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

Chapter 1481: Enjoy the commercial

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All the laughter in the hall quickly faded as the same eerie laugh echoed once again through the venue. The smiles on their faces vanished, replaced by expressions of shock and fear.

"What's going on?" The gentlemen looked at each other. "I thought it was already neutralized?"

Hayley, Patricia, Teddy, and Shawn also wore confused expressions-brows furrowed, lips drawn tight. The rest of the crowd mirrored the same stunned reaction.

"I thought he was kicked out?"

"What's happening?" freewebnovel.com

"Don't tell me it didn't work..."

"Oh no!"

The people on the stage turned toward the screen in horror, their mouths agape.

"I knew it," one of them muttered. "There's no way X would go down that easily."

"Does this mean Citadel didn't work?"

"Shit... this is bad."

As the terrifying possibility resurfaced in their minds, their eyes turned to Penny. Much to their surprise, she simply stared at the screen with a faint smirk.

[HAHAHA! Penelope Bennet, that was a good show to watch. However, with that kind of skill, do you think you can actually threaten me?]

"That kind of skill?" someone gasped from the eliminated players' section.

"He talks like it's nothing?"

"Even I couldn't do what she just did, and he just-"

"That's X," another muttered, face grim. "Even if we all admit Miss Penny's skills are top-tier, X is just on a completely different level."

reluctant agreement. "X hasn't been active, but he's still a beast. Only someone

like watching an adult try to solve a child's puzzle-but with X, it was like facing a god. Her skills were far beyond theirs, but even she seemed no match for

Bennet. I enjoyed it while it

anxiously. "What's

launch-but this man's

"Please, do something!"

"Did Citadel fail?!"

raised. "Did Citadel fail?" she echoed, almost laughing. "You all saw it launch, yet you're

gentlemen paused, their

someone from the crowd shouted. "If it didn't fail, then why

Still lying to them? Citadel didn't fail-Citadel is simply not enough.

moment, the gentlemen felt their knees buckle. One of them grabbed onto Shawn to keep from

over," he whispered, looking into Shawn's eyes. "It's over. We're all

at Penny. Seeing that she hadn't backed down, he offered the gentleman a small, reassuring

yet, sir," he said softly. "My boss hasn't given up. So neither

stared at him for

the room, everyone felt the same crushing

were just waiting

everyone." Penny raised a hand, scanning the room. "Please,

words felt hollow because another line of text appeared on the screen behind

How funny. Penelope, I'm already within Fortress and Citadel-and you're telling

fear, their disappointment—a tangled mess of emotion.

murmured. "I

turned and marched to the computer she

Her fingers danced across the keyboard. "But you

raising her gaze

and gentlemen, I know you're afraid. Cyber threats are just

destroy your life

your future. That's why Prime Group has always promised

the keyboard. "Now, I ask for your patience

show." A grin tugged at her lips as she hit a

the commercial I've prepared for