In the biology lab office, Eric picked up a test tube filled with pink gas and carefully observed the slowly flowing gas inside.
The morning sunlight streamed in, coloring the laboratory with a faint golden hue.
The key to this biology lab was now in Eric's hands.
Playing a crucial role in obtaining the key was Akins, who stood in front of the lab, leaning against the lab table.
Bathed in the morning sun, Akins, in a emerald green dress, propped one hand on the lab table and gently stroked her neck with the other.
Tiny beads of sweat rolled on the large expanse of exposed skin.
Her long legs stretched forward, forming a highly distinctive S-shape.
Akins' alluring eyes looked at Eric, intentionally or unintentionally emitting her pheromones.
However, to her disappointment, Eric's attention remained focused on the test tube in front of him.
With Eric's knowledge of chemistry and biology, he could not determine how this substance, primarily composed of human secreted hormones, affected a person's mind.
"Akins."
After putting down the test tube, Eric looked at Akins.
"You said you gained this ability after being affected by a meteorite that fell from the sky?"
"Yes."
"This pink misty gas, once inhaled by a male, makes him obey your every command, but does it affect females?"
Eric asked her again.
"I haven't tried, so I don't know the answer."
Akins slowly walked towards Eric in her high heels, "Or are you suggesting I find someone to try it on?"
Akins, with a provocative glint in her eyes, grabbed Eric's collar with one hand and gently caressed his chest.
"You've marked my body, aren't you trying to make me exclusively yours? Or do you not mind intimacy between me and other women?"
Akins' movements became more unrestrained, and her tone grew more frivolous, "Do you know what I want to do now? Let your Heat Vision leave more marks on my body. The warm, numbing, tingling sensation fascinates me so much, it's just too crazy!"
Saying this, she gripped Eric's hand, breathing slightly, "I'm madly in love with this feeling, Eric. Now, where on my body do you want to burn me?"
Facing her aggressive words, Eric frowned slightly.
He reached out and pinched Akins' chin, "I think you've misunderstood our relationship and are unclear about your position."
His eyes instantly turned crimson, and a beam of Heat Vision shot out from them.
Akins, stunned and still not reacting, saw the middle part of the metal stand in the corner of the lab melt.
The unsupported metal stand crashed to the floor with a clatter.
"Or do you want me to leave such a mark on you?"
Still shaken, Akins glanced back, the melted metal making her eyelids twitch.
If he did that to her, she estimated her fate would be worse than the melted metal.
Akins, who had a renewed understanding of the destructive power of Eric's Heat Vision, immediately became obedient.
After dealing with Akins, Eric put down the test tube in his hand and fell into deep thought.
To study the effects of meteorites on the human body, relying solely on himself was indeed insufficient.
Should he enlist the help of others?
Outside the lab, Chloe and her group witnessed Akins walking out of the biology lab and exchanged glances.
"Wow, now Eric has become the public enemy of all the boys in school."
Chloe shrugged.
"He's been very close to Akins recently, so it seems you were wrong, Chloe."
Pete said to Chloe, "Eric isn't cold towards women; he just prefers mature women like her."
"Mature women?"
Chloe shook her head, disagreeing with Pete, "There's a girl in Georgia, Skylar Jones, maybe that's her name, I forget the exact details, but the name isn't too important. When she was five, she already had the characteristics of a mature woman."
"Although it's an isolated case, African American women generally start developing before the age of eight, and this proportion reaches 15% for white girls. So Pete, the maturity of high school girls far exceeds your imagination."
Chloe, in her capacity as a rigorous journalist, refuted Pete's statement with detailed arguments.
"Although what you said is very true, Chloe, what I meant by 'mature' was temperament, not physical development."
Pete retorted, not to be outdone, and pulled Clark into the debate, "What do you think, Clark?"
"Me?"
Clark shook his head blankly, "I'm not sure, but I think Akins isn't normal."
"That's exactly why we're investigating her. The information about Akins that I asked a friend to investigate will be sent over today. Let's go to the newspaper room first."
After leaving the school newspaper office, Clark was in great shock.
The information he saw about Akins completely overturned his impression of her.
"Eric?"
Thinking of Eric, who had been very close to Akins recently, a bad feeling arose in his heart, and he walked forward quickly.
"Eric, I saw Ms. Aikins's file."
At the end of the school day, Clark stopped Eric.
"So what do you want to tell me?"
Eric asked her with a calm expression.
"Ms. Aikins, she's very strange. She was very popular in her teenage years. But then, her first boyfriend murdered her stepfather, and she inherited all the estate. After she became a teacher, she married a wealthy CEO, but soon her CEO husband was murdered by a crazy high school student of hers. All of this seems very abnormal."
Clark told Eric about Akins's secret past.
"An old 'black widow' scenario."
Eric nodded, "She lured those poor guys to commit murder, right?"
"It seems so."
Clark said worriedly, "Although there's no evidence, she gained wealth and benefits from it, making it hard not to suspect her."
"So, Clark, you suspect I've become one of those unlucky guys she lured? That I might kill someone at any moment because of her inducement?"
Eric still asked her in a calm tone.
Clark nodded, "I think Ms. Aikins might be like Coach Watt, having awakened a special ability because of the meteorite, like being able to make people obey her every command. Eric, you might be controlled by her mind, so you don't know what you're doing. I can help you."
"Clark, no one can control me, not even a highly venomous black widow."
Shaking his head, Eric turned and left.
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