Messing With Her? Are You Crazy! novel Chapter 1761

Toby Adler continued to run diagnostics and lock out clearances while the comms channel buzzed endlessly with progress reports from every sector.

The figure in the dark slowly lifted his gaze to a secondary live-feed monitor.

On the screen, bathed in the harsh lights of the auction stage, stood a woman in an elegant black dress.

She lingered near The Apex Bio-Transfer Pod, her expression cold, gorgeous, and faintly somber.

The mole she had stopped from committing suicide, Caleb Thorne, had already been dragged away by the ship's security. She hadn't followed. She hadn't asked a single question.

She simply kept her head down, casually adjusting Specimen Fourteen's stabilizing data.

It was as if her part was played. Whoever the ship needed to investigate, whoever they needed to arrest, it was entirely their problem.

She acted like a temporary appraiser who was just here to collect her consulting fee and go home.

From the safety of the shadows, Lucius stared at her for a long time.

Then, a low chuckle rumbled from his chest.

This Panacea was truly fascinating. And dangerously bold.

She used Specimen Fourteen as bait to hook Obsidian Sun, then casually borrowed Project Zero-Transit's blade to butcher them and clean up the mess. She had played the entire board flawlessly.

And the most brilliant part was that the mess she handed over was a cancer the ship genuinely needed to cut out anyway.

This exact style of manipulation, this ruthless calculation, and that nonchalant look on her face after she had just ripped the sky in half...

Why did it feel so damn much like a certain someone in his memories?

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Kaelen tapped the microphone. "Honored guests. Please, bear with me a moment longer."

The furious shouts slowly dialed down to an aggravated murmur as the crowd zeroed in on him, desperate for the verdict.

Kaelen offered a polished smile. "Regarding the transit logs for A.W.S.-14 and the recent anomalies, the ship has concluded a preliminary internal review."

"First, I must clarify that Specimen Fourteen did not board Project Zero-Transit as a registered public auction item."

A wave of confused frowns rippled through the VIPs.

Kaelen didn't miss a beat. "Prior to this, Specimen Fourteen was classified under our absolute highest security tier for emergency medical transit, placing it under specialized, isolated oversight."

"According to Project Zero-Transit's strict classification laws, data at that level is only accessible to authorized medical personnel and supreme administrative command."

"The auction department had zero clearance to access its complete profile."