Chapter 1748


    Maja didn''t waste any time. The very next day, she hailed a cab and headed over to the area near


    Shirley''s college to snoop around.


    Meanwhile, Ian received a call from Bernard.


    Bernard had helped him out before, enabling Ian to whisk Patric away from Greenfield safely. At that


    time, Ian had promised Bernard that he would get his hands on the research facility''s data,


    especially since Bernard''s own son had died there. The higher-ups were taking a serious interest in


    the facility.


    Part of the research facility''s data had now made its way to the top brass, and it was time for Ian to


    be recognized for his efforts.


    Bernard was on the line now, asking about Patric.


    Ian had been responsible for Patric''s removal, so it was his duty to bring him back in one piece. But


    Patric had vanished, and no one knew his whereabouts.


    "Bernard, this is on me. My team is on it," Ian admitted his mistake.


    Bernard''s tone was gentle, "Our people are looking too. I heard from Fitch you''ve been under the


    weather?"


    "Just a bit off, nothing serious."


    "Alright, take care of yourself."


    Bernard hung up, deep in thought.


    He turned to a colleague, "Any leads?"


    "We''re close. We''ve tracked down hisst known location."


    Bernard''s lips curled into a faint smile, "Good, keep searching."


    Somewhere on the.


    Both of Phil''s arms were wrapped in bandages as he picked up a bowl of porridge, intending to feed


    Philip.


    Philip turned his head slightly, one eye covered by a ck patch. That eye was lost.


    The earthquake at the research facility had cost him an eye. In the chaos, his instinct was to protect


    Phil, who had only suffered minor injuries.


    Phil felt terribly guilty. If only he hadn''t gone after that bug.


    "Philip, I''m so sorry. This is all my fault."


    "What''s the use in saying that? You''re not the one who''s blind."


    Philip snatched the bowl from Phil''s hands and finished the porridge.


    Phil pursed his lips, picked up a stick from the ground, and poised it towards his own eye.


    "I can blind myself."


    Philip grabbed his hand, his gaze intense.


    Phil was a bit afraid, unsure whether to proceed.


    Philip was a perfectionist who took pleasure in manipting others.


    Buttely, nothing had gone ording to n.


    The research facility was in ruins, they were stranded, and they had to dodge both the Sanders


    family and Ian''s people.


    Philip had worked hard to rise within the facility. With control over the drugs, he could have been


    above most.


    But Ian had easily destroyed it all, making Philip''s years of nning seem like a cruel joke.


    A joke so cruel, it was killing him!


    And now blind in one eye, he was consumed with bitterness.


    His usual calmness had turned into frenzy.


    Word had it that Ian had been retrieved, Maja was pregnant, and the two were nning a wedding.


    Damn it all to hell!


    "Philip, I''ve still got some cash. Let''s find an ind, forget all this. Inds have lots of leaves and


    bugs."


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    "Leaves, bugs? Is that all you aspire to in life? Don''t ever im to be my brother."


    A hurt look shed across Phil''s face as he cautiously met Philip''s gaze.


    Philip stood up, his fist hanging at his side.


    "Where did the explosivese from? So much of it, could it have been Dr. Sarah? But why would


    she destroy the facility after so many years? Given her background, shouldn''t she have been the


    facility''s most loyal follower?"


    The high-ranking officials had trusted her implicitly, but why?


    Philip couldn''t make sense of it all until he heard a mocking voice behind him.


    "It''s quite simple. The real doctor died a long time ago. The body you saw was inhabited by


    someone else."


    Philip''s brow furrowed as he followed the voice and saw a man who bore a striking resemnce to


    Ian.


    To what extent?


    If the lighting had been dimmer, he would have mistaken this man for Ian.


    But his aura waspletely different from Ian''s.


    How long had he been eavesdropping? Arms crossed, a sardonic smile on his face, the man said,


    "And it''s the person you care about the most."


    "Who?"


    "Isn''t that what you should be asking yourself? Who set you on this path? Who first sparked your


    jealousy? The one who died on Forbidden Ind was just Cynthia''s shell, but living inside Dr. Sarah


    was Cynthia''splete personality."


    Philip''s brow knitted tighter, wary of the stranger.


    The man tilted his head slightly, "Didn''t the facility run a project like this? The first sessful subject


    was Cynthia. Someone transferred her memories to Dr. Sarah. Once Cynthia began to awaken, the


    real Dr. Sarah faded away. Ever wonder why she prepared bombs? From the moment she woke up,


    she wanted to escape the facility."


    "And who are you, to know all this?"