Chapter 401: Chapter 401: Confession

「Early the next morning.」

When Nina Jacobs pushed open her door, she saw Zoraida sitting just outside.

"Morning,"

Nina Jacobs said with a smile.

Zoraida didn’t seem to be very talkative. Upon seeing Nina, she simply stood up, took her by the hand, and led her into a room down the hall.

Nina Jacobs recognized it as Zoraida’s room, which had once belonged to Isabella Ramsey.

Jenna must have cleaned the room. On a table directly across from the door sat a framed photo of a family of four.

The woman in the photo with a sunny smile and a small mole near her eyebrow had to be Isabella Ramsey.

While Nina Jacobs was taking in her surroundings, Zoraida scurried under the bed. She emerged a moment later and handed Nina a phone with a shattered screen.

"What’s this?"

Nina Jacobs found that the phone wouldn’t turn on.

The battery must be dead.

"You want me to charge it for you?" Nina Jacobs asked.

Zoraida shook her head and said, "Naomi gave this to me. She told me to keep it safe."

’Naomi?’

"Is this her? Your sister is very pretty."

Nina Jacobs pointed to a vibrant, young girl with a ponytail in the picture.

She took the phone, deciding to help Zoraida charge it later.

"You’re pretty too, Miss Jacobs."

Zoraida replied.

"Such a sweet talker. When we leave in a few days, why don’t you come with us?"

Nina Jacobs asked.

But to her surprise, Zoraida shook her head.

"Why?"

Nina Jacobs thought she was just shy around new people.

She had only learned from Cordelia that Zoraida was about seven years old.

But something in the apocalypse had likely terrified her, making her reluctant to speak.

"Mama said I have to be good and stay alive,

or else my sister won’t have a home to come back to."

Zoraida replied.

This was the mission her mother had given her before she was gone.

’As long as I’m here, this place is still a home.’

Nina Jacobs froze, taken aback by Zoraida’s words.

’So that’s why she’s doing everything she can to survive?’

"You’re doing great." Nina Jacobs held out a fist. As she turned it over to reveal her palm, a few milk candies appeared.

"You’re great too, Miss Jacobs. You’ve saved a lot of people,

and you saved me."

Zoraida said.

"Yes, we’re all doing great."

Nina Jacobs said with a smile.

Just then, a commotion erupted outside.

She thought she could hear Cordelia’s voice.

Nina Jacobs went out and found a group of people in base guard uniforms lined up in the hallway.

They had the entrance and exit completely blocked.

A bald man was at their head.

He had a menacing look on his face. As his gaze swept over the people before him, Zoraida instinctively hid behind Nina Jacobs.

"Who captured the base’s Healer yesterday? Huh?

Step forward now!"

The bald man said.

People filed out of their rooms, Cassian Lynch among them.

But no one answered the bald man’s question.

And no one pointed any fingers.

"Not talking, huh?" The bald man’s eyes turned sinister. He strode over to one of the men, grabbed him, and drove a fist into his stomach!

"Looks to me like you’re all deliberately trying to make my life difficult."

the bald man snarled, continuing to beat the man savagely.

He was a Strength Element Superpower User, and he put his full force behind every punch.

But even under such a brutal assault, the man didn’t say a word.

This only made the bald man angrier.

The onlookers glared at him with hatred, but no one dared to intervene.

They knew any resistance would be futile.

Cassian Lynch clenched his fists.

’It’s not that I’m afraid to confess, but Killian Hayes and the others still haven’t recovered. They need someone to look after them right now. But I can’t just stand by and watch someone get beaten like this. Everyone still alive in this dormitory only made it this far by sticking together.’

Just as Cassian Lynch was about to speak, a voice no one expected rang out:

"It was me."

The bald man stopped his assault and looked over. Then he started to laugh.

"You?"

He slowly walked toward Nina Jacobs, his eyes filled with malice.

A small figure suddenly darted out, blocking his path to Nina Jacobs.

"Don’t you hurt Miss Jacobs!"

Zoraida’s lips were pressed into a thin line. Though her body was trembling, her small back was a picture of defiance.

BANG!

Without warning, Zoraida’s small body was sent flying like a broken kite!

"Zoraida!"

Cordelia lunged to catch her, but another figure was faster.

It was Nina Jacobs.

Looking at Zoraida clutching her stomach and fighting back tears, an icy frost settled over Nina Jacobs’s eyes.

"Wayne Warner, kill him!"

Nina Jacobs commanded.

The bald man raised an eyebrow. "You want to kill me? Today, I’ll show you..."

Before he could finish, he was hit by a wave of intense killing intent!

Wayne Warner attacked with a punch. The bald man could see that he, too, was a Strength Element Superpower User.

Just as he moved to block the punch, an excruciating pain shot through his outstretched right arm!

"ARGH!"

The bald man screamed.

His entire right arm had been shattered to pieces!

Wayne Warner then grabbed him, and his fists rained down on the bald man like blows on a punching bag!

Seeing this, the other guards rushed to surround him.

Just as a dozen guards attacked Wayne Warner from behind, they were the ones who felt a painful impact!

The onlookers’ eyes went wide as they saw the dozen guards sent flying.

"Help... help me..."

By now, the bald man had been beaten into a bloody pulp.

He reached out, begging the onlookers for help, but was met only with looks of hatred and satisfaction.

Nina Jacobs knew that if he weren’t a Strength Element Superpower User, he would have been dead long ago.

"Is it really a good idea to kill him right now?"

Silas Crowley asked, appearing at Nina Jacobs’s side.

"Wayne Warner and I will be gone for a few days. You, Lexy, and the others wait for me here. Take good care of Zoraida."

Nina Jacobs didn’t answer his question.

Silas Crowley was surprised. ’Has Nina Jacobs already planned her next move?’

Meanwhile, the bald man on the ground had clearly stopped breathing.

Seizing a moment when no one was looking, Nina Jacobs had Zoraida drink a bottle of Healing Potion.

Although Zoraida only looked injured, Nina knew she couldn’t possibly have withstood a direct hit from a Strength Element Superpower User without severe internal damage.

"He’s finally dead!"

"Good riddance! Now Mr. Jameson and the others can finally rest in peace!"

"Yeah, and Ruby and the others..."

A wave of cathartic relief washed over the onlookers.

"Miss Jacobs, I’ll help you fight your way out!"

Cassian Lynch said, stepping forward.

A number of others, who had followed him of their own accord, stood behind him.

"That’s right! The bald bastard deserved to die, but the base command won’t let this slide. We should use this chance to escape!"

a tall woman said.

"Thank you for your concern. We will get out, but not right now."

Nina Jacobs walked over to one of the guards who was just getting back on his feet.

The guard eyed her warily.

"What... what do you want?"

the guard said, taking two steps back.

"Do you want to earn some credit?"

Nina Jacobs asked.

A little over ten minutes later, guards arrested two people from the dormitory.

A man and a woman—Nina Jacobs and Wayne Warner.

Cordelia and Reginald Sutton’s faces were etched with anxiety. Reginald Sutton even tried to rush forward, but Silas Crowley held him back.

Silas Crowley shook his head at them.

’This wasn’t for Cassian Lynch and his people. This has to be part of her plan.’

"But that’s the Correction Ward! I heard it’s full of psychos!"

Cordelia couldn’t bear to imagine what a woman like Nina Jacobs would face in there.

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