Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

Chapter 1469: Citadel

Citadel.

That was the new security system the Prime Group was planning to launch in a few months. Although it wasn't available yet, the market was already abuzz with interest due to its promising marketing campaign. Citadel was expected to surpass their current system, offering unmatched protection-but it still wasn't perfect.

In other words, it was still a work in progress.

There were ongoing issues the cybersecurity department had been scrambling to resolve as the deadline loomed. They needed it to be flawless. While the team had faith that once operational, Citadel would revolutionize the industry.

But-

"Penny." Yugi grabbed her arm, his brows drawn tight. "You want us to launch Citadel? Right now?"

"Did I say something else?"

"But this is a huge risk," he stressed, just loud enough for others to hear. "In our last test run, we hit a major setback. You were there you saw it yourself. We can't launch it now, especially not with this bug in the system."

Penny exhaled slowly, locking eyes with him. "We have no choice."

"We do."

"Then say them," she challenged, raising a brow. "Maybe we do have other options if we think hard enough. But by then, it might already be too late. I'd rather take this risk—just like I took a huge risk abandoning my research for this company. It's a gamble I'd gladly take any day"

system we're currently using? Unlike Citadel, it's proven.

this event. Did you forget what the second round is going to be? Like that guy said - this is planned. It's a planned attack on the Prime Group. Whoever's behind this knew that Fortress was nearly impenetrable from the outside. The

"To bomb to hurt us. Not just you and me,

slap, the cold truth dousing Yugi like

fall, Yugi," Penny said as she lightly tapped his shoulder. "Pull yourself together and join

that, she turned and paused. Her eyes landed on Teddy and Patricia. She didn't recall asking Patricia to follow, but she didn't

resuming her steps. The

back to the team. A little bit of shame crept up his spine because Penny was right. This was not the first cyber attack they had encountered. Why fear when they managed to reach this point despite having

completely new devices for it. Stop the launch for now. We can't risk

his order, everyone paused, lifting their hands from their keyboards. One by one, they turned to Yugi and

of the situation,"

out, she glanced over

let him know the situation,"

head and, without hesitation, parted from her to return to the VIP section. Patricia, on the other hand, rushed to

Patricia asked, worried. "Can

you panicking when you don't even fully understand the

might collapse? she replied, before biting her tongue. "I just got this job. I don't want to look like I'm

expression twisting in

tell her concern was real.

Patricia," Penny admitted. "Stick

frowned but nodded, following her into the main event area. They positioned themselves at the

was already round two, with Team D defending