Reborn in the Enemy's Embrace

I looked at the man warily, laughing out in surprise.

He walked over and smiled at me. "Must we go to such lengths?"

"Have you been faking your death all along?" I looked at him and burst out laughing once again.

I couldn’t believe that it was actually Andy.

They were all such great actors. I thought Joel’s acting skills were impressive enough for him to try out in the entertainment industry, but I didn’t expect Andy to be even better.

He faked his death and went into hiding for years. What a clever method!

Indeed, it would be the safest for the leader of Genome Society to be officially dead.

I finally understood why Andy had to die back then. It was probably the time he officially took over Genome Society. That was why he needed to "die".

Joel was also looking at him warily. "You’re playing quite a big game here, Andy."

"Don’t be impulsive, young man," Andy said with a smile as he gestured for Joel to put the syringe down.

He hardly seemed any different over the years. He looked almost the same as he did when he "died". It seemed like Genome Society even knew how to keep people looking youthful.

"Don’t you have anything to say to Dexter, Andy?" Joel frowned at Andy before turning to look at Dexter with a pained look.

Dexter was the least surprised among the three of us, indicating that he must’ve figured it out earlier. However, he must have been the most saddened one.

He tightly gripped his wheelchair before turning around to look at Andy. He remained silent as he couldn’t bring himself to call out to his "father".

"Now that I’m here in front of you, I hope that you’ll seriously consider joining us," Andy said, looking at Dexter. You’re a smart child, Dexter. You should understand why I’m doing all this."

Dexter said nothing as he stared at Andy with reddening eyes. All this while, he was only Andy’s proof of allegiance to Genome Society.

Andy must have sacrificed a lot over the years in order to become the leader of Genome Society.

"Let me take a guess on how you managed to become the leader of Genome Society," I said, looking at him. I then walked over to shield in front of Dexter.

I said, "Back then, Genome Society wasn’t under your control yet. You were the heir of the Black Group, so they wanted to win you over. They introduced you to the vast ocean of sin that was Genome Society."

"To you, they weren’t evil but endless profit. You were dazzled by the opportunities and realized how narrow your perspective was. Genome Society broadened your horizons, and at the same time, they led you into the world of corruption and desire."

Everything escalated from then onward.

I continued, "For Genome Society, proof of allegiance is the first step to accepting scions. Just like those who hunted young women in the desolate area back then, they would present various conditions, forcing you to shoulder a lifetime of guilt."

I looked at Joel. "Just like how Sarah had asked Joel to kill that experimental subject."

Only with proof of allegiance would Genome Society feel secure enough to let Andy join them.

I said, "In order for you to join Genome Society, you had to meet their demands and present them with women up to their requirements and Sarah was one of them. Both of you ended up developing feelings for each other.

"You brought her around Genome Society’s laboratory, and she shared your ambition of wanting to climb to the peak of sins. Both of you began a 30-year plan, gradually scaling the peak of sins."

I looked at Andy and chuckled. "But it isn’t an easy feat trying to control Genome Society, where every figure is a big player. How would you earn the favor of the mastermind and eliminate the Othard regional leader so that you could replace them instead?"

Andy smiled at me, seemingly attentive to what I had to say.

I continued, "You conspired to deceive my parents, accusing Genome Society of countless crimes. Eventually, you succeeded in making my parents feel guilty. They became determined to betray Genome Society."

"You pretended to cooperate with them and founded the Rebels in order to fight Genome Society. You gradually made your way through the ranks and became the Othard regional leader by using the Rebels. Your faked death then became your greatest shield."

Andy clapped his hands, proving that what I said was correct.

"You’re too ambitious. All of us including Dexter, me, and Sarah are all pawns to you." I turned to look at Sarah and said, "Deep down, you know that this man is heartless, yet you can’t turn back as you’ve already come this far."

She looked at me indifferently.

"Violette is the child you share with Andy. Even though she’s not a genius, she’s extremely obedient and lovable. Unfortunately, Andy doesn’t like her. That’s why you raised her away from him, allowing her to have a normal life. But you still had to use her in order to get close to me and keep tabs on me."

It was undeniable that Sarah had feelings for Violette, but Andy felt nothing for her at all.

"He’s someone who would even kill his own wife and son in order to achieve his goals!"

Andy’s entire family died in the car accident back when he faked his death. His then wife and legitimate son were in the car with him, but they became his sacrifices-all just to gain Genome Society’s favor.

I never thought that Violette would turn out to be Dexter’s sister on paper.

I said, "Back then, you wanted to test Genome Society’s ability, so you deliberately bought "Dexter" and introduced him to the Black family as your illegitimate son. You despised him when you found out that his early intellectual development was slow.

"Thinking that he was a defect from a failed experiment, you then left him in an orphanage for him to fend for himself. But later on, you tried to bring him back when you discovered that he was a genius. You truly are a selfish person, Andy."

Dexter had always been a product of tragedy. He was only an experimental subject—a tool used for Andy to test Genome Society’s abilities.

He wasn’t loved by his father nor approved by his mother.

In fact, Dexter did not even have a mother on paper. He was born from a surrogate in Genome Society. He did not even know which experimental subject was his mother.

"It’s not that I have no feelings for you at all, Dexter. At the very least, I heavily invested in the experimental subject who gave birth to you back then." Andy looked at him and added, "She’s your mother. How could I let Genome Society discard or kill her casually?"

In order to attract investments, Genome Society allowed backers to adopt experimental subjects. I felt that firsthand when Nancy locked me in the lab capsule.

Andy kept Dexter’s so-called mother around just so she could be useful in the future.

He said, "She loves you so much, Dexter. Even though you’re just a test tube baby she carried for months, she still loves you dearly."

Andy glanced over to the man next to him, and he turned on the massive screen across them. An experimental video was playing, showing what Dexter’s mother went through when she had him.

As a mother, that woman was fiercely protective of her child. She begged and pleaded on her knees, crying and pounding on the lab chamber. Even though she was barely alive after giving birth, she still begged for Genome Society not to take her child away.

As she was a long-term experimental subject, she lacked nutrients and couldn’t produce enough milk to feed Dexter. Hence, she cut her finger and fed him her blood.

The woman did all she could as a mother, yet in the end, those people still cruelly took Dexter away.

She went insane after that, wandering around and crying for her child, in hopes of seeing her child once again.

I squeezed my fists tightly as I glared angrily at Andy. He was just too cruel-using Dexter’s biological mother to threaten him.