“What are you trying to do? Are you trying to take my mentor away? How dare you do that?” Arius cried out, leaping to his feet.
What kind of joke is this?
Keegan Hunt had forced him to return by threatening Barney's mother, but now, he even wanted to lock Barney up.
There was no way they were going to let that happen now that they were there.
“Barney, your mother is old now, isn't she?” Keegan questioned.
Barney was only back because Keegan had taken his mother. Hence, they were certain that Barney would not dare to pull any reckless moves.
“If it weren't for your many contributions to the medical association, I wouldn't have given you so many chances,” Keegan uttered with a sneer.
Death was the only thing that awaited traitors.
He had given Barney many chances and choices. All that was left was for Barney to make the right choice.
Sophie barked out a laugh.
“Don't worry, Dr. Smith. I've asked my men to rescue your mother,” she reassured. She had not been sitting around ever since she arrived in the country.
Moreover, she had connections in Anglandur too.
Otherwise, she could have possibly wasted her time all these years.
Rescuing someone was a piece of cake for her.
When Keegan heard her words, he narrowed his eyes.
“Are you Sophie Tanner, the girl who dealt with the virus?” Keegan questioned, his eyes bright.
He had heard about the medical prodigy in Chanaea, but he never thought that she would be such a pretty young woman.
However, Sophie continued to look at him as if he was nothing but a lowly ant.
Sure enough, she was completely disinterested in someone like Keegan.
Things would have been fine if everyone just went their own ways. That would be the choices they made, anyway.
Yet, Keegan just had to force Barney back with petty methods like these.
“Young lady, I know you're a capable one. What about this? Join our International Medical Association. No matter what you want, we'll agree to it,” Keegan told her, extremely interested in recruiting geniuses into the organization.
By recruiting various kinds of prodigies, Anglandur would be able to emerge as a superpower.
That was his wish—for Anglandur to dominate the world.
Hence, he felt that everything he did would be forgivable.
“I'm sorry, but I'm not interested in your International Medical Association at all,” Sophie replied before taking out a piece of gum and popping it into her mouth.
Those who knew her would know that she only chewed gum when she was in a bad mood.
Therefore, her action was a clear indicator of how her patience had reached its limit.
Keegan chuckled.
“Ms. Tanner, I am sincerely offering you the chance to join us. As long as you join us, we can give you a limitless budget. That is something Chanaea can never do.” Anglandur's a rich country, and those who do research will always need funds, right?
Barney was hoping to keep Sophie a secret from others, but evidently, those people had already done their research on her.
Sophie scoffed.
“Sorry, but I'm rich too.” Furthermore, Chanaea was putting more of its focus on research nowadays.
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