The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 433

This bomb was nothing like the cutting-edge devices they'd encountered before.

This time, it was more intricate, more cunning, with an arrangement that was both deceptive and, upon closer inspection, almost childish.

Yes, that was the word-childish.

Atop the delicate balance lay a common spherical dog toy, the kind that shouldn't be nudged in the slightest. A mere touch could set the whole thing off.

But who the heck puts a dog toy on a bomb? Especially one that squeaks.

"Vivienne, what's the situation in there?" Percival could only peer through the crack in the door, unable to see the full picture.

Vivienne held a pair of scissors in her hands, the familiar sight of the wiring giving her a sense of déjà vu.

Percival, getting no response, called out again, "Vivienne?"

Vivienne shook the scissors, "All good."

She got down on her knees, scanning the rainbow of wires before snipping one decisively.

Tick!

The toy fell off the balance, rolling across the floor and ending up under the desk with a soft thunk.

"Come on in," Vivienne said, placing the scissors on the table.

The bomb wasn't inherently difficult; it just appeared dazzlingly complex. In reality, it was still the red wire.

Percival entered, realizing he was sweating bullets. He had defused a thirty-second countdown bomb in his heyday without breaking a sweat, but this had unnerved him.

It wasn't until he heard Vivienne's voice that he understood just how frightened he'd been.

"It's not a new type of bomb, just an ordinary one with a fancy setup. Looks tough, but it's just a smoke and mirrors act."

seriousness in his eyes and subconsciously suppressing a smirk. She looped her arms around Percival's neck, her alluring gaze warming him like the first

an embrace, burying his face in her

Percival

not like we haven't been

the students from Class Eighteen had been far more

flashed in Percival's eyes, "I'm

Vivienne gently patted his back, "This is the enemy's tactic. I've defused it, and this

most intelligent woman on earth. And

was truly in danger, his belief wavered with fear.

other tightly,

Tick-tock... tick-tock...

broke the

eyes narrowed as

the spherical dog toy beneath the desk. It was

a countdown,

Vivienne and Percival were caught off guard, with no time

shoved her towards the door and quickly locked the office

the door, "Percival, open

she knew what he intended

to shield the blast with his body, buying her time

door!" Vivienne kicked at the lock

the door and lock of the TCL lab were made of top-grade materials, impervious to brute

far corner, using his

was to buy Vivienne a few precious

and kicked at the door

Bang!

office, followed by a sound akin to a

from the momentum, charging through

"Mr. Wolf!"

dust, his shirt torn at the chest, his hair sticking up in

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