The Mocked Miss’s Hidden Crowns novel Chapter 1161

She ended the call.

Charlotte's eyes narrowed as she crossed her legs, idly spinning her phone between her fingers. Dr. David’s weird reaction lingered in her mind, so she called the institute one more time. The answer she got was exactly what Dr. David had said before. Now that she knew the truth, she was even more furious.

Seventy million. Seriously, Dr. David? What a money pit.

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Meanwhile, over in Cabinda, Anthony had just finished his injection. It hadn’t even been two hours and he was already burning up with a high fever. Hans had never seen him like this and was totally freaking out.

“Anthony, you really need to rest,” Hans urged. Anthony was sick, but he kept tracking everything going on with the Isle of Veil. If anything happened…

“I’m fine.” Anthony tugged at his collar, fingers tapping quickly over his laptop keyboard. Even though his face was pale, there was the tiniest hint of a smile. “So Charlotte actually scammed them out of a billion?”

“Yes,” Hans admitted. “She didn’t just take a billion. She also got the research institute to work for us for free, basically.”

It was clear Charlotte planned to squeeze every drop from the institute, then tear it apart, piece by piece. That was just how she operated.

“Everything’s going exactly the way Charlotte planned. You don’t need to worry.” Hans frowned, hesitating before he added, “But if you don’t start looking better soon, Charlotte’s going to notice something’s off when you video call her tonight.”

Anthony’s fingers froze over the keyboard. Before lying down, he reminded Hans, “Make sure the people from X Organization and N Organization are ready in advance.”

This was going to be a brutal fight. The four big powers were going to face off sooner or later.

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Two days later, Charlotte finally isolated the first virus strain. The whole lab went wild with excitement.

When Allanson heard about it, a cold smirk played at his lips. “She’s actually got some skills,” he said, half mocking, half impressed.

He was right to go after her weakness.

“Grandpa, according to Charlotte’s latest report, once we isolate five strains, we’ll finally know what causes the genetic mutation,” Marcia explained.

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Not long after that, Charlotte managed to isolate the fourth virus strain. She’d also squeezed nearly ten billion out of Allanson.

The numbers in their account were mind-blowing. Jackson and Adonis could barely believe it was real.

“Allanson is way too old to be interested in genetic mutation for himself,” Adonis said. “He could just let Aloys take over. But he’s obsessed, watching the progress every second, dumping money into the research like it’s nothing.”

It was almost scary. Whatever Charlotte asked for, he gave it without blinking.

And the weirdest part? As soon as the news dropped that they were close to cracking genetic mutation, Allanson made sure the whole world heard about it.

“Doesn’t it seem like he’s doing this on purpose?” Jackson said. “Like, he’s dying for everyone to know. Isn’t he worried about attracting trouble, or someone coming after him?”

“So what if they do?”