Phoenix

18.

Both Arya and Jin were shocked hearing the old scientist. What the hell the gentleman was saying?

What was the reason for the idea that they have come to kill him?

"Are you sure?" Blickman asked with a frown in between his brows.

"More than sure," said Donnen firmly, looking at Jin he asked excitedly, "What is your identity? Who sent you here ??"

"Nobody sent us, Doctor," Jin replied calmly, "We didn't even come to kill you."

"There's no point in lying," Donnen shook his head, "I know you are nothing but a contract killer for sure."

"Well, you know wrong then."

"Sir, don't you recognize me?" Anxiety was prominent in Arya's voice, "I am
Arya."

"Arya who?"

"Araya Akaishi...your student..." Suddenly she remembered that she was still in her disguise.
She was wearing a fake nose made of rubber prosthetics and a wig.
She hurried up and got rid of them and looked at Dr. Donnen expectantly, "Do you recognize me now?"

The scientist's eyes widened, "Oh my gosh...you are really Arya!"
Unbeknownst to him, he stepped forward. "It's been a long time!... but what are you doing here, My child?"

Seeing that the gentleman recognized him, Arya breathed a sigh of relief and Said,
"I came to you, sir... with something very important."

The frown in Blickman's eyes deepened, "you know her, Doctor?"

"Yes, she is my old student. I haven't seen her in a long time," Dr.
Donnen turned to Arya again and frowned, "I still do not know what happened to you. Why did you surrender the scholarship and return to the country? You had the brightest future ahead of you..."

"Yeah...umm...about that... that's a long story," Arya said hesitantly, "I'll tell you everything later. But now we need your help with another matter.
That's you...I mean...About that special code."

Donnen's face turned cloudy instantly. He looked at Jin with a suspicious loom, "who is he?"

"Kim Seokjin- My friend...my mentor and probably the only person I have with me till today you can say..."

"Nice to meet you, doctor," said Jin politely, "sorry, Mr. Blickman is treating us so nicely that I can't shake hands with you." He showed the handcuffs.

Donnen looked at the security chief, "take off their handcuffs."

Blickman's face lit up with surprise. "What happened to you? you are asking me them to get rid of the handcuffs of the assassins who came to kill you?"

"I was wrong. Arya was always been like a daughter to me. She won't ever try to kill me."

"I can't talk about that woman, but you don't know this Kim Seokjin, Dr.
Dangerous people like him are very rare in the world. I won't be surprised if he came to kill you. If not, at least he has come to sabotage for sure."

"What, Mr. Kim, have you come to sabotage?" Asked the old gentleman.

Jin was still calm, "If we want to do something like that, we could have done that when we went to the working area."

"You heard him?" Donnen looked at  Blickman. "Now let them go.
I am taking responsibility for the two."

The security chief growled but agreed. Receiving orders a guard came forward and released the two prisoners.

"Now tell me, what happened?" Donnen wanted to know.

Jin looked at Blickman from the corner of his eyes and lowered his voice a bit, "It's all about your code.  There has been A problem. We need you urgently."