Chapter 1271

Atlas responded with pinpoint accuracy, never entirely sure if Mr. Nick was trying to catch him out, so he decided to stick to the truth.

Nick, hearing this, shut his eyes again. Atlas, noticing Nick didn't press further, felt a wave of relief. Normally, it'd be easy to see through any pretense.

Over the next few days, Nick's recovery was surprisingly swift. Apart from looking a tad pale and sickly, you wouldn't guess he had been gravely injured by watching him stroll around.

One day, after Nick wrapped up a phone call, Atlas handed him a glass of water and said, "Time to take your meds."

Nick took the glass, downed the medicine in one go, and said, "Atlas, book me a flight for tomorrow. The conference in the States wraps up in two days, and I need to be back before it ends."

Atlas looked concerned, "You've just started getting better; a long flight might be too much."

"It's alright, I know my limits," Nick replied nonchalantly, though he felt his recovery was oddly rapid.

knowing it was pointless to argue, Atlas nodded,

down on the coffee table, the bitter aftertaste of the medicine

kept his expression neutral and

anything more and

**

over at the

testing, Manuel and a few other researchers had successfully

now conducting live

bodies of

last one we made," Manuel said, standing in front of the glass containers, watching

rats weren't this lively with the previous

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