lan stepped closer, only to notice a red light blinking on the anklet strapped to Cynthia's leg.

He tugged at the device, and a man's voice emerged from within.

"Cynthia, you trying to make a run for it again?"

"Why the urge to flee, why so disobedient?"

"Do you really wantto break your legs?"

The man's voice, despite its softness, sent chills down lan's spine.

Cynthia, now deaf to the world, seemed to sense the anklet's alarm.

She desperately tried to rip the device off her ankle to no avail.

"Fuck off!"

"Fuck off!"

Her fingernails dug into her flesh, but the anklet wouldn't budge, the man's voice still echoing from it.

"Gone blind, gone deaf, do I need to render you mute too?"

"Get any closer to that door, and you'll get zapped again. Just stay put, stop struggling."

That's when lan realized this basement was no ordinary place.

It wasn't just blocking external signals. It was rigged with various switches.

too close to the exit, it

goons who had been guarding Cynthia had been hit by this

Cynthia, likely having attempted escape multiple times, had grown accustomed to the

that lan couldn't communicate with

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of all, lan was running

to his associates and asked, "Can't we get that

everything before you got here. The material is incredibly

"Check for sensors by

seems mundane, but the walls and the anklet are made of

choice might be to blow this place, but this lady won't make it out before the blast. She'd go down

room fell into a tense silence as these words hung

floor, his bodyguard added, "The floor's

of someone nearby but clueless as to

didn't know that she was mere meters away from her daughter, blind and

mouth.

Maja called out, "Mom."

No response.

struggled to crawl over, but she was paralyzed,

in this basement, with her rescuers just in front of

bitter sting at the tip of her nose, a suffocating heaviness in her chest,

"Maja!"

and hurried to her side, holding

"Maja, don't scare me."

reunited, and before he could say anything,

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