Her smile was pure, unapologetic chaos. "We'll do some free marketing for them. Let’s formally introduce everyone on Project Zero-Transit to Obsidian’s most precious achievement."
Julian watched her laugh, the amusement in his own eyes softening into quiet admiration.
But down on the floor, the Obsidian commander's pupils violently contracted.
"Obsidian?"
The pinned commander was hyperventilating now.
He had been so stunned by The Panacea’s hijacking of the kill-switch that he hadn't noticed until now.
But it suddenly clicked.
A horrifying realization washed over him.
She had been saying the name 'Obsidian' with absolute certainty this entire time.
It wasn’t a guess.
It wasn’t a casual suspicion.
She already knew!
She knew exactly who they worked for!
And she knew Specimen Fourteen was tied directly to the organization!
The blood drained entirely from his face.
He snapped his head toward Serena.
Then back to Julian standing effortlessly beside her.
One was the elusive Panacea, a black-market ghost who had never revealed her true face but miraculously appeared on this ship.
The other was Joker, the world's premier arms dealer, who conveniently boarded Project Zero-Transit right when everything hit the fan.
These two...
They hadn't just stumbled across Specimen Fourteen by accident!
Their goal from the absolute beginning...
Was to completely destroy Obsidian!
The commander choked on his own breath.
The fractured puzzle pieces rapidly locked together in his mind.
He desperately threw up his uninjured hand.
He pointed a shaking finger at the pair of them. "You two..."
That was as far as he got.
Julian simply lifted his leg.
He delivered a swift, brutal kick directly to the commander's temple.
Thud!
The commander's body slumped violently to the side.
He hit the floor hard.
His eyes rolled back into his head.
He was out cold.

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