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CHAPTER 34 Extraction Zone
The last footsteps of the soldiers disappeared at the end of the alley. The sound of the helicopter had already faded. What remained was a silence that felt too clean after violence.Darin was still kneeling on the asphalt. Blood dripped slowly from the corner of his mouth. His hands trembled, but his mind was beginning to sharpen again.The system pulsed faintly, no longer aggressive or cold. It almost sounded… exhausted.[Status: Stabilizing.]Darin drew a deep breath. Pain immediately stabbed through his ribs. He grimaced, but slowly pushed himself to his feet, one hand bracing against the wall. His legs still felt like they did not belong to him, but he had no time.“Extraction Zone,” he muttered.The term did not sound like coincidence. It felt like a structured, planned procedure.Rian was not an ordinary target.Darin stepped out of the alley, the street outside looked empty. The streetlights flickered back on one by one, as if nothing had happened, but Darin knew the traces we
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The lights in the alley suddenly went out, the helicopter above shuddered strangely. For the first time, the Commander, who had looked completely calm, lifted his head toward the sky in surprise.Several soldiers reflexively raised their weapons.“Power outage?” one of them whispered.The Commander did not answer.His instinct immediately told him this was not a coincidence.He turned toward Darin, who was still lying on the asphalt. The man’s eyes were open, he was smiling faintly. Dangerous.The system spoke.[Emergency protocol active.][Duration: 60 seconds.]There were no explanations, no charts, but Darin’s body felt it. Not a new strength. More like every limit inside his body had been temporarily released. The pain was still there, but it no longer held him back. His breathing stabilized again. His muscles felt light.The Commander understood one thing immediately.“Hold him!”But it was already too late, Darin moved. His motion was almost invisible in the darkness. One hand se
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“You should not have pushed yourself this far,” the Commander said flatly, as if he already understood the situation.Darin lifted his chin slightly, his breath short. “Good advice. Try telling that to your men too.”The Commander did not respond. He simply rolled his shoulders a little, as if loosening the muscles.The soldiers around the alley remained still. No one fired or approached. The order was clear. This was a duel.The system spoke again.[Failure threshold: 20%.]Darin understood now. If that number reached zero, the mode would collapse, and his body might collapse with it. He tightened his grip on the broken knife. His palm was slick with blood, but he did not drop it.The Commander suddenly moved faster than before. A short step, his body lowering, his right fist snapping toward Darin’s ribs.Darin twisted his body, but the punch was only a feint. The Commander’s knee shot upward from below.THUD!The impact slammed into Darin’s already battered side. The air burst from
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The Commander moved first without warning, his step closing the distance instantly.A straight punch tore through the air toward Darin’s face, fast and precise, but Darin had already moved before the fist reached halfway.His body twisted slightly to the right, just enough for the punch to skim past his cheek.The wind from it was real.He countered.A short elbow aimed at the jaw.The Commander pulled his head back just in time.The strike hit only his shoulder.Still hard enough to push him half a step back.Not enough.The Commander immediately spun and launched a low sweeping kick.Asphalt brushed Darin’s foot as he hopped lightly. His knee nearly got taken out.When he landed, he was already too close for long attacks.The broken knife flashed.A short arc toward the throat.The Commander caught his wrist again, but this time Darin had anticipated it.He did not resist the pull.Instead he followed it forward.His head smashed into the man’s forehead.THUD!Bone struck bone.Both
CHAPTER 30 The Line That Was Crossed
The Commander saw it first.The change was small, only a fraction of a second, but it was clear enough for someone used to reading an opponent.Darin’s eyes sharpened.The Commander’s punch was already close to his face when Darin moved. Not backward, not to block. He stepped inside the distance.THUD!His elbow slammed into the Commander’s chest with a force that had not been there seconds ago. The impact forced the scarred man to step back.One full step.Something that had not happened at any point during the fight.The Commander immediately stabilized himself. His eyes narrowed as he reassessed.Darin stood upright. His ribs still hurt. His breathing was still heavy. But something about the way his body moved now was different.The system spoke again.[Conditional Mode activated.]No explanation. No statistics. Just that fact.The Commander raised an eyebrow slightly. “Interesting,” he said quietly.He stepped forward again, coming fast with a straight punch, a sweeping kick, and
CHAPTER 29 An Unstable Threshold
The sensation did not come as an explosion like before, nor as a brutal surge that tore at the limits of his body.This time it was subtler and more dangerous, like a small flame burning inside his bones.Darin felt it spread from his spine to his shoulders, down his arms, then pulse through the cracked rib.The pain did not disappear. It felt even clearer. But beneath it, there was a thin current of unstable strength.The system spoke again without emotion.[Partial stabilization.][Limited time.]Not full intervention. Not total berserk.Something in between.Darin’s body was still heavy, but now it obeyed.He lifted his head just as three rifle barrels aimed at Rian’s small back as the boy ran.No time to think.He stepped.The asphalt shuddered under the force of Darin’s stride as his body shot into the line of fire.Gunshots exploded.BANG! BANG!Darin twisted midair, dragging one soldier in as a human shield for a split second before shoving him toward another shooter.Chaos eru
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