God-Level Special Forces Soldier

Chapter 900: Chapter 896: The Mysterious Letter Reappears

As Adison Claire tugged at it, the nightdress on her body slipped off as well. The extreme tension made her long eyelashes tremble slightly; she even bit her lower lip until it bled. Yet even so, she still stubbornly held her ground, not taking a single step back.

Of course, aesthetics are a subjective thing. Some people like them petite and fragile, others prefer them more mature and voluptuous.

But the impression Adison Claire gave fell right at a subtle balance point between the two, and it didn’t feel out of place at all. On the contrary, it flowed together in one seamless, fluid whole!

If not for that terrifying scar, Adison Claire would undoubtedly be an absolute stunner!

However, Xiao Tian was in no mood to appreciate any of that in detail right now. Most of his attention was fixed on that scar.

Starting from her neck and running all the way down to above her lower abdomen, the horrifying scar snaked its way straight down. Just one glance made a person feel unspeakably ill at ease, as if a cold wind howled up their spine, throwing them into an icy wasteland.

Besides, Xiao Tian could see that something seemed to be hidden beneath that scar, and it was clearly something deliberately implanted by someone. If you moved a bit closer, you could even hear the faintest of sounds, as if there was a clock ticking inside.

And once Xiao Tian examined it carefully, it suddenly clicked; he understood why Adison Claire hadn’t directly opened her mouth to ask for help.

Xiao Tian reached out his hand and touched Adison Claire’s lower abdomen. His True Qi surged forth at once, tightly wrapping the eavesdropping device beneath her skin so not a hint could leak out, ensuring it couldn’t function for the moment.

”So, all the surveillance cameras in this house weren’t installed by you?”

As Xiao Tian spoke, his hand never left Adison Claire’s lower abdomen. He used a trace of True Qi to manipulate the listening device under her skin, creating the illusion of poor signal reception.

Seeing the tension and panic in Adison Claire’s expression, Xiao Tian briefly explained what he had just done, then said, ”So now, whatever you say won’t be monitored by anyone. You can speak freely.”

Joy flashed in Adison Claire’s eyes, but she still asked somewhat uncertainly, ”Are you telling the truth?”

Xiao Tian gave a firm nod, then fell silent, calmly waiting for Adison Claire’s explanation.

Adison Claire let out a breath of relief, and her face instantly flushed hot red. She had never stood so exposed in front of a man before. But she also understood this wasn’t the time to get tangled up in such things. The right move was to use the shortest time possible to make herself clear!

”I want to ask you to help me!” Adison Claire said with utter sincerity.

Xiao Tian couldn’t help finding it a little amusing. ”Help you remove the bug?”

”No!”

Adison Claire’s expression was resolute. ”I need you to help me break free from the life of being controlled. This kind of existence, like a wild beast raised in a cage, every single second is torture to me!”

”Who’s controlling you?” Xiao Tian asked, puzzled. ”Is it some person, or some organization? And your real identity—afraid it’s not as simple as being an internationally renowned chemistry expert, is it?”

Adison Claire nodded, her face as calm and dark as still water, confirming Xiao Tian’s guess.

However, what Xiao Tian never expected was that Adison Claire’s next sentence would stir up a monstrous wave in his heart that simply could not be suppressed...

”I’m the head of the Water Drop Organization’s biochemical laboratory!”

That light, casual sentence made Xiao Tian feel as if ten thousand bolts of thunder crashed into his mind all at once, leaving his head buzzing, his ears ringing, and no room left for any other sound.

Only after a long while did Xiao Tian recover from his shock. Once he had sorted out his thoughts, he asked, ”Then why are you so sure that I’ll definitely be able to help you?”

As he asked this question, Xiao Tian was carefully observing Adison Claire’s reaction. His gaze, sharp as twin swords, seemed capable of piercing through every lie and mask as it fell upon her.

Facing his suspicion, Adison Claire showed not the slightest guilty conscience; she accepted it calmly and said, ”Because before you came, a Mysterious Man told me that you could help me escape.”

The moment the words ”Mysterious Man” came out, Xiao Tian immediately pressed, ”What kind of mysterious man? Exactly when did he contact you? And what were his exact words?”

With three questions thrown out in a row, Adison Claire couldn’t help but frown and say, ”Strictly speaking, I never actually saw that Mysterious Man’s face; as for the time, it was about an hour before you arrived.”

”If you never truly saw him, then how did you receive the information he passed on to you?” Xiao Tian pursued.

Adison Claire showed no sign of panic, as if she had long anticipated being asked this. From the rolled-up sleeve of her nightdress, she took out a stiff card like a postcard.

After Xiao Tian took it, the first thing he saw was a photo of himself as he looked now. It seemed to have been taken when he and Xiang Yiting were riding the boat to the Confucian Spring Center.

Flipping it over to look at the back, he saw several lines written in English: ”This man can help you break free from the Water Drop Organization’s control, and you don’t need to worry about your own safety being threatened, as long as you can persuade him.”

Other than that, there was no signature, no extra hints, not a single word to prove the authenticity of the message. It was as if the sender was certain Adison Claire would believe it!

Xiao Tian quickly finished reading the card, and Adison Claire’s voice sounded at just the right moment: ”At the time, this letter just appeared inside my laboratory. Afterwards, I pulled the surveillance footage and checked the lab’s security alarm records, but I didn’t find a single trace of intrusion!”

”And it’s like that person knows my lab like the back of his hand. The spot where the letter appeared happened to be the only blind spot in the entire camera coverage. If it weren’t for my habit of checking the equipment every time before I start working, I might never have discovered that letter existed.”

After hearing Adison Claire’s explanation, Xiao Tian didn’t feel any sense of relief from having his doubts cleared up. On the contrary, it was like trying to untangle a hopelessly knotted ball of string: the more he pulled one end loose, the more new questions came out.

In terms of timing, Adison Claire saw the letter about an hour before Xiao Tian arrived, but that alone didn’t prove the letter appeared right around that moment.

Conservatively speaking, it had to have appeared at least sometime before she discovered it, and very likely much earlier.