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Chapter 198. The Fragment That Speaks
The desert wind cut across the Sahara Free Zone like a blade of burning air. The sun hovered low over the horizon, bleeding orange across the sky as dusk settled. Broken satellite towers jutted from the sand like ancient bones. The silent dunes stretched endlessly in all directions.In this forgotten wasteland, a Vault dropship descended quietly, kicking dust into spirals. Eren stood at the ramp as it lowered, dressed in sand-gray tactical armor, a helmet clipped to his belt. His expression was grim, sharpened by the vanished signals from the earlier strike team.He looked at his squad, six elite operatives, all tense and alert. “Stay close,” he said. “No one wanders. No one touches anything unless I command it.”The squad nodded. A faint static whisper hissed through the comms, too faint to interpret, but enough to raise everyone’s nerves. They stepped out into the dead desert.The strike team had disappeared six hours earlier, last transmission a chilling message: “It’s building
Chapter 197. The Warning Of A Shadow
The elevator ride back to the upper levels felt longer than usual. Kai stood silently inside the rising capsule, his hands at his sides, his gaze steady but unfocused. Eren stood beside him, tense and conflicted. The walls glowed with soft light, but the space felt terribly cold.Hollow’s final words echoed through Kai’s mind again and again. “The Grid doesn’t serve you. It interprets you.”He hated how the words crawled under his skin. He hated even more how true they sounded.The elevator doors slid open, revealing a quiet hallway. Liora waited for them at the far end, leaning lightly against a glass wall. The moment she saw Kai’s expression, her face tightened. “What happened?” she asked as she stepped closer.Kai walked past her without slowing. “We have time.”Liora followed. “You met him. You really met Hollow.”“Yes,” Kai said.“And?”Kai exhaled. “He wants access.”Liora froze. “Kai.”“One channel,” Kai said. “Non-core.”She shook her head. “Hollow does not ask for access un
Chapter 196. The Shadow In The Room
Night fell hard over Crest City. It came down like a heavy curtain, swallowing the last bits of daylight and replacing them with a cold, electric darkness. Neon lights buzzed faintly across the skyline. The streets shimmered with rainwater and reflections of passing drones. The world felt tense, stretched thin, ready to snap at the slightest touch.Inside Crest Tower, Kai moved through the dim hallway with Eren close behind. Their footsteps echoed softly. Kai’s expression was carved in stone; unreadable, sharp, and dangerous. Eren’s eyes scanned every corner, every shadow, every door. He sensed the shift in the air. He sensed the hunt beginning.“Kai,” Eren said quietly, “you do not need to meet him yourself. I can send a proxy.”Kai kept walking. “No.”“This Hollow,” Eren continued carefully, “we do not know his origin. We do not know his allegiance. Some of the Vault reports suggest he may not even be a single person.”Kai finally spoke, his voice low but steady. “That is exactl
Chapter 195. Rhea’s Strike
The storm over the city broke open just before sunrise, turning the sky into a slate-gray ocean. Rain hammered the rooftops, washing neon signs into blurred streaks. Cars splashed through waterlogged streets. People rushed under awnings with hunched shoulders, trying to escape the sudden downpour.But in the center of the city, in the highest tower, Kai stood dry and silent in his office, watching the weather with distant eyes. His reflection stared back at him from the glass, tired, sharp, and colder than he remembered being even a month ago.Behind him, screens glowed with global reactions to the market collapse.SUSPICIOUS TRADING PATTERNS STILL UNEXPLAINEDTHREE GIANTS FALL: WHO BENEFITS?CREST’S SUDDEN SURGE UNDER INVESTIGATIONRUMORS OF AI INTERFERENCE GROWEvery headline felt like a weight pressing into his skull. “It will calm down,” Liora said softly from behind him.Kai didn’t turn. “No, it won’t. Not today.”Liora walked toward him, her heels clicking lightly on the marb
Chapter 194. The Quiet Before The Raid
A cold wind swept across Crest Tower at dawn, carrying dust and distant sirens. The city below moved with an uneasy rhythm. People whispered on the streets. Screens replayed the mysterious market collapse again and again. Security drones hovered overhead like silent watchers.Inside the tower, Kai stood before a mirror, adjusting his collar with slow, deliberate movements. His eyes were calm on the surface, but beneath that calm lived a storm he refused to let anyone see. The Whisper Grid’s voice still echoed in his skull. The sound of his own tone. The certainty. The hunger.He shut the memory away. Not now. The government inspection team would arrive at any moment.Kai left his suite and walked into the hallway. Eren waited for him, rigid and alert, wearing dark tactical gear. His eyes scanned the corridor constantly. He looked like a blade ready to draw blood if needed.“They are here,” Eren said quietly.Kai nodded. “How many?”“Four investigators, two military advisers, and a
Chapter 193. The Voice That Should Not Exist
The rain began just after midnight, soft at first, then growing heavier until the windows of Crest Tower trembled under the steady rhythm. Most of the city slept. Streets glowed with reflections of streetlights blurring across puddles. But inside the highest floor of the tower, Kai was wide awake.He sat alone in the dark of the Command Archive, a sealed room buried behind multiple layers of biometric locks. The walls hummed faintly with the quiet vibration of servers, pulsing like a distant heartbeat. No assistants were allowed here. No guards. No eyes except his own.On a metal table before him sat a single device: a small, obsidian-black interface pad with a cold glass surface. Lines of encrypted signals flickered faintly beneath the glass. This pad had been built only for one purpose, to speak directly to the Whisper Grid without echo or trace.Kai inhaled slowly. His hand hovered above the pad. He had been avoiding this moment for days.He had felt the Grid stirring, watching,
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