The exposure plan didn’t begin with headlines.It began with silence.Cole knew better than to rush the truth into the open. Uzumaki thrived on chaos; he bent it, redirected it, fed on it. If Cole wanted to hurt him, he had to starve him first.For three days, nothing happened.No fires.No warnings.No bodies.The city grew uneasy.⸻The First LeakTrojan made the call just before midnight.“I’ve got something,” he said, voice tight. “Shipping manifests. Names tied to Uzumaki that shouldn’t exist on paper.”Cole sat up straight. “Clean?”“As clean as it gets,” Trojan replied. “If this surfaces, it won’t just hurt him. It’ll attract attention he can’t buy off.”Cole closed his eyes briefly. “Send it through the usual channel.”A pause.“And Cole,” Trojan added quietly, “if this backfires—”“It won’t,” Cole said. “But if it does, stay alive.”Trojan exhaled. “That’s the plan.”When the files arrived, Mendes whistled low.“This isn’t just criminal,” he said. “It’s international.”Cole n