Chapter 147: Could It Be That Shen Yu Is Also an Undercover Agent?!

Blowing it up wasn’t as easy as saying it. First, they needed explosives—without them, there was no mission to execute.

Then there was the risk factor. How would they get a bomb, hide it, and ensure that a single blast was enough?

Eugene’s ambition flared. If they were going to bomb something, what was the point of just one lab? They should blow everything up!

Destroy the lab, overthrow the Imperial Alphas, and take down Garna—the walking secondhand smoke emitter!

Shen Yu and Zhai Yifei had no objections. They, too, leaned toward wiping out the entire laboratory.

“Given the previous fire incident, the lab is heavily guarded. Any unusual activity will immediately draw attention.”

“Expanding the target range and catching them off guard… that might work.”

As for the bomb…

Eugene frowned. “How about I handle it? My cover’s already blown anyway. I’m an undercover agent—whatever I do wouldn’t be surprising.”

“…” Zhai Yifei pinched the bridge of his nose. “Sure, but don’t you think bringing a bomb in from outside would be a little too suspicious?”

Zhai Yifei shot him a cold glare. “Just shut up.”

He didn’t like talking to dumb Alphas.

Hey! What kind of attitude is that?! Eugene wanted to argue, but recalling his recent blunders, he swallowed his words. He sulked as he watched the other two continue their discussion.

“Bringing in a bomb from outside is too risky.”

Zhai Yifei nodded. “More importantly, we don’t have that opportunity.”

Shen Yu’s voice remained calm. “Then we create one.”

“You’re going out?”

“No.” Shen Yu denied it immediately. Now wasn’t the right time. If he made any unusual moves, the trust Lance had placed in him would be revoked.

Shen Yu wasn’t about to do something reckless—not when it would waste all of Laili’s efforts.

“We can make the bomb inside the lab.”

Zhai Yifei lost his composure. There was no way anyone could stay calm after hearing that!

“Inside the lab? That’s extremely dangerous! The person in charge, Wen Qiushui, may be an Omega, but she’s far from simple. If she finds out—”

“She won’t expose me.”

Zhai Yifei’s words caught in his throat. His sharp instincts picked up on the hidden implication, and he looked up at Shen Yu.

Just as he was about to say something—

“Why wouldn’t she expose you? You didn’t do something… improper to her, did you?”

Eugene, who had been stewing in silence, suddenly cut in. His brows furrowed as he scrutinized Shen Yu with clear suspicion. “Shen Yu, you wouldn’t have betrayed Ji Laili, would you?”

“He just left not long ago!”

How could Shen Yu do something like this so soon?! That would be inhuman!

Wait… no, something didn’t add up.

Eugene recalled how Shen Yu had always treated Ji Laili. His thoughts shifted. Shen Yu wouldn’t cheat.

Then his involvement with Wen Qiushui must be just a strategy.

There was no way he and Wen Qiushui, an Omega, had any kind of… inappropriate relationship.

Eugene forced himself to regain some composure.

And yet, despite knowing it was a ploy, he still felt unbearably uncomfortable. Even worse than when he heard that Lei Po had—oh, wait—gone missing.

It felt like a knife had stabbed him in the gut.

Shen Yu, who had no way of understanding Eugene’s thought process: “…”

Zhai Yifei, who barely understood it: “…”

“I have nothing to do with Wen Qiushui.” Shen Yu resisted the urge to punch Eugene, his eyes frosty. “Don’t associate me with her.”

Hearing him say that, Eugene, their self-proclaimed biggest supporter, finally relaxed. But he still found it odd—Shen Yu’s dislike for Wen Qiushui seemed… unusually strong.

“Why do you hate her so much?”

“Am I supposed to like her?”

Shen Yu’s eyes were ice-cold, his tone just as frigid.

His aloof and untouchable demeanor was so reminiscent of his past self that Eugene had a momentary illusion.

As someone who had once been Shen Yu’s biggest anti-fan and was now both a supporter and an avid shipper, Eugene immediately recognized the genuine dislike in Shen Yu’s eyes.

His first reaction was pure relief—Ji Laili’s home was definitely not about to be stolen.

His second reaction was suspicion. Shen Yu was clearly hiding something. And after his own experience, Eugene worried that keeping secrets could lead to major consequences.

Just as he was about to interrogate him—

Someone grabbed his shoulder and dragged him back. Eugene frowned, annoyed, and turned to Zhai Yifei. “What are you doing? I was talking.”

Zhai Yifei remained calm, his voice lowering slightly. “Shen Yu has better judgment than you.”

“If this is his secret, we just have to pretend we don’t know.”

Never prying into another’s secrets was part of Zhai Yifei’s principles.

Because you never knew—beneath that secret might be an unhealed wound. And if it had to be uncovered, it should be by the person who bore it.

Eugene opened his mouth, wanting to protest—how could Zhai Yifei say Shen Yu had better judgment than him?

…Okay, fine, that was true.

Looking at Shen Yu’s cold expression, Eugene scoffed lightly and turned his head. “Let’s get back to discussing the bomb.”

The matter of Wen Qiushui not exposing him was brushed aside. Shen Yu hesitated for a moment but then acted as if it was nothing.

He didn’t want to bring up the fact that he had been injected with the Omega conversion agent.

Analyzing why Wen Qiushui wouldn’t betray him would inevitably touch on that topic.

Shen Yu wasn’t sure if it was because he didn’t trust them, or because… he didn’t want to see the look in their eyes.

Whether it was pity, shock, or anger—he didn’t want any of it. Right now, he couldn’t afford the complications that would come with his teammates finding out he might turn into an Omega.

Respecting his choice, Zhai Yifei and Eugene dropped the subject and focused on the bomb-making plan inside the lab.

“By the way, do you even know how to make one?”

Eugene suddenly realized something, his face twisting in shock. “That’s not exactly a skill they teach in military school!”

Then, remembering the times he had been outplayed, Eugene’s expression grew serious. His instincts sharpened, his body tensed in suspicion.

What if…

What if Shen Yu was actually an undercover agent for the Empire, planted within the Federation?

“What are you thinking?”

Shen Yu’s icy gaze locked onto Eugene’s ever-shifting expressions and the obvious wariness in his eyes.

He clenched his fist, forcing himself not to hit his idiot teammate.

“…Nothing.” Of course, Eugene couldn’t just say such a critical thought outright—he had to observe first.

So he grabbed Zhai Yifei, who clearly didn’t want to get involved, and took a big step back.

Zhai Yifei: ?

“Shen Yu, you know how to make bombs? I remember that the Federal Military Academy doesn’t teach that.”

Besides, in this day and age, who even uses bombs anymore? High-energy thermal weapons were far more powerful—though they took too long to charge and were too conspicuous.

Thinking about it that way… Shen Yu was really suspicious.

Could it be that Shen Yu was also an undercover agent?!

Eugene was so shocked that he grabbed Zhai Yifei and dragged him backward.

Shen Yu: “…”

Shen Yu closed his eyes for a moment. When he reopened them, the killing intent in his dark gaze was unmistakable.

“Any last words? Say them all at once.”