Chapter 1421

Yates arched a skeptical brow, seemingly caught off guard by Bernard’s offer.

Was it sheer desperation to save Eleanor, or did he have an ulterior motive?

Yates didn’t trust Bernard all that much, yet he was dying to know who the founder of the Siren Organization really was. His eyes, seasoned by years of life’s trials, spun with the complexity of human nature.

“If you’re playing me, you’ll never see Eleanor again.” The cunning and shrewd always overthink, resorting to threats.

That was what made Yates detestable, and Bernard found it utterly contemptible.

“What right do you have to threaten me now?”

Bernard’s voice, deep and clear, flowed through the intercom into Yates’ ears.

“I’m only negotiating because of my wife.”

The unspoken message was clear: if Eleanor wasn’t in Yates’ clutches, would Bernard even bother with negotiations?

He would have stormed the biozone like he had other territories, capturing Yates without a second thought, not patiently hashing

out terms.

Now, a thoroughly defeated Yates truly had no ground to stand on. He couldn’t possibly harm Eleanor, could he?

After all, how could Yates harm Eleanor, the granddaughter he had finally-found?

But Yates suspected Bernard’s offer was a ruse.

deliberation, Yates finally pressed the

me who it is first, then I’ll release

smirk tinged the

Do you think that’s possible?”

and

gave Bernard the

the end of the biozone corridor, behind the square white wall, you’ll find the escape room. The console code is 794203.

resort of a defeated man, and Yates exemplified this to the

almost simultaneously shaking their heads at Bernard, signaling

corpses

it again, you’re in no position

with an unearthly glow, hinting at an obscure darkness and

you’ll get no information,

upper hand, whether in setting terms or making

was loath

for her yourself. How can I trust you with her?”

Bernard didn’t personally

to be her grandfather/why won’t you deliver

had turned into a contest of

win such

further, simply broadcasted the

Yates changed his mind the instant he saw Eleanor. His pupils

alone on the bed, fragile as a leaf despite

blind to the world around her, she epitomized loneliness.

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