Queen of Wild Cards novel Chapter 625

Sano shot Stella a dark, venomous glare before stalking off the stage in bitter defeat.

Stella simply curled her lip and let out a quiet "Tch," completely unfazed by him.

While Stella had claimed her first victory, the remaining four challengers were caught in a mix of excitement and dread.

They were excited because they still had a shot at winning the Aeterna Pill, but they dreaded the very real possibility of losing horribly.

Just like Sano, who hadn't just lost the match—he had lost every shred of his dignity in the process.

The second challenger to step up was the contestant from the Yaran Federation, the same man Sano had originally intended to duel.

Stella had already reviewed his profile. He brought a newly developed drug called Pneumocet, which supposedly had miraculous effects on asthma.

The drug had already passed all major international pharmaceutical certifications and secured a patent, though it hadn't officially hit the market yet.

Rumor had it the launch was scheduled in exactly a month.

This meant that whoever won the drug would have precisely one month to reverse-engineer its complex formula and rush a competing product to market before the original launched—thereby reaping massive profits.

Stella honestly didn't care much about it. It was already patented; taking it wouldn't offer her much of a business advantage.

Even if she managed to analyze its ingredients, without the exact proportional data, the slightest deviation in the manufacturing process would drastically alter the drug's efficacy.

Who could possibly reverse-engineer something that precise in a month? You'd have to be a mutant genius.

Her opponent clearly knew exactly what he was doing.

However, according to the rules, she couldn't refuse the challenge.

She gave a nonchalant shrug and gestured gracefully, offering him the choice of how they would compete.

The Yaran contestant had blond curls, fair skin, a prominent nose, and deep blue eyes framed by wire-rimmed glasses.

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