I had a pretty good handle on what happened next.


    Colin''s genius streak suddenly kicked in, and in his teens, he was enrolled in the Genius ss,


    making a name for himself in a blink.


    And the Langleys, they were all too eager to scoop him back into the fold.


    Oh, the irony. Just how low can human nature stoop?


    "And what about Carter?" Finn asked anxiously, his voiceced with tension.


    Was Carter also a product of gic editing?


    "Do you know why the wealthy are so obsessed with gic editing? They want their kids to be the


    next Einstein, the next Rockefeller," Colin said, his voice deep and steady as he locked eyes with


    Finn. "But there''s something miraculous about how God created humans. Every so often, a natural-


    born genius appears, someone who pushes the world forward... The only hand that should be


    editing human genes is God''s. But there are always those who are mad enough to think they can


    y God''s role, or even believe they can create God."


    Colin''s message was crystal clear - Carter was a natural-born genius. A one-in-a-billion prodigy.


    And Colin? He was engineered.


    Born with the best genes and further enhanced and modified.


    Born at the summit of human potential.


    "You see... genes can be passed down and inherited. That''s the beauty and the terror of human


    gics," Colin said, looking over at the scientists. "Tell me, if thew allowed it, wouldn''t you wantTêxt belongs to N?velDrama.Org.


    your child to be born at the peak of their potential?"


    It was a mad idea, but it revealed so much about human nature.


    "Wouldn''t you want your child to be born a genius, naturally resistant to all sorts of diseases?"


    The scientists fell silent.


    "But it''s uncontroble. With such advantagese the risks of gic mutations. I wouldn''t dare


    let my child take that gamble," one of the scientists shook his head.


    Colin nodded. "Exactly... That''s why we need to get to the bottom of this."


    It was tough, sure, but it had to be done. To tear apart and burn the that was cast from the


    shadows.


    "I''ve been investigating this for six years now. I''ve never been able to truly get to their core. I


    underestimated human nature, the power of influence."


    And the intelligence of those behind the scenes. Colin could be sure of one thing: the mastermind


    was no ordinary person. He must be a genius, smarter even than he was.


    "Who do you suspect?" Finn''s eyes were wide with urgency as he looked at Colin.


    "Damian." Colin gripped my hand, his gaze resolute.


    It was as if he was telling me that together, we''d uncover it all; that he''d stand by me; that he''d


    always protect me.


    "But Damian might not be the real puppeteer. My visit to the psychiatric hospital wasn''t just to find


    Damian''s weakness, but also to test him. The man''s got ambition and some smarts, but he''s not


    smart enough."


    Damian was clever, sure, but not clever enough to be the one weaving this vast web.


    Finn nodded. "Then let''s start with him."


    "As for the serial killings, none of the victims were innocent," Colin continued, his gaze fixed on


    Finn. "The killer has drawn so much attention because his ultimate goal must be to expose the


    whole gic editing saga. He''s making us wait and watch; he''s provoking whoever''s behind the


    net." Colin''s voice was hoarse and low.


    My breath caught, and in a way, the person behind the serial killings seemed more like an


    adversary, an enemy of the enemy hidden behind the web.


    And the enemy of my enemy is a friend, right? So was Colin not going all out to find the serial killer


    but instead hoping to benefit from their showdown, waiting for them to destroy each other?