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CHAPTER 167
I leave Alice securely bound to a heavy metal pipe in the administrative office.I walk down the dark metal stairs and retrieve the small black uplink drive from the floor.I slip it carefully into my inside jacket pocket.I step out of the warehouse into the freezing night air.The rain has completely stopped. The sky is starting to clear, revealing a few bright stars above the dark city.I walk back to the alleyway where I left my car.I open the trunk and throw the heavy shotgun inside.I sit in the driver's seat and take a long, deep breath.The deep, burning pain in my bones is still present, but the sharp agony has faded into a dull, manageable ache.I turn the key in the ignition. The engine roars to life.I drive slowly out of the abandoned meatpacking district.I watch the glowing dashboard clock closely.As soon as I cross the ten-mile boundary line, the heavy silence in my mind shatters violently.The System rushes
CHAPTER 166
I force Alice to walk ahead of me into the main administrative office.I keep the heavy shotgun aimed squarely at her back.She stumbles slightly, favoring her bruised ribs.I gesture with the barrel of the gun toward a sturdy metal chair sitting in the center of the room."Sit down," I order her.She complies slowly, lowering herself into the chair with a pained grimace.She glares up at me. The fear in her eyes is slowly being replaced by a stubborn, burning hatred."You are making a massive mistake," she says, her voice tight."When the Architects realize my connection is severed, they will send a full strike team to this exact location.""Let them send a team," I say, pulling up a chair and sitting ten feet away from her."They will be completely blind as soon as they cross the boundary line. I will pick them off one by one in the dark."I rest the shotgun across my knees, keeping my finger near the trigger."You are going to
CHAPTER 165
The deafening sound of automatic gunfire fills the dark office.Alice is emptying an entire magazine into my building.I stay pressed hard against the dusty floorboards.The heavy metal desk absorbs two direct hits.The impacts ring out like massive hammer strikes right next to my head.The shooting finally stops.I hear the sharp, mechanical clack of her reloading her rifle in the yard below.I do not wait for her to start firing again.I crawl quickly toward the heavy metal doorway leading to the stairs.I need to change my position constantly.If I stay in one room, she will pin me down and flank me.I slip out onto the metal landing and move quietly down the dark hallway.There are several small offices on this floor.I enter the third office down the hall.It has a narrow window that overlooks the side of the building and the main stairwell entrance.I peek cautiously over the windowsill.Alice is no longer st
CHAPTER 164
I climb the metal staircase slowly.My boots clang against the rusted grating with heavy, tired thuds.I reach the second-floor landing and step into the main administrative office.The large room is filled with overturned metal desks and broken filing cabinets.The floor is covered in decades of dust and scattered, yellowing paperwork.I walk over to the large window facing the dark shipyard.The glass is completely shattered. The cold night wind blows directly into the room.I pull a heavy metal desk over to the window and crouch behind it.I rest the barrel of the shotgun on the edge of the desk.I have a perfect, elevated view of the entire concrete dry dock and the main access road.Now, all I can do is wait.The silence in the empty building is incredibly heavy.Without the constant hum of the System in the back of my mind, I feel strangely alone.I check the shotgun chamber in the dark.I have four heavy steel slugs left in the magazine.I have one more full box of shells in my
CHAPTER 163
The entire world around me violently fractures into blinding white light.I drop to my knees on the cold concrete of the dry dock.The pain is immediate and entirely overwhelming.It feels like raw electricity is pumping directly through my veins.My skin burns as if I am standing far too close to a massive open fire.I clench my teeth together so hard I taste fresh blood in my mouth.I refuse to scream. I will not give the empty darkness the satisfaction of hearing me break.Eight years.I just traded almost a decade of my natural life in a single second.I grip the heavy shotgun tightly in my right hand just to anchor myself to reality.The blinding white light in my vision slowly begins to fade into a dull, pulsing grey.The air around me feels different now.It feels heavy. It feels completely still and dead.I force myself to open my eyes fully.The rusted steel cranes above me look exactly the same. The dark clouds are still moving slowly overhead.But the humming energy that us
CHAPTER 162
I stay pressed hard against the expensive wooden floor.Another heavy sniper round punches through the broken window.It shatters an expensive vase on a shelf just inches above my head.The shooter is positioned on a rooftop across the wide avenue.They are using a suppressed rifle. I cannot hear the shots, only the violent impacts.I crawl slowly on my hands and knees toward the heavy wooden door of the office.I keep my head down, dragging the heavy shotgun across the carpet.My burner phone vibrates in my pocket.I pull it out while lying flat on the ground.It is a message from an unknown number.You are running out of pieces on the board, Victor.Alice is watching me. She is directing the sniper.I type back quickly.You missed.The reply is immediate.I wasn't aiming at you. You still have 35 hours left on your timer.She killed Whitfield just to tie up a loose end, and to prove she could.I reach the hea
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