"If Obsidian wants to bury the evidence, they'll have to get through a room full of elite billionaires who just realized Fourteen is the ultimate prize."
Julian’s eyes flickered with realization.
He instantly saw the absolute genius of her deeper game.
"Not to mention..."
The curve of Serena's lips deepened. "Specimen Fourteen isn't on Project Zero-Transit's official auction ledger."
"Obsidian sneaked this catastrophic bioweapon into The Sanctum Vault entirely behind the ship’s back."
"They hijacked the ship's private transit spine, attempting to smuggle it into Whitecliffe Harbor."
"The second Fourteen rolls onto that center stage..."
"The ship’s authorities will know..."
"Obsidian has been playing them for fools from day one."
Project Zero-Transit had dominated the high seas for years.
And it did so by enforcing absolute, merciless order and a set of ironclad rules that no syndicate dared to cross.
Yet Obsidian bypassed the ship's administration entirely.
They illegally smuggled Fourteen into The Sanctum Vault.
And thanks to their kill-switch, they nearly let a feral superhuman run rampant through the hull!
This wasn't just a minor breach of contract.
It was treating everyone on this ship like disposable pawns!
Once this blew open...
The fragile alliance between Obsidian and Project Zero-Transit would violently shatter.
It might even...
Ignite an all-out war!
Serena didn't need to paint a massive target on her own back by hoarding Fourteen.
Nor did she need to exhaust herself fighting off Obsidian’s endless kill squads.
All she had to do was drop the asset in front of a hungry crowd.
The ruthless elite who boarded this ship for power and profit...
And the heavily armed enforcers of Project Zero-Transit who realized they'd been played...
Would eagerly guard Fourteen for her.
And they would tear Obsidian apart doing it!
It was a flawless checkmate.
As the sheer brilliance of the strategy settled in, Julian couldn't help it.
A low, rich chuckle escaped his chest.
"You really have thought of everything, Ms. Panacea."
"It appears my concerns were entirely unwarranted."
He murmured.
His gaze swept over the stasis pod, taking in the stabilized—yet clearly abnormal—biometrics still scrolling across the glass.
"However..."
"That commander wasn't lying when he said Fourteen was highly unstable."
"The remote kill-switch failed, but its augmented genome was already aggravated by the initial catalytic shock."



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