Cain Global did not fall all at once.It began with silence.Across executive floors and private penthouses, encrypted terminals went dead mid-command. Elevators stalled between floors. Security doors refused to recognize the faces they had been trained to obey for decades. The empire that once moved with ruthless efficiency now stuttered, confused, and blind.And at the center of it all, Victor Cain stood alone.High above the city in Cain Tower’s executive sanctum, Victor stared at the glass wall that once fed him real-time dominion—markets, satellites, troop movements, political leverage. Now it displayed error after error, entire data sectors greyed out as if erased by an invisible hand.“Run the override again,” Victor ordered calmly.His chief systems officer swallowed. “Sir… there is no override anymore.”Victor turned slowly. “Explain.”The man’s hands trembled as he gestured at the screens. “The root architecture has been rewritten. Legacy commands are being rejected. The sys