At 8:30 AM, security guards at the grand auditorium entrance began letting people in. The university had held this type of lecture many times before, progressing from initially chaotic scrambles to a well-practiced routine. The administration could now manage the situation perfectly. To attend, students had to present their student IDs, while members of the public had to fill out a lecture pass.
This lecture pass could only be obtained by reserving it online in advance. Stella Lockwood had managed to get one by asking her rumored boyfriend, Julian Bell, to buy it for a high price in the middle of the night.
When it was Stella Lockwood's turn, as a member of the public, she was required to step aside and fill out a pass. It also required real-name authentication, for which she had to use her ID card.
Fortunately, Stella Lockwood had thought ahead the night before and secretly gotten her ID card back from Serena Lockwood.
