"Will you agree to it?" Mike asked as he turned to look at Rhea.

"How would I know if you don't tell me what the deal is?" As expected, Rhea would not promise him anything so quickly.

Mike walked up to her and said, "Well, I need you to help rescue Lily. I'll give you the formula if you can set her free. How's that?"

Rhea widened her eyes. "Are you out of your fucking mind?"

"Well, it looks like we don't have a deal then." Mike sighed, looking regretful.

"Are you doing this on purpose?" Rhea grew upset. "You know why they brought Lily here, and there's no way I can save her. You're asking for the impossible!"

She was angry at Mike for making such an unreasonable deal. She was also puzzled by his intentions. After some thought, she said, "I can't do it. Make another request."

"Why not? That's all I want you to do," he insisted.

"I can't rescue her! How about I pay you-" She remembered that Mike was already wealthy and caught herself. Unable to come up with anything else he might be interested in, she said, "I'll do anything except rescue Lily, okay?"

She would not save Lily, even if she wanted to.

Mike had expected her reaction. He shook his head and said, "That's not how bargaining works."

"I just want the formula," Rhea said impatiently, "Besides, I still don't know if the formula is real. I'll kill you if it isn't!"

"All right. I want my son's body then." Mike lifted his chin.

Rhea was speechless.

'This is ridiculous! How am I going to retrieve his son's body? Nick is not even dead yet. If the experiment works, then Fred's soul will live inside Nick's body. How can I give that to Mike? Wait... Hmm, if the experiment fails, I can then give Mike the body, can't I?

'Damn it, no! The organization will just destroy the evidence if the experiment fails. I can't get the body no matter what.'

"Well, I can't do that either." Rhea coughed, somewhat embarrassed.

"What the hell is this?" Mike shook his head. "You said you couldn't save Lily, and now this. What can you do? If you're not sincere, forget it."

As he got up to leave, several guards entered and barred his way.

Seeing this, Rhea smiled and walked toward him. "Do you think you can come and go as you please, Mike?"

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