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Chapter 171
Author: Gem
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The warehouse Rami’s friend had chosen for the upload was on the edge of the city—one of those half-finished tech startups that never got funded, with dusty VR headsets still shrink-wrapped in boxes and power cords coiled like sleeping snakes. It looked abandoned from the outside, but inside, it buzzed with tension.

Davion paced, his boots scuffing over concrete. His hoodie clung to his back with sweat, though the room was freezing. Irene was perched near the window, scanning the horizon with a pair of stolen binoculars. Rami was hunched over a rusted desk, his fingers flying across the keyboard like they were possessed.

“She’s late,” Irene muttered.

“She’ll come,” Rami replied, not looking up. “She always does. Just has to make sure she’s not being tailed.”

Davion stopped pacing. “And if she is?”

“Then we bounce. Fast.”

He hated this waiting. Every second felt like a countdown. He could still hear the scream of the explosion, feel the dust in his lungs. Reika had given them the drive
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