Chapter 1693

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Flora remained highly skeptical. “Why not use animals? Don’t all the labs back home use white mice?”

She had left Solenia in her teens, but she still knew how things worked there.

Claire offered a cool explanation. “Animals are fine for basic trials, but they can’t verbalize their symptoms.”

“And don’t you agree that observing human tissue is far more accurate?”

Claire delivered the line so casually that Flora involuntarily rubbed her arms to dispel the goosebumps.

This girl sounded more heartless than she was.

Flora trafficked in illicit services, but this young woman possessed a cold, terrifying ruthlessness.

She casually talked about using humans for experiments. How exactly did you test a coagulant?

Obviously, by slicing someone open, applying the powder, and watching how fast the flesh knit back together!

And if she wasn’t satisfied with the formula, she’d just slice them open again?

The thought of this girl carving a perfectly healthy person up twenty times sent a shiver down Flora’s spine.

“My boys and girls are money-makers. I can’t just hand them over for you to butcher.”

“Letting you slice up a perfectly healthy person just for an experiment is simply…”

Was Flora actually showing a shred of humanity?

“Think about it practically. If you won’t give me someone who turns a profit, what about someone who doesn’t?”

“Surely not every single person on your payroll is a cash cow?”

That was a fair point!

While Flora did care somewhat for her workers, her love for money always won out.

She instinctively glanced toward the door. Barrett had already been hauled out into the hall.

He was all show and no go. If they wanted him…

Wait, no. He might be terrible in bed right now, but that was just because he hadn’t been properly trained. He might even be a virgin, for all she knew.

Flora trusted her own methods. She could eventually mold him into a high earner.

But if not Barrett, who else could she sell off?

Her eyes darted around shiftily. Thinking of Barrett naturally brought his dead-weight partner to mind.

Flora was still paying out of pocket just to keep that useless lump breathing!

Forget the fact that Barrett was supposed to work off the debt—shouldn’t the dying guy provide some value too?

Those guys were clearly trouble

anyway. If she could pawn him off, it

of

cover her losses and rid her

a massive liability Conte

“I do actually have a candidate in mind. But I’ll be honest with you this guy brings a lot of heat.”

Flora decided to be somewhat transparent, mostly because Claire was just a kid.

To Flora, these two sisters were bold, calculating, and ruthless

songh to become major planet

the

underworld someday.

She figured doing them a solid now might pay dividends later.

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“What kind of heat?” Claire immediately guessed she was talking about Silas.

“The local authorities are hunting him. If he shows his face, the cartels will snatch him up instantly.”

“Hauling a guy like that around is going to be a massive headache for you.”

Claire’s expression instantly soured. “You’re trying to pawn off your garbage on us?”

“Are you just looking for a dumping ground for your liabilities?”

“Flora, I’m offering you cold, hard cash. We’re from the same homeland. Is this how you treat your own people?”

Flora quickly backpedaled. “Oh, honey don’t be like that. don’t be like that. You called

me sister so I’m eati

you

family.”

“That’s exactly why I’m giving you the full disclaimer upfront, see?”

“The guy brings some baggage, yes, but he perfectly matches your criteria!”

If Claire had agreed too eagerly, Flora would have suspected they were actually here for the man.

But Claire’s fierce, irritated reaction convinced Flora that she had no prior connection to him.

This put Flora entirely at ease.

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