Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 1410

The moment the host finished his sentence, a man dressed in sharp black attire strode directly into the auditorium.

Under the burning gaze of thousands, he marched straight to Juniper and handed her a crisp document.

The camera zoomed in, projecting the bold header onto the massive screen: the Authorization Letter.

"Did she actually get the letter from Dr. Nocturne?"

"Impossible. She hung up the phone less than ten minutes ago. To get a physical letter here that fast, Nocturne would have to possess teleportation!"

"The raw data was stolen, I bet this document is a complete forgery."

"Wait, look—it's blank. There's no signature."

"Huh?"

As the audience erupted into a chaotic frenzy of whispers, the host voiced the question on everyone's mind.

"Miss Payne, you have the Authorization Letter?"

"Yeah."

Juniper nodded, took the document, and walked calmly toward the stage.

The crowd: "?"

What was going on?

Handing over a blank piece of paper without the doctor's authentic signature was entirely pointless.

"?"

The judges stared at her in utter bewilderment, none more so than Professor Peter.

He pushed his reading glasses up the bridge of his nose, a flicker of deep confusion crossing his eyes.

Was he hallucinating?

Or did all young women in Orient Country simply look the same to foreigners?

Because he could swear this 'Juniper Payne' looked disturbingly identical to his absolute nightmare of a friend.

"Do you have a pen?" Juniper paused at the edge of the stage, her voice calm.

"Ah? Yes!"

A staff member hurriedly handed one over. Juniper took it, leaned over the podium, and right on the line marked 'Signature', she aggressively scrawled one word:

'Nocturne'.

The host leaned in to look, his brain practically flatlining.

No way.

Was she genuinely turning this into performance art?

The cameraman was zoomed tightly on her hand. Every single person in the room watched in HD as she casually forged the name 'Nocturne'.

The underlying message was deafening.

Whatever she did, whatever chaos she caused, he was going to back her unconditionally?

That was pure insanity!

"Juniper, what on earth are you doing?" Professor Dawson scrambled forward, forcing a panicked smile. "Did... did Dr. Nocturne give you proxy authorization to sign on her behalf?"

If that were the case, she at least needed a video recording to prove it!

Even he couldn't comprehend what his star pupil was trying to pull anymore.

Jenna just blinked at her, totally paralyzed.

Had the stress completely broken Juniper's mind?!

"Didn't you all say you needed Dr. Nocturne's signature?" Juniper looked up, meeting the host's terrified gaze, her cool voice echoing through the silent hall.

"Yes, but..."

The host nodded, laughing awkwardly. "Miss Payne, writing it yourself hardly counts as an authentic signature."

"Besides, you aren't Dr. Nocturne. Signing her name is legally meaningless."

"And why can't it be?"

Juniper pressed her lips into a sharp line, her voice dropping to a dangerous, commanding pitch. "Has it ever occurred to you that I am Dr. Nocturne?"