CHAPTER 135
Van was immediately sent into a coughing fit at the question he had just overheard Elysa pose to Bryce.
She had asked it so casually, as if they were discussing a minor technical inconvenience rather than a weapon of mass destruction.
'A nuclear bomb? What the hell are they planning to do with something that lethal?'
"...."
A heavy, brief silence ensued on the other end of the feed, as if Bryce were carefully weighing his next words.
The delay only served to spike Van's anxiety regarding the man's true intentions.
Finally, Bryce's deep voice crackled through the audio.
"Why do you suddenly care? It isn't as if you are performing this service out of the goodness of your heart; you are being compensated with a massive sum of credits for your expertise. You have never interrogated me before as long as your payment was processed, so why start now?"
Elysa paused for a moment, appearing to consider her response.
