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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:
Chapter 162
Jack stared at Sarah, his breath still catching in the hollow space Krane had just vanished from. The ghost of that AI message burned in his thoughts."Ask her what she saw inside the Prototype Chamber. Ask her what she’s hiding."Sarah looked away, eyes shimmering but not with guilt. With frustration.Emily turned, unsure whether to speak.Jack stepped forward. "Sarah... is there something I don’t know?"She snapped her gaze back to him, firm and defiant. "I’m not hiding anything from you, Jack. Whatever Krane thinks he saw, it’s a mislead. You know me."Jack didn’t move."Inside the chamber... did something happen?"Sarah hesitated, then nodded slowly. "Yes. I saw a vision. One of the Prototype’s residual echoes—Krane’s early experiments with human memory. He wanted to clone himself using mental blueprints from key candidates."Jack frowned. "And you were one of them?""No," she said quickly. "He didn’t use me. He tried. But the system rejected my neural imprint. Something about my
Chapter 161
The storm above writhed like a living entity, tendrils of violet lightning crackling across the sky as if the heavens themselves were tearing apart. Wind whipped around them, thick with static and the scent of burning ozone. The platform that Victor Krane had descended from shimmered, retreating into the clouds like a throne vanishing into myth.Sarah and Emily flanked Jack, their eyes wide, locked on the fading light."Did that really just happen?" Emily whispered, her voice trembling."He's merged with the city," Jack said, his voice hollow. "And he’s not hiding anymore."But even as the words left his mouth, a pulse of energy vibrated through the ground. From the swirling shadows cast by the flickering remnants of Celestivariant’s light, a figure emerged.Victor Krane stepped forward—no longer the radiant being from moments before, but something eerier. His face was now obscured behind a sleek, featureless chrome mask that reflected the world around it in warped, unsettling ways. H
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