Chapter 1323

Dr. Ray paused for a moment, then handed the documents around to the folks gathered at the office desk.

After a couple of minutes, he glanced over at the professors and Wayne, asking, "What's your take on this?"

The group exchanged some puzzled looks, and it was Nick's boss who spoke up first, "I just can't see it being Mirabella. If he was the one who stole the documents, he could have vanished without a trace instead of coming back and walking right into a trap."

Nick was the type to keep to himself at the research institute, always head-down in experiments, barely interacting with others from different labs. So, the rest of them were a bit hesitant to voice their opinions.

"Chief Shen's analysis isn't off the mark," Wayne chimed in slowly, "but since this involves national secrets, we can't afford to dismiss any suspects."

"Hey, Ben, didn't you have a run-in with someone that night? What do you think?"

Holding the documents, Ben calmly looked up when a professor addressed him, saying, "When it

with Chief Shen. If Nick was the culprit, he wouldn't have come back. Plus, I noticed a few days ago

Ray's eyes narrowed,

the security chief had fired at the thief, thinking he'd landed a fatal shot. Yet, the person

day, I noticed his hand was a bit shaky with the scalpel, suggesting the

out

his colleagues from the virology department had taken him away,

and raised an

his head,

chest, near the heart, the thought of them flying long distances and performing nearly three-hour surgeries seemed far-fetched.

concluded that it was a coordinated theft, likely one person drawing fire

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