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CHAPTER 157
I park my car exactly six blocks away from the abandoned meatpacking district. It is eleven-thirty at night. The city air is freezing and thick with fog.I leave my cell phone locked inside the glove compartment. I do not want any active signals broadcasting my location.I open the dark trunk and pull out the heavy black duffel bag. I sling the strap over my shoulder. The weight of the weapon inside feels strangely comforting.I walk slowly through the dark, empty streets. The old brick buildings here look like massive, decaying teeth against the night sky. There are no civilians around. The streets are completely dead.I approach the target warehouse from the rear alleyway. Adekunle was right. The building looks totally abandoned from the outside. The windows are boarded up with thick rotting wood. The loading dock doors are covered in heavy graffiti.But I can hear a low, steady humming sound vibrating through the wet brick walls.
CHAPTER 156
I drive deep into the forgotten industrial sector near the old shipyards. The roads here are heavily cracked and full of deep potholes. The streetlights were smashed years ago and never replaced. I park my car in front of a rusty chain-link fence. Behind the fence sits a massive, crumbling auto salvage yard. Stacks of crushed cars rise into the dark sky like metal mountains. I walk up to the heavy metal gate and press the dirty intercom button. Static buzzes loudly for a few seconds. "We are closed," a rough voice grunts through the speaker. "I am Elias St. Claire's son," I say clearly into the metal box. "I am looking for Silas." The intercom goes completely dead. I wait in the cold air for two long minutes. Finally, a heavy electric lock clanks loudly. The metal gate slides open a few feet. I slip inside the dark salvage yard. A huge man is waiting for me near a rust
CHAPTER 155
I drive to a cheap, rundown motel on the far industrial edge of the city. The paint on the building is peeling badly. The neon sign out front is buzzing and missing three letters. It is the exact kind of place where people go when they want to be invisible.I walk up the exterior concrete stairs to room number four. I knock on the door using the specific, heavy pattern Adekunle and I agreed on.I hear a deadbolt slide back. The door opens an inch. Adekunle looks through the crack. He looks exhausted and furious. He pulls the door open wider and gestures for me to step inside quickly.The small motel room smells like stale smoke and cheap cleaning chemicals. Adekunle has a thick burner laptop set up on the wobbly wooden desk. There are empty coffee cups scattered everywhere."This is an absolute nightmare, Victor," he says, pacing the short length of the stained carpet. "I spent five years building that news platform. Five years of bleeding for every single subscriber." He waves his ha
CHAPTER 154
I find Aria walking out of a coffee shop near her downtown office. She is holding a paper cup, using her umbrella to block the driving rain. She looks completely normal. She looks safe.I pull my car over to the curb and honk the horn twice. She spots me and frowns in surprise. She walks over and opens the passenger door, sliding into the warm car."Victor?" she asks, shaking the water off her coat. "What are you doing here? I thought you were taking the day off.""We need to talk," I say, pulling the car quickly back into the busy traffic. "And we need to do it right now."I do not drive toward my apartment. I drive toward the crowded financial district. I want to keep the car moving so we are harder to track."You are scaring me," Aria says, looking at my tight grip on the steering wheel. "What is going on? Did something happen with Julian's case?""Julian was just a symptom of a much larger disease," I tell her bluntly. "He was working for a massive, invisible syndicate. They are c
CHAPTER 153
I drive directly from the cheap diner to the private clinic. The morning traffic is slow and heavy with rain. My hands grip the steering wheel tightly.I need to get my mother out of the city. She is a prime target for the Architects. They took a photo of her in the garden just yesterday.I park my car near the back entrance of the clinic. I do not bother checking in at the front desk. I walk straight through the side doors and head for her private suite.She is already awake when I walk into her room. She is sitting in a comfortable chair by the window, reading a thick book. She looks up and sees the raw tension on my face instantly."Victor," she says, closing her book. "What is wrong?""You need to pack a small bag right now, Mom," I tell her. I keep my voice low and urgent. "You cannot stay here. It is not safe anymore."She does not panic. She just looks at me closely. "Did Julian Blackwood escape custody?" she asks calmly."It is not Julian," I say, stepping closer to her chair.
CHAPTER 152
I leave my father's estate just as the sun begins to rise over the wet city skyline.The pale morning light cuts through the heavy grey clouds, casting long shadows across the empty highway.I drive back toward the corporate district with a cold, hard focus settling over my mind.I know exactly what the enemy is now.Alice Vane is not just a rogue agent.She is a highly armed enforcer for a massive, multi-generational syndicate.They use the System technology to manipulate global markets, control vital infrastructure, and assassinate their rivals with impunity.And I just destroyed their most valuable surveillance asset.Countdown: 63 hours, 20 minutes.Threat Level: Omega.I need to drastically change the rules of the game.I cannot beat Alice in a straight fight using the System. She has 142 points. I have 9.She can actively predict my every move. She can rewrite reality faster than I can even blink.If I use my remaining points to attack her, she will simply counter the divergence
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