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Chapter 89: A Drop of Hell in the Ghost's Veins
The Damascus steel sword was raised high, reflecting the brilliant glow of the Ballroom spotlights.Hundreds of elite guests held their breath. The atmosphere on the hundredth floor of Vancroft Tower suddenly fell silent, as if time itself had frozen. On the marble stage, Kael Thorne knelt with a battered face. Blood dripped from his temple onto the red carpet below. The former detective stared straight at the blade preparing to separate his head from his neck.Kael did not close his eyes. He refused to give Silas Vancroft the satisfaction of seeing him afraid."Goodbye, police dog," Silas whispered coldly into the microphone, his eyes radiating absolute victory.The Patriarch gave a signal with a snap of his fingers.The executioner's arm muscles tightened. Gravity and raw strength began pulling the massive sword downward, slicing through the air with a deadly hum that seemed to deafen the entire room.Meanwhile, four hundred meters below them.Deep within the cold confines of Morgue
CHAPTER 88: The Opening of the Golden Jubilee
The Golden Jubilee celebration in the hundredth-floor ballroom had reached its peak. The clinking of crystal glasses, the refined laughter of politicians, and the melodies of a live orchestra filled the night air. Hundreds of VIP guests remained blissfully unaware that this marble hall was being transformed into an open-air execution ground Mel Elevator entrance at the end of the ballroom corridor.“And tonight, as a celebratory gift, I shall present a special performance for all of you.”Inside the executive elevator racing upward.Kael Thorne leaned against the mirrored wall. He had changed into a Vancroft catering attendant's uniform he found in a locker room on the tenth floor. His face was once again concealed behind thick glasses and a fake mustache. On his back rested a small backpack containing C4 explosives and the uplink flash drive.Ding.The digital display above the elevator doors flashed 100.“This is it, El,” Kael whispered into the earpiece. “I'm walking into the lion'
Chapter 87: The Devil's Smile
The panic on the ground-floor lobby never spread upward.Inside Vancroft Tower, every floor operated under absolute security compartmentalization. Kael Thorne realized this as he crawled through the dim emergency stairwell, leaving the guards' screams far below.Thick blood dripped from the wounds in his abdomen and left thigh, leaving a crimson trail across the concrete steps.Kael ignored it. He kept dragging himself upward, suppressing groans of pain by biting down on his sleeve.Floor 10. Electrical Utility Room.Kael gently kicked open the gray steel door and locked it behind him.The room was packed with cable conduits, electrical panels, and layers of dust. Dark and silent, it served as a temporary refuge before the real storm erupted.The former detective slid down to the floor, resting his back against a massive transformer unit.Using his good left hand, he opened his small backpack while his right hand continued trembling uncontrollably.Kael pulled out gauze bandages, powd
Chapter 86: The Bloody Hack
Third Floor, Vancroft Tower. Security Server Room.The graying crew-cut man, Vancroft's Head of Security, strolled casually with a tactical shotgun resting on his shoulder. Moments ago, he had blown apart half of Elias's host corpse's head. The body now lay stiff before the main console, staining the pristine carpet with blood and brain matter.The man snorted contemptuously and pulled out his radio."The necrotic target on the third floor has been neutralized. The Ghost tried to hack us from underground, just like Mr. Silas predicted. Sweep B-4 immediately. Make sure his physical shell is burned to ashes."However, the Head of Security forgot one thing.He had just killed the corpse that served as Elias's signal relay, but he had forgotten that within a hundred-meter radius, Elias had unlimited access to anyone who had already died.And just minutes earlier, on B-4, Sloane and Elias had killed five mercenaries outside the Morgue.Inside the B-4 Morgue, Elias did not send his signal b
Chapter 85: The Severed Signal
TIIIIIIIIIIT...The flat, piercing whine of the EKG machine felt like a knife scraping against Sloane's eardrums.Elias's body lay rigid and lifeless atop the stainless-steel operating table. Thick black blood pooled inside his oxygen mask, covering his lips and nose. The Ghost Rot veins across his face faded rapidly, turning the pale gray of a true corpse. His open eyes no longer radiated the light of death. They were empty, merged with nothingness."Elias! No! Your heart can't stop now!" Sloane screamed hysterically. She threw aside the bloodied gauze, ignoring the pain in her amputated left shoulder.Using her healthy right hand, the former combat paramedic slammed her fist against Elias's chest.Thud! Thud!One-handed CPR.An act of pure desperation."One, two, three... breathe, El! You promised you'd cut Silas's throat!" Sloane sobbed as tears splashed onto Elias's raincoat.But Elias's heart refused to beat. This death felt far darker, far more final. His brain had been shaken b
CHAPTER 84: The Three-Link Relay
Crack... crack...The sound of bones being forced to move beyond their natural limits echoed through the deserted corridors of Level B-4.The three Black Hound mercenary corpses under Elias's control stood motionless in pools of their comrades' blood. Their faces were blank. Their eyes were milky white. Their breathing had long since ceased.Elias did not sever the connection.Guided by silent commands from the God of Death's mind, the first and second corpses turned. They dragged the bodies of the men they had just slaughtered into the long hallway before pulling the morgue's double doors shut from the outside.CLANK!Using the butt of its rifle, the first corpse smashed the door's electronic control panel. The magnetic lock short-circuited and melted. The morgue was now completely sealed.Sloane and Elias's physical body were safe from interference by underground patrols.Only the third corpse remained.Elias's primary host.The corpse, a heavily built mercenary whose chest had been
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