2026-04-22 21:18:00"Go now, Elena. Do not look back," David ordered with a hoarse voice, his eyes staring sharply into the darkness of the forest.
"David, please," Elena sobbed.
"Run," David snapped loudly.
He did not wait for his wife's reply. David turned his body and ran, pushing through the underbrush toward the south, in the opposite direction of his family's escape route. The rain had stopped, leaving behind freezing morning air and thick fog. His left hand held the cracked wooden mal
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The Child Who Judges His Father
"You always told me to hide this, Dad."A young boy's cold voice shattered the mechanical hum inside the giant laboratory. David Vexley slid down the steel wall his back had just slammed into. His body slumped downward slowly, leaving a thick smear of blood trailing against the freezing metal surface. His broken ribs groaned with sickening pain every time he forced air into his lungs.David coughed violently. Fresh blood spilled from his mouth once more, staining his already tattered and dusty security guard uniform. He lifted his face with immense effort. His eyes stared straight at his son in utter disbelief. The physical agony in his chest was absolutely nothing compared to the pain currently slicing through his sanity.In the center of the room, illuminated by the neon green glow radiating from thousands of mutant plant tubes, Arthur was no longer sitting in the medical chair. The seven-year-old boy stepped forward. His feet did not touch the concrete floor.
A Painful Reunion
"Come in, Mr. Miller. We have been waiting for you."Dr. Aris's voice sounded incredibly clear and calm from inside the room, cutting through the blaring emergency alarms still wailing in the back hallway.David Vexley gritted his teeth until his jaw felt stiff. He used his right shoulder to push the slightly open giant steel door until it opened wide. The heavy metal hinges creaked loudly, ushering David into the heart of the AgriGen underground facility.The room beyond was massive, equivalent in size to an airplane hangar. The air inside felt cold, smelling like a mixture of chlorine and freshly dug wet earth. David's gaze was immediately captivated by thousands of three-meter-tall giant glass tubes lined up neatly as far as the eye could see. Inside these liquid-filled tubes, strange, massive plants grew and spread. Their leaves and roots emitted a blinding neon-green glow, illuminating the entire facility in a sickening emerald hue.However, it was n
Corridor of Blood and Sweat
"They are coming from both sides. Stay behind my back, Bell," David hissed. His voice was almost drowned out beneath the deafening wail of the red alarms."I don't need your protection, Boss. Just watch your blind right side," Isabella shot back quickly. She raised her makeshift pistol high.The narrow corridor flickered wildly with emergency lights. Ten security guards in black combat gear charged forward from the front. They didn't raise firearms. Dr. Aris's orders were very clear. They carried high-voltage stun batons, intending to incapacitate David and drag him back to his cell alive."Keep your heads down. Surrender now," shouted the commander of the leading guards.David did not answer. The former king of the world lunged forward. His calf muscles tensed hard, launching his body right into the middle of the enemy formation.The first guard swung his stun baton straight at David's neck.David's eyes tracked the trajectory of the attack
Infiltrating the Heart of the Corporation
"Your name is David Vexley. You have a son named Arthur. A man named Aris is torturing him right now. Remember that, Damn it!"Isabella gripped David's jaw incredibly tight inside the narrow pipe tunnel. The woman's breath smelled of copper and sweat. She stared straight into David's eyes, which looked empty and confused. The time was two in the morning, and they didn't have the luxury of an amnesia therapy session in the middle of an infiltration operation.David blinked slowly. The nerves in his brain felt as if they were wrapped in thick cotton due to the forced effect of the Sloth Sin energy. The pain in his spine was indeed gone, but the memory of why he was in this dirty place was also eroding. He looked at the black tactical knife in his hand, then looked at Isabella's face covered in oil stains and tension."Arthur," David muttered softly, his voice sounding hollow. The word triggered a small spark in the corner of his brain. A memory of a little boy's l
A Plan from the Air Vent
"Stop feeling sorry for yourself, Boss. This darkness makes you look even more pathetic."The whispered voice was extremely quiet, almost swallowed by the hum of the air conditioning unit inside the isolation cell. David Vexley, sprawling on the freezing concrete floor, did not react immediately. He thought it was a new hallucination created by his cracking mind."I know you are still breathing. Lift your head," the voice whispered again, this time followed by the sound of scraping metal.David forced his stinging eyes to focus on the pitch-black ceiling of the cell. In the corner of the room, the thick iron cover of the air vent had been slid open slowly. Through that narrow gap, a face peered down."Isabella?" David's voice was hoarse and incredibly dry."Thank God that bastard doctor hasn't cut your vocal cords yet," Isabella answered from up there.A small, heavy object was dropped through the vent gap. The object hit the concrete floor near David's knee with a sharp metallic clin
A Visit Behind the Glass
"Your time is only ten minutes, Mrs. Miller. Please do not cross the yellow line on the floor."The baritone voice of a security guard echoed loudly, breaking the silence that had imprisoned David for the last seventy-two hours. The creak of heavy steel hinges sounded torturous to the ears. The door of the underground isolation cell was pulled open from the outside, sending a beam of white light that pierced directly into David Vexley's retinas.David squinted his eyes, raising his trembling right hand to block the glare of the hallway lights. On the wet and musty-smelling concrete floor, the former King of the World lay sprawled like a caged animal. His security guard uniform had changed color to a brownish-red due to dried blood stains. His numb left arm hung stiffly at his side, completely unresponsive to commands from his brain.In the doorway, flanked by two large guards holding stun guns, Elena stood petrified.This husband and wife meeting felt inc
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