Chapter 88


    Meanwhile, at Somar, the researchers at SQ Laboratory were gathered together as they celebrated


    how easily they managed to get the research data.


    "I never thought that we could obtain the experimental report that easily this time round, which is really


    great. Now that we have gotten our hands on the sample as well, we could immediately replicate


    another dose after we have analyzed itsponents. By then, the patent will definitely be ours!" One


    of the elderly professors was shaking from the sudden wave of excitement.


    The others standing around him couldn''t hide their happiness too, as they stared at the data disyed


    on theputer screen. They even fantasized about finally getting the patent and winning international


    awards, which made theirboratory one of the best in the world because of the data they obtained. So


    far, theirboratory was ranked third internationally, and their ranking had been stagnant for some time


    now. It was a pleasant surprise to finally be able to get a hold of the much-coveted data.


    While they were lost in their reverie, theputer screen suddenly turned ck. Noticing that, the


    elderly professor immediately stretched his hand to press the start button, but theputer didn''t start,


    as if the source of electricity had been cut off.


    "Quick, go get ourb''s IT expert over to take a look at it." The elderly professor instructed his staff


    anxiously.


    Soon, theb''s IT expert got there, and after taking a look at theputer, he inserted a USB before


    typing on the keyboard. Finally, theputer turned on, which was a relief to everyone. However,


    when theputer was switched on, they noticed that all of the data in it had been deleted.


    "How did this happen?" The elderly professor was so angry that he almost passed out while the others


    were anxious about it too. All of them stared at the IT expert that they had spent a fortune recruiting.


    After the IT expert checked theputer''s recycle bin and checked some of the settings, he turned


    over to the elderly professor and said, "What were all of you watching from theputer earlier on? I


    detected a very advanced Trojanputer program that had destroyed all the files on theputer.


    Based on my expertise, I cannot retrieve the data. Unfortunately, I doubt that anyone in the world will


    be able to recover the data."


    "What?" A few of them were startled to find out about it. The elderly professor couldn''t take the bad


    news and fainted on the spot.


    "Quick, check whether the otherputers are affected!." The other professor managed to stay calm


    and knew they should also check the data on the otherputers.


    A few of them instructed the other staff members in theboratory to perform checks on all the


    computers in theboratory. Once all theputers had been checked, they were utterly disappointed


    by the findings, as every single bit of data that they had stored on their server was wiped off. Based on


    what their IT expert said, there was no way for them to recover the lost data, which meant that all the


    experimental data that they had worked so hard on was gone.


    It was a huge blow to everyone, and all of them were despaired by it. They found sce in


    remembering that they still had a sample of Sa-1 reagent on hand, but the bad news that followed had


    crushed theirst hope. The Sa-1 sample had somehow evaporated from the test tube without any


    warning. They suffered a double whammy, as not only did they not get hold of the data after spending a


    fortune, they had lost theirboratory''s research results that they had been working on for many years.


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    "Darn it! We have been fooled by the woman from Cechirus! She will pay for this!" The researchers of


    SQ Laboratory were so mad at Beatrice that they med everything on her.


    Meanwhile, in Cechirus, Beatrice realized that she was lying in one of the wards of Hovington Hospital


    when she woke up. At the same time, she couldn''t feel her legs, which befuddled her. When she finally


    made sense of the situation, she immediately stretched her hand out to touch her thigh, but she got the


    shock of her life and suddenly screamed as if she had already lost her legs!


    When Joaquin received a message from the doctor, it was already afternoon when he reached the


    hospital. Beatrice had gone ballistic as she cried and screamed incessantly. She bawled the moment


    she saw him.


    "Johdy, Johdy, m-my legs…"


    Seeing her that way made his heart ache. He then walked toward her and caressed her head. "Don''t


    worry. I won''t leave you."


    "Johdy, you will call off the wedding with Katherine and marry me, right? Promise me that you won''t


    abandon me. Please don''t abandon me… I-I have lost everything." At that instant, she couldn''t afford to


    let him leave her alone anymore because she had been amputated.


    Theodore didn''t care about his granddaughter''s feelings and agreed to her amputation without getting


    her consent nor informing her about it. She hated him for it so much that she felt that it was a shame


    that he survived the car crash.


    "Don''t worry. I will never leave you. Don''t be too devastated about it, and rest well in the hospital. You


    can leave the rest to me, alright?" Heforted her and tried to calm her down.


    Hearing that, she nodded as right now, Joaquin was the only one that she could rely on. She would


    have felt lost if he abandoned her. After everything, she was relieved that he was still bound by what


    happened five years ago, and since he was a responsible man, he had promised to look after her for


    the rest of her life. On top of that, he believed what she said about what happened five years ago and


    had never doubted her words. The thought of it had calmed her anxious heart down.


    After Joaquin managed to calm Beatrice down, he hurriedly left the hospital, as there were still a lot of


    matters that required to be resolved at Area Seven. The existence of Area Seven was of great


    significance, and most of its members were undercover agents who were sent to perform tasks in


    various countries and regions. However, due to the ident, the list of personnel was leaked, which


    was no trivial matter. They would need to call back everyone who was performing undercover


    operations in order to avoid casualties.


    It had only been a day since the list was leaked, but they were afraid that many forces had already


    taken action against their undercover members. The ident this time round had caused them major


    losses.


    Joaquin looked glum when he reached Area Seven. Jeremy and the others stood in front of him and


    looked down when they noticed him walking in.


    "Have you done a thorough check? How could the name list of our members be leaked? Do you know


    what this means? It meant that all of our hard work had gone down the drain, and we had put our


    brothers'' lives in danger." Joaquin criticized coldly, not intending to hide his distress.


    "Joaquin, the IT team is still checking on it. But what we had found so far was that our system had


    been hacked, and the hacker was extremely skilled, as they managed to stay undetected after breaking


    through our firewall to obtain the name list. It was already toote when we found out about it because


    the data had already been leaked."