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.

to handle it ourselves yesterday? Well, we did.

fake smile, let alone a real

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

"Ever heard of

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

could they just purchase such an expensive piece of equipment on

the real shock was still

afternoon, a "Disciplinary Notice" was posted on

it

academic resources... We hereby issue a formal reprimand! All faculty and

saw the notice and slammed

stormed into Babur's office,

you should've consulted me before

calm, as if he had

follows established protocols that don't

protocols? Don't you

I'm still the director here. Don't think you can act all high and mighty just because

Babur's me tell

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thenes narrowed slightly, "Let

if Carlson isn't penalized,

should be? Have you

Edna stiffened.

your little maneuvers. We've simply turned

Carlson to keep you out of trouble seems a fair trade. What's

just a few sentences,