2026-05-19 00:00:15They went back to not watching TV.
Neo's mind wandered, doing the thing it always did—planning, calculating, strategizing.'Reeves is a problem. But she's a manageable problem. The offshore accounts will keep her busy for weeks. Maybe months. And by then, the Carvers will be done. Damian will be done. Everything will be finished.''And then—''And then I can actually focus on the wedding. On Lyra. On building something instead of destroying it.'Th
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The Retreat Preparation
"Same story. I only communicate with you via encrypted channels. Never met in person. Don't know your background.""She buying it?""Hard to tell. She's persistent. But she hasn't found anything actionable.""Keep it that way.""Will do. Oh, and sir?""Yeah?""Be careful at the retreat. Even with the disguise. If someone recognizes you—""They won't. Louis Chen is as real as Neo Ames. Just less interesting.""If you say so."They hung up.Neo went back to studying the files.James Park. Twenty-eight. Stanford grad. Worked at Google before Ames Digital. Loves rock climbing and craft beer.Sarah Williams. Thirty-one. MIT. Former Amazon engineer. Marathon runner. Vegetarian.Rajesh Kumar. Twenty-six. Carnegie Mellon. First job out of school. Gamer. Awkward with social situations.'I'll connect most with Rajesh. Similar awkwardness. Gives me cover to be quiet and
Reeves Follows The Trail
Detective Sarah Reeves stared at her computer screen, rubbing her temples.Three weeks.Three weeks of digging through offshore accounts, shell companies, and financial structures so complex they made her head hurt.And she'd found exactly nothing.Well, not nothing.She'd found plenty.Just nothing illegal."Son of a bitch," she muttered.Her partner, Detective Dean, looked up. "Still nothing?""Worse than nothing. Everything's legitimate. Complicated as hell, but legitimate.""Maybe Neo Ames is just a really good businessman.""Nobody's THIS good without cutting corners somewhere.""Or maybe he is. And you're chasing ghosts."Reeves didn't respond. Just pulled up another file.Ames Digital's offshore holdings. Registered in Cayman Islands. Singapore. Switzerland.All properly documented. All properly taxed—well, legally minimized, but still within
Neolyte's Continued Rise
He opened his portfolio.100,000 coins × $30,128 = $3,012,800,000Three billion dollars.Just in Bytegold.Add Ames Digital's value, real estate, other investments—Total net worth: $65.2 billion.'Sixty-five billion. I'm worth sixty-five billion dollars.'He showed Lyra.Her eyes widened. "Holy shit. When did Bytegold hit thirty thousand?""Just now. Like, literally just now.""That's—Neo, that's insane. You're officially richer than most countries.""Yeah.""You don't sound excited.""I'm not. It's just... numbers. After a certain point, it doesn't mean anything."Lyra was quiet for a moment. "You know what this means, right?""What?""You've won the money game. Completely. Damian has forty billion. You have sixty-five. There's no competition anymore. You've won."'Have I? Because it sure doesn't feel like winning.'But h
Alina's Suspicions
In his penthouse, Neo watched the surveillance feed from Alina's room.Watched her close her laptop. Grab her jacket. Leave.'She's starting to figure it out. Getting too close.'He should've felt worried.Instead, he felt—Amused.'Let her figure it out. What's she going to do? Tell people her dead husband is actually alive and destroying her family? Nobody would believe her.''She has no proof. No connections. No resources.''She's paranoid and stressed and nobody takes her seriously anyway.''Let her dig. It won't matter.'But still.He pulled up her search history. Easily accessed through the malware he'd planted months ago.She'd searched for Neo Ames. Ames Digital. Bytegold. The timing of everything.She'd found connections. Weak ones. Circumstantial.But connections nonetheless.'She's smarter than I gave her credit for. Or more desperate. Har
Mark's Prison Update
Neo's phone buzzed again.Different number. But still unknown.He answered. "Yeah?""Shadow-3. Subject MC-847 update."Another informant. Male voice this time. Younger."Go ahead.""He's awake. Not talking but awake. Doctors think he's processing trauma. Trying to figure out meds. But sir? He's broken. Like, completely broken. I've seen a lot of inmates go down hard but this is different. He's just... gone.""Noted. Anything else?""Yeah. Prison psychiatrist thinks he'll be transferred to long-term mental health facility within the week. Can't stay in gen pop. Too high risk.""Keep me updated on the transfer.""Will do. Shadow-3 out."Neo hung up.'Long-term mental health facility. Mark's not just in prison anymore. He's in a psychiatric ward. Because I broke him so completely he tried to kill himself.''Mission accomplished, I guess.'But it felt hollow.
Revised Monthly Allowance
"Yeah.""That's incredibly paranoid.""That's incredibly strategic. I'll get unfiltered feedback. See what people really think.""Or you'll freak everyone out when they eventually find out their mysterious boss was pretending to be a regular employee the whole time.""They won't find out.""Neo, you're terrible at blending in.""I'm excellent at blending in. I've been living as a dead man for twenty-two months.""That's different. You were hiding from people who wanted to kill you. Now you're trying to be normal around software engineers. That's way harder.""I'll manage."Lyra sat up, ran a hand through her hair. "What name are you using?""Louis Chen.""God, that's so generic.""That's the point.""And your cover story?""Software engineer. Singapore office. Just transferred.""Do you know anything about Singapore?"Neo paused. "I know it'
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