Chapter 634 - Opportunity (3) (1/2)
I abruptly found myself back in my body, slowly opening my eyes to discover I was inside the same scene projected on the screen. Thankful not much time had passed, Ethan slowly began to carry Alex out of his hover car. Before Luke could make any ȧssumptions, I flawlessly lied, ”Alex is dying. We need to save him.”
”How did you come back to life?” Ethan was stunned, hearing my voice.
”What are you saying? I was taking a brief nap,” I hinted.
The clock was ticking down as I was wasting more time here. I needed to quickly collect more herbs to make Alex's medicine. If Luke figured out about the incident, he would confine me to the infirmary instead. I tried to separate from Luke, beginning to get angry when his grip tightened. This was not good. Ethan's expression was revealing all his thoughts, making Luke come up with his own conclusions.
”Can you let me go?” I raised my head to face Luke.
”We're going to the infirmary,” he studied me.
Unfortunately, Luke began to guide Ethan to walk to the infirmary with him. No matter how much I twisted and turned, my attempts were hopeless, soon finding myself attached to the machines. After shackling me to the bed, Luke repeated his actions to do the same to Alex, who was unconscious. Maybe I could secretly heal Alex later since we were inside the same room. I didn't think there would be an infirmary with more than one bed.
”I can let you go depending on the results,” Luke started a checkup.
”I'm feeling fine. I can give you an explanation of what happened. Do you actually believe him?” I glared at Ethan.
”You actually died on us,” Ethan stared at me in disbelief.
”I was taking a nap!” I wondered why he wasn't getting my intentions.
I stiffened when Luke's marble began vibrating, getting a large inflow of messages. Sneaking a peek at his screen, many condolences were sent to him, trying to comfort him for his supposed loss. Why did these people have to make rash ȧssumptions? I was doomed, slowly backing away towards the other side of the bed as Luke's eyes changed. He was never going to let me out now. Charles' long message, going through the details, would be more reliable than mine.
”Are you serious Rika?” Luke closed his screen.
”At least do the checkup. I'm really fine,” I waited for him to continue.
I slightly smiled when both Ethan and Luke seemed to be surprised by the results. Thanking the mediator for healing my injuries before the next round, I hoped Luke would let me go. I didn't want to get hunted for two more days. I learned that it was better to be inside an open space rather than a small room. Even if I tried to tell them about the trial, their memories would get erased. Taking advantage of the results, I tried to persuade him, ”you said you would let me go depending on the results.”