"What's the plan now?" Richard asked, his tone low but urgent.
"Obviously, we need to send someone out to investigate—figure out what the hell's going on," Vanessa replied without hesitation.
"Yeah." Richard nodded, already thinking along the same lines.
After all, Lucas was his nephew—his own flesh and blood. The kid had just vanished without a trace. As his uncle, he couldn't just sit back and do nothing.
"So... we're still working together on this?" he asked.
"Of course. No problem." Vanessa agreed right away. Getting in bed with Genesis Biotech was a huge win for her—no way she was letting that go.
Then she laid everything out for him, detail by detail. The whole bizarre situation—how thousands of people had disappeared without a sound from both campuses in Blackhand City...
Richard listened, his expression darkening with every word. The whole thing was beyond strange.
And yet... something about it tugged at his memory. Like he'd heard of something like this before.
