Silly Bride

Chapter 354

A female doll with the word, Marsh, written on its face.Winnie was instantaneously reminded of Lisanne.Noticing the changes in her facial expression, David immediately asked, “Who is Marsh? Do you know this person?”“Yes.” Winnie furrowed her brows. “She’s my good friend, and her name is Lisanne Marsh. Harold must’ve chosen her because he realized the other people around me couldn’t be easily targeted. Still, Lisanne is innocent. She doesn’t know anything and has never interacted with Harold.”“Where is she right now?” David grew anxious as well. “Hurry up and give her a call to confirm her current location and status!”Winnie grunted in response before hurriedly taking out her phone and dialing Lisanne’s number.However, the line kept ringing, but no one picked up the call.After attempting twice, she suddenly recalled that Lisanne might’ve been taken away by James and Greta.At that time, Lisanne had informed Winnie that she might be uncontactable for the upcoming two days, and it would be normal for her to be temporarily unreachable.Winnie had also responded by saying that she could understand Lisanne’s circumstances.Still, after seeing that doll, Winnie did not think so anymore.“This is not working.” She kept her phone in slight frustration. “Lisanne isn’t answering my calls, and I don’t know where she is. But I do know someone who is informed of her whereabouts.” Staring at David, she said, “However, I may require your assistance, Captain Gibson.”“Tell me.” David was willing to provide her with any help to ensure a citizen’s safety.Then, Winnie recounted the incident of her seeing Lisanne, James, and Greta conversing at the science academy’s entrance the other day.Nonetheless, she didn’t divulge too much information. “I’m not sure about the specifics. I can only guess that Officer Clark may have taken Lisanne away to seek her help. If that’s the case, we’ll need to trouble you to talk to him.”James was in the Special Task Force, which was a different department from David’s Criminal Investigation Force.Hence, David wasn’t sure about James’ and Greta’s operation. Nevertheless, since that matter now involved Lisanne’s safety, David had to visit the Special Task Force no matter what that day.“Okay. Leave that matter to me. In the meantime, you can try contacting your friend’s family members to see if you can find out any information.”With that, he turned to give orders to his subordinates before dialing Special Task Force’s office number.As he was one of the staff members,

his call could be directly connected to James’ line.He gave James an account of the important events of that day’s case and proceeded to inquire about Lisanne’s whereabouts.Unfortunately, David didn’t receive a conclusive answer from James because their conversation over the phone didn’t last long.Taking in that scene, Winnie knitted her brows.She instinctively met Xavier’s eyes. He grasped her hand and comforted her with a low voice, “Don’t worry. Perhaps the situation is not as terrible as we imagine.”She frowned in silence and merely responded by grabbing his hand tightly.At the same time, David strode in their direction.Wearing a solemn expression, he said to Winnie, “Officer Clark refused to talk to me in detail regarding this matter over the phone.”Winnie’s heart sank after she heard that.However, David swiftly added, “He wants me to go to his place because some things aren’t suitable to be discussed via a call. You two should tag along with me.”Winnie heaved a sigh of relief. In this case, Officer Clark must be aware of Lisanne’s whereabouts.Soon, they arrived at the Special Task Force’s office. James waited for them at the entrance to welcome them personally.As Xavier went to park the car, he was slower to reach compared to Winnie and David.Noticing Xavier’s absence, James couldn’t help but gaze behind the newcomers before asking Winnie, “Where’s Mr. Fairchild? Why isn’t he here with you two?”Winnie was baffled.Apparently, James hadn’t demanded their presence solely to reveal Lisanne’s whereabouts to them. It seemed like he had another objective.She couldn’t help but knit her brows. “Why else are you looking for him? He’s parking the car and will be here soon.”James replied grimly, “There is something I need to discuss with you two. It’s fine as long as he’s here.”Right after he spoke, Xavier entered their vision as he walked toward them with large strides.Now that everyone was there, James led the party into his office.“Take a seat. I only have these few chairs here, so make yourself comfortable.” After directing everyone to settle down, James cut to the chase.“Firstly, I want to update you about the whereabouts of Ms. Marsh from the science academy. Indeed, we, the Special Task Force, have temporarily transferred Ms. Marsh and her other colleague here because they are very experienced in handling radioactive elements and gas. I believe you all are familiar with my colleague Margareta. She’s very excellent and skilled in tracking and surveillance. Therefore, this time, the organization has assigned her a mission.”He paused briefly before continuing, “We received definite news about an overseas terrorist group kidnapping a scientist from Rodunst a few months ago.

This scientist recently attained a significant achievement in his research on radioactive gases. He successfully extracted a form of radioactive gas from the element Actinium, and the gas was named Alpha radioactive gas. This newly-extracted gas is simultaneously beneficial and detrimental. It is useful in the treatment of cancer when used safely and correctly. However, when the gas is misused, it will cause great harm to humans and the environment that humanity depends heavily on for survival. Now, that scientist and the Alpha radioactive gas he created have been forcefully taken away by these terrorists. The police force at Rodunst had immediately taken action after that incident happened. They have been trying to arrest the terrorists, rescue the scientist, and retrieve the Alpha radioactive gas.”James took a break before adding, “However, the terrorists are threatening the police with the scientist and Alpha radioactive gas. Hence Rodunst’s police force didn’t dare to act impulsively. As a result, these desperados gradually retreated and have since entered our country’s border. While hunting them down, these terrorists have also suffered great casualties. Since they aren’t capable of clashing head-on with the police, they decide to take the risk and sneak into Avenport. Regrettably, aside from knowing the scientist’s appearance, we failed to acquire any photos of the terrorists. We finally tracked them down with much difficulty recently, but their movements are erratic. They have probably entered the city’s mountainous area and are attempting to barge into the neighboring state’s mountainous area to abscond.”He paused for a few moments before saying, “We were surprised about the fact that they chose Avenport, but we figured out afterward that they probably wanted to pack the Alpha radioactive gas in separate containers and take them away. Or perhaps, they have more than just one buyer in the first place. Coincidentally, there are a few chemical plants at the juncture of Avenport and its neighboring state, and one of them is abandoned. We suspect that they will be packing the Alpha radioactive gas in one of those chemical plants. The plants belong to Fairchild Corporation and Garland Group, which was why we asked you to come here today to help us.”Property © NôvelDrama.Org.