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."

at Percival, noticing the 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 ray of sun on a

pulled her into an embrace, burying his face in her neck, inhaling

Percival was

like we haven't been through

students from Class Eighteen had been

chill flashed in Percival's eyes,

your fault." Vivienne gently patted his back, "This is the enemy's tactic. I've defused it, and this little trick wasn't going to

most intelligent woman on earth. And if anyone wanted to take her life, they'd have

danger, his belief wavered with fear. This fear was instinctual, an innate dread of losing

held each other tightly,

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

the silence

eyes narrowed as

dog toy beneath the desk. It was now pressing on

defunct bomb activated a countdown,

Percival were caught off guard,

her towards the door and quickly locked the office behind

pounded on the door, "Percival,

instant, she knew what he intended

planned to shield the blast with his body,

door!" Vivienne kicked at the lock with

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

in the far corner, using his body

to buy Vivienne a few precious

took a deep breath and kicked at the door with all her

Bang!

a sound akin to a popping

the floor from the momentum, charging through the haze towards

"Mr. Wolf!"

smeared with dust, his shirt torn at

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