Percival casually snapped off a twig and flicked away the power line in his path. Thankfully, he was in the garden; otherwise, he would have had to endure a jolt of electricity. But Finnian's test was not something to be taken lightly.

No sooner had Percival tossed aside the twig than a snake, tongue flickering, shot towards him along the branch.

That did it. Percival was livid. He grabbed the snake by its body and slammed it to the ground.

But as he did, something felt off.

Why was this snake so light?

Frowning, he glanced back at the pit he had passed and the discarded power line.

He decided to shut his eyes, ignoring anything else he might touch or sense.

Thirty seconds later, Percival reached the garden fence. With a firm kick, the fence collapsed. Only then did he open his eyes and turn to see that there was neither pit nor snake-just projections from a high- tech projector!

Finnian possessed the same kind of cutting-edge projector that Karen had been researching!

Percival's gaze sharpened, and some thoughts in his mind were now confirmed beyond doubt.

The only problem was the lack of evidence.

Stepping over the fallen fence, he approached the villa's main gate.

With the delay, Finnian was long gone.

Percival exhaled a sigh of resignation. When Vivienne woke up, she was going to be furious.

He would have to think of a way to sweet-talk her.

to head back, he heard a loud noise behind him.

up, the eight still out

trick like that won't fool me. Did

too fast. I

my hands on him, I'll make him cough up 800 billion!" Vivienne said with a vengeful tone before slipping her arm through Percival's.

I can't sleep. Mr. Wolf, let's have a drink." Standing

looked at him. Holding out a glass, she stretched out her leg and hooked Percival's, her

down?" Vivienne was startled, but in

fell and shattered, and Vivienne found herself pinned

was no hint of

the

blinked, and her eyes quickly lost their luster, like a light suddenly

the truth when he lifted the person

It was a robot!

could a robot be indistinguishable from a real person, even mimicking Vivienne's tone of voice? Then the robot's mouth opened, and a scroll fell that read, [Congratulations, you've passed the second trial. This is

another

test of his resistance

naturally desired. If he felt nothing for Vivienne, that would

Vivienne to her bedroom, where the real Vivienne was

was indeed strong; even Vivienne had succumbed to

seemed his immunity was part of

Vivienne's room, leaning against the robot double,

at a mansion somewhere in Rivenwood, Finnian relaxed on a sun lounger while a man applied

from the start that the Vivienne replica was not the real deal."

time to think about

silent smile, seemingly privy to the previous

unfinished bionic robot in a nearby room. "Aren't you worried about sending this out? What if

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