Chapter 471

The clock turned back a little.

After seeing Suzaku off, Gerard sensed nothing wrong. He exchanged a few words with Ajax, then escorted Xu Xi into a car.

Xu Xi got into the second car. Besides the driver, it held two soldiers in camouflage uniforms with camouflage paint on their faces. They were the ones who had aimed their laser sights at Suzaku earlier. Now they lounged around, chewing gum. They even managed to chew it noisily. How irritating.

Xu Xi was short and looked a little frail, hardly a match for his threat rating. With tape over his mouth and cuffs on his wrists and ankles, the two soldiers saw no reason to put a black hood on him.

Xu Xi's gaze settled on a small black bag.

"Yours?" one of them asked.

Xu Xi nodded.

The man picked up the bag and unzipped it, revealing a stack of long-obsolete discs.

"2000 Everyday English Words."

"Crazy English."

"Master 100 Sentences and Travel Across America."

He pulled out the discs, read their titles aloud, and tossed them aside one by one.

Xu Xi smiled.

The "tape" over his mouth was actually a tissue disguised with Texture Surprise, and he held a razor blade in his mouth. He had tampered with the cuffs on his wrists and ankles, too. A little force would break them open.

Gerard had been careless. He had not checked closely.

In the lead car, Gerard was in a good mood. He had caught Xu Xi and delivered an experimental subject to the Workshop. A salesman had quotas to meet.

Suddenly, he heard brakes screech.

The car behind them fishtailed and stopped by the roadside.

"What happened?"

A bad feeling came over Gerard. He told his bodyguard, "Get out and check."

After a pause, he added, "Be