Their laboratory was completely surrounded, packed tight with angry competitors.
Even if they wanted to slip away unnoticed, it was entirely impossible.
They were running their own experiments.
Naturally, they understood exactly how catastrophic the consequences of this power outage were.
With the damage done, there was no easy way to quell the fury of the crowd.
If they refused to step out of the lab.
Those competitors wouldn't leave either.
Sooner or later, they had to face them.
But a pampered heiress like Bianca Doyle had never faced this kind of overwhelming, aggressive mob before.
Go out and apologize?
What if those people lost their minds and attacked her?
"Bianca, The Board of Arbiters and the security team are out there. No matter how angry they are, they won't be able to hurt you," Isabella said, lifting a corner of the blinds to peer at the furious crowd.
Her face was pale, but she forced herself to stay calm. "If we admit our mistake right away, maybe they won't be as mad... but if we drag this out, there's no telling what might happen."
Bianca hesitated for a long time before gritting her teeth and deciding to open the door.
The team was forced out of the lab, looking utterly defeated.
The competitors looked deranged, screaming, "Bianca, what the hell did you do?"
"All our data is gone! How are you going to pay for this?"
"Do you have any idea how hard we worked for a tiny breakthrough? You ruined everything!"
"My simulation was only halfway done! Halfway! Bianca, The Dreamscape Initiative, you did this on purpose!"
"You have to take responsibility for this!"
The crowd was practically rioting.
It looked as if they were ready to lunge forward and tear Bianca apart.
Bianca turned deathly pale with terror, stumbling backward.
She immediately hid behind her teammates.
"It... it wasn't me..."
Bianca stammered, "It was... Adrian! The guest inspector from the Cole family! The equipment he brought was defective!"
She pointed a trembling finger at Adrian Cote, who had just rushed over. "Yes! It was Adrian! The equipment he brought blew up the second we turned it on! It's his fault... he did this! Go after him!"
"Bullshit!" Adrian's face contorted with rage."Ms. Doyle, I brought
top-tier equipment purchasedet
directly from the United Realmon States How could there be anything wrong with it?"
He narrowed his eyes. "Could it be that you operated it incorrectly and caused this whole mess?"
That struck a nerve, exposing Bianca's guilty conscience.
Avoiding his gaze in a panic, she stomped her foot. "Who... who operated it incorrectly? You..."
Bianca's voice suddenly faltered as a thought crossed her mind, her eyes darting around.
She abruptly shoved Isabella to the front. "Yes, it was Isabella! It was
her... she got the new equipment
and insisted on testing its powernet
She wanted to run the data at maximum speed and then, this happened!" sŵnovels
Isabella stumbled forward, barely catching herself before hitting the ground.
Hearing Bianca's accusation, the color drained from her face.
She whipped her head around, glaring at Bianca.
It was obviously Bianca who wanted to compete with Serena and recklessly cranked
up the power.
How did the blame suddenly fall on her?
Bianca was intentionally setting her up as the scapegoat!
Furious, Isabella opened her mouth to defend herself.
But when she met Bianca's threatening glare, she froze. Isabella swallowed her words, trapping them in her throat.