Captain Briggs's face darkened.
He shot a look at the convulsing inspector on the ground.
It was true.
From beginning to end, The Panacea hadn't made a single aggressive move toward the man.
The idiot had picked up the vials himself.
But the way he went down was too bizarre.
It was so bizarre that none of them could even comprehend how she had delivered the poison.
Serena's lips curved into a glacial sneer. "Besides, even if I did do something, he's the one who overstepped and touched my property."
She lifted her chin, her pale, sickly face devoid of fear. "If Project Zero-Transit believes I broke the rules, feel free to execute me right here."
Dead silence blanketed the corridor.
Nobody dared to make the first move.
First, because of her identity.
Second, because they still had absolutely no idea how she pulled it off.
They didn't even know what toxin was tearing through the inspector's veins.
Her methods were too stealthy, too lethal.
If they opened fire, and she had something even deadlier rigged to that case, everyone in this sector would end up as collateral damage.
For a long moment, the standoff held.
The inspector on the ground, however, was losing his mind.
He finally realized he hadn't provoked some defenseless woman traveling alone.
He had provoked a monster who could make him beg for death.
Clawing at his own throat, he agonizingly dragged his body toward Serena's boots.
His nails scraped against the steel floor, producing a sickening, high-pitched screech.
"The... the antidote..."
His voice was a ruined, guttural wheeze, his face turning such a violent shade of purple it looked like his head might explode. "Please... save me..."
"I was wrong. I was so wrong..."
"Give me the antidote. I'm begging you, please save me..."
Serena looked down at him, her eyes completely devoid of pity. "You want the antidote?"


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