Chapter 1173


    Very important? Does it have something to do with the business?


    When Cooper opened the document, he saw that it was an unnamed zip file with arge video file that


    was more than ten gigabytes. He proceeded to download the file.


    Since Sophia often yed games, the inte at Michael’s ce was very fast, and therge file


    finished downloading in an instant. With a cup of coffee in his hand, he looked over some work


    documents while the video was being yed.


    When the video started, the quality was very poor. It looked like it was taken on a camera from decades


    ago. Judging by the background, the ce seemed like aboratory of some sort.


    The subtitle read, ‘February, 199X’.


    That was how Cooper used to record dates. For example, ‘Invented USB sh disk, age 18, 198X’.


    He still used the same format now. ‘Carmen Sophia Fletcher, age XX, 200X’.


    ncing at the timestamp, he instinctively tranted it as: ‘When Sophia was 5 months old.’


    In the video, a man in a whiteb coat was talking to the camera. Because the video was recorded a


    long time ago, the audio was not very clear. Cooper had to turn the volume up all the way to be able to


    get several audible sentences out of it.


    “…mindwiping can cultivatepletely loyal soldiers. After they lose their memories, we can mold a new


    personality into them as we please. It produces faster and more effective resultspared to traditional


    methods. Traditional mindwiping techniques use torture to make people forget, which will inevitably


    cause physical damage to the test subject. My method, on the other hand, uses electric currents to


    damage memory nerves in the brain and cause permanent damage in order to achieve memory loss and


    reconstruct personality.”


    “But, the experiment is notplete yet. We still need arge number of test subjects to carry out clinical


    trials.”


    Cooper’s eyes narrowed. This person is Quinton’s mentor, the previous Phantom Wolf.


    During that time, he had only met him once.


    He was the person who invented those mindwiping techniques that caused Sophia, Celine, and Annabel


    to lose their memories.


    After that, the video cut to two blond men who were bringing a thin girl into the frame. On the screen, the


    subtitle read, ‘Test Subject #19, female, age 19’.


    The thin girl had her back against Cooper. She had ck hair and looked Cethosian.


    The moment the girl turned around, he was able to see her face. It’s her! It’s Annabel!


    He felt as though he had just fallen into an ice cer. All the hairs on his body were standing on their


    ends.


    It’s my Annabel!


    It was exactly the same girl in his memories, except she looked skinnier, the bones on her face were


    protruding, and the color on her face had turned ashen.


    From watching the video, he immediately knew what was happening—Phantom Wolf was about to


    brainwash her.


    She’s going to lose her memories!


    At that point, Cooper almost mmed hisptop shut.


    He could not get himself to watch that scene. He knew that it was, undoubtedly, a very painful process.


    Especially since both his daughter and the woman he loved had endured that pain!


    Right before hisptop closed, however, he heard a pristine voice.


    “Leon… Did you meet Coop in Cethos?”


    Cooper’s hands stopped moving.


    What was that? Annabel just called me! Coop…


    That name sounded like a name from a previous life.


    He thought he would never hear it again.


    Slowly opening theptop back up, he saw the face that now only existed in his memories on the screen,


    and his eyes welled up with tears.


    Annabel, did youe and look for me?


    That person called Leon must have been the previous Phantom Wolf. He was the confidant of the Yard


    Family and was bestowed the Yards’ family name by the ancestors.


    Phantom Wolf’s voice was heard in the video, but he did not appear on screen again.


    “Yes, I saw himst month in Cethos.”


    That was true. That year, Phantom Wolf hade to Cethos and met Cooper once.


    He wanted to seek technical assistance from Cooper in his attempt to create terror in Cethos and


    engage in the illegal arms trade, but Cooper rejected him. They met several more times after that, but


    Cooper continued to reject him firmly.


    When Annabel heard that Leon met with Cooper, she burst into a radiant smile, and her eyes filled with


    happiness—just like how he remembered her.


    Looking at that smile put him in the depths of misery.


    Who would have known that she would be the cold and heartless Anna Yard today?


    Annabel inquired, “Is Coop doing okay? Did you exin my situation to him? Even though I lurked


    around him to bring him harm at first, I really do love him, and I’ve never actually hurt him before. He will


    understand. He wille back and get me!”


    She became delighted. “I am a descendant of the Imperial Yard Family. We are a great match. No one


    will oppose our rtionship again! Is the Mitchell Family also aware of my identity? Did they approve of


    me and Coop being together?”


    Suddenly, her eyes darted around cautiously, and she whispered, “Did you find my children? I have


    twins; a boy and a girl. The older twin was born twenty minutes earlier. I gave my son to a nurse at the


    hospital so she could take him away discreetly. My daughter must be with her father now. I’m afraid that


    Jordan will do something to my children. I want to send them away secretly. You have to inform Coop so


    he can find and bring our children home!”


    She kept asking about her children and Cooper repeatedly—as if Leon was herst resort.


    Leon gave her ambiguous replies while he was busy preparing the machines to brainwash her with.


    At that moment, she was probably still under Jordan’s control. She did not know that she was just one of


    Leon’s test subjects.


    It looked like she had trusted Leon as she even begged him to send word to Cooper in Cethos.


    She thought that Leon would help her.


    It was all just wishful thinking.


    She thought that because she was a descendant of the direct line of the Imperial Yard Family and the


    sessor of the Ronney Group, she was a good match for Cooper, the future head of the Mitchell


    Family.


    Once Cooper hears that I’m alive, he will look for our children, ande to get me. The Mitchells will not


    stop us from being together anymore. I can spend the rest of my life being happy with Coop.


    But in reality, when Phantom Wolf met Cooper, he did not tell him anything about Annabel.


    Annabel was deceived!


    Unfortunately, she had no idea what she was about to face and was still waiting for Cooper like a fool.


    Staring at the screen, Cooper felt like his heart was being stabbed over and over again.


    Annabel looked very weak. Leon had to support her to the operating table and attach various devices to


    her. They shaved off a part of her head and stuck on numerous electrode pads.


    Looking at the machines with fascination, she asked, “Leon, will my uterus really be fixed after this


    procedure?”


    He lowered his head to hide his expression, but his voice came out eloquently. “Yes, this uterus can be


    transnted wlessly. I guarantee it will be a sess.”


    She smiled again. “You’re the best, Leon.”


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    His head was still lowered, but he did not say another word.


    Then, he promptly began the operation for Annabel’s ‘uterus transnt’.