All Chapters of The Billionaire Scientists’ System:Ten Geniuses. One Mission: Chapter 141
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Chapter 141: The Calm Before the Lie
The morning sun cast golden light across the Singapore skyline as Dr. Adrian Kane stood on the observation deck of the Scholar Tower, the tallest building in the newly constructed Haven District. Six months had passed since the Blackout—six months since they'd brought the world's corrupt financial system to its knees and emerged victorious. The scars of that battle had mostly healed, replaced by something Adrian had rarely experienced in his thirty-four years: hope.Below him, the city hummed with purposeful energy. Thousands of people moved through streets lined with vertical gardens and solar panels, heading to work in the research facilities, medical centers, and educational institutions that formed the backbone of Project Rebirth. This was the fifth such micro-city the Scholars had established, following successful launches in Nairobi, São Paulo, Mumbai, and Manila. Each one offered what had once seemed impossible: free education, healthcare, sustainable housing, and most importan
Chapter 142: The Smear Begins
The emergency meeting convened in the Scholar Tower's secure conference room exactly fourteen hours after the first allegations surfaced. Adrian stood at the head of the obsidian table, surrounded by holographic displays showing news feeds from every major network across the globe. The other nine Titans filled the remaining seats, their faces reflecting varying degrees of anger, concern, and barely contained panic.Dr. Voss, the AI billionaire whose cold pragmatism had always set him apart from the others, was the first to speak. "We're hemorrhaging credibility by the second. My investors are threatening lawsuits. Three governments have issued subpoenas for my research data. This isn't just a PR crisis—it's an existential threat.""The man's right for once," Dr. Delgado added, his usual arrogance replaced by genuine worry. The medical robotics pioneer gestured at the screens. "Look at this. They're not just questioning our methods—they're calling us monsters."Adrian's eyes tracked ac
Chapter 143: The Forgeries
Maya hadn't slept in thirty-six hours. Her eyes burned, her fingers cramped from endless typing, and she'd consumed enough energy drinks to kill a small horse. But she was close—she could feel it.The Scholar Tower's cyber-warfare division occupied three floors of servers, quantum processors, and enough computational power to run a small country. Maya sat at the center of it all, surrounded by a constellation of holographic displays showing code, network traffic, and data streams that would have looked like digital chaos to anyone else. To her, it was a puzzle waiting to be solved."Come on, you bastard," she muttered, isolating another fragment of the deepfake video. "Show me where you came from."Lyra's holographic form materialized beside her, the AI's expression concerned. "You should rest, Maya. Your cognitive function is degraded by approximately forty-three percent compared to your baseline.""I'll rest when I'm dead," Maya shot back, then immediately regretted it. Dark humor w
Chapter 144: The House Divides
The Scholar Tower's main conference hall had never felt so cold. Adrian stood before a semicircle of holographic displays, each one showing a different government official delivering the same devastating message. The words varied, but the meaning was identical: the world was turning its back on them."Effective immediately, all Scholar operations within Canadian borders are suspended pending completion of an independent investigation," the Canadian Minister of Health announced, her face impassive. "This decision was not made lightly, but the allegations are too serious to ignore."Adrian barely heard her. He was watching the System's counter in his peripheral vision, tracking the cascade of consequences in real-time:**LIVES AT RISK: 4.1 MILLION****FACILITIES SUSPENDED: 23****GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIPS TERMINATED: 41****REPUTATION INDEX: 19%**Nineteen percent. They'd lost nearly two-thirds of global trust in less than forty-eight hours.The Canadian minister's image faded, replaced b
Chapter 145: Trial by Media
The green room of CBS News felt more like a holding cell than a waiting area. Adrian sat in an uncomfortable chair, makeup artists fussing over his appearance while he reviewed talking points on his tablet. Through the monitor on the wall, he could see the studio—sleek, modern, designed to project authority and truth.In forty-five seconds, he would walk onto that stage and face Jennifer Caldwell, one of the most aggressive investigative journalists in the world. Sixty million people were expected to watch live. It was the largest audience the Scholars had ever had.It was also likely their last chance."You don't have to do this," Aisha said through his earpiece. She was watching from the Scholar Tower, coordinating with Maya and Lyra. "We could still pull out, wait until we have the evidence from Romania.""We won't make it that long," Adrian replied quietly, watching the countdown clock. "The UN vote is in six hours. If we don't shift public opinion now, that vote will bury us."Th
Chapter 146: System Warning
The words hung in the air like a death sentence. Adrian watched Vale's face on the split screen, his former colleague and friend preparing to deliver the killing blow to everything they'd built together."Dr. Vale," Jennifer Caldwell prompted, "you said the world deserves to know the truth. What truth are you referring to?"Vale took a shaky breath, the picture of a man wrestling with his conscience. The performance was masterful—Adrian might have believed it himself if he didn't know better."For the past eighteen months, I've witnessed activities within the Scholar organization that deeply troubled me," Vale began. "At first, I told myself we were doing important work. That the ends justified the means. But I can't live with that lie anymore.""Specific activities?" Caldwell pressed."Adrian became obsessed with the System's demands—the quotas, the timelines, the metrics. When our legitimate medical interventions weren't producing results fast enough, he started exploring... alterna
Chapter 147: Maya's Counterstrike
Maya's fingers moved across her keyboards like a concert pianist's, commanding six different systems simultaneously. Energy drinks littered her workspace—she'd long since lost count of how many she'd consumed. Her eyes burned, her head pounded, but none of that mattered. Adrian had seventy-two minutes to reach Romania, retrieve evidence, and get it back to her before the System's critical failure deadline.Seventy-two minutes to save everything."Lyra, status on the Romania facility's security systems?" Maya asked, pulling up thermal satellite imagery."Substantial," Lyra's holographic form replied, materializing beside her. "I count forty-three heat signatures inside the complex. Military-grade electronic countermeasures. The building is essentially a fortress.""Adrian's walking into a trap.""Almost certainly. However, that may work to our advantage."Maya glanced at the AI. "Explain.""They expect him. They've prepared for him. Which means they're focused on physical security rath
Chapter 148: The Burning Embassy
The alarm's wail echoed through the Scholar Tower as Maya sprinted down the corridor, her laptop clutched against her chest. Behind her, she could hear the heavy footfalls of the security team mobilizing, but they'd be too late. Whoever had breached the building had planned this with military precision."Lyra, seal the server room," Maya panted into her comm. "Don't let them access the physical drives.""Emergency lockdown initiated. However, they're using cutting torches. I estimate three minutes before they breach the primary door."Three minutes. The backup was at seventy-one percent.Maya burst through the stairwell door and nearly collided with Aisha, who was coordinating the building's defense from a tablet."Maya, you need to evacuate," Aisha ordered. "They're not just after data—intelligence suggests this is an assassination attempt.""On who?""Anyone important enough to kill. That includes you.""I can't leave. The backup isn't complete, and if they get into those servers—"
Chapter 149: Aisha's Revelation
The improvised command center was a nightmare of organized chaos. Aisha had commandeered a Scholar medical facility three blocks from the burning Tower, converting the administration wing into a war room. Tablets and laptops covered every surface, connected by a rats' nest of cables to portable servers. The staff worked in grim silence, their faces illuminated by screen glow and the distant orange firelight bleeding through the windows.Aisha stood at the center of it all, coordinating three different crises simultaneously. Her tablet showed the UN Security Council chamber in New York, where delegates were taking their seats for the vote. Twenty-eight minutes remained."Status on the Romanian operation?" she asked, pressing her comm.Zane's voice crackled back: "We're on approach. Thermal shows heavy security presence, just like Maya predicted. Adrian's reviewing the entry strategy now.""And Emily Vale?""The Berlin team is in position. They're waiting for our go-order."Aisha checke
Chapter 150: The Murder of Omar Khalid
SIX MONTHS EARLIEROmar Khalid had always known he might die for the mission. He just hadn't expected it to happen in his own headquarters.The Scholar compound in Nairobi hummed with late-night activity—researchers working on breakthrough treatments, engineers monitoring the micro-grid that powered half the city's slums, educators preparing tomorrow's lessons for ten thousand children. Omar walked through it all with quiet pride, stopping to encourage a tired lab tech here, adjusting a malfunctioning solar panel there.He'd built this. Not alone—never alone—but he'd been instrumental in transforming Adrian's vision into reality on the African continent. Three million lives stabilized, the System had said. Omar's work accounted for nearly a quarter of that."Working late again, Commander?" Dr. Vale emerged from the shadows near the research wing, carrying a tablet and wearing his usual tired smile.Omar had never fully trusted Vale, though he couldn't articulate why. Something about t