The Reunion After Seven Years novel Chapter 170

The sense of unease rose again, this time more strongly. Passing quickly through the first floor, Kerr directly went up the stairs to the platform on the second floor. His heart pounded as his fear almost unmanned him when he immediately recognized Nicole, who seemed unconscious and was tied up against a concrete pillar.

"Nicole?" he called on her as he quickened his pace towards her direction. Kerr felt his throat tightened when she did not respond, and her eyes remained close.

Kim intuitively stood beside them in a protective stance while he swiftly observed their surroundings vigilantly and not even daring to relax a little.

He knew that the storm was yet to come, thinking further that an ambush was usually imminent in this kind of scenario. But strangely, it was so tranquil around that it somehow confused him.

"Master Kerr, there seems to be something wrong. We need to get out of here as soon as possible,"

Kim warned him apprehensively. The weird stillness of the place was getting on his nerves.

But Kerr remained mute. Not hearing him respond, Kim swiftly turned around and noticed that Kerr had been staring at the place behind Nicole, motionless as if transfixed.

Sensing something amiss with Kerr, he purposely eased his way near him. Glancing at the direction of Kerr's gaze, he couldn't help but roll his eyes in shock.

"Master, you can leave now. I will take Miss Ning out of here safely,"

Kim urged Kerr while cautiously looking at the time bomb in front of him, assessing it mentally. But apparently, Kerr didn't want to leave yet.

He merely turned a deaf ear to Kim. Crouching down, he calmly stared at the countdown on the time bomb without a trace of anxiety in his eyes. He figured out that Nicole and the explosive were connected. And once they cut the rope on her, the bomb would explode.

"Master!"

There was not much time left before the hour hand. Kim looked worried as he fought hard the panic fueling him. He couldn't let Kerr have an accident, but he also knew that if Nicole hadn't been safe, Kerr wouldn't have left the vicinity.

"Shut up! Get out of here with all our people!"

Kerr ordered him rather decisively. He knew that Kim had arranged a lot of people around to protect him, but he wouldn't let these people be buried with him.

Although he felt confident in unraveling and disengaging the bomb, he still needed to devise an "if" plan.

"Master, my duty is to protect you. I won't leave if you don't,"

Kim insisted. Kerr had carefully nurtured him and trained him to be such a great assistant. So he couldn't just leave Kerr at this critical moment.

There were only ten minutes left blinking on the screen, and Kerr couldn't afford to waste another minute on Kim. Instead, he focused his thoughts on removing the bomb. But this seemed not as easy as he initially thought, so he continued scanning the device above intently. Kerr could discern that a slight movement would trigger its explosion.

And it was clear to him that his enemy had accurately estimated the time and waited for him to come.

Soon, Nicole regained her consciousness. She frowned as she felt her body sore. Slowly, she opened her eyes, but her frown deepened while looking at a strange place. With her eyes in utter disbelief, Nicole attempted to move her arm only to realize that she was tied.

"Don't move!"

Kerr immediately stopped her as soon as he felt her move. He was afraid that his deduction would turn out to be true that the level of the system of this bomb was the same as he figured out. And that it was very likely to explode once there was a movement, even a bit of it.

Hearing Kerr's voice, Nicole was startled. She weakly turned her head in confusion and saw sweat formed on his forehead. Kerr frowned and nervously held her gaze.