A temporary motion for cross-dimensional secondment, the limit at the edge of a Shura Field
The dust in the air solidified.
The massive breach blasted open by brute force resembled a hideous scar embedded in the pure white background wall.
Wanda was standing at the door.
He was holding Wanda in his arms.
Lynn felt as if two invisible Steel Needles were drilling into his temples at a steady and cruel frequency.
The feeling of being torn apart emotionally is far more pronounced than any physical injury.
Wanda, the Technology Minister at the door, remained silent. Her gaze passed over Lynn and fixed directly on the face of the woman in Lynn's arms. It was a cold, appraising gaze, devoid of any sense of kinship.
The Wanda-838 in her arms, after a brief moment of confusion and greed, also sensed the presence of that gaze. She slowly raised her head, tightened her arms around Lynn, and like Beast guarding its prey, looked back with a gaze that was a mixture of instinctive hostility and morbid smugness.
Two identical faces.
Two pairs of equally Scarlet eyes.
The space began to emit a faint, strained hum.
Lynn could clearly sense that two energies, originating from the same source yet completely repelling each other, were engaged in a silent struggle centered on him. On the pure white data wall of the Isolation and Review Zone, spiderweb-like cracks began to appear, and Scarlet code seeped out from the cracks like a flood bursting its banks.
The alarms in the Main Control Room of the White Bone Hall must be going off incessantly.
In a few seconds, this so-called "Fully Sealed Quarantine and Review Zone" will be completely shattered from the conceptual level. Then it will be C-9 Quadrant, and then the entire jurisdiction of the Negative Zone Management Committee.
This is not a battle.
This was the prelude to a disaster.
"Let him go."
Wanda, standing at the door, finally spoke. Her voice was soft, yet it caused the temperature in the entire space to plummet.
Instead of letting go, Wanda-838 in her arms, buried her face even deeper into Lynn's chest and let out a satisfied sigh that asserted her dominance.
The next moment, the two Scarlet energies stopped probing.
They went berserk.
Lynn's pupils contracted sharply. He endured the excruciating pain that felt like his mind was about to explode, and with an irresistible force, gently pushed Wanda-838 away from his arms.
He stood up straight and stood between the two Wanda.
"Nonsense."
Lynn's voice wasn't loud, and it was even a little hoarse, but it was like a bucket of ice water poured on a volcano about to erupt.
Both Wanda froze for a moment.
They looked at Lynn.
Lynn's face showed no fear, no anger, only a deep, undisguised disappointment.
He first looked at Wanda, the Technology Minister, standing at the door.
"Minister Wanda, who authorized you to violently damage the Isolation and Review Facility in C-9 Quadrant? Who authorized you to forcibly interfere with internal procedures during quarantine operations?"
His tone was flat, as if he were reviewing a substandard work report.
Wanda's lips moved slightly, and the energy that was powerful enough to tear reality apart subsided slightly at her fingertips.
Lynn didn't give her a chance to speak, turning her gaze to the other side, to Wanda-838, who had just escaped control.
"And you, codename ' Scarlet,' Earth-838 Sample Under Review."
He deliberately used cold, administrative titles.
"Disobeying organizational management, ignoring Discipline constraints, and attempting to escalate internal conflicts during isolation and investigation—is this the code of conduct the Illuminati teaches you?"
The possessiveness in Wanda-838's eyes was replaced by a sudden sense of confusion. She didn't understand the meaning of those words, but she could hear the reprimand in Lynn's tone.
Lynn took a deep breath, looked around the space on the verge of collapse, and raised his voice a few decibels, carrying the absolute authority of the Director of the Management Committee.
Look what you two have done!
"A serious security incident capable of causing turmoil in the Multiverse, in your eyes, is nothing more than a private feud that you can act with impunity?"
"Are the rules and regulations of the Negative Zone Management Committee just empty words? Can every Red-Headed Document I sign be treated as worthless by you?"
He didn't mention any words about "possession" or "ownership," but instead firmly nailed the nature of the problem to the pillar of shame of "violation of regulations" and "dereliction of duty."
This is a programming issue.
This is a Discipline issue.
This is a matter of attitude.
Lynn forced down his mental exhaustion and presented the solution he had prepared long ago. His voice sounded like that of a serious Standing Committee, making a final decision on an urgent personnel issue.
"Given the current special circumstances and the extremely high research value of the target sample, I hereby propose a temporary motion."
"In accordance with Article 7 of Chapter 3 of the 'Management Measures for the Introduction and Temporary Transfer of Cross- Dimension Special Talents by the Negative Zone Management Committee,' the status of this sample has been temporarily upgraded from 'isolation review' to 'pending introduction and observation.'"
"During the observation period, his temporary position will be assigned to the newly established ' Multiverse Chaos Energy Research Institute ' as Associate Researcher, and he will not be included in the Standing Committee Member Roster for the time being."
"The Department of Technology should draft a detailed plan outlining the specific assessment criteria and research performance indicators, and submit it to my office by tomorrow morning."
This string of cold, rigorous, and bureaucratic words hit the two Wandas in the face.
They were all stunned.
The energy storms that could destroy the universe seem so absurd and powerless in the face of words like "staffing," "assessment," and "quotas."
Main Universe Wanda looked at Lynn with a complex expression. She wanted to object, but found herself unable to find any legitimate reason. Lynn's arrangement was procedurally flawless. Binding a potentially huge threat firmly to the bottom with the shackles of the system for observation and exploitation was entirely in the interests of the Management Committee.
While Wanda-838) didn't understand what "Associate Researcher" and "Standing Committee Member Roster" meant, she did understand "stay at the institute" and "submit a proposal." This meant she could stay and stay by his side.
As for the woman who looked exactly like him, she seemed to be his... superior?
Lynn breathed a sigh of relief as the two women's rampaging energy finally subsided.
He gave the final instruction in an unquestionable tone.
"Now, Technology Minister, immediately organize personnel to conduct a repair assessment of the damaged facilities. I need to see a complete damage report and liability determination within three hours."
"As for you," he turned to Wanda-838, "Come with me. You need to complete the onboarding process and sign a Confidentiality Agreement."
After saying that, Lynn turned around and walked straight toward the broken doorway.
Two terrifying Witch, powerful enough to make the entire Multiverse tremble, followed silently behind him like two students who had done something wrong and were waiting for their teacher's punishment.
The tense Shura Field was abruptly transformed into a work arrangement between superiors and subordinates by a last-minute motion.
However, just as Lynn stepped out of the quarantine zone, he didn't notice that behind him, Wanda-838, who was following him obediently with her head down, had a tiny red code flashing silently deep in the hollow depths of her eyes.
The Illuminati's Low-Level Monitoring Program completed the data upload of all the events that had just occurred the instant Avengers.
The program automatically determined that the Executive Officer had failed to complete the instructions and had been turned by the target.
Threat level raised to the highest level.
An alert, encrypted to the Highest Access Privileges, silently penetrated the Dimension Bastion and was sent to Earth-838.
The alarm message consisted of only one line.
"The Executive Officer Has Defected."