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"

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

not possible anymore," Penny replied, her voice tinged with disbelief. "That's the same system we're using for 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 only way to hurt it would be to plant a bomb

just you and me,

dousing Yugi like a bucket of ice water. Slowly, he released

Penny said as she lightly tapped his shoulder. "Pull yourself together and join me outside once

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

she muttered, resuming her steps. The two quickly fell in

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

— ah, no. We need completely new devices for it. Stop the launch for now. We can't

they turned to

aware of the situation," he added. "Tell them we're launching

as Penny stepped out,

him know the situation," she ordered quietly.

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

asked,

panicking when you don't even

the company work for might collapse? she replied, before biting her tongue. "I just got this job. I

twisting in disbelief. Everything Patricia

tell her concern was real. Maybe that wasn't such a bad

Patricia," Penny admitted. "Stick around. I might think

her into the main event area. They positioned themselves at the side of the

two, with Team D defending their second line