Chapter 363 No Way to Back Down

“You’re worried I’ll get dragged into this too?” Sierra asked.

“…Yes.”

Johnathan nodded. If he hadn’t been worried about Sierra, he wouldn’t have laid everything out like this.

“Sierra, you’re another me. Your talent in this field is something many people envy.”

He also knew Sierra’s nature – she was kind.

If her research was ever used for something terrible, she wouldn’t be able to accept it.

Sierra pressed her lips together and stayed silent for a while.

She understood. But there was no way she could explain this to anyone else. She couldn’t convince Professor Martin and the others.

She glanced at Johnathan. He immediately understood her concerns.

“Sierra, leave the project.”

Johnathan knew it would be hard, but he was genuinely worried.

Because this incident somehow involved Quinn too, and he didn’t know where the trap lay.

Johnathan had never been this cautious before. If it were just him, he wouldn’t quit. He would use this as bait to dig out the truth.

But since it involved Sierra, he didn’t dare gamble.

Sierra looked at him for a long moment before she said, “No. The experiment continues. Tomorrow, I’ll tell the professor we’re resuming. I’m not quitting, Johnathan. This is a chance.”

What Johnathan had thought of, Sierra had too.

Since they couldn’t be sure, they might as well force certainty.

the open. Investigating in secret would be harder than using this

“Si–er–ra.”

disapproving. “I can’t let

“But I want to.”

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No Way

into a

Finished

course Johnathan understood that. Rationally, he knew she

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couldn’t let

what happened to himself but Sierra, he

throat,

the

until this was

answer. She just stared at Johnathan with dark, unreadable

fell into a heavy

nervously between Johnathan and Sierra, wanting to say something to break the tension. But before he

with only Johnathan and

averted his gaze and said,

herself to stay calm, then asked, “What if the truth never comes out? What if it takes years,

time something like this happens, just run

“Sierra…

to speak, but didn’t know

was willing to

room, Mateo grumbled, “Was it really smart to

fighting, they wouldn’t

work out themselves,” Draven said. “And

become the next

to her, no

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