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Victoria's Apartment - 2 AM Victoria slept soundly, dreaming of her restored reputation. She didn't hear the window open. Didn't notice the shadows moving through her apartment. Zhang Wei's team worked quickly and silently. Three people, all experts in infiltration. They found Victoria's laptop. Her phone. Her hidden burner phone she'd used to communicate with Ms. White. They copied everything. Every file. Every message. Every deleted email that could be recovered. They also found something Victoria hadn't hidden well enough—a folder in her desk drawer. Documents from Ms. White. Plans for framing Elena. Payment receipts for the first million dollars. One of the team members took photos of everything. Then they put it all back exactly as they'd found it. Within twenty minutes, they were gone. Victoria never knew they'd been there. Shadow Holdings - 3 AM Adrian reviewed the evidence Zhang Wei's team had recovered. It was damning. Completely damning. Messages between Victoria a
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Shadow Holdings - Adrian's Office Adrian listened to Elena's explanation, his expression growing colder with each word. "FBI?" he said quietly. "Corporate espionage allegations?" "Adrian, I swear I didn't do anything. Those emails, that account—none of it is real. Someone fabricated everything." "I know you didn't do it." Adrian's voice was ice. "This is a setup. Professional. Well-planned." He stood, pacing. "The Architect. This has his signature all over it." "The Architect is targeting me now?" "He said he would. At the hospital fire. He promised to cost me something I care about." Adrian's hands clenched. "Attacking you distracts me. Forces me to fight on a personal front. Makes me emotional instead of strategic." "What do we do?" "First, we get you the best defense attorney in the country. Second, we find out who fabricated this evidence. Third—" his voice turned deadly cold, "—we make them regret it." Chen Wei burst into the office. "Young Master, we have a problem. The
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Victoria Stone's Apartment Victoria Stone sat in her luxury apartment across the city, scrolling through news coverage of her brother's confession. Derek's face on every screen. The Stone family name synonymous with corruption and failure. She'd changed her surname to her married name—Victoria Chen now. Moved to a different district. Cut ties with her family publicly. All to escape the shame. But it hadn't worked. "Mrs. Chen, I'm afraid we're canceling your country club membership." The phone call yesterday. "Victoria, the charity board has decided to accept your resignation." This morning. "I'm sorry, but your application for the board position has been rejected." An hour ago. Everyone knew who she was. No amount of name changes or distance could erase that she was Richard Stone's daughter. Derek Stone's sister. Adrian Kane had destroyed her family. And now, by extension, he was destroying her. Her husband, Michael Chen, was a successful investment banker. But even he was fe
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Warehouse District - 7:15 PMAdrian and Elena arrived at the old harbor warehouse. The same location where Adrian had first met the seven elders. But tonight, it was different.Security was everywhere. Shadow Holdings operatives in civilian clothes, positioned at every approach. Underground sentries—territory leaders' own guards—creating an outer perimeter. Two hundred armed people surrounding one building.Wu Feng met them at the entrance. "Young Master. Mrs. Kane." He bowed. "Everyone is inside. Waiting.""Tensions?" Adrian asked."High. These leaders don't trust each other. Many have been rivals for years. Some have killed each other's people." Wu Feng's expression was grim. "Bringing them together was a risk. Keeping them peaceful is going to be harder.""That's why I'm here." Adrian walked toward the entrance. "To give them a reason to cooperate that's stronger than their rivalries."Inside, the warehouse had been transformed. A large round table dominated the center—deliberately
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Meanwhile - International Medical CommunityThe footage had spread beyond social media. News networks picked it up. Medical journals requested immediate interviews. Hospitals worldwide wanted to understand what had happened.In Boston, at Massachusetts General Hospital, a team of specialists gathered to watch the videos."It's impossible," one doctor said. "Neurological recovery doesn't happen in minutes.""But we're watching it happen," another replied."It has to be fake. Staged. A publicity stunt—""Then explain the monitoring equipment. Those readings are real. I can see the model numbers. Those are our machines. They don't lie."In London, a traditional medicine researcher was already booking flights to the city. "I have to meet him. This changes everything."In Beijing, professors at the Chinese Medicine University were in heated debate."This proves what we've been saying for decades! Traditional medicine works!""One case isn't proof. We need controlled studies—""One case is
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The Evening of the Treatment - Jennifer Walsh's Hospital RoomDr. Morrison sat beside Jennifer Walsh's bed, reviewing monitoring data for the seventh time in three hours. Every metric showed improvement. Not gradual improvement—dramatic, undeniable improvement."Your lung capacity is up another fifteen percent since this afternoon," he said, almost to himself. "Your neurological responses are normalizing. Your organ function readings look better than they have in six months."Jennifer smiled weakly. "I told you it worked.""It shouldn't have worked. Not this fast. Not this completely." Morrison looked at her seriously. "Ms. Walsh, what you experienced today contradicts everything I understand about medicine. Energy meridians aren't supposed to exist. The Celestial Needle technique is supposed to be mythology. And yet...""And yet I'm getting better.""Undeniably." Morrison stood and paced. "I need to contact Mr. Kane. Schedule follow-up treatments. Document this properly. Run comparat
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