Chapter 400


    Since the ssroom door was welded up tightly and could no longer be opened, she couldn’t get out at


    all. Thus, she decided not to escape anymore. Instead, she just leaned against the wall of this old, blood-


    sttered and abandoned ssroom, panting heavily.


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    She stared at the camera, knowing that person was watching her closely now. Lowering her head, she


    uttered a voice as cold as ice, “Hahaha, your n failed. I bet you’re very disappointed now, aren’t you?


    You f*cking psychopath!”


    However, Phantom Wolf’s leader sounded very rxed when his voice was heard from the loudspeaker.


    “I have two ns here. The first one is to kill him, and the second one is to take you away. At the very


    least, one of them worked now. With that, my n still hasn’t failed.”


    Sophia supported herself against the wall. Then, she raised her head and held her chin up high with the


    back of her head leaning against the shabby wall, panting heavily before spitting out a mouthful of bloody


    saliva. “I won’t let you have your way easily even if I die! Since I owe you my life, I’ll give it back to you


    now!”


    She wanted to get up, but she felt weak and powerless, having used up all her energy while fighting


    with Ka in a brutal brawl just now.


    With her being injured and having lost so much blood, she didn’t even have the energy to move her


    fingers, let alone the excruciating pain she felt while moving a muscle.


    Once again, the voice of Phantom Wolf’s leader was heard.


    “This ce is called Golden Drive Elementary School. You know this ce? Many years ago, there was


    a great fire here and a dozen young students were burned to death in the fire.


    Ever since then, this ce has be haunted. No one dares to take over the building anymore. So


    eventually, it was abandoned and forgotten.”


    Sophia struggled to get on her feet by holding onto the wall. Walking to the side of the tightly welded up


    window, she noticed there seemed to be someone guarding downstairs as well as outside the ssroom.


    With her current condition, she was certain she couldn’t escape here. Even if she died, she didn’t want to


    fall into the hands of Phantom Wolf’s leader.


    It was too bad that she couldn’t be in the wedding which Michael promised to give her anymore… Also,


    she couldn’t keep her promise of keeping Nathanpany and watching him grow up happily either.


    Sophia wiped the tears off her cheeks. While struggling to look for a way out, she retorted, “I’m not even


    afraid of you, so do you think I’ll be afraid of ghosts?”


    The leader of Phantom Wolf let out a sinister chuckle, which echoed through the dark and creepy ce.


    It reminded Sophia of a quote in a novel that went along the lines of ‘Human nature is something more


    terrifying than ghosts’.


    “Let me tell you a secret. I told him that you were locked up in Mount View Elementary School. That


    school isn’t very far away from here.


    You can see it from the window. He’s in the school now. Three secondster, I’ll blow up the entire Mount


    View Elementary School.”


    With a buzz in her ear, Sophia’s mind went nk immediately. She raised her head stiffly and through


    the dusty mottled window, she saw there was indeed a dark building not far away from here.


    As for Phantom Wolf’s leader, he began his countdown.


    “Three. Two. One.”


    Boom! A loud explosion was heard and the nearby Mount View Elementary School was turned into piles


    of ashes. After a few seconds, the huge impact from the explosion reached here and Sophia was


    knocked down onto the ground immediately.


    Upon falling on the ground, her mind stopped working and she couldn’t think for a moment. Her entire


    brain seemed to have stopped operating for several seconds along with her heart. Within that few


    seconds of time, she felt as if she was dead, but her mind was still aware.


    In a half-conscious state, she vaguely saw a man march bravely into the treacherous hellscape in order


    to save her. Within a split second, his body was blown up into pieces by the huge impact of the


    explosion. Then, he turned into ashes, which vanished gradually into the void…


    He’s dead. He’s dead… Sophia fell on the ground with her palm brushing against the wall, leaving behind


    trails of bloody fingerprints. Feeling her eyelids bing heavy, they closed down over her eyes,


    shutting her view of the whole world outside.


    She was still alive, but she wished she were dead. “We shall meet again soon…”


    Some timeter, she had regained consciousness. The metallic tang of blood, her weakened legs,


    numbed shoulders that resulted from the immense pain and the sight of a world veiled in blurriness were


    the first things that assaulted her senses when she came to.


    She opened her eyes weakly and noticed that her shoulders were being grabbed by two people, one on


    each side. Then, they carried her and stood on an abandoned field.


    A ck car halted in front of her as a man got out of the car and strode toward her slowly.


    Raising her head, she felt her brain spinning like crazy, the world in her eyes swaying from left to right


    with a buzzing noise in her ears, as though her head was filled with water. She could barely see the


    man’s face. No, he didn’t have a face; he wore a mask instead. She knew who he was.


    Phantom Wolf’s leader took two steps forward, held out his hand and tried to take Sophia from his


    henchmen.


    Suddenly, Sophia heard a groaning from her left side and the grip on her left shoulder loosened as


    warm liquid sttered on her face. She turned her head to the left side and saw the man, who grabbed


    her just now, falling down onto the ground quietly, for he was actually shot in the head. There were


    snipers around!


    Phantom Wolf’s leader took two steps forward and lunged at Sophia. Even though both him and the guy


    on the right hand side were quick enough in their reaction, but unfortunately for thetter, as soon as he


    picked up his gun, a groan was heard and a bullet was embedded in between his eyebrows. The man


    was shot in the head as well, right in between his eyebrows!


    Only less than three seconds had psed between the first person and the second person being killed!


    The leader of Phantom Wolf was astounded. The sniper is an expert!


    The sniper managed to aim and fire urately at the two consecutive targets within three seconds,


    ignoring wind resistance and velocity. It was really extraordinary and one in a million for a sniper to have


    such an incredible shooting skill!


    Phantom Wolf’s leader was quick in his reaction too, for he had managed to find the sniper’s location


    from the direction the bullet travelled. So, he quickly grasped Sophia and used her to shield himself from


    that direction.


    Three seconds had passed, but the sniper had yet to strike.


    At the same time, footsteps were heard everywhere from the surrounding. There were a few dozen


    people, judging from the footsteps. Several cars had even blocked the entrance to the ce.


    A car stopped in front of Phantom Wolf’s leader and Sophia. The car door was opened and a man in a


    ck trench coat got out from the car, standing in front of Phantom Wolf’s leader and Sophia.


    Sophia’s eyes widened with joyful surprise when she saw the man, for the sight that met her eyes was


    none other than Michael’s attractive and serious-looking face.


    A furious and murderous look flickered in his eyes. As he stared at the man whom he loathed so much,


    he could feel the hatred within him being amplified greatly.


    He remembered those awful nights where he was stirred from his sleep for having nightmares over and


    over again. Those new tombstones in the Memorial Garden and that hellish battlefield covered in


    streams of blood haunted his dreams.


    Even after a total of six years had passed, those nightmares still gued him like maggots adhering to


    rotting corpses, all because of the man in front of him!


    Tightening his grip on Sophia, the leader of Phantom Wolf nced around at his surroundings and the


    sniper that hid in the dark. It seemed like it would be impossible for him to escape easily now. However,


    he didn’t seem to be afraid or worried at all, because he still had a hostage in his hands.


    Indeed, with Sophia in his hands, Michael dared note closer toward him. He stood a few meters


    away from Phantom Wolf’s leader. Both of them looked at each other for a long time.


    “It’s impossible for you to escape today. Stop your useless resistance and surrender, Phantom Wolf.”


    The leader of Phantom Wolf snorted coldly. Carrying Sophia with one of his hands, he slowly pulled his


    shirt upward with his other hand, revealing a blue metal device around his waist. It seemed to adhere


    closely onto his skin, but it did seem to be imnted in his body at the same time.


    In his usual rxed tone, Phantom Wolf’s leader said, “You see this? I can tell you that this is a bomb. It


    is powerful enough to blow up everything within a ten miles perimeter. The bomb has been imnted


    into my body and it is directly connected to my brain.


    Once I die, the bomb will blow up on its own automatically. I believe you know how destructive it can be,


    right? Maybe you are thinking about beating the living sh*t out of me while taking the opportunity to


    defuse the bomb.


    Well, you’re wrong again. The detonator is in my mouth. If I bite and crush the detonator in my mouth,


    the bomb will still blow up anyway.”


    The expression on Michael’s face changed abruptly, for he never expected Phantom Wolf’s leader would


    be so demented as to imnt such a diabolical stuff into his own body!