

He unconsciously wanted to agree to the request, but a deep voice came from his earpiece at that moment and Barbarian fell silent. A moment later, he sneered and said, “You are in no position to negotiate with me. Tell me what I want to know immediately.”

Epson frowned. “I…”

Bang!

Barbarian shot another student’s thigh!

The bullet hit the student’s femoral artery and he immediately fell to the ground, his blood splattered everywhere!

“Okay, I’m going to talk!”

Epson did not dare to delay any longer. He said, “What you want is in the files! File No. 004!”

Barbarian scoffed, “Why should I believe you?”

Epson took a deep breath and replied, “File No. 004 is a top secret document and even I can’t access it. The genetic serum you mention can only be this document! That’s all I know.”

After speaking, for fear that Barbarian would shoot back, he said, “The files are constructed of the toughest material invented by the school. Without my students to unlock the door, you won’t be able to get in, So don’t kill these students! Otherwise, I won’t help you.”

At the critical moment, Epson showed the behavior he should have as a teacher.

Barbarian looked at him and then at the terrified students in the room. He grimaced and said quietly, “Bunch of cowards! Absolutely boring.”

Then he grabbed Epson and ordered, “Come to the archives with me!”.

Epson breathed a sigh of relief. “All right, I’ll go with you!”

After he spoke, he looked back at the students in the lab. He ached all over from the beating he had just received and was trembling with fear. However, he said in a trembling voice, “Stay here and don’t move, all of you. Get a doctor to dress your wounds immediately…”

After leaving the instructions, he took step after step toward the door as Barbarian pulled him along.

He was limping a bit from the blows he had received.

Perhaps because Barbarian found him too slow, he grabbed him by the collar and half-dragged him to the door. Epson, however, put up no resistance.

The students couldn’t help but say, “Professor…”.

Epson stopped He slowly turned around.

The students looked at him.

There was usually fear in the students’ eyes as they worked under him for his experiments. Most of them were with him only for the credits and to successfully finish their degree.

He relied on these things to control the students and make them show him great respect.

But at that moment, Epson found that the look in the students’ eyes had changed.

Their eyes were full of feeling, like those of puppies looking at their mother who had to leave to protect them….

Epson knew that he would most likely be out of luck once he left. Suddenly he said, “I may have lost to Anti in my experiment, but as a teacher, I didn’t lose to her, did I?”

Nora, who was still hiding behind the desk, was taken aback.

The students’ eyes instantly reddened.

Oscar was also stunned and couldn’t recover for a long while.

For a while, none of the students in the room spoke.

Barbarian would never give Epson time to talk nonsense, so without waiting for the students’ responses, he dragged Epson out of the lab.

After his exit, the students in the lab instantly relaxed.

At that moment, they also heard the sound of police confronting Barbarian outside. They could vaguely hear Barbarian holding Epson hostage and heading for the archives.

Some police officers also rushed into the lab and administered first aid to the students who had been shot….

The students were a mess.

Some were so frightened that they burst into tears while others huddled together as they trembled. Everyone seemed to be in shock…

It was at this moment that someone suddenly said, “Professor Epson…”

As soon as the person spoke, choked sobs echoed through the room.

Oscar also muttered to herself uncomprehendingly, “I always thought Professor Epson was a bad teacher. He’s mean, his credits are hard to earn, he has terribly high expectations of students, plus he’s extremely arrogant and keeps insisting that he’s a rival of Anti…. But in reality, Professor Epson is a good teacher…”

Many shared Oscar’s sentiments….

However, Nora took a deep breath and rushed out the door as the students scrambled.

Epson had told Barbarian about File No. 004 and they had gone looking for clues.

If she took too slow a step, it was very likely that the clues would be taken by Barbarian!

This thought made Nora speed up her movements even more.

As soon as she approached the archives, she saw that the police were already in formation outside. Brenda was shouting into the archives, “Barbarian! You are surrounded. Put down your weapons and come out at once.”

Inside the room, however, Barbarian turned a deaf ear to the noise outside.

His eyes were on the wall full of files.

The door was locked and the police wouldn’t be coming in for a while.

He pushed Epson aside. After confirming that he couldn’t walk, he walked over to the wall of files and counted them in order.

The biogenetics files were on the left.

He walked over, and immediately saw file #004 there.

Barbarian’s hands were shaking. He gently opened the door .

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