Messing With Her? Are You Crazy! novel Chapter 1582

Director Kaelen's face flushed and paled in rapid succession.

He genuinely wanted the floor to swallow him whole.

Whitecliffe Harbor was the final auction destination for Project Zero-Transit. If The Sterling Sovereign walked out now, they wouldn't just lose their wealthiest client.

It meant the entire Merchant's Quarter would drastically reevaluate the worth and safety of this batch of living assets.

Especially since The Sterling Sovereign had just witnessed Specimen Seven's breakdown firsthand...

The man wasn't just a buyer; he was Project Zero-Transit's primary source of global funding.

The moment he decided the organization had lost control of their assets, the upcoming auction would collapse entirely.

Their reputation in The Merchant's Quarter would be decimated.

Kaelen could never bear the responsibility of that failure.

His expression entirely aloof, Nicholas stepped around the director, moving toward the exit.

Outwardly, he appeared to be acting solely in his own financial interest.

In reality, every word he spoke was systematically pushing Kaelen into a corner.

If the director refused to grant The Panacea clearance, it proved the organization was incompetent.

But if he gave her the clearance...

Director Kaelen gritted his teeth so hard he nearly cracked his molars.

"Capacity at seventy-one percent!"

The technician's knees practically gave out. "Director, it's getting worse! The chip's response frequency is still spiking! If this keeps up, it's highly likely... it's going to..."

He didn't need to finish the sentence; the director knew exactly what was coming.

Raking a trembling hand through his hair, Kaelen looked wildly between Serena and Nicholas.

Neither showed a flicker of emotion, their expressionless stares boring straight through him.

After bypassing layer after layer of security firewalls.

The primary display in front of Serena finally unlocked, revealing the full command reading interface.

[Temporary Core-Data Clearance granted.]

[Full access to Specimen Seven's chip command logs unlocked.]

[Real-time anomaly monitoring of the preview system online.]

[Clearance Duration: 15 minutes.]

By then, Kaelen had marshaled a squad of elite technicians specifically assigned to Specimen Seven. They dragged their own monitoring equipment to the main console, lining up in a defensive wall behind her, their eyes glued to her screen as if terrified she was going to plant a virus right under their noses.

Serena glanced at the timer, then at the nervous technicians, scoffing softly but saying nothing else.

Raising her hands over the advanced terminal, she drawled, "Watch all you want. But a quick heads-up: from this moment on, you take orders strictly from me. Otherwise... whatever goes wrong is entirely on you."