All Chapters of Asura God of War: Awakening of the Ghost : Chapter 51
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Chapter 53: The Silk Trap
The black town car pulled up to the entrance of the Grand Summit Hall in Palembang. The heavy rain from the previous night had cleared, leaving the humid evening air thick and suffocating.Ares stepped out of the car, immediately adjusting the cuffs of his custom-tailored charcoal suit."Keep your left arm steady," Clara whispered, stepping out beside him in a sleek, dark emerald evening gown."The servos are muted," Ares muttered, keeping his voice low as he offered her his right arm. "But this jacket severely restricts my kinetic movement. If I need to draw a weapon, it will cost me a full second.""You are not drawing a weapon tonight," Clara reminded him firmly. "You are Alexander Vance, CEO of a Zurich tech firm. I am your wife, Claire. We are here to secure government contracts. Just smile and walk."Ares grunted, leading her up the red carpet toward the massive glass doors of the government building."Invitations and identification, please," the heavily armed security guard at
Chapter 54: The Master and the Machine
The cold steel of the gun barrel pressed harder into the base of Ares’s skull. All around them, the pitch-black ballroom was a chaotic symphony of screaming diplomats and shattering glass."I won't tell you again, Ares," Kaelen whispered, his breath hot against Ares’s ear. "Drop the ceramic blade. If you twitch, I sever your brain stem."Ares kept his grip on the knife. He didn't move a millimeter. His cybernetic eye cut through the darkness, illuminating Kaelen's thermal signature standing directly behind him."You are getting slow, Kaelen," Ares said, his voice a low, mechanical hum. "Ten years ago, you would have just pulled the trigger. You wouldn't have bothered talking.""Ten years ago, you were just a weapon," Kaelen replied smoothly. "Today, you are the man holding the key to my future. Let go of the girl's hand.""No," Clara said.Even in the dark, with a gun pointed at her husband's head, Clara’s voice was absolute ice. She squeezed Ares's hand."You think you have control o
Chapter 55: The Ghost Ambush
Ares and Clara moved rapidly through the dark, rain-slicked alleyways of Palembang, staying far away from the main roads. The wail of police sirens faded behind them."The signal origin is twenty miles out now," Clara whispered, her eyes glowing faintly blue as she tracked the data. "Kaelen is moving fast. He must have an armored convoy waiting outside the city.""We will hijack a vehicle," Ares said, his cybernetic eye scanning the rooftops. "Once we are out of the urban grid, we will—"Clara suddenly gasped, stumbling forward. She grabbed her head with both hands, dropping to her knees on the wet asphalt."Clara!" Ares immediately dropped beside her, his left titanium arm shielding her body. "What is it?""Jammer," Clara choked out, her breathing frantic. "Massive neural jammer. It is flooding the local grid with white noise. I can't see the network. Ares, I am blind!"A heavy, metallic thud echoed from the fire escape above them.Then another. And another.Ares looked up. Six figur