"Because he is someone the Joint Defense Force has set its sights on." Professor R slightly raised his chin, his expression calm, seemingly unfazed by everything happening around him.
The Joint Defense Force was not to be trifled with; even the president of Kabo Corporation had to tread carefully around them. Let alone Choke, who held no power and could only bully others within Kabo Corporation.
In 2038, the Joint Defense Force was already taking action against the FUO Aliens, who were constantly disrupting cosmic peace. As a representative human resources department, the Kabo Corporation's support team could not recklessly harm or destroy the elite talents favored by the Joint Defense Force.
Xiao Qiang's name was thus recorded in Kabo Corporation's roster. No one expected that in the future world of 2050, the person they had been desperately searching for would leave traces in 2038.
In a moment of desperation, Professor R saved Xiao Qiang's life, but it also provided him with the much-needed resources to develop human genes.
Later on, he secretly used Xiao Qiang's blood to successfully clone mutants.
Xiao Qiang once again fell into the hands of these hypocritical humans. He was confined in a highly sealed chamber. Inside, there was a semi-circular rotating seat resembling an armchair. At the base of the seat stood a thick super aluminum alloy column.
Xiao Qiang's mouth was sealed, and his body cells were in a state of hibernation. He was under N Times Anesthesia, rigidly leaning against the seat, his face pale and devoid of color.
On the left side of the chamber was a larger room illuminated by flickering blue lights. This was a laboratory where various vessels of different sizes were neatly arranged.
The vessels contained various human organs soaked in liquid—ranging from limbs to smaller items like livers, gallbladders, tongues, and eyeballs—everything found in the human body was displayed here.
At first glance, one might think this place was a store selling human organs. However, it could also be said that these organs were not harvested from living people but were produced by Professor R using serum to create second gene elements through cloning.
These limbs were generally for internal use and sent to hospitals affiliated with the Joint Defense Force. Not long ago, he made a grave mistake by attaching a suspected severed arm to a child of only a few years old. As a result, the child became an abomination—a half-beast creature—this child being Wu Yi.
Learning from this past error, he vowed to create human limbs himself. These limbs were precious but also generated considerable wealth for him.
However, later on, his laboratory suffered devastating destruction. This prompted him to reactivate the DBL6 experimental base.
The intrigue between people never ceased. On the surface, Professor R collaborated with Kabo Corporation on robotic projects, but behind the scenes, Kabo Corporation's corporate spies discovered his illegal research on human limbs.
Under threat of destruction, they still hoped he would share this set of data honestly. Professor R was an arrogant man; how could he willingly submit and share his hard-earned results? He would rather see them destroyed than share them with others.
Xiao Qiang was jolted awake by Matt's electric shock, feeling dizzy. His eyes seemed unable to move as he stared blankly at one spot. His head throbbed loudly, filled with crimson thoughts.
He found himself enveloped by a massive web of firepower, charging left and right as he took down countless masked figures trying to approach him. Yet he could not withstand the rapid-fire bullets raining down like locusts.
The ability had been exhausted, and the firearm in his hand had become a useless luxury. Because of the depletion of his ability, his body's self-healing capabilities were weakening. The bullet wounds were numerous, and blood continued to seep out. When he was captured, he was practically a bloodied mess.
Some who were unaware thought he was dead; upon checking his pulse, they were astonished to find it still strong and steady. To be cautious, Professor R insisted on bringing Xiao Qiang to his area for personal supervision and interrogation.
Xiao Qiang slowly regained consciousness, taking a long time to see everything clearly before him.
There was still some pain in a certain part of his body, as if the bullet had been forcibly removed. Some areas had been treated with medication, causing the wounds to throb painfully. Weakly lifting his head, he saw several familiar faces entering the chamber, including Professor R, Matt, Choke, and some personnel he had seen at Kabo Corporation.
They pointed and whispered about him.
The scene resembled that of a trial.
Matt worried that Xiao Qiang might not hear the questions being asked, so he hurriedly fitted him with a precise hearing aid and microphone.
Choke was the first to begin interrogating Xiao Qiang.
“How did you kill Mihir?”
“You're so capable; you can find out how I killed Mihir without asking me,” Xiao Qiang replied coolly, casting a disdainful glance at them.
“Speak properly; it will be beneficial for you.”
Xiao Qiang snorted coldly. “At least I'm speaking human language; however, I don't understand what you're saying!”
“…” Choke felt awkward under the scrutiny of many eyes and forced himself to ask again, “You are devoid of humanity; not only did you kill Mihir, but you also harmed company employee Plum Blossom Rain. Your aim was to steal various development data regarding the robot project…”
“Pah!” Xiao Qiang spat. “What crime cannot be fabricated?” As he spoke, he secretly exerted himself but felt his entire body go limp. He glanced at Choke and asked, “Can what I say be used as evidence? You won't be biased?”
Professor R nodded; this was exactly what he wanted to hear. The name Xiao Qiang sounded familiar, and his appearance resembled someone else. With this alone, he wanted to protect this mysterious child while also figuring out the situation regarding his arm's coding.
“Speak boldly.”
Choke noticed Professor R's displeasure but dared not refute him.
“Plum Blossom Rain is the evil Serpent Woman; she attacked me first. As for Mihir's death, it has nothing to do with me.”
Xiao Qiang's words sparked a small commotion below, as the crowd murmured in mild astonishment.
Professor R cast a disdainful glance at Choke and said coldly, "Is this the result you wanted?"
Choke wiped the sweat from his brow. "He's talking nonsense, lying..." He then turned to the others, arguing passionately, "Everyone think carefully, Plum Blossom Rain is an employee of Kabo Corporation. How could he possibly harm others? Xiao Qiang is an outsider who was brought in; due to special circumstances, his suppressed memories suddenly resurfaced, which led him to attack Mihir and cause his death."
Was this a debate? Xiao Qiang closed his eyes, too lazy to engage with these boring people. He was secretly concocting an escape plan... What would happen if he pretended to admit to murder? He envisioned the consequences again, considering whether to fight back with his own abilities.
Professor R was a key figure; at this moment, he should have the authority to speak and could be used to protect himself. Xiao Qiang felt speechless, lost in thought.
Due to Professor R's intervention, the atmosphere became abruptly tense, unknowingly forming two opposing factions.
One side led by Professor R strongly advocated for a re-investigation into Mihir's cause of death.
On the other hand, Choke's faction eagerly wished for the immediate execution of the murderer, Xiao Qiang.
As tensions escalated, Matt discreetly pressed the control button on his seat under Professor R's subtle cue.
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