The Million-Dollar Heart

In an instant, Brody's mind raced with countless ways to make a break for it, his feet itching to bolt.

Unfortunately for him, in Vivienne's grasp, there was no chance of escape.

"Blowing up my lab now, huh? Living a little too comfortably these days, aren't we?" Vivienne said, her grip firm on Brody's shoulder, patting his head like he was a naughty puppy.

Brody glared at Vivienne and retorted, "Cut me some slack, Specter Healer! I was just experimenting!"

"You've got some nerve!" Vivienne raised her hand, poised to strike again.

A real man knows when to fold. Brody, raising his hands to his ears, shouted, "Okay, okay, I was wrong!"

Only then did Vivienne relax her stance.

On the sidelines, Karen chuckled. "You must be Brody, right?"

Hearing her, Brody shot Karen an impatient look, "Yes, and who might you be? Have we met..."

He took a closer look at Karen and realized something about her face seemed familiar. Suddenly, his eyes widened in recognition. "It's you! You're Evelyn!"

Vivienne was taken aback, not expecting Brody to know her mother.

Karen just smiled at Brody, her gaze filled with an enigmatic meaning as she stepped forward and gently placed her hand on his shoulder. "Still as impolite as ever, huh? Don't you know how to greet your master properly?"

As she finished her words, a sharp pain shot through Brody's shoulder, causing him to buckle under her grip.

Vivienne was even more surprised.

Since when had her mother become Brody's master?

But Brody was wise enough to know when to give in. He wailed, "Master, I'm sorry! I was wrong!"

"You're sorry? Stealing my research papers, running off with lab secrets, do you think a simple apology is enough?" Karen's gaze was fierce, her grip tightening.

Brody's body was nearly doubled over, powerless to resist, like a lamb in the grip of a lioness.

become your disciple?" Vivienne

in surprise, "Mom? You two are mother and daughter! No wonder I couldn't just beat you like

Met him on a mission once, and with a bit of guidance, he was able to unlock some

knack for things that

sat back, enjoying the show, with no intention of intervening on Brody's

got something to tell you. Can you-can

up leisurely. "Mom, let

her grip, having no

shoulder. "No wonder this lab looked so familiar. I couldn't beat you because you're mother and daughter. It's like I'm cursed

for running into Karen here, Brody would never have remembered that before he became 'Brody,' he had interned in a lab just

went under the name of Evelyn. She was busy with her own lab while leading a team at Vanguard

she had given him a few

this gifted young man would one day steal

Brody never imagined that, years later, he would

task I gave you coming along?" Vivienne

don't you ask your mom? Wasn't this what

his experience in Karen's lab, and back then, he

lab, one Brody

was smart enough to keep his potion experiments separate to avoid another

its own. It keeps changing direction with every bit of progress we make. It's devouring the old cells and spawning new ones, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, inexhaustible, an

the potion cultures, engrossed in the phenomenon

initially thought it only had healing effects, but now it seemed that those effects were merely

like a self-healing

thing keeps giving me surprises every

found them

of virus is GTO researching that could cause such

Vivienne was deeply puzzled.

poison or remedy in the world has a dual nature, saving or taking lives at the flick

diluted,

some medicines, with just a pinch of the wrong