Chapter 24 - The Biggest Freak in Section S

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The atmosphere in s district had changed a little after the news of Putnam’s cat was made public.

Now, the cat seemed to have become everyone’s pet very naturally. All except for Armstrong, who was naturally afraid of cats…

Putnam, who had always been quiet, had become much closer to everyone because of this.

Li Zhuo, who earned six million just by helping out Armstrong, suddenly felt that it was not a bad thing for him to go to prison here.

At least the money here was easy to earn. In the future, he might be able to live a very good life after he left Section S.

Everything seemed to be moving in a better direction.

However…

“Good Morning.” Li Zhuo came to the restaurant early in the morning and was ready to enjoy breakfast today.

However, the restaurant, which was originally a little lively, suddenly became quiet. Everyone turned to look at Li Zhuo without saying a word. The topic of discussion just now also immediately stopped.

Li Zhuo was slightly stunned. It was obvious that everyone wanted to avoid him for some reason.

Thinking of this, he smiled helplessly. That’s right. He had only been here for a few days. How could he integrate into this environment so quickly?

He did not ask anything. He just quietly pulled out a chair and sat down. He began to eat his breakfast.

There were five other people in the room besides Li Zhuo.

Carl, who was the youngest, glanced at Li Zhuo and then continued to eat his breakfast.

Alsop and Putnam looked at each other and then continued to eat their breakfast.

Only Armstrong was sneaky. He looked at Li Zhuo and then lowered his head to look at his breakfast. He seemed to be restless.

Li Zhuo naturally noticed this.

He smiled at Armstrong and said, “Why, is there something on my face?”

“No… no,” Armstrong replied nervously. Then, he imitated everyone’s behavior and lowered his head to eat.

Looking at everyone’s appearance, Li Zhuo smiled helplessly. He did not say anything and continued to eat breakfast.

The restaurant was eerily quiet. No one spoke. Only the sound of tableware lightly clashing proved that there were still living people here.

Ka.

The door of the restaurant was suddenly opened. A tired-looking Henry walked in from outside.

“Henry, good morning.” Li Zhuo smiled and greeted Henry.

Henry glanced at Li Zhuo and very naturally pulled out the chair next to Li Zhuo and joined the breakfast group.

“Good morning, Li. How are you settling down in Section S?”

Li Zhuo raised his eyebrows. The others seemed to be deliberately avoiding him today, but only Henry seemed to be the same as usual? What was going on?

While he was thinking, he started to talk to Henry. “At the beginning, I was indeed not used to it. After all, this is not quite the same as the prison life I imagined.”

“But it’s much better now. I’m very satisfied with my life here.”

Henry smiled and picked up a piece of bread from the plate. “It’s good that you’re satisfied. I’ve been busy in the laboratory these few days preparing new drugs, so I didn’t come out much. Did anything interesting happen?” He said while spreading butter.

Li Zhuo smiled. “Other than Armstrong’s misunderstanding of Putnam, there’s almost nothing else.”

“Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding? “Henry was slightly stunned.

He had not come out since the last time he entered the laboratory. Wilson had sent him three meals a day to the laboratory, so he still did not know that Putnam had a cat.

After Li Zhuo told him the whole story, Henry looked at Armstrong with a strange expression. “So you’ve been scared for so long, and it’s just because of a kitten?”

“Let me be clear, I won’t refund you the money for the medicine.”

“I don’t intend to ask you to refund the money. I don’t care about this small amount of money,” Armstrong curled his lips and replied nonchalantly.

However, he could not help but look in Li Zhuo’s direction as if something was on his mind.

Everyone ate very slowly during this meal. Only Li Zhuo and Henry were eating at a normal speed.

However, Li Zhuo arrived a little earlier than Henry, so after he finished eating, he left the restaurant and went to the entertainment room to play games.

Henry also got up a few minutes later and was ready to return to the laboratory.

At this moment, Alan called out to him. “Henry, we have something to talk to you about.”

Henry was slightly stunned and said, “Is it about Li?”

The others looked at each other and then nodded repeatedly.

Only Armstrong asked curiously, “how did you know we were going to talk about Li?”

Henry shrugged and said, “If you had something to say, you could have said it just now. There was no need to wait for Li to leave before saying it.

“I also noticed that you seem to be a little wary of him. Or… estranged?” Henry said it very tactfully.

Actually, it was not that everyone was wary of Li Zhuo, but it was Armstrong who showed it. He was too obvious.

Armstrong scratched his head and said, “You’ve been in the laboratory for the past few days, so you don’t know much about Li Zhuo.”

“That guy… is a freak!” Armstrong pondered for a long time, but he could not find a suitable word to describe Li Zhuo.

Henry obviously did not understand what Armstrong was trying to say. He raised his eyebrows and asked, “is there anyone here who is not a freak?”

“The world’s top con artist, a 32-year-old virgin.”

“The world’s top hacker, only 10 years old now.”

“The world’s top killer, but he is raising kittens.”

“The world’s top gambling master, without the gambling table, becomes a fool who will lose every bet…”

“Hey, hey, hey, the last sentence is unnecessary,” Armstrong grumbled unhappily.

Henry spread his hands and did not intend to change his wording. He pulled out a chair and sat down. He was also very curious about what Armstrong meant when he said that Li Zhuo was special.

At this time, Alan said with a strange expression, “That kid’s learning ability seems to be a little ridiculous.”

“How ridiculous?” Henry did not agree.

Alan carefully stood up and walked out of the restaurant. After confirming that Li Zhuo was not at the door, he closed the door and said, “That kid only took a glance and learned my lockpicking skills.”

“Just a glance?” Henry was slightly stunned.

“Yes, just a glance!” Seeing Henry’s stunned reaction, Alan immediately increased his tone.

“Not only that! That kid also learned to move silently, and he only followed us for a while,” Armstrong also said with a serious expression.

“So… you deliberately avoided him because you were afraid that he would learn your specialty?” After Henry understood everyone’s meaning, he revealed a disdainful smile. “Such a thing will never happen to me. There are no shortcuts in science!

“Even if he saw my pharmaceutical technology, he would never be able to learn it!”

After saying that, Henry stood up and prepared to leave the restaurant and return to the laboratory to continue concocting potions.

However, behind him came Alsop’s confident smile.

“Why don’t we make a bet?”