The Billionaire's True Heiress From Fake Jewel to Real Crown novel Chapter 1539

"Who the hell are you two?"

These two clearly weren't Special Security operatives.

Especially the delicate-looking girl. Bringing a civilian woman on a high-risk mountain op? These spoiled Solenian elites truly were as arrogant and useless as the rumors suggested.

"Who I am is irrelevant. What matters is that you're cultivating Dreamweed to extract the fruit's fluids, refining it into a weaponized neurotoxin, aren't you?"

Claire wasn't looking at Kael; her gaze was fixed dead on the scientist in the pristine white coat.

This man was undeniably the mastermind behind the black-site laboratory.

"How do you know that?" Dr. Aris's eyes narrowed, his entire demeanor shifting.

They had assumed this tactical squad was acting on vague rumors of an illegal facility and had simply come to clear it out.

Yet, somehow, one of them knew the exact biochemical properties of the Dreamweed neurotoxin.

Had the earlier leak of the experimental strain actually been intercepted and analyzed, leading the military straight to their door?

"Dreamweed requires an incredibly specific, hostile environment to survive. Finding even a single wild sprout is a miracle. A harvest this size implies a highly sophisticated artificial cultivation program."

Dr. Aris raised an eyebrow. "I didn't expect someone so young to possess such advanced botanical and biochemical knowledge."

"Since you comprehend the complexities of the Dreamweed, why don't you stay here and become my lab assistant?"

"When the trials are successfully concluded, I'll ensure your name is on the research."

It was a staggering display of scientific detachment. Dr. Aris genuinely wanted to recruit her in the middle of a Mexican standoff.

Men utterly consumed by their research truly possessed zero grasp of social reality or the concept of war.

"Wow, thank you so much for the generous offer," Claire replied, her voice dripping with biting sarcasm.

Ever since breaking free from the suffocating expectations of the James family in Apex, Claire had completely taken the brakes off her personality.

She spoke without filters or reservations, no longer needing to play the role of the docile aristocrat that her adoptive mother, Octavia, had demanded.

Octavia had only trained her to be a polished trophy to elevate the family's social standing, never caring about Claire's actual happiness or well-being.

While living under the James family's roof had been restrictive, a truly exceptional survivor knew how to wear whatever mask was necessary.

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