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Chapter 173
Author: Gem
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The rain came in sheets. Thick, pounding, relentless. Like the sky was trying to drown the whole city before Iron Hand could finish the job.

Davion stood in the back of the truck, soaked through his hoodie, eyes fixed on the rusted tower up ahead. It rose from the middle of an abandoned lot, half-swallowed by vines and scaffolding, surrounded by silence. No guards. No lights. No signs of life.

Which made it worse.

“This feels like a trap,” Irene muttered, her breath fogging up the inside of her cracked helmet. “It’s way too quiet.”

“It’s underground,” Rami said. He was fiddling with his drone controller like it was a game console. “They don’t need to guard the outside. The defense is below.”

“We go in fast, hit the servers, leak what’s left, and get out before they catch up,” Davion said. He didn’t blink. “Simple.”

“Simple,” Irene echoed. “He says that like we’re not about to walk into a hellhole built by literal psychopaths.”

Maya’s voice crackled in their earpieces. “You’ve got five
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