All Chapters of The Boy Who Hated Sound: Chapter 31
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32 chapters
The Clashing Steel of Revenge
The heavy armored vehicle door flies open, and the cold glare of the floodlights hits my eyes like a physical blow. Commander Marcus stands frozen on the elevated steel stage, his fingers twitching toward the plasma pistol at his side before a slow, arrogant grin stretches across his face. "Look who decided to crawl out of the sewers," Marcus's voice booms across the plaza through the massive outdoor speakers, his tone dripping with mockery. "I thought you would run all the way to the neutral zone like cowards." "We don't run from murderers, Marcus," I call out, stepping out of the cruiser with my head held high. Beside me, Chinedu steps onto the concrete pavement, his rifle raised and locked directly on the command
The Final Countdown
The red warning lights on Zainab's portable screen flash like dying stars, casting a harsh, pulsing glow across the high-stakes execution platform. "The orbital station just bypassed local clearance," Zainab calls out, her voice cracking over our earpieces as panic fills the open air of Sector One. "Marcus didn't just plan a public trap for us. He set a dead-man's switch on the entire upper grid. If his heartbeat stops or his bio-ID goes offline, the orbital weapons platform will drop tactical warheads right on top of this entire district." Commander Marcus, pinned against the cracked console by my weight, lets out a harsh, broken laugh. Blood drips steadily from his chin, but his eyes shine with absolute malice. "You see that?" Marcus spits out, coughing as my grip tightens