Everyone who actually understood what was happening just sucked in a breath.
Was she out of her mind?
She was really about to reveal the core code for everyone to see?
But then the shock faded and people started noticing the timestamps next to each line. Suddenly, the mood in the room changed.
Line after line scrolled across the screen.
That code—dense, intricate, the kind that even seasoned programmers found intimidating—dated back as far as three years ago.
Every single module of the Dome had existed a whole year before any so-called original version had even hit the market.
The programmers in the crowd went silent, stunned.
But the people who had no clue what any of it meant? They went wild.
“What is this? Does she think a bunch of gibberish is going to fool us?”
“She’s clearly run out of excuses. Now she’s just tossing random stuff up there. Core code? Please. Everyone knows you can’t just show that in public!”
A popular streamer waved her phone at the crowd, hyping up her followers. “See that, guys? She’s got nothing left, so now she’s trying to distract us!”
“Exactly! Ignore her—plagiarism is plagiarism! Take the Dome offline already!”
Rory finally lost his patience. He grabbed the host’s mic.
“Enough! Everyone, shut up!”
He pointed at the giant screen, his voice booming.
“If you don’t get what you’re looking at, then stop talking like you do! Those timestamps? They go back three years—a whole year before any so-called original. What does that tell you? The Dome is the real deal. All these accusations? Total joke.”
The livestream camera whipped to the front row and zoomed in on the plaintiffs who’d been the loudest.
Their faces turned pale. Their eyes darted away. No one had expected Emmy to go all in and lay her cards out for the whole world.
But money had already changed hands. They had to keep bluffing.
Someone managed to choke out, “Who’s to say those timestamps aren’t fake…”
Abriella stormed up onto the stage, snatched the mic, and flashed her attorney’s badge.


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