But she hadn't said a single word.
She had deliberately let him believe the plan was a success. Then, while everyone's guard was down, she used a brand-new pass and an identity completely off their radar... to board Project Zero-Transit before anyone else.
Jerrick's gaze returned to the monitor.
On the left was The Panacea.
On the right was Serena.
They were two completely different faces.
Yet in that moment, the two names slowly began to merge in his mind.
Jerrick's knuckles turned white as he gripped the desk. His normally stoic, grayish-blue eyes finally betrayed a turbulent wave of emotion that he could no longer suppress.
The Panacea...
Was his sister.
The Panacea was actually Serena.
The woman who had casually walked past him time and time again, the one who had verbally sparred with him and secretly coordinated operations alongside him...
It had been Serena all along!
But the first emotion that washed over him wasn't anger at being deceived.
It was a suffocating wave of dread.
A chilling realization crept up his spine, inch by agonizing inch. She had pulled off something so insanely dangerous, right under his nose!
She had boarded the ship behind her family's back, assumed a fake identity, and willingly walked straight into the lion's den of Obsidian Sun.
She had even used herself as bait to set up a massive trap that swallowed both Obsidian Sun and Project Zero-Transit whole.
What if a single step had gone wrong?
What if she hadn't managed to intercept Specimen Fourteen's self-destruct sequence?
What if Obsidian Sun had uncovered her identity ahead of time?
What if... he, The Grinning Wraith, or Joker hadn't been able to back her up flawlessly?
When he had watched The Panacea execute her moves earlier, he only thought the woman was highly capable and undeniably fearless.

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