Chapter 457
Author: Stitch Noah
last update2026-04-11 21:15:47

The city didn’t sleep that night.

Even after the riot settled, even after the streets were cleared and the broken systems patched just enough to function, the tension stayed. It lingered in the air, in the way people looked at each other, in the way voices stayed low but sharp. No one trusted the calm. It felt temporary, like a pause before something bigger.

High above the city, far from the noise and chaos, a quiet room watched everything.

Screens filled the walls, each one showing a different
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