Chapter 11

Author: Charisma

2026-09-07 18:14:57

The summons came through official channels this time, not Osei's usual gruff intercom call but a printed memo left squarely in the center of his desk, department letterhead lending it a formality that made Delgado whistle low from the next desk over when he caught sight of it.

"Task force," Delgado said, reading upside down without much shame. "The Black Lotus task force. You know how many guys have been trying to get pulled onto that for years?"

"I didn't apply for it."

"Doesn't matter. Somebo

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Chapter 150
He drove north to the compound that same evening, the thirty-year-old case file carefully copied and folded into his coat, but Jin Rae insisted on staying behind to follow a lead of her own that had surfaced from Sarin's continued review of the recovered drive data — a pattern considerably more immediate than anything decades-old could demand. "Three bodies," Sarin said, spreading printouts across the office table once Ryu had returned from the compound two days later, Wei's careful, troubled promise to search the family's oldest records still settled uneasily in his chest. "All from cold cases connected to the suppression list. All scheduled for autopsy over the past six months. None of them actually got one." "Explain," Ryu said, setting aside his own preoccupation with the compound's unresolved history to focus on the morgue's considerably more immediate concern. "Each body arrived at the city morgue properly logged, properly scheduled for examination," Sarin continued. "And eac
Chapter 149
He drove north to the compound that same evening, the thirty-year-old case file carefully copied and folded into his coat, but Jin Rae insisted on staying behind to follow a lead of her own that had surfaced from Sarin's continued review of the recovered drive data — a pattern considerably more immediate than anything decades-old could demand. "Three bodies," Sarin said, spreading printouts across the office table once Ryu had returned from the compound two days later, Wei's careful, troubled promise to search the family's oldest records still settled uneasily in his chest. "All from cold cases connected to the suppression list. All scheduled for autopsy over the past six months. None of them actually got one." "Explain," Ryu said, setting aside his own preoccupation with the compound's unresolved history to focus on the morgue's considerably more immediate concern. "Each body arrived at the city morgue properly logged, properly scheduled for examination," Sarin continued. "And eac
Chapter 148
He drove north to the compound that same evening, the thirty-year-old case file carefully copied and folded into his coat, but Jin Rae insisted on staying behind to follow a lead of her own that had surfaced from Sarin's continued review of the recovered drive data — a pattern considerably more immediate than anything decades-old could demand. "Three bodies," Sarin said, spreading printouts across the office table once Ryu had returned from the compound two days later, Wei's careful, troubled promise to search the family's oldest records still settled uneasily in his chest. "All from cold cases connected to the suppression list. All scheduled for autopsy over the past six months. None of them actually got one." "Explain," Ryu said, setting aside his own preoccupation with the compound's unresolved history to focus on the morgue's considerably more immediate concern. "Each body arrived at the city morgue properly logged, properly scheduled for examination," Sarin continued. "And eac
Chapter 147
They brought the courier — who gave his name reluctantly as Theo Banks — into an interrogation room at the precinct, Osei authorizing the session quietly given Ryu's official reassignment made his presence there technically irregular. Jin Rae led the questioning, Ryu watching from the observation room with the particular, focused attention he'd learned to bring to every interrogation since Cho's own confession months earlier. "Tell me about the target list," Jin Rae said, settling across from Banks, the damaged server drive sitting between them on the table as a deliberate, pointed reminder of exactly what he'd been caught attempting to destroy. Banks shifted uncomfortably, his earlier panic having settled into something more controlled but no less frightened. "I maintain hardware. That's all. I don't see target lists, don't know what any of it's actually for." "You tried to destroy evidence the moment you realized we might be watching," Jin Rae pressed. "That's not the behavior
Chapter 146
They brought the courier — who gave his name reluctantly as Theo Banks — into an interrogation room at the precinct, Osei authorizing the session quietly given Ryu's official reassignment made his presence there technically irregular. Jin Rae led the questioning, Ryu watching from the observation room with the particular, focused attention he'd learned to bring to every interrogation since Cho's own confession months earlier. "Tell me about the target list," Jin Rae said, settling across from Banks, the damaged server drive sitting between them on the table as a deliberate, pointed reminder of exactly what he'd been caught attempting to destroy. Banks shifted uncomfortably, his earlier panic having settled into something more controlled but no less frightened. "I maintain hardware. That's all. I don't see target lists, don't know what any of it's actually for." "You tried to destroy evidence the moment you realized we might be watching," Jin Rae pressed. "That's not the behavior
Chapter 145
They brought the courier — who gave his name reluctantly as Theo Banks — into an interrogation room at the precinct, Osei authorizing the session quietly given Ryu's official reassignment made his presence there technically irregular. Jin Rae led the questioning, Ryu watching from the observation room with the particular, focused attention he'd learned to bring to every interrogation since Cho's own confession months earlier. "Tell me about the target list," Jin Rae said, settling across from Banks, the damaged server drive sitting between them on the table as a deliberate, pointed reminder of exactly what he'd been caught attempting to destroy. Banks shifted uncomfortably, his earlier panic having settled into something more controlled but no less frightened. "I maintain hardware. That's all. I don't see target lists, don't know what any of it's actually for." "You tried to destroy evidence the moment you realized we might be watching," Jin Rae pressed. "That's not the behavior

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