Chapter 98: Leaning On Him
"How about you rest some more? I’m sure no one would enter Xander’s room at this point with how tight the security is right now," Tyrone commented, seeing how Raine was up early to coax her not to go back to the hospital.
They just got back at the penthouse at around 4 AM, so Raine only got to sleep three hours or less. She looked so restless, and Tyrone could feel how greatly she was affected by the loss of two of her squad members.
"I can’t afford to have one. I thought that leaving that assassin alive would somehow help Xander and his team gather more information about uncle and his plant. But it seems I underestimated Uncle too much. That sudden turn of events was unexpected," Raine hollowly commented.
"I’ll go with you then. You still need your secretary, Doctor Yao," Tyrone said with a frown as he quickly grabbed the car keys to drive Raine to the hospital. Raine let out a loud breath as she watched Tyrone’s back.
Tyrone knew what was bothering Raine. Just this morning, Levi updated her on the conversation between Rui and the military officers. On how the assassin suddenly spasmed violently and died just as Rui and the military police were about to question him. Later on, during the autopsy, they found a chip implanted in his brain in such a way that it completely controlled his life.
"All this time... Uncle must have had his own laboratory experimenting on people and mutants," Raine helplessly whispered while they were inside the car.
In the conversation from Rui’s bugged mobile phone, there was an improvised device that controlled the functions of the brain to extreme levels. It had the power to shut the brain of the person down should the need for it showed itself.
"Do you plan on investigating this too?" Tyrone asked.
Clenching her jaw, Raine exclaimed, "Of course! This is against our laws! Treating humans and mutants like guinea pigs for their experiments is disgusting and abhorrent!"