332 Black Torrent

"Hah, you think someone like you can fight me? What a joke!" Jack Thompson spat hatefully at Alicia Linder's corpse, his face brimming with disdain. However, at that moment, it was as if a thought struck him, and his entire body froze as though under an immobilization spell. He muttered to himself, "Follow your heart... your heart... could it be..."

As the thought formed, Jack Thompson's gaze slowly shifted back to Alicia Linder's corpse. He hesitated for a moment, a conflicted expression flitting across his face. But soon, his desire to survive crushed all hesitation. Gritting his teeth against the pain coursing through his body, he struggled to stand, wobbling precariously on the perilous bed of needles. Then, he reached out with trembling hands and turned Alicia Linder's body over.