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Chapter 8

作者: Bread On Edge
After Captain Hill hung up, he nearly collapsed. He steadied himself against the table and took several deep breaths.

"There are three other states involved, with 39 bottles found to have the same issue at the testing sites. There are four states involved across the country, with 38,000 students being the target today."

Everyone in the office gasped in surprise.

I stared at the bottle of water placed inside the blast-resistant chamber, its body looking as red as blood under the harsh light o
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    I didn't respond right away. I stared at the steel cylinder, running through the details in my mind. "It was the pattern on the seal around the bottle cap that gave him up. You see, a normal manufacturing defect runs in one direction, caused by a machine catching or jamming, but this bottle had a closed-loop pattern."That meant that someone had opened the bottle and resealed it. They did a very professional job—even the glue composition matched the original factory's. It was just that, once the bottle had been unscrewed, the seal's stress distribution could never fully recover."Captain Hill fell silent for a few seconds before saying, "You've stood guard here for seven years, all just to wait for this single bottle of water today."I didn't respond to him since I didn't really know how to.It was then that a soft beep suddenly came from inside the blast-resistant chamber, and the red indicator on the temperature sensor mounted on the steel cylinder began flashing.The forensic

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    Steven was pinned face-down on the floor by four SWAT officers. His neatly cut hair was disheveled, and his tear-filled eyes were now brimming with fury. "Get off me! You'd better not touch that bottle of water. Otherwise, you'll wipe out this whole county along with it!"In that instant, everyone in the office fell silent. Mr. Lester, who had just been tearfully pleading on his knees, now stood with his mouth wide open.Captain Hill's expression instantly shifted. He got up from his chair, walked over to Steven, and crouched next to him. "What do you mean by wiping out the county along with it?"Steven's breath caught, and he went silent. He knew he had let something slip, but that one sentence was all they needed.Captain Hill turned to look at me, all trace of doubt gone from his eyes. "Hold off on destroying it and switch to a blast-resistant chamber instead, Jason."I breathed a sigh of relief and took my hand off the start button, while Captain Hill's deputy sprinted rig

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