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Chapter 146 The room was noisy when he entered. Joe was pacing a hole into the concrete floor, his pulse rifle slung over his shoulder, while Cora Vance was typing so fast he could barely see her fingers over the keyboards. "Tell me you saw the broadcast," Joe nearly shouted as Adrian walked in. "Tell me you just told the World Council to go take a flying leap.""I told them the city is closed for renovation," Adrian corrected, setting his espresso cup down on a server rack (earning a muffled shriek of agony from Lena upstairs, who undoubtedly sensed the impending water ring). "I also deflected their kinetic bombardment rod into the Dead Sea. The Spire is secure. Julian is taking a nap."Cora didn't cheer like he expected. She didn't even look away from her monitors. Her face was illuminated by the harsh red light of dozens of error warnings flashing across her screens. "Adrian," Cora said, her voice tight with a terrifyingly cold panic. "You shouldn't have hung up on them."Adri
If and Only If
Chapter 145 The Spire - PenthouseInside the pitch-black office, Julian Sterling was trapped inside the dead Apex armor. He had felt the shockwave of the orbital rod missing the building. He had heard the sonic booms. He knew he had failed. "No," Julian whispered inside his metal coffin, a tear of absolute, crushing defeat sliding down his cheek. "It was supposed to be mine."There was a loud crash as the reinforced glass of the penthouse window exploded inward. Adrian Black stepped through the shattered window, surrounded by the swirling, smoking winds of the storm outside. His eyes were burning with a terrifying, absolute gold light. He didn't say a word. He walked up to the paralyzed, white-armored clone. Adrian placed a hand on the chest plate of the Apex suit. [ SYSTEM SKILL: MOLECULAR DISASSEMBLY. ]The indestructible white armor simply unraveled. It didn't break; it dissolved into a cloud of fine white dust, cascading off Julian’s body and blowing away in the wind from t
Chasing Wild Ducklings
Chapter 144Joe grabbed his pulse rifle. "Adrian, you can't stop a meteor! We have to evacuate!""You can't evacuate five million people in four minutes, Joe," Adrian said softly. He didn't run. He didn't panic. He simply closed his eyes and inhaled. He felt the foundation of the city. He felt the three geothermal nodes he had bonded with. He felt the infinite, humming reservoir of the Earth's raw kinetic energy beneath his feet. "Lena," Adrian said, his eyes snapping open. They weren't just glowing, they were incandescent, burning with the power of a City God. "I want a fresh cup of coffee waiting for me when I get back."Before the housekeeper could reply, Adrian vanished. He didn't break the sound barrier; he shattered it. The sonic boom shattered the remaining windows in the East Wing as he launched himself vertically into the stormy night sky. [ SYSTEM SKILL: UNRESTRICTED FLIGHT. ][ POWER SOURCE: FOUNDATION NODES ACTIVE. ]Adrian tore through the atmosphere, ascending faste
What's A Failsafe?
Chapter 143The front doors of the Black Estate were gone, replaced by a temporary, shimmering field of localized gravity that kept the rain out but let the smell of ozone and wet pavement drift into the foyer. Adrian Black stood at the bottom of the grand staircase, holding a cup of espresso. He watched with profound, arrogant satisfaction as Lena, Lady of the Belmont bloodline and master assassin, furiously scrubbed the marble tiles with a toothbrush. "You missed a spot near the credenza, Lena," Adrian said, taking a sip. Lena’s cybernetics whirred. Her arm violently jerked toward the credenza, the toothbrush scrubbing so fast it blurred. A single tear of utter humiliation tracked down her wrinkled cheek. "I hate you," she whispered through clenched teeth, unable to stop her own hand. "I hope you choke on that espresso, you uncultured swine.""And I hope you get that grout clean," Adrian smiled warmly. "It’s really starting to pop."Just then, the gravity shield at the front e
Passionate Cleaner
Chapter 142Adrian couldn't hold it in anymore. He threw his head back and laughed. It was a booming, genuine roar of laughter that shook the room."Oh, Lena," Adrian wiped a tear from his eye. "You are truly a magnificent lunatic.""Release me!" she demanded. "Kill me like a man, you brute!"Adrian stopped laughing and a wicked, incredibly arrogant smile spread across his face."Kill you?" Adrian tsked, shaking his head. "No. Death is too easy. Death is messy. It leaves blood on the floor. And we both know how much you hate stains."Adrian walked over to her and placed a hand on her forehead."System," Adrian commanded. "Access the cybernetic neuro-processors in the target's cortex."[ ACCESSING... ][ FIREWALL BREACHED. ADMIN OVERRIDE ACCEPTED. ]"What are you doing to me?!" Lena panicked, her eyes darting wildly."I'm instituting a new protocol," Adrian smiled viciously. "I call it the Cinderella Protocol."[ WRITING NEW DIRECTIVES TO HOSTILE CYBERNETICS... ]"I am locking you out
Silly Villainy
Chapter 141Adrian expanded his awareness all around. As he keyed into his power, he didn't need to look for any code, he simply felt the earth. He felt the rumble of the subway trains, the hum of the power plants, and then... a steady, rhythmic thump-thump, thump-thump echoing through the subterranean crust of Sector 2. It perfectly matched the beating of Lena's heart."Gotcha," Adrian whispered.He opened his eyes and right then, they were blazing like miniature suns."System," Adrian commanded out loud, ensuring Lena heard every word. "Target the subterranean vault at Sector 2, Grid 44-Alpha. Reroute the city's high-pressure water mains directly beneath the vault."Lena jumped to her feet. "What are you doing?!""I'm washing the dishes," Adrian sneered.[ INITIATING MUNICIPAL OVERRIDE... ][ WATER MAINS REROUTED. PRESSURE BUILDING. ]*LMiles away, beneath Sector 2, the massive steel pipes of the city's water filtration system groaned. Millions of gallons of highly pressurized, p
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