Chapter 9
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The city was quiet, but only on the surface.

From the top of a skyscraper, Luther scanned the horizon. Threads of silver shimmered around him, probing streets, alleys, and hidden passageways. Somewhere in the chaos of probability, Victor Cain was moving, calculating, evading, planning his next strike.

Elara joined him, holding a tablet displaying traces of Victor’s residual energy from the Origin Device.

“He’s not just hiding,” she said, voice tense. “He’s leaving markers. Almost like he wants to be followed.”

“Good,” Luther said, eyes narrowing. “Then we follow. Every step he takes is a path… and every path leads to a choice he didn’t account for.”

Victor’s hideout was unlike anything Luther had seen before. It wasn’t a building it was a constantly shifting network of probability corridors, walls rearranging themselves, and floors moving as though the very air conspired against anyone trying to enter.

“He’s turned his escape into a fortress,” Elara muttered. “How are we suppose
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