Chapter 446

Unfortunately, her power was too weak.

After struggling for a few moments, not only did she fail to break free of her restraints, but she also exhausted herself, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.

"Bang!"

Su Quan tossed her to the ground, glanced at Sonia and Clarice who had already gotten up and were unharmed, and asked Esme was still gasping for breath, with a smile, "Are you alright?"

"No, it's nothing..." Esme grabbed Su Quan's outstretched hand and stood up.

Fine?

How could nothing be wrong?

Of the three people who were knocked down, she suffered the most. The last punch she received almost made her vomit, and she still feels nauseous.

"Who... who is she?" Sonia asked, frowning as she looked at Chloe lying unconscious on the ground.

Su Quan released Esme and casually said, "Hound Program."

"Is she a hunting dog? Was she sent as a spy?"

Clarice found a beacon in Chloe's bag, clearly indicating that she was a spy whose purpose was to infiltrate the Mutant Underground Organization's base and activate the beacon to allow Dr. Campbell or the Sentinel Special Services Bureau to pinpoint the base's location.

"That's probably how it happened before," Sonia said softly, glancing at Clarice.

Clarice's adoptive parents have been helping Mutants, and this sudden incident most likely means that the beacon's location was exposed and it was precisely targeted by the Sentinel Special Services Bureau.

Thinking of her adoptive parents' tragic deaths, Clarice wished she could kill Chloe right now to avenge them.

However, she held back.

Chloe is merely a controlled hound; her true enemies are the Sentinel Special Services Bureau and Dr. Campbell!

"Let's go back and talk about it first!"

"Call out--"

Clarice threw out Teleportation Crystal, opened Teleportation Portal, and beckoned everyone to head to the base of the Mutant Underground Organization.

Chloe was locked in a cell with iron bars. Lorna, John, and Xian Zhe already knew what had happened. After settling the Mutants they had brought back, the group gathered in front of the cell to discuss how to deal with Chloe.

A few minutes later, Chloe woke up.

She didn't speak, nor did she seem to want to communicate. She just stared at them fiercely, occasionally ramming the fence at Super Speed, looking somewhat abnormal.

"What do you all think?" Lorna asked the crowd, arms crossed.

The Xian Zhe didn't say how to deal with Chloe, but instead expressed some concern about the situation ahead. "If the Sentinel Special Services Bureau plants hounds everywhere, we may no longer be able to take in fugitives."

John said, "We cannot abandon those who have nowhere else to turn just because some of them may be dangerous."

Everyone fell silent.

Lorna steered the conversation back on track. "Let's talk about how to deal with this grumpy lady first. We need to try to get as much information as possible out of her and see if we can find out her identity."

"Sonia?"

Sonia's Dream Smoke can be used to extract information.

Sonia nodded and moved closer to the cage, wanting Chloe to inhale the Dream Smoke.

However, Chloe reacted very quickly, as if she knew what she was going to do, and kept moving back and forth at Super Speed, making it impossible for Sonia to exhale smoke accurately.

This is a disadvantage of Sonia's abilities; she can only control her opponent with Dream Smoke at close range.

After trying a few times, Sonia shook her head and gave up.

"I'm not good at dealing with moving targets. Even if she inhaled it, it would probably be metabolized quickly, and I wouldn't be able to see any memories of it."

Lorna sighed helplessly, pondering whether to trap Chloe and prevent her from moving, or go to the Void Island to find someone to help her.

Su Quan created a Teleportation Portal in the base that connects to the Void Island, allowing people to travel between the two at any time.

At this moment, Esme, who had been observing the situation from a short distance away, walked over. "I am a mind reader. I was the one who noticed her abnormality, and I was the one who alerted you. So I was thinking... perhaps I could give it a try?"

Lorna glanced at Su Quan, and seeing that Su Quan had no objection, nodded and asked, "What's your name?"

"Esme".

Esme arrived at the cell, her eyes gleaming with a blue light.

"Stop!"

Following her command, Chloe, who had been moving at high speed, suddenly froze and stopped.

Mind Stone control, successful!

While searching for Chloe's memories, Esme pretended to struggle and said to Sonia, "I... I can only control her. You... you should look at her memories."

Sonia was stunned. She thought Esme could directly access Chloe's memories, but she didn't expect that he could only freeze her with his Psychic Abilities.

Sonia wasn't the only one who thought this way; others thought so too.

"Hoo..." Sonia exhaled a puff of pink smoke at Chloe.

After Chloe inhaled the smoke, various images vaguely appeared in Sonia's mind.

Her memories are fragmented.

And it's very painful.

Although Sonia couldn't empathize with the pain as she reviewed the memories, she could still sense the intense, almost unbearable suffering Sonia was experiencing.

The physical and mental pain was like an endless darkness, threatening to engulf her.

"I... I can't hold on much longer, are you done yet?" Esme called out anxiously, panting heavily.

Sonia frowned and remained silent, focusing all her attention on reviewing her memories.

"Tick-tock..."

A bead of sweat slid down Esme's chin. She gritted her teeth, her body trembling slightly. Anyone who saw her could tell that she was gritting her teeth and persevering, and that she was already at her last gasp.

Except for Su Quan.

He knew very well that Esme, as one of the Multiple Man, would not be so weak in her Psychic Abilities even without the help of her other sisters.

Esme is hiding her abilities; she is deliberately feigning weakness.

The reason, Su Quan could guess, was simply that they were worried that his strong Psychic Abilities would make them wary.

The terrifying thing about Psychic Abilities is that they can know all your memories without you even realizing it, leaving you with no secrets.

At the same time, Psychic Abilities can also change a person, turning them into a puppet who obeys orders.

The sudden appearance of a powerful Psychic Abilities in the Mutant Underground Organization's base will certainly put them on high alert, which will hinder her infiltration.

However, a Psychic Abilities with blue eyes who can only freeze others and not simultaneously view memories would not be feared.

"I can't take it anymore!"

After holding on for a while, Esme shouted, staggered back weakly, and gasped for breath.

Clarice helped Esme, who was shivering, up. "Are you alright?"

Esme shook her head gratefully. "Thank you, I'm fine, I just need to rest for a while."

After saying that, she looked at Sonia: "Did it work?"

Sonia suppressed the jumbled and painful memories, took a breath, and slowly said, "Her memories are very chaotic. I only saw a part of them. Her name is Chloe, and she has been suffering inhuman torture in a secret military base."

"They injected her with a drug that can rapidly make Mutants stronger, but at the same time, it can cause serious damage to the body and brain."

"This drug is addictive, and they used it to control her and turn her into a hunting dog."

The secret military base must be a third-party military company— Trask Industries.

As for the drug, it seems to be called KIK, which is a Mutants drug.

This substance appears in the comics; it can enhance Mutants abilities to some extent, but long-term use can lead to genetic collapse and mental derangement.

Ordinary humans cannot inhale it; one breath is usually fatal.

Xian Zhe found some information about her by her name.

She used to live in a trailer depot in the suburbs of Jasper. When her child got sick and the pediatrician refused to treat Mutants, she destroyed the doctor's office in a fit of rage and was arrested by the Sentinel Special Services Bureau.

Chloe's role in the show is to introduce Esme and the Hound Program. Su Quan remembers her as a person, but not her life story.

I even described her as a short-haired girl, I never imagined she already had a child...

Sonia whispered, "She might... be dying."

Chloe was pale, with deep dark circles under her eyes, and was mentally unstable, behaving erratically and wildly, much like those guys who were on drugs.

"Can you save her?" Clarice looked at Su Quan.

It can be saved.

It's beyond saving.

Even if she were dead, Su Quan could revive her.

The question is, if we save her today, will we save her again if we encounter a hunting dog in the future?

Su Quan is not a saint; he doesn't have the noble sentiment of saving all Mutants. He is very clear about his purpose and what he wants.