Ch. 25
Author: Saranghae
last update2026-06-11 07:38:38

Inside the high-ceilinged penthouse boardroom of Vance Enterprises, the atmosphere was thick with suffocating tension. The air conditioning hummed softly, but it did nothing to cool the sweat beads forming on the foreheads of a dozen senior executives.

At the head of the long mahogany table stood Tiffany Vance. Her once-flawless designer dress looked slightly disheveled, and her sharp, manicured nails pressed so hard into the edges of the table that they turned white.

"What do you mean the re
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  • Ch. 42

    On the central stage, Governor Sterling was still holding Calvin’s hand, laughing and talking with an uncharacteristic, almost submissive warmth.Down in the lower-tier rows, Tiffany Vance sat as motionless as a marble corpse.Her mind was a chaotic, spinning vortex. Every camera lens in the hall was tilted upward, flashing in a rhythmic frenzy, capturing the image of the man she had treated like a stray dog for three long years."Miss Tiffany... Miss Tiffany, please look at this," Chloe whispered from behind, her voice shaking as she held out a tablet. "The corporate hotline is completely jammed. The board members from our pharmaceutical branch are... they are demanding an emergency vote of no confidence against you. They say your public fallout with Grandmaster Calvin has blacklisted us from the new state budget.""Shut up, Chloe," Tiffany breathed, her voice barely a scratchy whisper."But Miss Tiffany, the Vance stock—""I said shut up!" Tiffany suddenly snapped, her head whippin

  • Ch. 41

    The rhythmic, electronic warning chimes from Dr. Mercer’s tablet suddenly shifted from a harsh, chaotic screech into a melodious, ascending sequence of steady, green diagnostic notes.The ink-black discoloration that had crawled up to the Governor’s temples began to recede like a tide exposed to a blazing sun. Within three minutes, the sickly, bruised purple veins crisscrossing his forehead smoothed back down beneath his skin, leaving behind a healthy, vibrant crimson warmth.The Governor’s eyelids fluttered. Then, his eyes snapped wide open. The terrifying, ruptured pools of solid scarlet in his sclera were completely gone, leaving his pupils clear, focused, and bright.He didn't choke. He didn't convulse. With a deep, chest-heaving gasp of fresh air, he effortlessly pushed himself up into a sitting position on the hardwood stage floor."Governor!" President Henderson cried out, dropping heavily to his knees and weeping openly, his silver hair flying wild. "You're... you're breathing

  • Ch. 40

    Three hundred elite Dragon Guard soldiers stood like an unyielding wall of obsidian, their spiritual rifles locked onto the frozen crowd.On the hardwood floor, the Governor’s body let out one last, ragged, wet rattle. The ink-black discoloration had completely consumed his jawline, creeping dangerously close to his temples."Nine seconds, Master," Elena announced calmly, her slender fingers steady on the velvet edges of the needle case. She didn't look at the flashing cameras or the weeping Julian; her slate-grey eyes were fixed entirely on Calvin. "The nano-polymer has reached the base of the cerebral cortex.""He's a corpse! You're stabbing a corpse!" Julian Sterling screamed from where he lay wallowing in blood by the podium. His face was a mask of manic, terrified denial. "The Regeneration-X is a flawless formula! You can't override Western nano-science with a piece of metal, Calvin! You'll just kill him faster!""Be silent, fraud," Calvin murmured, his voice cutting through Juli

  • Ch. 39

    Bacca Convention Center had descended into absolute, primal chaos. High-society matriarchs trampled over their own designer gowns, and tech billionaires shoved foreign diplomats aside to reach the heavy bronze exit doors. On the main stage, the Governor's convulsing body was stiffening, his skin a horrific shade of bruised charcoal as the unapproved Western nano-compound tore through his circulatory system."Get the tactical extraction unit!" the chief security commander screamed into his radio, his face drenched in sweat as he grabbed two of his heavily armored guards. "We need to clear the stage and quarantine the Governor! If this bio-chemical reaction spreads into the ventilation—""Stand aside, amateurs."The voice wasn't loud, but it possessed a dense, terrifying concentration of Qi that vibrated directly inside the eardrums of everyone in the room. The chaotic shouting stopped instantly.Calvin Hudson walked down from the VIP section. He didn't rush. His movements were smooth,

  • Ch. 38

    His bloodshot eyes were wide, fixed on the backup vial of Project Regeneration-X he had desperately yanked from his white tuxedo pocket."Get back, Calvin!" Julian shrieked, his voice bouncing off the high gold ceilings as he waved the secondary silver needle. His knuckles were white, and his breath came in ragged, wheezing gasps. "You’re a fraud! A primitive charlatan with sewing pins! This is Western nano-science! It’s an imperial-grade neuro-sealant! It can reverse any stroke in sixty seconds!""Master Julian, stand down!" Dr. Mercer yelled, frantically trying to block him. "The brain scanner is showing a massive arterial blowout! If you introduce an uncalibrated synthetic polymer into an active cerebral hemorrhage, the chemical bonding will be catastrophic!""I said get out of my way!" Julian roared, his face twisting into a manic, desperate mask. He violently shoved the old doctor aside. He couldn't lose this. If his uncle died without signing the state health mandate, the Sterli

  • Ch. 37

    The majestic crystal chandeliers of the grand ballroom dimmed, casting a dramatic, focused spotlight onto the central stage. The chatter of the hundred-million-dollar club subsided into a respectful hush as Governor Sterling—Julian’s distant uncle and the political ruler of the Bacca Sector—stepped up to the gold-leaf podium.Up in the glass mezzanine, Calvin sat perfectly still, his long, elegant fingers resting loosely around his porcelain tea cup. Through his Spiritual Aura Perception, he could see the Governor’s aura. It wasn't the healthy, vibrant blue of a man in his prime; it was a chaotic, muddy purple current, swirling with violent, jagged streaks of black toxicity concentrated heavily around his cranial cavity."The Governor's blood pressure is spiking dangerously," Elena murmured, her eyes flicking across her holographic tablet as she monitored the room’s ambient bio-data. "The Ghost Net records show he has been abusing experimental Sterling stimulants to maintain his publi

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