Chapter 435: A Moth to a Flame
Chapter 435: Chapter 435: A Moth to a Flame
Nina Jacobs looked at the man before her.
It was the madman director of Team 3, Everett Young.
Besides him, there were over twenty thugs from the correctional facility.
"Chief Jacobs must have received an important mission by now, hasn’t she?"
Everett Young stared at Nina Jacobs and Wayne Warner.
The last time they were in the fighting arena, Wayne Warner had thoroughly humiliated him.
He had been looking for a chance to get his revenge.
But he never expected that Nina Jacobs would be given a significant role by General Hughes.
However, in his eyes, Nina Jacobs definitely had ulterior motives.
"My people went to support Adjutant White,
but what about you, Director Young? Are you perhaps slacking off here?"
Nina Jacobs asked, her expression unchanging.
"Not at all. An evening this fun,"
"of course I’m going to be where the action is."
"Wouldn’t you agree?"
As if he knew something, Everett Young smiled with certainty.
"Don’t think I don’t know about your little affair with Harlan."
"You’re hiding someone here, aren’t you?"
"I don’t understand what you’re talking about, Director Young."
Nina Jacobs said.
’Reinhard Caldwell told me to come here, and with Everett Young also present... Harlan must be hiding someone important inside.’
’Could it be that Everett Young has discovered everything?’
"Don’t understand?"
"You’re hiding an escaped Water Element Superpower User here, are you not?"
"If Mrs. White finds out about this, you’ll both be dead!"
Everett Young said viciously.
’So what Everett Young discovered was Naomi Summers?’
Just then, the door to Harlan’s workshop swung open.
Harlan leaned against the doorframe, his hands tucked into the pockets of his white lab coat.
"I was wondering who was making such a ruckus here. So it was you, Everett Young?"
"I do have a Water Element Superpower User here, but it has nothing to do with Captain Jacobs."
"If you have a problem, you can come at me."
Harlan controlled several scalpels, which hovered at his sides.
"Fine. I’ve been wanting to fight you for a long time."
"You lot, seize Nina Jacobs and Wayne Warner for me."
"I’ll take responsibility for whatever happens!"
With that, Everett Young swept his leg toward Harlan.
Nina Jacobs knew this was a fight she couldn’t avoid.
’Even if Everett Young only knows about Naomi Summers, as long as he’s using it to threaten us, we can’t let him live.’
The thugs from the correctional facility were all proficient killers and Superpower Users.
But before Nina Jacobs and Wayne Warner, every one of them seemed pathetically weak.
"Go to hell!"
After being knocked down, one of the thugs pulled out a pistol and fired at Nina Jacobs.
However, Wayne Warner caught the bullet in his palm.
Immediately after, a Fireball pierced through his heart.
Nina Jacobs showed these people no mercy.
It was a slaughter, yet the system’s "The Best Defender" title was being triggered repeatedly.
By the end, she had received over ten system rewards of Earth Attribute "Diamond Sand" and eight rewards of Gold Attribute "Alloy Blocks".
Seeing Everett Young try to escape, Nina Jacobs directly pierced his back with a Diamond Sand Spike.
The "Selfless Savior" and "The Best Defender" titles were triggered simultaneously.
She had unexpectedly gained over 80 more bottles of "Healing Potion".
"What a huge haul."
Nina Jacobs muttered to herself.
"What huge haul?"
Harlan and Wayne Warner asked as they dragged the bodies through a nearby door.
"Nothing. Did you get him?"
Nina Jacobs and Wayne Warner followed Harlan into his workshop.
"It wasn’t me. Your previous guess was right."
Harlan said.
Naomi Summers was already able to walk slowly. Seeing Nina Jacobs enter, she quickly led her into the storage room.
Inside the storage room, a strange man lay quietly.
He looked asleep, but there were dark circles under his eyes.
Although Harlan hadn’t said it, Nina Jacobs knew he was Evander Langdon.
Several people standing to the side stood up when they saw Nina Jacobs.
"We meet again."
Redmayne Spencer said with a smile, looking at Nina Jacobs.
"You are..."
Nina Jacobs looked at the strangers before her. The voice sounded somewhat familiar.
"We met the night before last."
"You saved us."
Redmayne Spencer reminded her.
He had been seriously injured at the time, unable to even walk. Nina Jacobs had saved his life with Hemostatic Medicine.
Although their losses that night had been heavy, at least half of them had survived.
"So it was you."
Nina Jacobs understood. These were the people who had tried to assassinate General Hughes the night before last.
But to her surprise, the most unexpected person emerged from behind a cloth curtain to the side.
It was Seraphina Chase, who was always by General Hughes’s side.
"I’m quite surprised myself, Captain Jacobs."
Seeing the surprise on Nina Jacobs’s face, Seraphina Chase felt a bit more at ease.
’Looks like she didn’t see through my identity before, either.’
"So you’re their mole."
Nina Jacobs understood.
"We’re all on the same side. We may have taken different paths, but we’ve all ended up here together, haven’t we?"
Seraphina Chase said with a smile.
"Don’t look at me. I didn’t know either."
Harlan said helplessly.
He had only run into these people when he went looking for Evander Langdon.
Recalling what Nina Jacobs had said and her speculations, he had boldly brought them here.
Since their goals were the same, he didn’t mind lending them a hand.
"So? What’s your next move?"
Nina Jacobs asked.
According to what Silas Crowley just said, the crisis at the Water Resources Management Center seemed to be resolved. A large number of personnel would probably be dispatched here soon.
’If the correctional facility is surrounded, how will these people escape?’
So she was very curious how they planned to get Evander Langdon out.
"We underestimated Arcadia White. I’m afraid we won’t be able to leave tonight."
Redmayne Spencer answered, his face pale.
Although they had planned every step, their plans couldn’t keep up with the changes.
Originally, they had planned to rescue Evander Langdon and then make a quick escape through the morgue.
But they were intercepted by Ambrose White, who arrived first.
If it hadn’t been for Harlan, they probably would have been captured alive.
Now that they’d been delayed, getting out would be even more difficult.
"It was a do-or-die plan from the start."
"We had no other choice. We can’t afford to wait, and neither can Evander."
Another woman at the side said.
She seemed to be trying to treat Evander Langdon with a Healing Element Superpower.
"..."
Nina Jacobs hadn’t expected their plan to be so fragile.
’This isn’t a do-or-die gambit; it’s a moth flying into a flame.’
"You people... Ugh! Forget it."
Harlan shook his head. He was already on this pirate ship; there was probably no good way to get off now.
"There’s another exit, but you’ll need to expose your identity."
Nina Jacobs said, looking at Seraphina Chase.
Seraphina Chase was surprised for a moment, then nodded.
"That’s fine. I joined his Shadow Legion precisely for this moment."
"It’s a bit of a shame, but if we can rescue Evander, it will be well worth it."
Nina Jacobs nodded. "We can’t delay any longer. Let’s go."
"What other exit is there in here?"
Harlan asked hurriedly as he packed his things.
’I’ve been in the correctional facility for so long and I’ve never heard of another exit. What is she talking about?’
"The underground tunnels."
Nina Jacobs replied.
Harlan remembered something and couldn’t help but say, "That’s insane."
Then he burst out laughing. "That bastard Hughes would never dream in a million years that someone would dare to target that place! HAHAHA, brilliant!"
"Naomi Summers, someone will take you to another place today."
"You stay there and be good. In a few days, I’ll find a way to send Zoraida back too, okay?"
Nina Jacobs hadn’t forgotten about Naomi Summers.
She planned to send Naomi Summers away from here tonight.