The Mastermind Behind This Definitely Must Not Be a Good Person!

What did you mean by also came under attack?!

Elwin's words startled Richard.

"Director Elwin? What do you mean by that?"

Director Elwin's tone on the phone was extremely heavy. "Including Dr. Palmer, from yesterday until now, five doctors have been attacked."

"Three of those doctors were knocked out and taken away by the attackers, and their current fate is unknown."

"Hiss!" Richard drew in a cold breath; the way these people operated was utterly vicious!

"Director Elwin, I suspect this large-scale attack is very likely related to that burn victim who appeared in the emergency department a few days ago!"

"Do you have any clues about that girl?"

Director Elwin hesitated a bit on the other end of the line. "This... a hospital director issued a gag order..."

Richard's spirits lifted, and he quickly said, "You just need to tell me which director issued the gag order!"

"Director Alex!" Director Elwin replied immediately, then added, "He runs a medical device company in New York, and the company name is Cerogi Medical International."

"You've been a huge help, Director Elwin!"

Richard hung up the phone, immediately turned on his computer, and searched for "Cerogi Medical International".

"Cerogi Medical International Co., Ltd., headquartered in Queens, New York, CEO Alex Bulwer."

Richard raised his wrist and checked the time.

"9:35. At this time, I hope this Director Alex has already arrived at the company."

Richard recited the geographical coordinates he had just looked up, casually opened a portal, and stepped through it.

The other side of the portal was the rooftop of a high-end office building.

Richard walked to the edge of the rooftop, looked down, and saw that the office of Cerogi Medical International was on the sixteenth floor.

He made a casual swipe in the air and chanted silently in his heart.

Invisibility!

The next second, his figure silently vanished from where he stood.

This was a spell he had learned yesterday while studying the Advanced Grimoire.

In the invisible state, Richard's feet left the ground and he slowly descended.

Levitation!

This spell was one Richard had modified.

Compared to the original version, this version of levitation had many flaws.

For example, slow flight speed and low flight height, but its advantage was that it consumed very little mana and the casting was simple.

Stopping at the sixteenth floor, Richard circled the entire floor and saw a middle-aged man with a bald pate walk into the largest office on this floor.

It was Director Alex!

He formed hand seals.

Clairaudient Eavesdropping!

Richard preferred to call it clairvoyant sound-searching, but there was no help for it; that was simply the name in the magic book.

The spell effect was very simple: enhance hearing, gather sounds from a specific direction, with a maximum range of up to one kilometer.

The sounds inside the office clearly entered his ears.

"President, there's a report urgently..."

A blonde, blue-eyed female secretary wearing glasses and black silk stockings pushed the door open holding a file folder.

Director Alex, who was sitting in the boss's chair and had just picked up the phone, suddenly raised his head and shouted angrily, "Get out!"

The female secretary's footsteps paused, her expression somewhat aggrieved.

"Get the hell out!" Director Alex was even angrier, his scolding voice a bit louder.

The secretary's eyes welled up with tears, and she replied with a crying tone, "Yes..."

Stamping her foot, she turned and left with a clacking sound.

Richard's eyes narrowed. This fellow was awfully hot-tempered; he was definitely acting suspicious!

Director Alex quickly dialed a phone, and as soon as the other party answered, he immediately lowered his voice and rebuked angrily.

"Wal, you bloody bastard, have you found that escaped experimental subject?"

"You're making me look for it, dammit?" The voice on the phone seemed even more furious.

"She was still fine when she was taken from my lab, but she escaped when she got to New York. This is clearly your problem, and even if blame comes down from above, it won't land on me!"

Director Alex's expression froze. He cursed in a low voice and hurriedly spoke.

"No matter what, Wal, the two of us are grasshoppers on the same vine now. If you hadn't suddenly sold the lab, I wouldn't be in such a hurry to transfer the subject! You share the responsibility for this too!"

Wal, on the other end of the phone, cursed in exasperation, "Damn it, why has my luck been so bad lately!"

"Listen, Alex Bulwer, I'll send all my people in New York out, but the responsibility for losing the test subject is yours. Don't you dare pin it on me!"

"I'm only helping you out for the sake of our many years of cooperation!"

"OK, OK!" Director Alex nodded hurriedly. "Also, Wal, you need to transfer the experimental data to a safe place as soon as possible!"

"I don't need you to fucking remind me!" The other end of the line grew increasingly agitated.

"Just hurry up and find your people!"

With that, the call was disconnected.

Director Alex was so angry he slammed the phone down right then and there.

"Damn Wall Federer, bastard, rotten gambler, why didn't you just die in the casino!"

Wall Federer?!

Hearing this familiar name, Richard's spirits lifted.

Could the human experiments be taking place at the Federer Medical Laboratory?

And what about "above"? "Accountability"?

Did it sound like there was an even greater force above Wall Federer and Director Alex?

Richard frowned deeply. The call between Director Alex and Wall Federer was too short, providing far too little information.

At that moment, the phone in his pants pocket rang. Richard waved his hand to open a portal to Greenpoint Apartments and flew in.

Returning to the apartment, Richard took out his phone and answered.

"Mr. Richard, I just received notification from Wall Federer that the acquisition has been suspended." Lawyer Carl's tone was very angry.

"Why?" Richard had guessed the reason, but he still asked anyway.

Lawyer Carl began to complain endlessly, "This Wall Federer is simply an unreasonable bastard! The talks were going so well, and suddenly he notified us that the transaction was suspended. When I called him again, he wouldn't answer at all!"

"How did such a willful and arbitrary guy become the heir of the Federer Family?!"

"If the Federer Group lets him run the show, something is bound to go wrong sooner or later!"

Richard listened in silence as Lawyer Carl finished his complaints. After getting the specific address of the laboratory from him, he hung up the phone.

"It looks like I need to make a personal trip to the Federer Laboratory."

Richard opened the almighty portal.

Emerging on the other side, what caught his eye was a blazing sea of orange-red fire.

"What is going on here?"

Boom!

A violent explosion suddenly erupted from inside the laboratory, which was being consumed by the flames.

The three-story building housing the laboratory blew apart directly from the inside.

Countless fireballs and building debris scattered in all directions like a scattered flower goddess.

Richard pulled with both hands, causing the Rings of Raggadorr to appear and rapidly expand in front of him.

Jingle-ling~

The phone rang. Richard held the shield with one hand, took out the phone with the other, and answered.

Lawyer Carl's voice came through. "Mr. Richard, I just received news—Wall Federer passed away three minutes ago from a sudden heart attack!"

Richard's heart gave a jolt.

The mastermind's movements were far too fast!

Not good!

Alex Bulwer was in danger too!