Her Rebirth of Retribution
Chapter 288 Help Me Scrub My Back

In no time, Calista's body went taut. Following that, her body convulsed violently, and she passed out.

"Callie?" Kallum anxiously reached out to feel her breath. Upon realizing she was still breathing, he felt a sense of relief. However, his relief was short-lived as rage quickly consumed him. Grinding his teeth, he fiercely questioned those present. "Is there no other way? Must you do this to her to conquer the virus? Then, what use are you lot to me?"

"Mr. Kallum, this is an unavoidable situation... The outcome of any endeavor requires inevitable sacrifices..." Bowen answered with a hint of helplessness.

"Must she be the sacrifice? Is everyone else dead?"

Kallum's anger blazed so intensely that it could set the entire laboratory on fire. He glared at everyone present and enunciated, "Are you all helpless without her? Just because you're not the ones in pain, you remain indifferent and even take a mile while you've been given a minute?"

Everyone looked embarrassed. Kallum was right in that when it came to conquering the K virus, all of their combined efforts couldn't match Calista's usefulness. It was indeed quite shameful.

"Enough... Stop... berating them..."

At some point, Calista had opened her eyes. Surprisingly, she seemed rather spirited, and the pain didn't seem as intense anymore.

"Note that the combination of KA2 and SQ3 has a pronounced effect... I could feel the virus receding significantly in an instant. There also weren't any adverse reactions..."

She spoke intermittently, pausing every now and then. By the time she finished, the sky had turned completely dark.

"All right, that's enough for today. Let's take a break first."

After Calista had finished speaking, everyone present visibly relaxed, for tormenting her in front of the overprotective man was more terrifying than facing the gallows.

Seeing that Kallum's gaze was still as intimidating, Calista shook her head.

"If you keep this up, I'm going to have to blacklist you from the laboratory."

"So you can then suffer where I can't see?" Kallum raised an eyebrow, looking at her in clear disapproval. But catching a glimpse of her pale face, his heart softened instantly. He scooped her up and carried her back.

After he had fed her, he gently placed the weak woman into the warm bathtub, which was already filled with medicinal solution. The comfort it provided made Calista breathe a sigh of relief.

To put a positive spin on things, her life then was significantly better than her previous one.

In her previous life, she was a test subject, devoid of human rights and given no rest. Those lunatics had no concern for her pain, continuously conducting experiments on her relentlessly. It was only when she could no longer bear it and was on the brink of death that they allowed her a brief moment to catch her breath.

As for taking a bath, she didn't even dare dream about it, let alone having someone by her side who cared about her and was always ready to offer his comforting embrace.

Upon seeing that Calista seemed to be doing well, Kallum found himself admiring her resilience.

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According to Shaun, the pain Calista experienced after being injected with the medicine was at the human body's limits. Yet, she managed to endure it Not only did she retain, sanity and didn't develop psychological trauma or mutilate herself, but she also acted as if nothing had happened. After the pain subsided, she could calmly describe her physical condition. It was as if she was beyond human.

However, Kallum found it peculiar as well.

He wasn't sure if her past self was someone who could endure great pain, but he understood that all the oddity was likely related to her sudden change in temperament. Nonetheless, it wasn't exactly the best time for a discussion then.

"Could you help me scrub my back?"

Since Kallum volunteered to care for

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her, Calista had no qualms about bossing him around. To have a CEQ scrub her back was absolutely delightful. Although he was lacking in technique, his status was undeniable. At least, she had never imagined she could enjoy such treatment.

She let out a contented sigh. Resting on the edge of the bathtub, she almost drifted off to sleep.

Seeing her settle down, Kallum also

breathed a sigh of relief. He was worried that she might suddenly think of something and rush back to the laboratory, sometimes staying up all night. That had happened quite frequently recently. When she was fully committed to something, her level of focus was simply frightening.

The warm medicinal liquid flowed down her back. Her intimate areas were all submerged in the water, while the water was pitch-black because of the added traditional medicine, rendering it completely opaque. Consequently, Kallum couldn't see anything.

However, it wasn't as if he truly couldn't look as he was the one who undressed her.

After scrubbing her back, Kallum hesitated, wondering if he should attend to other areas. She seems to be asleep, so I'll just...

"Could you help me wipe my front?"

A somewhat cold voice laced with a hint of amusement abruptly rang out, causing him to blush slightly. He glared at Calista fiercely. How wicked of her! She knows all too well that I can't resist her, yet she always teases me subtly!

Suddenly, a pair of arms wrapped around Kallum's neck. Like a water nymph, Calista rose from the pitch-black medicinal solution, leaving patches of brown stains on Kallum's white shirt. She chuckled softly.

"Actually, you're endurance is far greater than I'd thought... It's been so many days. There's really no reaction at all on your part?"

Kallum's Adam's apple bobbed. But a thought seemingly occurred to him, and he firmly removed her hands and placed them into the medicinal solution.

""Cut it out!"

"I didn't do anything." Calista giggled. She submerged herself in the water to dispel the cold and suddenly looked at him with an innocent yet mischievous expression.