Reborn in the Enemy's Embrace

"Does Sophia truly know how to reincarnate someone?" Carol asked softly outside of the lab capsule.

"How would I know? Anyway, we’ll all die if Andy doesn’t wake up." Jimmy glanced around at the mercenaries, with all their guns pointing at the both of them.

Carol frowned and looked toward Sophia. She hoped that Sophia would actually have the ability to do it otherwise, they’d all end up dead because of her.

"What did that lunatic, Andy, tell the mercenary leader before he killed himself?" Jimmy whispered a question to Carol, wanting to create a plan to escape.

He no longer believed that Sophia knew the key to reincarnation. What he wanted now was to escape.

Carol glanced around carefully and said, "I don’t know."

Surely, Andy had told the mercenary leader a secret code. But she didn’t know what it was.

Jimmy cast Carol a dirty glance, wondering how she even became the leader of the Rebels when she knew nothing. No wonder they almost got wiped out by Genome Society.

She glared at him in return. "What are you looking at?"

"I’m looking at a useless piece of trash," Jimmy replied, annoyed.

Carol’s temper flared up. "Who are you calling a useless piece of trash now?"

Jimmy replied, "You’re the useless piece of trash!"

Both of them started throwing punches at each other, garnering the attention of the mercenary leader. "What’s the ruckus here?"

He then reached out to separate the both of them.

At that moment, Carol swiftly snatched the gun from one of the mercenaries and fired a shot. She then hid behind a nearby cover.

Jimmy took the opportunity to grab the gun of the mercenary who was shot dead and took cover behind the lab capsule.

The mercenary leader glanced indifferently at the two, who were hiding with their respective guns. "This is a foolish choice. You can never escape."

Jimmy and Carol exchanged glances. They had to work together to escape at this crucial moment.

Sophia was carefully studying the data in the lab capsule, seemingly uninterrupted.

The mercenary leader had coldly opened fire as the others were caught in a chaotic fight. Gunshots could be heard, yet the lab capsule was not penetrated as it was made of bulletproof glass.

Sophia remained calmly seated inside, never once sparing a glance outside.

Just as she was counting down, the electrical switch within the lab capsule was shot, plunging everything into darkness. Fortunately, the lab capsule had its own power supply.

"Idiots" Sophia cursed, standing up when she heard the gunshots from the outside. She yelled angrily, "Stop it!"

Jimmy stopped shooting and turned to her. The crew members of the ship rushed over to fix the electrical switch and quickly restored its power.

Andy’s clone subject woke up from the bed, seemingly cold and stiff. He inspected his own hands before reaching over to the mirror by the side to look at his reflection.

He started laughing before turning to look at Sophia.

"Boss." The mercenary leader hurried in and looked at the clone subject nervously. He had gestured for the others to stop their fight for now.

Carol and Jimmy were warily hiding away. They were afraid that everyone would have to die if the clone subject couldn’t answer Andy’s secret code.

Sophia watched Andy from the entrance.

Everyone held their breaths as they waited for Andy and the mercenary leader’s exchange.

Nobody heard what Andy whispered to the mercenary leader, but the leader soon nodded and gestured for his men to put down their weapons.

Only then did Jimmy and Carol truly let out a relieved sigh.

"You did well." The mercenary leader gave Sophia a thumbs-up.

Sophia glanced at Andy coldly, asking, "Are you able to trust me now?"

Andy got down from the bed and shot a meaningful gaze at his "body" on the other bed. "Of course. I’ve trusted you from the start."

Sophia chuckled coldly. "So, can I meet Dexter’s clone subject now? I need to reincarnate him."

Andy extended his arms wide with a smile. "Why the hurry? Dexter has many clone subjects for you to choose from. Now, you should let me have the data and key to reincarnation. Together, we can become creators and gods!" Sophia stared at him indifferently. "Are you trying to threaten me with Dexter’s clone subjects now?"

"It’s not hard for you to reincarnate Dexter. You only have to let me have the key to reincarnation," Andy said threateningly.

He continued, "I suppose there’s a time limit to the Reincarnation Project, right? Someone who has been dead for a long time or was cremated into ashes wouldn’t be able to reincarnate, am I right?"

Sophia clenched her fists. "Fine. Since I refuse to share and you won’t release Dexter’s clone subject to me, we can just stay in this stalemate!"

The mercenary leader glanced at her before turning to Andy. He dared not speak a word.

"Lock them up. Bring her to me whenever she decides to cooperate," Andy instructed.

The mercenaries pointed their guns at Jimmy and Carol. They both knew that they wouldn’t be able to shoot their way out now. The cargo ship was swarming with mercenaries, and below the ship lay the deep ocean.

They could only return their guns to the mercenaries. One of them even hit Jimmy with the gun.

He yelped, aggrieved, "Why did you only hit me?"

Carol shot him a begrudging glare, shutting him up effectively.

"Boss, that woman the leader of the Rebels do we kill her?" The mercenary leader was hinting that she had lost her value now.

Andy chuckled coldly. "Keep her around for now. She’s still of some use."

The mercenary leader nodded before instructing his men to take them away.

The body of "Andy" was lying all alone in the empty cargo hold. Andy, who had already reincarnated, glanced back before signaling for the mercenaries to take the body away.

"I thought you had everything in control. Who knew you ended up killing Sarah as soon as we got there? You should’ve died instead!" Jimmy was beyond upset in the detention cell.

He continued, "Why did you reincarnate Andy? Not only have we failed to get Dexter’s clone subject, but we even got locked up now!"

Carol remained silent.

Sophia found Jimmy noisy and coldly glared at him, instantly shutting him up.

He mumbled, "Are we still blowing the ship up or what-"

They would be tossed into the ocean in a few days.

"He’ll eventually have to come and beg me as long as I have the data for the Reincarnation Project with me," Sophia said.

Jimmy rolled his eyes and retorted, "You’re the one who’s of value, but what about me?"

He couldn’t care less about Carol’s fate, but he did not want to die no matter what.

Sophia closed her eyes and said irritatedly, "Shut up. You’re so noisy."

All she wanted was a good night’s sleep, yet there was noise everywhere around her on the ship.

Sophia’s hands had been trembling since the experiment started. She wasn’t sure if it was out of nervousness or other reasons, but she couldn’t stop them from shaking up until now. She slowly clenched her fists and forced herself to calm down, taking a deep breath.

"Are you still there?" Sophia softly asked.

Suddenly, it was as if she could no longer sense Dexter anymore. She felt as if there was a gaping hole in her heart.

"Dexter..." No one answered her. The emptiness and helplessness drove Sophia’s emotions to the edge of losing control.

She could no longer sense him. Was he still around?

"Does reincarnation really have a time limit?" Jimmy asked.

"It does." Sophia opened her reddening eyes slowly. "I’ve conducted experiments on twin consciousness swapping. The longer the time of death, the lower the success rate of the experiment."