Chapter 460 Benedict In The Lab
Rin turned to Saxon and said calmly, “Mr. Valor, my staff only remembers seeing the boy head toward the subway station across the road. As for whether he actually went in… no one’s sure.”
It was a vague answer, deliberately so. Most people wouldn’t remember which direction a stranger left in, and Rin was banking on that–something ambiguous enough to send Raven and Saxon on a wild goose chase, without raising suspicion.
If Benedict really had gone to the station, the nearby surveillance cameras would’ve picked him up. That was enough to make the lie convincing.
Saxon didn’t hesitate. He turned on his heel, ready to head straight there.
But before he could walk out the door, Shawn quickly spoke up. “Mr. Valor, since the child was last seen in our lab, I can’t shirk responsibility. I’ll have my men search the area immediately. If we find anything, you’ll be the first to know.”
“Good,” Saxon said. “Call me directly if there’s news.”
Because Rin had no clear motive to harm Benedict, Saxon wasn’t the least bit suspicious. He tossed a business card onto the table, then grabbed Raven by the arm and left.
Once the pair disappeared down the corridor, Shawn spun around to face Rin. “That kid couldn’t have gone far. Priority one -find Mr. Valor’s son. After that, Cassian. We need answers in two days. Satisfactory ones. Can you handle that?”
“I… yes,” Rin said, lowering his head slightly to hide his unease. “I’ll send men out right away.”
The moment Shawn walked off, Rin rushed back to his office. After making sure no one was nearby, he picked up his phone and called a trusted subordinate.
“That boy we caught this afternoon–he’s no longer useful. Get rid of him. And make sure there’s no trace.” “Yes, sir.”
The subordinate retrieved a knife and a length of rope, then quietly made his way toward the lab where Benedict was being held.
Rin hung up, eyes flicking to the clock on the wall. A cold, ruthless glint flashed across his gaze.
“As long as I insist I let the kid go, they won’t have proof,” he muttered. “Mr. Alford might be furious if I fail the assignment, but a demotion’s still better than a body bag.”
As he spoke, Rin began deleting all surveillance footage from the lab that day. He knew–if Raven or Saxon ever discovered he’d planned to use Benedict in a human experiment, they wouldn’t just kill him. They’d reduce the entire Indigo Lab to rubble.
That’s why, even if it meant lying to Shawn, Saxon, and Raven, he had to make sure they never found Benedict.
Just as he was anxiously awaiting confirmation from his men, hurried footsteps echoed from the hallway.
The office door slammed open.
“Mr. Kuroki!” a subordinate burst in. “We’ve got a problem–the kid’s gone. He’s not in the lab anymore. We don’t know where he went.”
“What?!” Rin shot to his feet. “The doors and windows were all locked. How the hell did a little kid escape?”
“There was a ventilation shaft behind a cabinet,” the subordinate said, sweating. “We think he crawled out through that.”
Rin barked, “Then what the hell are you standing here for? Go find him!”
He rubbed his face roughly, trying to force himself to stay calm. Raven and Saxon had already left–if Benedict was still somewhere inside the facility, he might still have a chance to contain this.
“Search teams are already out,” someone added.
But before Rin could even respond, another technician came sprinting into the room.
“We checked every room. He’s not here.”
“What?!” Rin’s face twisted with rage.
As long as Benedict remained missing, it felt like a blade hung over his neck, swinging lower with every passing second.
“You can’t even find a child? What do I even pay you for he snarled,
“It’s our failure, sir,” the subordinate said, tremb Successfully unlocked!
kid to crawl through a vent.”
Rin narrowed his eyes, thinking fast. “Fine. Then figure out where that shaft leads. Which lab does it pass through?”
Most of the ducts in the building had been sealed for security reasons.
And even in the rare places where they hadn’t been, the final exit to the outside world was sealed with a five–pound iron
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lock–there was no way Benedict could get out that way.
One of the researchers furrowed his brow, thinking. Then, suddenly, his eyes widened.
“The vent leads to the lab where Cassian’s being held.”
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