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Chapter 168
Dawn broke across Harmonfield in shades of silver and amber. The city skyline shimmered against the early light, and yet Jack Parker was already awake—showered, armored in his signature tech-weave coat, and staring silently at the horizon through his penthouse window.Sarah watched him from the kitchen, hands wrapped around a warm mug. "You didn't sleep," she said softly.Jack didn't look back. "Couldn't."The children. Their faces haunted him. Jackson's laugh. Matilda’s clumsy dance moves. Both taken. And Victor Krane was still out there—watching, plotting, waiting.By 6 a.m., Jack stood before the sealed doors of Dragon Corporation’s vault-level. The building’s chrome architecture reflected the glow of dawn, its massive steel gates locked behind layers of biometric access and quantum encryptions. He passed through each one like a ghost returning home.When the final vault door opened, a large chamber revealed itself. The core of Haida AI."Welcome, Jack," came a disembodied voice, d
Chapter 167
The road to Reidsville was long and ghostly.Jack Parker stood alone at the helm of the DragonFly ship, its engines silent as it coasted above the forgotten terrain. Only the soft hum of the DragonCom interface kept him company. The world below was a blur of shadows and dead forests, an eerie welcome to a county that once thrived under innovation but now whispered only betrayal.He clutched the Dragon Dagger in his palm, its etched surface glowing faintly with latent code. The weapon pulsed with his heartbeat—steady, resolved, but burning with worry. The glow grew stronger the closer he came to Krane’s former domain, as if it too sensed the lingering residue of darkness.Seven hours passed before he arrived at VK Directive Headquarters.Once a towering monolith of glass, data towers, and VK tech, now it was eerily quiet. Not destroyed. Not operational. Just... abandoned. The landing bay recognized his biometric code, as if Krane had wanted him to come. A welcome trap, perhaps—or a sil
Chapter 166
The sun dipped beneath the skyline of Harmonfield South, casting long shadows over the spires of Mayfield Academy. The final bell echoed across the campus, and students poured from the tall glass doors like a river set free. Jackson and Matilda Parker stepped out among the crowd, laughing and teasing each other about who aced their robotics exam.“Bet I scored higher,” Matilda said, swaying her backpack over her shoulder.Jackson smirked. “Says the one who fried a circuit during the demo.”But as the crowd thinned, and the shuttle buses lined up outside the school’s central plaza, something shifted. A black van idled three blocks away, its windows tinted, its license plates scrambled with VK tech.Inside, the ten masked men watched in silence.“They’re exiting now,” one of them said. “Execute Phase Two. No mistakes.”Their travel from Reidsville had taken three hours, the road silent under the cloak of VK Shadow Routing—an untraceable navigation method that left no digital footprints.
Chapter 165
Jack stood in the glass-arched command center of Dragon Tower, overlooking the city of Draconia below—its skies finally quiet after the ruinous duel in Harmonfield. Yet the fire in his blood hadn’t dimmed.Victory was deceptive. Krane had vanished, and Jack knew better than to believe it was over.Haida AI’s voice stirred gently in his ear. “Umbra Node fully restored. No sign of further VK tech infiltration. Shall I begin proactive quantum sweeps?”Jack nodded. “Do it. Run deep scans. Monitor all subspace tremors.”“Understood.”As the AI quieted, Ryan Brooks and William Thompson stepped into the room, carrying encrypted tablets and a stack of tactical charts.“Victor Krane won’t sit still,” Ryan began, setting the files down. “He took a beating, but he escaped for a reason. I’d bet everything he’s planning something bigger.”William frowned. “He always does. Krane never fights without a backup play.”Jack folded his arms. “Then it’s time we stop waiting. We drive him out of Draconia—
Chapter 164
Jack stood over the glowing interface, watching the subspace pods streak toward the Mariana Trench in real time, each one like a black needle threading disaster into the ocean’s heart. His jaw clenched as the feed from Haida AI displayed the countdown: Arrival in 2 hours, 56 minutes."He's going for the Umbra Node," Jack said. "He's trying to destroy our only safe anchor."Sarah crossed her arms tightly. "We can’t let him reach it. If Umbra goes, our entire counter-strategy collapses."Emily’s hands danced across her tablet, issuing immediate drone intercept orders. "We’ll stall what we can, but if he’s using VK stealth tech, we’re nearly blind."Jackson tilted his head. "Then maybe we don’t stop him at the trench. Maybe we stop him here."Before anyone could respond, Haida AI’s voice echoed like a thunderclap through Dragon Tower:"INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Victor Krane, live interface. Target: Jack Parker. Mode: Direct engagement."Jack’s eyes narrowed. The others fell silent.Krane’s
Chapter 163
Jack stood motionless beneath the still-buzzing remnants of Krane’s neural override broadcast. The air shimmered like a glitch in a broken simulation. His mind, a cascade of strategy and adrenaline, had no room for doubt now.Krane had gone public.He wasn’t hiding in the shadows anymore. He had flipped the script.Across the glowing cityscapes of Draconia, Victor Krane’s voice echoed through every holo-board, screen, and personal interface:"To the people of Draconia... The VK Directive has begun. One forged in truth. In code. In transcendence. The Dragon Corporation once gave you hope. But hope is outdated. Join me—and rise beyond mortality. Resist... and be reformatted."He paused for effect, then added, "Jack Parker and his 'Dragon Empire' have poisoned progress. They fear evolution. They want to preserve their control, their legacy, their lies. But I offer you something more... liberation."The city buzzed with confusion, fear, and debate. Whispers began spreading like wildfire:
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