Chapter 151

Claire's POV Several weeks had passed since the hearing, and the laboratory had transformed from a place of frantic crisis management into something that felt almost magical—a sanctuary where breakthrough science was being born through pure determination and relentless precision. The chaos of emergency research had settled into a rhythm of methodical progress, each day bringing us closer to the solution that had seemed impossible just months ago. The synthetic protein compound that had caused such devastation in its stolen, incomplete form was finally approaching perfection under careful, ethical development. Every stability test, every molecular simulation, every safety protocol we implemented was a step toward redemption—not just for the research that had been perverted, but for the patients whose lives hung in the balance. Dr. Nakamura had barely left the laboratory in three weeks, his usual precise demeanor intensified by the knowledge that our work represented the only hope for pa