Or perhaps, they were testing her?
"Your Excellency!" With every frantic update from his staff, Director Kaelen's face grew another shade paler.
He had no choice but to pin all his hopes on her.
Serena gave an exasperated sigh. "Don't yell at me. It won't do you any good. I'm not an actual deity who can miraculously fix a broken system with zero access."
"Friendly reminder: if Specimen Seven actually wakes up, ten million dollars won't even begin to cover the damage."
"By then, no matter how much you offer, I might just walk away."
"I love money, sure, but I refuse to ruin my own reputation on a lost cause."
The director's face twisted in agony.
Her message was painfully clear.
If he stalled any longer, The Panacea would abandon them.
Once Specimen Seven went rogue right in front of The Sterling Sovereign, the value of all the living assets would crash, the organization's credibility would be destroyed, and his head would be the first on the chopping block.
"Capacity at sixty-three percent!" a technician cried, his voice trembling violently. "The restraints are showing abnormal stress fractures! Recommending immediate activation of the Tier-Two Suppression Sequence!"
"Do not activate it," Serena commanded.
Startled by her sharp tone, the technician froze.
Director Kaelen gritted his teeth. "Why can't we activate it?!"
Serena met his furious gaze with cool indifference. "It's not just experiencing a random psychotic break; it's being forcibly awakened by an external frequency. Injecting a Tier-Two suppressant right now will cause a catastrophic clash between its neural chip and biological reflexes."
She paused, tilting her head as a wicked, almost sadistic smile spread across her lips.
"If you're lucky, Specimen Seven will experience immediate brain death. If you're unlucky, it'll rip every single one of you to shreds before the brain death kicks in."
Director Kaelen forgot how to breathe.
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