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Chapter 63: Super hearing
Chapter 63And just like that, Johnny found himself back at the Pantheon Valley Police Station.One second he was staring at the Commissioner, Rhea, and the shaking boss…The next, he was sitting on a narrow metal bench inside a holding cell.And worst of all, his cell was directly opposite Commissioner Kane’s office.The glass was soundproof.Johnny could see everything.Rhea pacing. Kane standing stiff. Papers on his desk scattered like debris after an argument. Rhea gesturing. Kane cutting in. Her shoulders tightening. Him refusing to turn toward her.But Johnny couldn’t hear a damn thing.“Fantastic,” he muttered, leaning his head back against the cold wall. “A front-row seat and no audio.”He sighed—a long, frustrated exhale that fogged the glass for a second. If he could hear even a pinch of what they were saying, it would make tonight so much easier to navigate. He hated being blind. He hated being deaf even more.Then, out of nowhere, the familiar blue flicker washed across hi
Chapter 62: Her Husband
Rhea’s voice died in her throat.Johnny’s eyes flicked toward her—only for a second, barely long enough to register—but even in that fraction of a moment, she saw something rare in him. Surprise. Not fear. Not hesitation. Something closer to: Well… that changes things.The boss didn’t hide his reaction. He practically melted into a puddle of relief, shoulders sagging, lips trembling. A long, pitiful sob ripped out of him like he had been holding it back for hours.But Rhea didn’t hear him.Her world tilted. She felt the dizzying drop in her stomach, the kind that comes right before a crash. Because standing in the entrance of the elevator—tall, broad-shouldered, every inch carved out of iron—was a man whose presence could silence an entire room.Commissioner Gerald Kane.To the city, he was the highest-ranking law enforcement officer. The top authority. The man whose signature could start or stop wars in Pantheon Valley’s underbelly.To Rhea, he was something else. Something much more
CHAPTER 61: Who is your employer
Johnny didn’t move, didn’t waver, didn’t blink. He leaned forward until his shadow swallowed the boss whole, as though he were blotting him out of existence.“You heard me,” Johnny repeated, quieter this time—so quiet it scraped at the edges of the man’s sanity.The boss let out a strangled laugh, sharp and brittle like glass under tension.“You—you're mistaken,” he said, voice wobbling. “I answer to no one. I run this place. I own—”Johnny pressed the scalpel a hair deeper.The tip didn’t pierce. Not yet. But it kissed the skin—just enough for nerves to scream a warning.The boss jerked like electricity ran through him.“I said,” Johnny whispered, voice like cold metal sliding across stone, “your employer.”Rhea’s breath caught.Her stomach twisted hard.Johnny wasn’t bluffing.He wasn’t fishing.He knew.Knew something she didn’t.Knew something he had been moving toward since the beginning of tonight.The boss’s eyes darted wildly, not with guilt—but with terror. Not the normal kin
CHAPTER 60: Five hundred trillion dollars
For a long moment, the boss didn’t breathe. His chest trembled like he was stuck between laughing, crying, and passing out. His eyes darted from Johnny’s face to the ceiling, then back again as if hoping pain or delusion would offer a better explanation. It didn’t. He swallowed—audibly—and his Adam’s apple bobbed like it was trying to escape his throat. “Surely… surely you must be joking,” he finally whispered. But Johnny didn’t smile. Didn’t blink. Didn’t even shift his weight. His stillness was what terrified the man most—because there wasn’t even a flicker, not a twitch, not the slightest hint that Johnny was bluffing or exaggerating. The boss’s breath hitched. Even Rhea felt a cold drop of unease in her stomach. She had heard people lie, boast, threaten. She had seen criminals and victims and men who thought themselves gods. She had never—never—heard someone say “five hundred trillion dollars” with the same tone a normal person might use to ask for a cup of coffee. It was al
CHAPTER 59: Every man has a price
“Johnny.” Rhea didn’t think. Didn’t hesitate. She crossed the room in three long steps and threw her arms around him. Her body hit his with enough force that the scalpel almost slipped from his hand. She held him like someone afraid he might vanish again if she loosened her grip even a little. Her face pressed into his shoulder. Her breath shook. “You’re alive,” she whispered, voice breaking in the middle. Johnny blinked, caught off guard not by the hug itself, but by how tightly she held him—as if she was trying to anchor him to the world. “How had I no idea I could be missed this much?” he murmured, arms slowly wrapping around her. She pulled back only when her lungs burned for air. Even then, her hands lingered on his arms, as if checking he was really solid. “I thought you were dead,” she said, letting him go carefully, like her fingers didn’t want to release him. “Please,” Johnny scoffed softly, “death can have me the day it earns me. And that is clearly not today.
CHAPTER 58: The Fire Department
Rhea didn’t have to wait long. The fire department arrived so fast it almost startled her—four full trucks barreling down the street, brakes screaming as they slid into position in front of the burning club. Men jumped down immediately, snapping into action with practiced chaos. The heat hit her even from across the street, waves rolling over her as the flames chewed through the upper floors. The building groaned, alive with destruction. Please let me not be too late, she thought. She pushed through the swarm of firefighters until she found the chief, a broad man already covered in soot. “Chief,” she said, chest tight, “Detective Rhea. Pantheon Valley Police.” Her badge trembled slightly in her hand, but she didn’t let it show. He gave her a quick nod, eyes still on the fire. “Alright, detective. Can you tell me what started this?” “That, I can’t tell you,” she answered. She kept her voice steady, even though her heart was punching against her ribs. She was not about to confess
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