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Return to Sender
Chapter 256"Surrender the city," Joe repeated, standing next to Adrian on the concrete pier. Joe looked at the armored European man, then looked at the floating mountain of shipping containers hovering in the sky above them. "Buddy, did you just wake up from a nap, or are you just functionally blind? Because the guy you are talking to is currently juggling a hundred thousand tons of steel."Arthur Pendelton did not look intimidated. He stepped entirely out of the freezing shipping container. His silver-and-white power armor adjusted to his movements with a soft, mechanical whine. He looked up at the floating cargo containers, his ice-blue eyes scanning the physics on display."Very impressive," Arthur said. He tapped a sleek device on his armored wrist. "Macro-kinetic levitation. A massive, localized manipulation of the gravitational constant. We detected the energy spikes from Europa. It is the primary reason the Crown sent me.""The Crown," Adrian said. He did not drop the containe
High-Stakes Tetris
Chapter 255 Within twenty minutes, a convoy of fifty loaded trucks was already rolling out of Sector 3, heading for the grocery stores and hospitals of Aethelgard."You see, Victoria," Adrian said, finally turning to look at her as a massive red medical container floated gently past them. "Leverage only works if the other person needs what you have. I don't need your cranes. I don't need your holding company. I just needed you to unlock the gate."Victoria swallowed hard. Her entire corporate strategy, her revenge for her father, was floating harmlessly in the sky, completely useless. She was a brilliant businesswoman, but she had tried to apply standard economics to a god.She opened her briefcase, her hands shaking, and pulled out the physical deed to the port."I surrender," Victoria said quietly, holding the paper out. "You win, Administrator. Take the port."Adrian didn't take the paper. He let a massive green container touch down gently on the concrete behind her."I don't want
Offloading
Chapter 254The new, armored black Range Rover glided through the streets of Aethelgard with the smooth, silent purr of a predator."Okay, I admit it," Joe said, gripping the leather-wrapped steering wheel. He adjusted the climate control and sighed happily. "The Bentley was a classic, but this? This is peak tactical luxury. The suspension is absorbing the potholes in Sector 3 like they don't even exist. And the seat warmers? Boss, my lower back has never felt so respected.""I told you, Joe. We are upgrading the aesthetic," Adrian Black said from the passenger seat. He was checking his datapad, still wearing his black shirt and gray trousers. "We need to project quiet, modern authority. Nothing says 'I own the city' quite like a convoy of tinted Range Rovers rolling through a blockade."Behind them, a line of nine identical black Range Rovers followed in perfect formation, carrying Captain Graves and a detachment of heavily armed Iron Guard officers.They approached the Sector 3 ship
Etiquette and Economics
Chapter 253Adrian Black sat at the long mahogany dining table in the Black Estate. For the first time in weeks, nobody was shooting at his house.He was wearing a simple black shirt and gray trousers. The new kitchen staff had just placed a steaming bowl of afang soup and a plate of soft eba in front of him. Lena was gone, retired to the coast, but she had clearly left strict instructions. The food was perfect. Adrian washed his hands and started eating. It felt incredibly good to just sit down and have a normal meal.Joe walked into the dining room. He dropped a set of heavy car keys on the table."The Bentley is officially scrap metal," Joe said, pulling out a chair and sitting down. "Genesis crushed the engine block. I had the Iron Guard tow it to the junkyard. So, what are we driving now? Are we taking the armored drop-ship to the grocery store?""No," Adrian said, swallowing a bite of food. "I ordered a new fleet of vehicles this morning. Ten black Range Rovers. They have heavy
Perfect Bait
Chapter 252 Adrian slammed his bare palm flat against the flat side of the alien blade. He didn't touch the edge. He injected a massive, localized surge of kinetic force directly into the metal.The blade didn't cut him, but the sheer physical force of Adrian's parry hit Genesis's grafted arm like a freight train. The super-soldier’s radius bone audibly cracked under the strain, the necrotic flesh tearing.Genesis didn't scream. He used the momentum of the parry to spin, launching a devastating roundhouse kick aimed at Adrian’s ribs.Adrian caught the kick with his left hand, his boots skidding backward across the cracked marble floor from the raw physical impact."You're fighting a computer, Adrian!" Genesis rasped, twisting his leg to break the grip. "I have mapped every martial art, every kinetic trajectory, every biological limitation of the human form! You cannot out-fight me!""I don't have to out-fight you," Adrian grinned, the golden-crimson-silver light finally erupting in h
Like A Rabbit Hole
The Apex Dynamics Tower - Sector 1One Hour LaterThe Zenith Ballroom at the top of the Apex Dynamics Tower was still a ruined mess from Elias Thorne’s failed corporate coup. The holographic projectors were shattered, the marble floors were cracked, and the ceiling was missing massive chunks from where Adrian had reverse-gravity-slammed a ten-ton mechanical synth into the rafters.It was the highest point in Sector 1, entirely exposed to the elements due to the shattered panoramic windows. The howling wind whipped through the cavernous space.Adrian Black stood in the dead center of the ruined dance floor.He wasn't wearing dark-matter armor. He wasn't wearing a bespoke suit. He was wearing the plain gray sweatpants and black t-shirt he usually reserved for his morning coffee.He wanted Genesis to see exactly what he was: flesh and blood."Boss," Joe’s voice crackled nervously over the comms. Joe was stationed in a hovering Vanguard drop-ship, cloaked three miles away, acting as overw
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