Reborn in the Enemy's Embrace

Sophia was brought to the lower deck, where Andy was waiting for her.

"Do you want to see what’s beneath here?" he asked, looking at her.

She looked at Andy indifferently and took a deep breath. "Are you finally planning to keep your promise, Mr. Black?"

"As long as you hand over the reincarnation data to me." He walked over to Sophia.

Behind him, several mercenaries were warily watching her.

Sophia looked up at Andy and said, "If you’re truly sincere about collaborating, you shouldn’t be asking me for the data. I need a way to protect myself too, right? If we work together, we’ll need to keep each other in check."

She looked at him right in the eye. "After all, you’re someone who could kill Sarah just like that."

Andy smiled and nodded. "I understand your concerns."

He then turned to the mercenaries and said, "You guys can head out now."

The mercenary leader hesitated. "Boss-"

"It’s alright. I believe Ms. Milford is genuinely interested in collaborating," Andy said.

The mercenary leader finally nodded and holstered his gun. He then led his men out.

The lower deck fell silent with only Sophia and Andy left. She looked at him and said, "Open the hatch, then, Mr. Black."

Only Andy knew the password to the hatch, and they only had one chance to get it. The entire cargo ship would explode if the wrong password was keyed in, and everyone would die for sure.

Andy looked at the password panel on the smoke hatch. He coughed and asked, "Can you guess the password, Sophia?"

Sophia stood frozen in place. Her tightly clenched fists slowly loosened up as tears flooded her eyes.

She stared right at Andy, trembling slightly as she parted her lips, but nothing came out.

He seemed to have noticed the changes in Sophia’s emotions and diffidently had his back against her, not daring to turn back.

"Dexter?" she softly called out.

He remained quiet with his head lowered, not daring to move.

"Let me recall the password-"Dexter softly mumbled.

Sophia went over and pulled him back, giving him a slap. He cupped his cheek in an aggrieved manner, looking at her.

She took a deep breath and stared into Dexter’s eyes.

They did not need to say much, nor did they need any safeword—a simple glance was enough to reveal whose soul was within this body.

"You’re pretty good at acting. Why didn’t you become an actor instead?" Sophia grumbled as she reached out to pinch Dexter’s ear.

He pitifully said, "I’m sorry, Sophia. I was worried about being exposed. Besides, if Andy’s password isn’t keyed in correctly, the entire ship will sink.

"Not only are the clone subjects here, but all of Genome Society’s secrets, including years of their criminal records, are here. We have to take them with us."

Dexter grabbed Sophia’s shoulders and stared at her intensely. "Would you dare to try it with me, Sophia?"

He was asking if she dared to try with the password he guessed. However, everyone would die if it was wrong. Sophia said, "What are you afraid of? We were planning to eliminate Genome Society completely. Regardless if we succeed or not, we’ll win as long as this ship sinks."

They’d win even if they ended up dying.

She held Dexter’s hands tightly. "Don’t be afraid."

His eyes were red as he hugged Sophia tight. "I love you so much, Sophia."

"I’ll only settle scores with you if we manage to survive this," she said threateningly.

Dexter felt chills running through his back. He softly asked, "Did you know that I’d be reincarnated, Sophia?" Sophia had actually been taking a gamble.

In reality, the Reincarnation Project was filled with uncertainty.

Up until then, all the data couldn’t accurately pinpoint the soul which needed to be reincarnated. It could only be said that whoever’s soul was captured through the gene chain was the one that succeeded. It entirely depended on luck.

As such, when Andy also died, both Dexter and Andy had a 50% chance of being reincarnated through the same gene chain that captured souls.

"I won," Dexter said hoarsely.

"You’re truly amazing." Sophia smiled wryly, resting her forehead against Dexter’s. "Congratulations for reincarnating. You even got yourself a new body."

He was now whole.

Dexter looked down at himself. "I still think my own body is the best. How about I die again and reincarnate into my own clone subject? I think Andy’s brain neurons aren’t as active as mine-they’re not that smart."

Sophia eyed him sideways and reached out to hit him again. He subconsciously covered his face and looked at her pitifully.

She raised her eyebrows and smiled. "Indeed, Andy’s brain isn’t as smart. You seem to be dumber now." Dexter chuckled and cupped Sophia’s face before kissing her. "I’m a little afraid, Sophia."

"What are you afraid of?" She looked at Andy’s password panel and reached out to key something in at random. Startled, Dexter hurriedly pulled her into his embrace. "Don’t scare me, Sophia!"

Sophia chuckled before hugging his arm tight. She leaned against his shoulders and softly asked, "Have you guessed the password?"

Dexter looked down at her and smiled indulgently. "Yes. Even though Andy isn’t as smart as I am, I knew him well enough. It’s not hard to guess his password."

Sophia leaned against him and tightened her hold around him. "Dexter"

"Yes?" Dexter asked worriedly, "Are you feeling unwell?"

The Sophia from his memory was indifferent and emotionless. She had a powerful presence and would kill decisively.

She shook her head. For some reason, she suddenly felt she could no longer be apart from him. "Hurry up and key in the password."

Dexter nodded and stared at the panel somewhat nervously.

He hoped that he wouldn’t have to die as soon as he got reincarnated. He would feel so wronged if that was the case.

Dexter regretted not dragging things out for a few days more, but he was impatient to meet Sophia again. He was afraid that she might have a hard time staying in that container.

He was left without any choice as he keyed in the password with gritted teeth.

Dexter hesitated to key in the last digit as the countdown began.

"What are you afraid of?" Sophia intertwined their fingers tight.

Dexter glanced at her and keyed in the last digit-7-at the very last second.

The keypad lock opened.

Outside the hatch, the mercenary leader sighed in relief when he heard the sound indicating that the hatch was opening.

In reality, none of them was sure of the reincarnation. All of them were done for if the person who reincarnated was not Andy and the person keyed in the wrong password.

They could finally relax now. After all, they were in it for the money. It didn’t matter to them who it was as long as they stayed alive.

Once the hatch was opened, Sophia and Dexter exchanged a relieved glance.

She looked down at his trembling hands. "Are you that afraid, you loser?"

"You were afraid too, Sophia," Dexter said daringly. "You hurt me from how you were holding my hand so tightly.

Sophia burst out laughing. "Is it embarrassing to fear death?"

She used to think it was embarrassing to fear death, but she no longer had that thought. Both Dexter and her had someone they cared for, so it was natural and not embarrassing for them to fear death.

Sophia and Dexter were stunned in place as they stepped into the hatch. The entire lower deck was filled with many lab capsules, each housing several clone subjects.

Other than that, there was a relatively luxurious lab capsule right in the middle, which housed someone who looked exactly like Dexter’s previous self.

Sophia instinctively thought that this person was Dexter’s twin.

Back then, Genome Society had presented Andy with Dexter. There was another identical twin brother of his as well.

He was sitting in the lab capsule, looking up at both of them.

After a moment, he smiled and said, "We finally meet."