Gic Assessment Center.


    When Colin and I arrived, Finn was perched on a couch in the waiting area, his expression heavy


    with concern.


    It wasn''t just Finn; several research scientists in whiteb coats also wore grave expressions.


    "See for yourself."


    Finn slid ab report across the table towards us.


    Colin picked it up and nced over it, his reaction muted, almost unsurprised.


    I exchanged a look with Colin before reaching out to examine the report myself.


    Regrettably, it might as well have been in Greek.


    Noticing my confusion, Finn massaged his temples. "We''ve got a big problem... Phoebe Caldwell


    appears to have been gically modified at the embryonic stage, and then the embryo was


    imnted back into a womb for gestation – a gic-edited baby."


    The scientists shared his grave look. "Moreover, Phoebe Caldwell underwent the most advanced


    gic enhancements avable. She was born with the potential for genius-level intellect, a


    physicality and strength beyond that of an average person – essentially... the creation of a prodigy."


    Put in more rming terms, humanity had fashioned a ''god'' that could age and die.


    "Gic editing..." I muttered in disbelief, looking at the researchers. "Is this technology


    widespread?"


    "It''s strictly prohibited," Finn frowned. "You don''t understand what gic editing could mean for


    society. Once..."


    He trailed off, as if further exnation would be lost on me anyway.


    Colin remained silent throughout, not uttering a single word.


    "Is it possible that some wealthy individuals have already started doing this? It sounds like... there


    are no downsides, making their children superior," I ventured cautiously.


    "Research into gic editing is banned from human trials for a reason. There are too many


    uncontroble factors. Like, if you close one door in the gic chain to grant natural immunity to


    HIV, you might inadvertently open another. And the consequences of that are unpredictable and


    uncontroble."


    The rich aren''t fools. They wouldn''t dare gamble on such an immature science. Thus a sessful


    experiment requires countless test subjects to be sacrificed until the perfect result is achieved.


    If gic editing were to be legalized, it would throw society into chaos.


    The wealthy would engineer their children to be ''gods'' from birth, while the poor would be


    oppressed for life.


    I stared at the gic test results, silent for a long moment. "So... Phoebe isn''t the natural-born fruit


    of her parents'' love but rather an experiment?"


    "It''s very likely," one of the scientists confirmed.


    Finn looked up at Colin. "This is why I called you. We can''t let this information leak; it would cause


    mass panic. We need to find out more. I suspect Phoebe is not an isted case."


    Considering the experimental data-like entries in Phoebe''s parents'' journals, Finn believed she was


    likely a test subject. "And her death might have been a deliberate move by those behind the scenes


    to destroy this living evidence."


    And it was possible they deemed Phoebe a failed experiment.


    "So, if the goal was to destroy the evidence, the person who killed me... Phoebe, shouldn''t have


    trapped her body in a disy case but should have incinerated it," I countered. "Disying the body


    in a ss case seems more intentional. Like they wanted to showcase her to the public, to expose


    the conspiracy behind her creation," I murmured.


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    The killer must be against gic editing. And they knew far too much about the secrets of these


    experiments.


    "But here''s the most terrifying part." Finn produced another report. "This is from the fetus found in


    Phoebe''s womb. Congenital deformities, abnormal morphology, severe gic defects,


    chromosomal anomalies..."


    It was, unmistakably, a ''monster''. A malformed child that could never be brought to term.