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Chapter 516: The Hand of Fate
Chapter 516: The Hand of FateThe East District was never quiet, but the noise was usually familiar—the rumble of the elevated train, the shouting of street vendors, and the distant throb of music. Inside his sister’s cramped, third-floor apartment, Marcus sat at the small kitchen table, staring blankly at a bowl of cold cereal. His skin felt like it was crawling. Every time a car door slammed outside, he jumped."Marcus, you’ve been acting weird since you got here last night," his sister, Mia, said as she bounced her toddler on her hip. She adjusted the worn strap of her apron, looking at him with worried eyes. "You didn't sleep. You’re shaking. Did you get back into trouble with those people?"Marcus opened his mouth to lie, but the words died in his throat. He reached into his windbreaker pocket and felt the thick envelope of cash Tom had given him. "I just... I have a lead on a job, Mia. A big one. We can finally move out of here.""I don't care about moving, Mar
Chapter 515: The First Move
Chapter 515: The First MoveDetective Morrison stepped through the revolving glass doors of the EMC tower, his heavy trench coat still damp from the morning drizzle. He was a veteran of the Emerald Falls Police Department, with a face like a crumpled road map and eyes that had seen every lie a criminal could conjure.An anonymous tip had come across his desk at 7:30 AM—short, precise, and impossible to ignore. “EMC has been emptied. Look at the Warehouse District.”"Detective, this way," a security guard whispered, leading him toward the executive elevator.Upstairs, the atmosphere was suffocating. Morrison walked into the CEO’s office and found Eric Wood pacing like a caged animal. Sitting calmly at the side table was James Clarkson, the Acting CFO, who was busy organizing a stack of digital printouts."Detective Morrison, thank you for coming so quickly," Eric said, his voice cracking. He gestured to the monitors. "We’ve been hit. Hard. Eight billion dollars wa
Chapter 514: The Patient Hunter
Chapter 514: The Patient HunterThe city of Emerald Falls was still draped in a heavy, pre-dawn mist when James Wane stepped through the glass doors of the EMC headquarters. The lobby was silent, the marble floors polished to a mirror-like shine that reflected the dim security lights.To the skeletal night staff, he was just James Clarkson, the diligent Acting CFO arriving early to handle the quarterly crisis. They had no idea that the man walking past them carried a digital bomb in his leather briefcase.James entered his office and sat in the dark for a moment, the only light coming from the glowing status LEDs of his workstation. He opened his laptop and reviewed the final report he had compiled during the sleepless hours of the night.$8,000,000,000.00 OUTBOUND.The trail was beautiful in its complexity. It looked like a spiderweb spun across the globe—Panama, Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, and small private banks in Eastern Europe.He picked up his pho
Chapter 513: The Taste of Victory
Chapter 513: The Taste of VictoryThe cold blue light of a specialized encryption tablet illuminated Williams Jesse’s face as he sat in the back of a darkened SUV. Outside, the industrial shadows of the Warehouse District blurred past the tinted windows. His fingers, steady and precise, tapped a sequence into a hidden banking app.The screen refreshed. A long string of digits appeared, followed by a balance that made his pulse quicken.$8,000,000,000.00 – CLEARED.It was only the first wave, the initial harvest from the digital seeds he had planted months ago. More would trickle in as the secondary shell companies processed the global hops he had engineered. He felt a surge of cold, intellectual pride. He had outsmarted EMC security, bypassed Eric Wood’s oversight, and used a "nobody" like Marcus to take all the physical risk.He pulled up his messaging app and typed a short, clinical text to Mr. Sterling.“Done. Check your accounts. The eagle has landed.”
Chapter 512: The Digital Trail
Chapter 512: The Digital TrailThe air in James’s private office was thick with the hum of high-powered servers and the smell of cold coffee. James sat hunched over a bank of four monitors, his eyes reflecting the rapid scroll of data. Beside him, Eric Wood stood with his arms folded tightly across his chest, his breathing shallow. The clock on the wall had just ticked past 9:00 PM.Suddenly, the silent office was filled with the sharp, rhythmic chirping of security alerts. Red windows began popping up across all four screens like a digital rash."It’s happening," Eric whispered, leaning in so close his tie brushed the desk. "James, look at the outbound ledger. The accounts are bleeding."James didn't respond immediately. His fingers flew across the keyboard, opening a specialized tracking software he had built in secret. On the central monitor, a live map of the world appeared. Glowing white lines began to shoot out from the Emerald Falls server node, stretching across oceans."Eight
Chapter 511: The Red Key
Chapter 511: The Red KeyThe interior of the "Neon Oasis" internet cafe was a maze of dim lighting and the low, constant hum of cooling fans.The air was thick with the scent of stale energy drinks and the metallic tang of overheated hardware. Neon blue strips of light ran along the baseboards, casting an eerie glow on the faces of young men hunched over glowing monitors.Most were lost in the chaotic world of online gaming, their fingers clicking furiously on mechanical keyboards, their voices rising in occasional shouts of frustration or triumph.In the far corner, tucked away in a booth where the shadows were deepest, Marcus sat perfectly still. He looked entirely out of place. While the teenagers around him wore oversized hoodies and bulky headsets, Marcus wore a cheap, stiff windbreaker zipped up to his chin. His hands, resting on the laminate tabletop, were trembling so violently that he eventually had to tuck them under his thighs to keep them still.He checked the digital cloc
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