The morning did not bring peace. It made people scared. The news spread like wildfire throughout the city. Screens in homes, offices, and cafés showed the same headlines over and over again: "Business tycoon Evelyn York is being looked into." "Billions of dollars are stuck in offshore accounts." "Empire of Corruption Exposed." In just one night, what Evelyn had worked so hard to build for decades began to fall apart. Robert, on the other hand, knew that this was just the beginning.The command room at Vanguard's headquarters looked like a battlefield after the first strike. There were coffee cups all over the tables, screens were still showing financial reports, and agents were walking around the room with updates. Lines of code were streaming across Clara's monitors as she rubbed her tired eyes. "They're still digging," she said in a low voice. "Three countries' regulators have just started formal investigations." If this keeps up, half of her businesses will go under in a few days.G