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Chapter 1327
Sheldon seemed to anticipate his next move, torn between giving his consent and harboring
apprehensions. Eventually, after a few seconds of hesitation, he decisively nodded in agreement,
“Follow me.”
Bernard, ignoring his blood-soaked wounds, rose to his feet and followed Sheldon into the control
room.
Once seated at the operator’s desk, he began swiftly altering the program based on the coding on the
controller.
His long, well-proportioned fingers, stained with blood, danced across the keyboard, hammering out the
code.
Sheldon alternated between glancing at the screen and checking the time.
“We’ve got 10 minutes before 1-2 return to the control room in District A.” During this timeframe, the
duo was typically in the control room in District B.
His time management was extremely strict. Where he spent each interval and what task he undertook
had been meticulously planned.
Unless there were exceptional circumstances, he would not deviate from his schedule, nor would he
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“Once he return to the control room and discover you’ve altered the program, then…”
Before he could finish his sentence, Bernard had rewritten the chip controlling his mind.
First, he deactivated the tracking system, then the eavesdropping feature, and with lightning speed,
reprogrammed the self-destruction function.
Mr. Quartus, who had been staring at the screen, blinked in disbelief, sizing Bernard up and down. No
wonder both 1-1 and 1-2 were reluctant to kill him… Turned out this man was quite capable.
Even though he couldn’t completely deactivate the self-destruction program, limiting it to half an hour
was a remarkable feat.
After completing all this, he began to write another set of codes that Mr. Quartus couldn’t make sense
of.
“What are you up to?”
Bernard didn’t respond to Mr. Quartus. Once he finished his operation, he hid the controller on himself.
Seeing him remain silent, Mr. Quartus didn’t press him further, merely looking at his wristwatch.
“Four minutes should suffice. Let’s go. I’ll escort you out of Area Opaca.”
Even if Mr. Quartus had killed Mr. Ben and helped Bernard escape, 1-2 Two would probably spare him
due to his status as the earliest member of Area Opaca. However, Bernard, who had audaciously
tampered with 1-1’s authority, may not be so lucky.
“Hurry, let’s go. I’ll grant you access out of Area Opaca.”
Mr. Quartus urged Bernard to leave, but the latter, unfazed, picked up a wet wipe from a nearby
programmer’s desk and slowly cleaned his fingers.
“Do you know the real identities of 1-2?” Bernard asked.
Mr. Quartus furrowed his brows, looking at Bernard, only to meet a pair of blood-red eyes.
The madness and chill in those eyes were akin to a maniac who had crawled out of hell, filled with
darkness and evil. Seeing such an expression, Sheldon subconsciously frowned, even his tall body
shuddering involuntarily. He felt as though if he answered that he didn’t know, Bernard would wrap his
hands around his neck and strangle him, “Why… why are you asking this?”
Having cleaned the blood off his fingers, Bernard raised his still blood-spattered face, coldly observing
Sheldon, “He implanted a chip in my brain. After I get out, I’m going to settle this score with him.”
Sheldon scrutinized Bernard skeptically.
“Even if you are my sister’s son-in-law, I cannot divulge their identities. It’s against the rules.”
Because of Eleanor and Robin, Sheldon had found himself bound to Bernard, cooperating in an
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While they had indeed called a truce, it didn’t mean that he would betray the behind Area Opaca for
this trifling connection.
For the ever-loyal Sheldon, no one, not even his own son, could extract the true identities of the
founders from him.
Bernard knew that Sheldon was not Mr. Ben and wouldn’t easily betray Area Opaca. His question was
more of a casual probe, and since Sheldon didn’t answer, he didn’t push any further. However, Bernard
discarded the wet wipe, raised his sinister eyes, and after staring at Sheldon for a few seconds,
suddenly lunged at him, “Sorry about this, Uncle Sheldon.”
Sheldon, thinking he was merely addressing him as ‘Uncle’ like Eleanor did, didn’t pay much attention,
only focusing on the ‘sorry’ part.
Just as he was wondering why Bernard was apologizing, he was abruptly choked by a firm, powerful
arm coiled around his neck. Caught off guard, Sheldon’s face under the mask darkened instantly,
“What are you doing?!”
Bernard wanted to use Sheldon as a pawn, and Sheldon had indeed served that purpose, helping him
eliminate his enemies. Moreover, due to Eleanor’s influence, he had promised both the Laurence and
Pine families a truce, vowing to cease their mutual slaughter. After assisting him in every possible way,
Bernard was now suddenly choking him, clearly a betrayal!
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