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."

She looped her arms around Percival's neck, her alluring gaze warming him like the first ray of sun on

burying his

Percival was

like we haven't been through

kidnapped the students from Class Eighteen

in

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

was the most intelligent woman on earth. And if anyone wanted to take

wavered with fear. This fear was instinctual, an innate

tightly,

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

the silence

as

down, eyeing the spherical dog toy beneath the

bomb activated a countdown, rapidly ticking down

Percival were caught off guard, with no time to

towards the door and quickly locked

on the door, "Percival,

that instant, she knew what he

blast with his

damn door!" Vivienne kicked at the lock with

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

cradled the bomb in the far corner, using his body as

was to buy Vivienne a few precious

took a deep breath and kicked at the door

Bang!

enveloped the office, followed by a sound akin to a popping balloon. Vivienne's

the floor from the momentum, charging

"Mr. Wolf!"

shirt torn at the chest, his hair

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