Chapter 270
Chapter 270
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The power of the small gourd bomb forced those hiding in the small room to scramble out before the explosion, desperate to save their own lives.
And among those who rushed out was Brody.
Brody was a scrawny man, barely 5’7” tall. Flanked by two bodyguards, he was protected in the middle like a helpless chick.
The stall door had barely closed when the cold, dark muzzle of a gun was pressed against the forehead of the bodyguard on the left.
An icy voice from the side said, “Don’t move.”
The two bodyguards‘ expressions changed drastically, especially when they saw the small, gourd–shaped bombs hanging from Briar’s waist.
Forgetting about their employer’s safety, the two bodyguards wisely raised their hands to surrender.
When Brody finally saw who it was, his face turned deathly pale. “B… Briar?”
“Why so surprised? Didn’t you already guess that I’d come for you?” Briar’s voice held a gentle laugh.
However, to Brody’s ears, it was as terrifying as a demon coming to reap his soul.
The moment she finished speaking, the bomb in the stall erupted with a massive roar. The door was blasted and warped, and scorching waves of heat rushed out through the gaps.
It wasn’t just their bodies that were scorched, but their hearts as well.
If the partition walls were not explosion–proof, they would have been blown to bits by now.
Brody’s voice trembled, “Briar, what… what are you trying to do?”
Briar chuckled, looking at Brody as if he were an idiot. “What do you think? Of course, to kill you!”
Then, she fired without hesitation.
With two bangs, she killed the bodyguards protecting Brody on either side.
The bodyguards‘ heads burst from the bullets, splattering brains and blood mostly onto the face and clothes of Brody, whom they were protecting.
Brody felt the warmth and taste of blood on his face and in his mouth. It was sticky, greasy, and disgusting.
He enjoyed using live people as test subjects and spent long hours in the lab every day with mice and live
humans.
However, the Lopez family had always protected him so well that he had almost never witnessed such a
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violent, bloody scene and was instantly petrified.
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Two gunshots rang out next to Brody’s ears. He stared blankly at Briar with his mouth hanging open.
“You… you… you can’t kill me! Your mother’s body is still in my… my hands…” he faltered, unable to finish his threat under Briar’s increasingly cold gaze.
“Very good. You’ve just earned yourself another chance to live,” she said.
‘A chance to live?‘ Brody felt a surge of joy. Just as he thought, the person Briar cared about most was her mother, who had been dead for over a decade.
Briar tapped Brody’s cheek with the hot muzzle of her gun, a hint of anticipation in her voice. “Where is my mother?”
Brody tried to negotiate. “If I tell you and let you take Rosalia’s body, will you let me go?”
Briar sneered inwardly but kept a straight face. “That depends on my mood,” she said lightly. “Lead the way.”
Afraid for his life, Brody didn’t dare to challenge Briar directly. Seeing her attitude soften, he had no choice but to lead her there.
Gunfire echoed continuously outside the main room as the battle raged on.
But hearing the endless screams and roars, Brody knew his side wouldn’t be able to hold out for much longer.
Honestly, his combat skills were probably worse than any of the female lab assistants.
If he disobeyed, Briar would most likely shoot him dead.
Brody led Briar deeper into the cave. As they went further, the temperature began to drop.
Just as Briar was about to lose her patience, Brody finally stopped. He pointed to a closed door ahead and said, “Your mother’s body is in there.”
Briar’s gaze followed his pointing finger. The door was electromagnetic and explosion–proof, so she couldn’t see what was inside.
But through the single glass window, she could clearly see a series of bodies inside, preserved in formalin.
There were both male and female corpses.
However, the bodies were not fully intact. Some were missing hands, while others lacked feet.
Some bodies were even dismembered, their limbs, torsos, or heads floating in large glass jars.
From a distance, they looked like duckweed floating on water.
From where Briar stood, she couldn’t see Rosalia’s body.
However, seeing the dismembered body parts in the jars and containers, she could only imagine the terrible
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state her mother’s body must be in.
Briar felt a dull ache in her chest. These people deserved to die.
They should all accompany her mother in death.
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As Briar’s expression grew darker, Brody trembled in fear. Afraid she would shoot him, he looked for a chance to slip away.
However, he had only taken one step back when Briar spotted him.
Briar’s sharp gaze swept over him. “Trying to run?”
Brody quickly waved his hands. “No, no, no! I’m not trying to run. I just… I wanted to… open the door for you. Yes, that’s right, open the door for you.”
Briar snorted. “Then open the door.”
Brody agreed but found Briar’s behavior odd. She had gone to great lengths to find them, yet she didn’t seem intent on destroying the place.
Brody thought, ‘What’s so important about Rosalia’s body? Even if it is recovered, it wouldn’t bring her back to life.
‘Even if a potion that could revive the dead truly existed, all of Rosalia’s blood has been drained. How could she possibly be saved?‘
To prevent any uncontrollable situations, Zeke had deliberately drained Rosalia’s blood, tube by tube, right before she died, and in front of Zeke.
Even if Briar wanted to settle scores and seek revenge, she couldn’t place all the blame on the Lopez family.
Besides, judging from Briar’s attitude toward the Grant family, Brody guessed that she didn’t know the inside
story.
Perhaps he could use this to increase his chances of survival.
“Get in!” Brody opened the door, but before he could step back, Briar shoved him inside.
Then, Briar saw a sight she would never forget for the rest of her life.
If seeing the body parts floating in jars and containers outside was a testament to Brody’s cruelty, then this entire wall of sectioned and diced body parts, labeled with numbers indicating the cutting order, nearly drove Briar to madness.
She shouted, “How dare you chop my mother’s body into pieces! Brody, I will tear you limb from limb!“
In the jars and containers on the wall, body parts ranging from the head and various internal organs to smaller pieces like fingers, eyeballs, and ears were all methodically arranged…
Briar’s eyes blazed with fury, and hatred consumed every fiber of her being.
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