Chapter 1295
“This is assaulting a police officer! Do you understand p>
Julian smiled, the gold-rimmed glasses resting on his nose gleaming with a faint, sophisticated light. His tone was as mild as ever. “Whatever Serena says goes. Are you going to stand there and argue, or are you going to accept it p>
Jerrick, the legendary captain of The Dragon-Thorn Squad, a man whose mere name struck terror into the hearts of global syndicates, begrudgingly rubbed the back of his head. Standing before his older brother and his younger sister, he lowered his head in utter defeat.
“I believe it, alright p>
Julian gave him a patronizing look of approval. “Good p>
Watching them, the corners of Serena’s lips curled up, her bright eyes arching slightly with genuine amusement.
While the three siblings bantered, Nicholas had already taken the Dual-Phase Neural Node from Jerrick. He plugged it into a micro-terminal and immediately initiated a rapid data decryption.
The man’s long, elegant fingers flew across the keyboard. In seconds, complex strings of parsed code cascaded across the holographic display.
“Found it p>
Nicholas scanned the data, his dark, mesmerizing gaze growing somber. “It’s a Dual-Phase Neural Node p>
“The Obsidian Core uses this to log every Augment’s combat metrics in real-time. Speed, physical strength, attack frequency, and their threshold for pain suppression. It records all physiological data during an engagement p>
“They use this telemetry to continuously adjust the chemical concentrations and optimize the Augments’ physical capabilities p>
“Furthermore p>
Nicholas tapped the screen, highlighting a specific string of code. His voice dropped to a lethal register. “The second an Augment dies, the chip instantly severs the residual neural control system. Simultaneously, it transmits their final death coordinates directly back to the Obsidian mainframe p>
Jerrick’s expression hardened instantly. “Which means p>
“Obsidian already knows the hit squad they sent tonight was completely wiped out p>
“And they are going to use those coordinates to lock onto Serena’s hotel p>
Serena’s expression didn’t so much as ripple. “It doesn’t matter. My location was never a secret to begin with p>
She had been entirely unapologetic on the tournament stage. Who in the world didn’t know she was staying at the SK Hotel?
That was exactly why she hadn’t hesitated to let Nicholas slaughter those Augments the moment they breached the perimeter.
“But now that they know their little strike team was annihilated, they’re going to get desperate p>
Serena let out a soft, mocking laugh. “After all, back on their private island,
I didn’t just dismantle their lab also
took the liberty of draining a
significant amount of their funds p>
“I imagine Obsidian is currently drowning in threats from all those enraged, powerful billionaires demanding their money back p>
“Cutting off someone’s fortune is as good as signing their death warrant p>
Serena arched a brow. “They are backed into a corner. They’re panicking p>
Julian and Jerrick had both heard the rumors circling the underworld about that incident.
Jerrick, in particular, stared at Serena with wide, disbelieving eyes. “You… you were the one who destroyed that island p>
The total annihilation of that private island had sent shockwaves through the global elite. Forums and dark web channels had been buzzing with conspiracy theories about who had the firepower and audacity to pull it off, but no one had ever uncovered the truth.
Jerrick knew Serena had handed over the island’s internal data to the authorities. But he had assumed she had just used her hacking skills to intercept the files remotely
He never imagined that the person who physically brought Obsidian’s fortress to
ashes was his own sister.