Fred was quiet, but Rhea’s words struck a chord with him. After a moment, he cleared his throat and said, “What's your—"
“Rhea Moore,” Rhea said proudly, puffing out her chest.
“The ‘boss’ has been dead for quite stnow. That means you've had that thing for a while, too. Why have you only cto
Rhea caught his drift and said, “I didn’t realize it at first, and | didn't know how to approach you. | also got detained by Alexander
Russell and his gang.”
“Alexander?” Fred stood up and looked at her. “He and his gang?”
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“Yes! It tooka while to escape, but | cstraight to you. | know only you can givewhat | want, and I'm the only one who
can help you,” Rhea spoke confidently.
However, Fred cared more about another thing. “How did you escape?”
He knew what Alexander was capable of and doubted she could escape him.
“|...used a trick of mine.” Rhea smiled mysteriously, lowering her head. “You don’t have to know. Just rest assured, they didn’t send
“Thanks to them, my parents have been arrested, and I've lost my home. Those assholes are my fucking enemies!”
Fred nodded. “Well, I'll find out if you're telling the truth.”
“So | can stay?” Rhea asked happily.
Since he said so, it showed that he intended to keep her.
“Don’t get ahead of yourself,” Fred said, “I can provide you protection for now, but you must prove your worth. If you can’t help
me, there's no point keeping you here.”
“Don’t worry, I'll show you what | can do. You'll soon know I'm better than Lily!”
“Lily?” Fred was not surprised she knew about Lily. After all, Rhea had worked in the laboratory for a long time. He smiled
meaningfully and said, “I guess we'll see about that.”
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“Anyway, what the hell is R20?” He had never heard about the codename.
Fred knew nearly every experiment and codename, but it stopped at R18 due to various incidents. He was shocked that there was
a R20.
“It's just a coden| devised according to the sequence.” Rhea chuckled and said, “If you don’t like the name, we can always
change it.”
“lt doesn’t matter. | just want to know what it does.” Fred scrutinized Rhea.
Rhea knew it was crucial to gain his trust now. After all, she couldn't stay there if he suspected her of something.