Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

"What on earth is this?"

"Looks like some sort of lab equipment! And it was delivered by an international engineer, no less!"

"You think it's just a delivery? After it's installed, it needs to be calibrated."

"I remember this lab being empty before, when did it start getting stocked with all this high-end gear?"

"Isn't it obvious? Someone's planning to use it, that's for sure!"

"Must have cost a fortune, just look at it!"

Amidst the growing buzz of conversation, Slater's expression darkened by the second.

Sybil, on the other hand, pushed her way to the front, eyes wide with disbelief.

It was indeed a CPRT machine, but not quite.

This one was half the size of the ones their college already owned, and...

She caught a quick glance, noticing the touch-sensitive buttons.

The display was nearly twice as big as well.

"This... this is the latest generation CPRT?!" Slater's voice nearly cracked!

Not only was it more advanced than the ones they had, but its features were far more comprehensive.

He stormed forward, demanding, "Where did you get this from?!"

Roseanne retorted, "What's it to you?"

Slater was speechless.

"Didn't you tell us to handle it ourselves yesterday? Well, we did. Surprise or what? You must be thrilled

muster a fake smile,

"Impossible... Even if we were to buy it, it couldn't

"Ever heard of something

"No... it can't be..."

just purchase such an expensive piece

real shock

a "Disciplinary Notice" was posted

it

lab, wasting valuable academic resources... We hereby

and slammed

Babur's

should've consulted me before penalizing my

as if he

follows established protocols that don't

talk about protocols? Don't you find

still the director here. Don't think you can act all high and mighty just because you've had a bit of academic

Babur's me tell

swr

thenes narrowed slightly, "Let

if Carlson isn't penalized,

Have you

Edna stiffened.

the college is unaware of your little maneuvers. We've simply

to light, sacrificing Carlson to keep you out of trouble seems a fair trade.

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