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Chapter 159
Liam studied the frozen image on the tablet. "We need more information before we make any moves. Surveillance on that room, tracking the comings and goings of the possessed faculty, figuring out their schedule and patterns.""I can help with that," Vale offered. "My security clearance gives me access to most AAU systems, and I've developed a few backdoor methods for the rest.""Why come to us?" Akiya asked suddenly, suspicion evident in her tone. "Why not go to higher authorities?"Vale's expression darkened. "Who would I report to? Hayes is compromised. The Academy Director hasn't been seen in public for weeks. And after what you've just told me about the President's... extracurricular activities, I'm not certain who can be trusted in government either.""So you came to four students?" Akiya pressed."Four students who survived the Abyss," Vale corrected. "Who faced an Awakened Wraith and lived to tell about it. Who have more practical experience with Abyssal entities than most senio
Chapter 158
"The Cat? You're absolutely certain?" Liam leaned forward, eyes wide with disbelief.The four of them had reconvened in Anna's room, the most secure of their living spaces since she'd installed sound dampeners for her meditation practice. Miko paced while the others processed what he'd told them."No doubt whatsoever," Miko replied. "Same movement patterns, same fighting stance. He wasn't even trying to hide it once I recognized him.""The President's left hand is an underground fight promoter," Akiya shook her head in disgust. "And the President not only knows, but approves. Unbelievable."Anna remained silent, making notes on her tablet. She finally looked up, her expression troubled. "This complicates our mimic investigation. If the legitimate government is running shadow operations, how do we distinguish that from mimic infiltration?""We focus on behavioral inconsistencies," Miko said firmly. "The President matched his previous knowledge exactly. He knew details about the silver
Chapter 157
Miko stared at the official summons, the presidential seal gleaming in the morning light filtering through his dorm window. Three days had passed since their return from their little vacation, three days of careful observation and growing paranoia."This can't be a coincidence," he muttered, passing the letter to Anna.She skimmed it quickly. "A private meeting with the President? Now? When we've just started uncovering this mimic situation?""Could be a trap," Akiya said, pacing the small room. Her hair was tied back tightly, dark circles under her eyes betraying how little she'd slept. "If the mimics have infiltrated the Academy, who's to say they haven't reached higher?"Liam, sprawled across Miko's bed with a tactical map of AAU, looked up. "Or it could be legitimate. The President's always had a weird interest in you, Miko.""That's what worries me," Miko said, running a hand through his hair. "What if the real President has been replaced too? What if this is just their way of is
Chapter 156
The transport rumbled through mountain roads as they headed back toward the Academy. Inside, the four teammates sat in exhausted silence, each lost in their own thoughts about what they'd witnessed at the mountain picnic."I keep thinking about Hayes," Anna said finally, breaking the quiet. "Something about the whole thing feels wrong.""Wrong how?" Miko asked, though he'd been having similar thoughts."It happened too fast," Anna replied, shifting in her seat to face the others. "Yesterday we trusted him completely. Today he's revealed as the mastermind behind everything? It doesn't make sense."Liam nodded slowly. "The timing is suspicious. Right after we start questioning AAU’s Loyalty, suddenly the person who warned us about conspiracies turns out to be part of one?""Maybe that's exactly why he warned us," Akiya suggested, though she didn't sound convinced. "Keep us suspicious of everyone except him.""But think about what he told us before," Anna pressed. "About Academy experime
Chapter 155
The portal collapsed with a sound like thunder, taking Hayes and his corrupted coordinators with it. But not before they'd left their mark on everything Miko thought he understood about the world."Is everyone alive?" Anna called, her voice hoarse from shouting healing instructions during the chaotic battle.Around the devastated meadow, survivors slowly emerged from hiding places among the trees and rocks. Students with torn robes and haunted expressions. Faculty members who'd fought corruption beasts with training techniques never meant for real combat. All of them changed by what they'd witnessed."Forty-one students accounted for," reported one of the instructors, his usually neat appearance disheveled and singed. "Five faculty members. Plus your group and Miss Rose.""Injuries?""Fifteen students with corruption exposure. Three faculty with serious wounds. Could have been much worse."Could have been much worse.Join us or die."The carriages?" Liam asked, helping a shaken first-
Chapter 154
The main portal should have closed completely. Instead, it flickered, then suddenly flared back to life with blinding intensity. Through the dimensional tear stepped a figure that made Miko's blood run cold.Coordinator Hayes.But not the Hayes they knew. This version moved with fluid grace, corruption patterns writhing beneath his skin like living tattoos. His weathered face wore an expression of cold satisfaction as he surveyed the devastated meadow."Impossible," Miss Rose breathed, taking an involuntary step backward. "Hayes has been fighting corruption for decades.""Has he?" the corrupted coordinator asked, his voice carrying the same authority it always had but with an undertone of something inhuman. "Or has he been serving it all along?"Miko felt the world shift around him. Hayes had been the one to debrief them after the Abyss mission. The one who'd warned them about Academy conspiracies. The one who'd suggested they come to Lunaris for their own safety."You sent us here,"
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