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Chapter 17
Up on the roof that afternoon, Logan Winston sat with a small carving knife in hand. To anyone looking up from the street, he appeared to be an idle handyman taking a break from repair work.In reality, he was relaxed yet perfectly tuned. His breathing was so silent that not even a bird resting on the ridge tile moved away from him. His heightened senses spread across the compound like an invisible web, capturing every footstep on the street below.A Rolls-Royce came to a halt outside the front gates. The door was opened, and a man in a dark suit stepped out.It was Viscount Patrick Kelly.He was a wealthy nobleman and the head of Serpent Capital, an elite financial conglomerate that operated across the Wealthy circles of Harlow Cross. On his lapel gleamed a gold pin, and his fingers were adorned with signet rings. Behind him walked two executive aides carrying briefcases.Inside the main hall, Master Seth was sitting near the central table, recalculating numbers. Hearing the footstep
Chapter 16: The Bent Crowbar
At midnight, Harlow Cross was quiet, and in the Northern Wind Dojo.A silence rested over the ancestral hall. The scent of sweet sandalwood incense, burned earlier in the day, lingered. Above the central altar, resting upon two thick brass pegs, hung the three-hundred-year-old plaque carved with gold-leaf characters. It looked old and defenceless.Suddenly, the silent night air was broken by a soft click.The high window near the roofline tilted inward without a sound. A figure slipped through the narrow gap like a shadow.The intruder wore black clothing, a dark cloth face mask, and gloves. He didn’t look at the incense burners or the antique scrolls resting on the side tables. His eyes went straight to the top of the altar, locking onto the ancient sign.He reached into his belt, unholstering a forged steel crowbar.From the shadow behind a pillar near the entrance, Logan stood motionless.He wore his plain trousers and an unbuttoned shirt, his arms crossed over his broad chest. He
Chapter 15: Sixty Days
The sun beat down on the sweeping cobblestones of the Northern Wind Dojo.Master Seth sat huddled in an old chair inside the main hall, his ceremonial robes thoroughly ruined with dirt. His hands twitched as he held a steaming cup of tea, the liquid sloshing over the porcelain rim.Around him, a handful of remaining disciples were aimlessly sweeping up loose debris. The earlier grand claims of secret elders and grandmaster protectors had collapsed under the boot of Captain Rook, leaving the household drained of every last drop of pride."Clear the doorway!" A voice shouted.Four SUVs pulled up abruptly along the curb. Heavy footsteps echoed across the entrance as a dozen men in suits pushed through the broken gates.Leading the group was Oscar Meyer, the notorious head of Dynamic Tide Lenders.He was a stout man, wearing a suit that strained against his wide stomach. In his left hand, he carried a leather-bound accounting ledger stamped with brass corners.Standing near the hall, lean
Chapter 14 - B : A Champion Nobody Believes
General Preston Ward sat up straight, his fingers tightening around the radio microphone until his joints cracked.Inside the truck, the radio static crackled with a sharp hiss. Captain Rook turned his head fast from the passenger seat, his face stunned in disbelief as he listened to the shaky cries coming through the speaker.“The caretaker?” Preston growled. “Fighter, say who you are. Are you making up false information to mock a royal investigation?”“I am Elliot, Senior Brother Elliot of the Northern Wind Dojo. I am the regional champion. I was lying on the canvas three feet away from Wesley when the branch struck. The handyman, Logan. He suppressed his power. He is the one you are looking for. Arrest him. “ Tear his shed apart!”Preston stared at the blinking red light on the dashboard. He remembered everything he had seen on the car screen: the empty reading from the army’s Force-Reader in the dojo courtyard just twenty minutes ago. He remembered the plain clinic receipt for a w
Chapter 14: The Bandaged Palm
The courtyard fell dead silent.Clara felt her heart leap into her throat. She stepped forward, but a soldier immediately levelled his rifle across her path, blocking her. Master Seth remained slumped on the floor, his breathing ragged, too terrified to speak as he watched the captain corner Logan.Logan did not flinch. His eyes remained fixed directly on Captain Rook’s face, as steady and unreadable as deep water.“When you handle fifty chipped pine swords every afternoon, Captain. splinters are part of the daily pay.” Logan said, Rook’s lips curled into a thin line. “A splinter? The Unseen Grandmaster shattered a steel katana at the arena yesterday. Hours later, the local military blockade sealed the city, and I found a caretaker standing in a clean dojo with a freshly bandaged hand. You expect me to take your word for a splinter?”“I don’t expect you to take my word,” Logan replied calmly.Moving with deliberation, Logan reached into his inner coat pocket with his right hand. He
Chapter 13
He had expected this exact move. Hours before the first truck engine rumbled in the alley, Logan had already wiped away every tiny trace that he was there. The broken practice swords from yesterday's training were tied in two bundles near the woodshed. Each one had a simple ink label that said Standard Student Breakage, Grade 3. Standing near the secondary well, young Ben and Mei huddled together, their small shoulders tight. Logan had pulled both junior disciples aside at three in the morning, speaking to them in a firm voice that left no room for doubt or panic. “If the soldiers ask about the arena,” Logan had told them quietly, looking into their eyes, “you tell them what you saw from the back row. You saw Senior Brother Elliot fall. You saw a bright flash of light from the roof beams. You saw the foreign master drop. You know nothing about energy, nothing about the caretaker, and nothing about secret elders. Keep your answers short, keep your voices plain, and look at the
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