Chapter 841 Winston Disappeared
“Sir, did you really promise to release Ronin after the deed is done?” Flash somewhat could not believe what he heard, but he thought to himself, ” From Ronin’s reaction, it’s the case. If my boss hadn’t promised him, how could he have left with a happy expression?”
The more Flash thought about it, the more wrong he felt, which was why he risked his life to come to his boss to inquire about the situation.
The black-robed man looked down at Flash kneeling at his feet, and a flash of viciousness crossed his eyes.
The look in the black-robed man’s eyes made Flash panic, and Flash was so scared that he quickly apologized, “Sir, please forgive me for overstepping my bounds.”
“Since you know that you have overstepped your bounds, why don’t you get out yet?” The black-robed man’s stern voice carried a great majesty within it, scaring Flash into leaving.
Flash knew that if he dared to challenge the authority of his boss at this moment, his boss would immediately kill him the next moment.
Although he was curious, he dared not risk his own life.
Seeing Flash obediently leave, the murderous emotion in the black-robed man’s eyes eased a bit.
The black-robed man really didn’t expect Ronin to betray Catherine.
There was no way for Ronin to lie in front of him because he could see through Ronin’s lies with a single glance. He could conclude that what Ronin said just now was true.
The black-robed man thought to himself, “It seems Ronin doesn’t really take Catherine seriously. He betrayed Catherine for his own life.”
Flash wasn’t smart enough, but he was still right about one thing, which was that human nature could not withstand any test, and in this world, no one could believe except oneself.
Flash headed straight toward the holding cell after getting out of the black-robed man’s place.
He couldn’t get answers from his boss and had to come to Ronin.
Ronin, who had been sent back to solitary confinement, leaned back and sat in a corner seat with his eyes closed and a bland look on his face.
After what happened to Winston, Ronin was no longer in the same dashingly smug state as before. His face carried a grim aura.
Hearing a movement in front of him, he slowly opened his eyes to check.
When they met eye to eye, Ronin let out a cold laugh. “It’s getting dark. Is a new round of severe torture ready to begin again? Haha, but what do you want to ask this time? I’ve explained everything I know. What else do you want to know?”
Seeing Ronin’s misunderstanding, Flash whispered, “I’m not here to interrogate you this time. I have a few questions to ask you.”
Without waiting for Flash to speak, Ronin simply said to him, “Scram! Since you’re not here to interrogate me, why should I answer you?”
Ronin’s strong attitude made Flash very angry, and he deliberately sank his face to threaten Ronin. “Ronin, you are still a prisoner now. Do you believe that I will arrest you and beat you up right now?”
“Hahaha…” Ronin laughed out loud, looking at Flash with mockery inside his eyes.
Such an attitude made Flash very puzzled. He stared at Ronin and inquired in a cold voice, “What are you laughing at?”
Ronin slowly got up and stood right in front of Flash.
Ronin was slightly shorter than Flash. He tilted his head slightly and looked directly into Flash’s eyes.
Although Ronin couldn’t tell what the face under Flash’s mask actually looked like, it seemed from Flash’s eyes that Flash should be good-looking.
Ronin looked straight into Flash’s eyes, and mockery filled his grim voice, “Do you believe I’ll have your boss kill you after you have me arrested?”
The confident words silenced Flash, and the atmosphere in the room instantly became a little more awkward.
Seeing Flash’s silence, Ronin continued to say, “I know what your purpose is for coming to me. You just want to know what kind of deal I made with your boss. Since you want to know it so much, I’m not going to tell you. But I warn you, you’d better not put your hands on me, and don’t hurt Professor Warner. Your life and death are in my hands.”
Ronin stared at Flash’s mask and let out a cold laugh. “After all, you are nothing more than a dog with a more painful bite in the eyes of your boss, aren’t you? You can be replaced at any time as long as the benefits given are enough.”
Flash looked gloomy, his eyes were full of anger, but he had nowhere to vent it out. Ronin’s intelligence was far beyond his imagination.
Ronin was able to guess Flash’s mind, was able to utilize the conditions to negotiate with Flash’s boss and keep Flash from guessing the content of the negotiation.
This showed how powerful Ronin was.
Flash believed what Ronin said. As long as Ronin offered enticing conditions, Flash’s boss would not hesitate to kill him.
Flash was extremely angry and laughed. “You’re great. Let’s see how long you can still be arrogant.”
With that, Flash left.
After Flash left, Ronin went back to his original position and continued to sit in a daze.
In fact, at first, Ronin felt that Flash was also a pitiful person, and did not want to make things too difficult for him, nor did he want to kill him.
Ronin thought inwardly, “It’s just that Flash is too stubborn, so don’t blame me.”
Friday was two days away, and the experiment was coming to an end. Catherine was going to stay in the lab for the next few days and work through the night to finish the project.
Marshall stayed with her. While the two were taking a break for dinner, Marshall and Catherine chatted.
“I don’t know what’s going on with Winston. I haven’t heard from him in the past few days. I asked my wife to ask his wife about him. His wife said that he was fine. I’ll go check when Friday is over,” said Marshall.
He had been good friends with Winston for decades, and he knew Winston well.
He thought that if it weren’t for a serious illness that prevented Winston from getting up, he wouldn’t have disappeared for so many days at once.
As the experiment was nearing the end, Marshall couldn’t leave and had no way to visit, so he could only ask his wife to help him inquire about the situation.
Upon hearing this, Catherine stopped her hands from eating and said faintly, “Professor Warner will be fine. Don’t worry.”
Marshall only thought that she was trying to console himself, and he didn’t want to affect Catherine because of this matter, so he decided to stop the topic there. “Well, don’t think too much about it. Let’s concentrate on our research. As soon as the experiment is successful, I will tell Winston the good news. He’ll be happy and he will be cured.”
“Professor Hartley, Miss Swann, are you only eating now?” An abrupt voice interrupted the conversation between Catherine and Marshall.
They raised their heads together to look toward the direction of the speaker, only to see the president of Styre University, Ultan, appearing in the lab together with several people.
Standing beside Ultan, was none other than Rylan, who had been staring at Catherine from the moment he appeared and hadn’t moved away for a moment.
Although Marshall was a bit strange in his heart as to how Ultan could have suddenly brought someone there at this point, he didn’t express it directly on the surface and immediately stood up to greet Ultan. “Mr. Farrell, what brings you here?”
Ultan knew Marshall’s dissatisfaction by the stoicism in Marshall’s eyes, but he was very helpless.
He could only say awkwardly, “This is the president of Reelyne Technologies, Mr. Melton. He knows that you guys are busy doing experiments, and has been wanting to come visit the lab. He was worried about disturbing you, so he specially chose a break time to come.”
Marshall froze when he looked up at Rylan. He was surprised and asked in his mind secretly, “Isn’t he…”
