Get out, I... right, I can still
be your informant. I can help you find your parents."
I frowned as I looked at the man in front of me, hesitating. Was he telling the truth?
"I've already killed this man. How can you possibly do what you say?"
"It's... it's simple. Go to the laboratory and open all the cage doors. Then I'll sound the emergency alarm. In the chaos,
no one will spare a thought for Beckman.
After the evacuation, no one will come back looking for him, either."
"Sorry, I don't believe you."
"Don't... don't shoot."
"I'm sorry..."
Looking into his eyes, I couldn't leave him alive. Otherwise, my identity might be exposed. I couldn't take that risk. My
parents might still be alive, or they might have already
died... But even if they were alive, they'd surely be somewhere safe. So whether I knew where they were or not, they
should be safe.
The instant I pulled the trigger, fear flashed in Liu Shifeng's eyes. He didn't say another word, though. A hole appeared in
his forehead. He
even raised a hand and instinctively felt the back of his head, but all he found there was a large smear of blood and...
a piece of brain tissue
stuck to his hand.
Watching him fall to the ground, I took a deep breath. Killing him hadn't stirred much in me. Perhaps these bloodstained hands of
mine had made
me accustomed to killing.
I looked at the two corpses. Liu Shifeng hadn't told me where my parents were, but the method he'd just suggested
wasn't bad. If I could
sound the alarm and release some of the things in the cages, I could completely cover up the fact that I'd been here. And if
possible... that little
soldier named