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Chapter 74: Ruckus in the Underground
Author: Johnny
last update2025-08-28 13:01:45

The night air in New York was heavy with low pitch from the MC, neon, and gasoline, but Jaylen didn’t walk the usual boulevards of Manhattan this time.

His boots crunched against cracked tiles as he descended into a sealed stairwell behind a derelict convenience store. The System had pulsed once more in his head. Its sharp chime echoed louder than the rumbling subway below.

“System Alert: Enemy 003 Detected.

DJ Ruckus – Hacker of Sound. Objective: Crush the Underground Syndicate.”

Jaylen exhaled, tightening his jacket as the stale underground air rushed into his lungs. “Another one waiting,” he muttered. His path had already drawn blood and humiliation from Marcus Slade and Selene Rayne. But now, whispers told of a dark emperor of beats who never played above the ground. DJ Ruckus, the name alone carried both fear and frenzy in the veins of New York’s nightlife.

The deeper Jaylen went, the louder the bass became. It wasn't a normal bass. Each thump carried a coded aftershock effect.
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