American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 452 Everyone has their own agenda
Bay area, small island, experimental zone.

The entire experimental area on this island is the property of Amacham Technologies and boasts top-tier security.

“Reid, what you brought is very effective. I think we can create life forms like never before!”

Harlan Wade, the chief scientist at Amacham Technologies, was staring with fervor at the young girl lying on the operating table through the glass window.

And next to Harlan Wade is our old friend Red, also known as Mr. R.

After being demoted from his position at the cabin, Mr. R decisively chose to defect, and also took advantage of his years of experience to bring out several valuable containment items from the cabin.

These contained items were the key to Mr. R's escape from the cabin's pursuit.

"Harlan, is Amarcham willing to shelter me now?"

Harlan Wade put his arm around Mr. R's shoulder; the two had actually known each other for a long time.

At that time, Harlan Wade was just an unsuccessful middle-aged scientist, and Mr. R was just an ordinary young fisherman.

The two met by chance near Crystal Lake. At that time, there were no strange things at the bottom of Crystal Lake, and Mr. R's wife had not yet turned into a blonde banshee.

Harlan Wade and Mr. R hit it off immediately, exchanged contact information, and kept in touch frequently.

Twenty years later, Harlan Wade became Amarcham's chief scientist, while Mr. R became the former senior director of the Wood House organization.

This makes one sigh at the whims of fate.

“Of course, Amacham will definitely provide you with protection! I know about that organization in the cabin; it's just a bunch of rich guys who think they can achieve immortality with a little money! Ha, what a ridiculous bunch! Reed, just stay in this experimental zone and stay as long as you want!”

Mr. R nodded calmly, as if he had expected Harlan to say that.

"In that case, if there's nothing else, I'll head back to my room."

"Go, Reed."

Once Mr. R was gone, Harlan's smile vanished instantly, replaced by a gloomy expression.

"This kid insists that I leak the information to the cabin before he'll hand over the good stuff; otherwise, the experiment would have succeeded long ago!"

The bespectacled assistant glanced indifferently at Mr. R's retreating figure.

"Doctor, should we teach him a lesson?"

"No! This guy still has a lot of good stuff up his sleeve, it's not the right time yet. This guy isn't that simple! Do you think the Cabin Organization defected so easily? We can slowly squeeze every last drop of value out of him."

The assistant nodded, then seemed to remember something.

"Doctor, those two guys on the dark web want to see you."

"Oh, then bring them to the reception room."

After saying that, Harlan took one last look at the naked girl inside the glass window, his eyes filled with fanatical emotion.

"The artificial god is almost complete!"

After saying this, Harlan rubbed his face, tidied his appearance, and transformed into a kind and amiable old man.

Inside the drawing room, Claire appeared somewhat uneasy. She had always lived under her father's protection and rarely witnessed the true deceit and treachery of society.

Henry, on the other hand, was dressed in a custom-made suit, his clothes and hair meticulously styled, exuding the air of a social elite.

"Claire, stay calm! The more panicked we are now, the easier it will be for that guy to manipulate us!"

"But dad..."

Before she could finish speaking, the door to the reception room opened, and Harlan Wade walked in with a smile. Claire quickly shut up.

"Henry, I heard you were looking for me. Is there something you need?"

Henry smiled too.

“Harlan, my daughter and I just want to say goodbye. We’ve been here for almost a month, and it’s really time to leave. I wonder if the ship to take us away from America is ready?”

After the escape room incident, Henry and Claire had been on the run from the FEA, eventually finding their way to Harlan Wade, a former dark web customer.

Harlan Wade is the chief scientist at Amacham Corporation, and he wields considerable power.

Meanwhile, the Montenegrin military company under the Amacham Corporation provides escort services to many shipping companies on the West Coast, and could easily slip Henry and Claire in and take them abroad.

Once they leave America's homeland, the FEA is powerless.

At that time, Henry and Claire would be able to use the money they brought with them to start over abroad.

But Henry didn't expect that Harlan Wade, who seemed like a nice guy on the surface, was actually a treacherous and cunning fellow.

This guy deceived Henry, imprisoned him and his daughter, and kept squeezing money out of them.

"Why didn't you stay a few more days? Were you unhappy with your stay?"

Harlan still had that same kind smile on his face, which made Claire want to punch him in the face.

Henry's expression remained unchanged, still calm.

"Harlan, I'm really sorry to stay any longer, and we've already paid quite a bit in room fees these past few days, so shouldn't we call it a night?"

Harlan's smile faded, and he squinted at Henry.

"Do you really have to leave?"

"We have to go!"

"That's truly a pity! Since you don't like the current way of hospitality, I'll have to find a different approach!"

Henry understood Harlan's meaning: if house arrest didn't work, he was going to resort to force.

"Harlan Wade! I've given you billions of dollars these past few months, isn't that enough?"

"Not enough, of course not enough! This amount of money is just a drop in the ocean for my great experiment! Henry, I know you have hundreds of billions of dollars, give me the money! That way, you and your daughter might suffer less!"

Harlan clapped his hands, and immediately more than a dozen Black Mountain mercenaries rushed into the reception room, pointing guns at Henry and Claire.

Claire had never seen anything like this before and hid behind her father, Henry, in fear.

Henry looked calmly at Harlan, then suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahaha……"

Harlan looked at Henry with surprise.

"what are you laughing at?"

"I was just wondering if Genevieve Aristide knew about all those little things you did behind her back?"

"Of course she doesn't know, and she never will!"

Harlan looked very confident.

"Oh, really? But I think she'll find out soon enough."

Upon hearing this, Harlan immediately realized what was going on.

"You want to leak the information to her?"

Henry nodded.

“My daughter is a skilled hacker. She broke through the firewall here and downloaded some things to give to Mr. R. Now Mr. R has set up a timed email in the room. If you don’t let the three of us go, that email will be sent to the private email address of Genevif Aristide, the chairman of Amacham, in 48 hours.”

Harlan's pupils contracted. Although his expression remained unchanged, his heart was far from calm. "You guys actually joined forces!"

Henry smiled.

"We're all in the same boat, so naturally we'll stick together! Harlan Wade, you can't be unaware of Genevieve Aristide's methods, can you?"

Harlan certainly knew how ruthless Genevieve Aristide was, as evidenced by Bartholomew's suicide in prison.

If Genevieve Aristide knew about all the underhanded things she had done behind his back, his death would certainly not be any easier than Bartholomew's.

Thinking of this, Harlan's face darkened completely.

"What do you want?"

“Harlan Wade, once you get the three of us out of America, this matter will be over, and we'll withdraw that scheduled email. You've already made quite a bit of money off the three of us these past few days, isn't that enough?”

Harlan's face turned pale and then red. He must have been very unhappy, but since the other party had leverage over him, he could only endure it.

"How do I know you won't continue sending emails to Genevieve Aristide after you leave America?"

"Harlan, you'd better trust us, because you have no other choice! Think about your experiment; it should be almost finished, right? Can you bear to let it fail?"

Henry's words made Harlan take a deep breath; for him, the experiment was of paramount importance.

Because the recent experiments haven't been going well, and Genevieve Aristide is considering canceling them, Harlan is trying every means to raise money and other resources to complete the experiments as soon as possible.

"Henry, you've won! Tonight I'll send you all out of America. I hope you'll keep your promise, or I won't let you off the hook!"

Henry finally showed a genuine smile.

“Harlan, my daughter and I just want to leave America and live a peaceful life. Reed wants to make a comeback. Nobody wants to cause any more trouble. You can rest assured.”

"Hmph! That's for the best!"

Harlan Wade stormed off, his expression suggesting he hated Henry, Claire, and Mr. R.

But in reality, these three people suffered a great loss at Harlan Wade's hands.

Mr. R lost a significant amount of the containment items he brought from the cabin, while Henry lost a large sum of money.

But now, the three of them can finally breathe a sigh of relief. As long as they can leave by boat tonight, they will be free.

But is it really that simple?

Harlan returned to his office, his anger growing with each passing thought, yet he had nowhere to vent it.

At this point, Harlan's trusted aide made a suggestion.

"Doctor, do you remember the person who came to see you before?"

"You mean that mysterious nun?"

The assistant nodded.

"She seems to want to target Genevieve Aristide. If she can bring Genevieve Aristide down, Henry and Reid's threats will naturally have no effect."

Harlan's expression changed, and he began to seriously consider his assistant's suggestion.

"But what if Genevieve Aristide is ousted, and the newly appointed chairman doesn't support my experiments?"

"That wouldn't be any worse than the current situation, would it?"

Harlan closed his eyes and began to carefully weigh the pros and cons.

Indeed, Genevieve Aristide's support for Harlan has been waning recently, mainly due to the emergence of several new projects at the FEA (alien UFOs) and Paxton Felty's loss of control.

Paxton Fairtay's loss of control dealt a significant blow to Amacham, prompting the FEA and the military to distance themselves from Amacham and support other technology companies.

This is fatal for Amarcham, so Genevieve Aristide has been actively lobbying Congress to change the situation.

However, Elise is also dealing with Amacham. She plans to purge the Amacham faction within the FEA. She had previously approached Harlan, hoping he would provide some evidence related to Genevieve Aristide so that Genevieve Aristide could be imprisoned.

If Genevieve Aristide goes to jail and a new chairman is appointed, Amarcham will indeed experience a period of chaos, but Harlan, as the chief scientist, will at least maintain a stable position in the short term.

Harlan's current problem is time; the experiment is nearing completion, and all he needs to do is finish it...

Harlan opened his eyes, a fanatical expression on his face.

"Let's do it! I'm determined to complete this experiment, and nobody can stop me!"

After saying that, Harlan left the office and prepared to return to his room to contact Elise.

The guy didn't notice the cold smile on his assistant's face.

"I didn't expect to incite him so easily."

The assistant turned and left the office, going to his own room.

Upon entering the room, the assistant knelt down in a corner.

“Master, I have successfully incited Harlan Wade, and he should be too busy to deal with us now.”

A seductive voice came from the corner.

“Ferté, you’ve done a great job! Now, take me to see that so-called artificial god.”

"Yes, my master."

That's right, this assistant is now under Feltäti's control.

Feltay possesses incredibly powerful mental abilities, even capable of remotely controlling other people's bodies.

After his previous plan was exposed, Adela chose to lie low in the Bay Area, using his connection with Paxton Fairtay to try and come up with a new plan.

The succubus's current target is the very experimental subject that Harlan has been longing for.

Felté controlled his assistant's body and led the invisible Adela into the laboratory.

With the help of the assistant's privileges, they successfully entered the observation room.

Adela stood beside the girl on the operating table, her eyes turning strange.

"This is what they call an artificial god? It doesn't look that impressive!"

"Human technology is naturally no match for the power of the master."

"Tsk tsk tsk! I remember this girl is your mother, she really looks young."

"Yes, her appearance was set a long time ago and has never changed. Even after my brother and I were left, she still looks the same."

Adela nodded.

"Interesting! Let me help her then!"

Adela placed her finger on the girl's forehead and infused it with some divine power she had received from her mother, Asmodeus.

Immediately, some pink energy seeped into the girl's body, forming numerous pink patterns on her skin, resembling some kind of magic circle.

Ultimately, these lines converged on the girl's lower abdomen.

The next second, the girl suddenly opened her eyes, and then an alarm sounded in the laboratory.

(Adapted from Project FEAR)
(End of this chapter)