Chapter 644
Aria reached the warehouse rooftop.
The guard said, “You’ve only got five minutes to pick. You should get out when time is up.”
“Okay,” Aria said. She pushed the door open and stepped inside.
The warehouse was vast. Its walls were constructed from specialized high-grade composite materials designed to withstand extreme temperatures and impacts.
Guns were stored on the outside. To the left stood a locked door that required identity verification for entry.
About thirty meters to the right was the chemical reagents storeroom.
As Aria moved closer to inspect, the guard said from behind her, “That’s the ammo depot. You can’t enter. All the guns are out here.”
Aria casually picked up a gun and walked out of the warehouse.
After the door closed behind her, Aria didn’t leave immediately. She stood still and fixed her gaze on the residential quarters to the side.
Suddenly, her gaze locked with a woman’s in the distance.
Though she was too far away to see the woman’s face, Aria was certain who that was.
It was Margery.
“No lingering allowed here,” the guard warned.
Aria tore her gaze away and headed straight for the lab.
Luna approached and whispered, “I nailed a research assistant.”
Aria nodded. “Well done. Find out who handles chemical retrievals from the warehouse and see if you can turn them.”
Luna replied, “Okay.”
Aria threw herself into her experiments again, barely speaking for days on end. Even the other senior researchers couldn’t help but notice the stretch of unusual quiet.
When Ethan returned to the lab, he noticed his lab bench had been touched. His face darkened with rage as he bellowed, “Who the hell touched my stuff?”
The lab bench was originally Aria’s, but Ethan had commandeered it. In his absence, she naturally reclaimed it.
Laura was quick to point the finger at Aria and blurted out, “It was Aria. She tampered with your experimental data without permission.”
Because of that shooting incident, Laura was terrified of Aria, especially when she was armed now.
During Aria’s time in the lab, Laura dared not speak above a whisper. She was terrified that the slightest provocation might
earn her a bullet.
Ethan forced down his fury as he flipped through the experiment logs. When his eyes landed on the final page, he froze
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with shock flashing in his eyes.
He swiftly cross-checked the serial numbers and located the corresponding lab mice and reagents. He then instructed his assistant, “Bring everything to the observation room.”
The observation room housed various lab animals, and Ethan brought all the reagents there.
Laura hurried after him. “Dr. Murphy, did Aria-”
Ethan cut her off. “You come along to help, too.”
In this way, Laura had no choice but to assist Ethan.
When Aria returned to the lab, her lab bench had been cleared out.
The male assistant that Luna had turned whispered to her, “Mr. Murphy was here earlier. He totally lost it and stormed off with all the equipment.”
Aria remained unfazed. She strode straight to the supply cabinet, retrieved the necessary materials, and got to work.
The others kept their heads down, not daring to say a word.
At 5:30 p.m., Aria wrapped up her work and was about to leave when Ethan stormed into the lab and glared daggers at her.
“How long have you been working on this?” Ethan asked.
He then said with a strained voice, “Flynt gave you the research materials long ago, didn’t he?”
Aria replied indifferently, “Yes, if that’s what you think.”
As Aria, turned to leave, Ethan instinctively moved to block her path, but a sharp twinge in his shoulder made him freeze mid-step. Helplessly, he watched as she walked away.
Ethan couldn’t believe that Aria cracked the experiment, which had stumped him for half a year, in just one week.
Ethan had thoroughly investigated Aria. She was from Kerano Global Health and was undeniably capable. However, this experiment required little pharmacological expertise.
Ethan believed that Aria couldn’t make it unless she had some genius backing her up.
Ethan wondered, ‘But she’s completely cut off from the outside world. How did she make it?’
Ethan walked over to Aria’s lab bench and flipped through her afternoon experiment records.
Though her progress was limited, her technique was far from amateurish.
Ethan’s expression darkened with regret. Had he known this, he never would have fired that shot.
He was the one who got hurt in the end, but now he had made an enemy for life.
Juggling two major experiments single-handedly, Ethan was stretched dangerously thin.
Though he had coerced many researchers into staying, most were just going through the motions and unable to fully immerse themselves in the research.
However, they had no choice. Coercion was the only way to keep their staff.
Now they finally had a researcher who could shoulder the burden alone.
