With that thought in mind.
Nicholas Blackwood brought up the highest-clearance interface on his terminal and tapped the screen.
[Requesting Highest Priority Preview Status for Living Assets.]
[Requirement: Immediate inspection upon resumption of the preview.]
[Applicant: The Sterling Sovereign.]
Less than a minute after the successful submission, a reply from the ship popped up.
[The Sterling Sovereign's request has been received.]
[Arrangements will be made pending equipment repairs.]
[Upon resumption, The Sterling Sovereign will be granted Highest Priority Preview Status.]
[At that time, a medical consultant will be assigned to accompany you, ensuring the most satisfactory preview experience.]
A medical consultant?
Nicholas glanced at the message indifferently, brushing it off.
He had never cared about the ship's complimentary services; all he wanted was a chance to get up close and personal with the Living Assets.
He needed to confirm if the cargo was actually the Semi-Finished Assets that Dr. Geoffrey Grant had mentioned.
He had to find out exactly what the Black Sun intended to do by shipping these assets to Whitecliffe Harbor.
As for the identity of the accompanying consultant, it was completely irrelevant.
Staring at the pending preview application on the screen, Nicholas leaned back against the sofa, his gaze turning icy.
The moment the preview reopen
he would personally ship was transporting for the Black Sun.
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Inside a private suite within The Med-Tech Quarantine.
Serena lounged lazily, practically sinking into a bed completely covered in US dollars.
Several black cash boxes lay wide open, with thick stacks of hundred-dollar bills piled carelessly around her.
She held a stack in her hand, her fingertips idly flicking through the crisp edges.
Her pale, brooding face carried a look of sheer, unadulterated satisfaction.
She looked as though she were entirely intoxicated by the thrill of the cash.
To any observer, it seemed like absolutely nothing in the world could bring her more joy than money.
In reality, the critical information from the baseline data was already cycling rapidly through her mind.
Serena dismantled every piece of data and meticulously pieced it back together in her head.
She could already accurately deduce Specimen Seven's current physical state.
But there was no rush.
Specimen Seven was bound to experience another severe rejection.
The ship's management... would inevitably come crawling back to her.
Serena rolled over, lazily showering herself with the bills, perfectly playing the part of
a woman blinded by greed.
On the other end of the surveillance feed.
Several high-ranking ship executives stood before
the woman on the screen.
monitors, their eyes fixed on
Frowning deeply, one of them muttered, "She looks way too calm."
"She isn't calm; she just cares about the money."
"Hasn't she been doing nothing but counting cash since we sent those fifteen million dollars in?"
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After all, this was a woman with a shady black market reputation, who dared to poison the ship's inspectors the moment she boarded, and boldly hiked up her prices right in the specialized treatment room.
A person like that was absolutely untrustworthy.
Handing her the complete core experimental data was out of the question.
Yet... staring at the surveillance footage of the woman lounging greedily amidst piles of cash.
There wasn't a single trace of panic in her demeanor.
Her relaxed posture, so confident that the ship would eventually beg for her help, left them feeling inexplicably uneasy.
The executives debated for a while but couldn't reach a consensus.
Some argued they should ignore her, believing that yielding now would only make The Panacea push for more later.
Others stared at the screen, harboring a sinking feeling that The Panacea wasn't just making empty threats.