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Chapter 518: The Weight of the World
Chapter 518: The Weight of the WorldThe interrogation room was a claustrophobic box of gray concrete and peeling paint. A single, fluorescent light fixture hummed overhead, flickering at a frequency that made Marcus’s head throb. The air was thick with the scent of floor wax and the metallic tang of fear. Marcus sat at the bolted-down metal table, his hands cuffed to a steel bar. Every time he moved, the clink of the chains echoed like a funeral bell.Beside him sat David Miller, the public defender. The lawyer was busy scribbling notes on a yellow legal pad, his face weary. Across from them, Detective Morrison leaned back in a creaky plastic chair, his eyes fixed on Marcus with a piercing intensity.“Let’s try this again, Marcus,” Morrison said, his voice low and gravelly. He tossed a folder onto the table. It slid across the smooth metal and hit Marcus’s knuckles. “Eight billion dollars. That is enough money to buy a small country. You expect me to believe you did all
Chapter 517: The Illusion of Safety
Chapter 517: The Illusion of SafetyThe executive floor of the EMC building was a hive of controlled chaos. Security personnel stood at every corner, and the air was thick with the hushed, anxious whispers of employees who feared for their jobs. In the center of it all stood Thomas Sterling, the picture of a devastated leader.He was currently in the hallway, surrounded by several junior directors. He had his hands on his hips, his face reddened with theatrical fury. "Eight billion!" Sterling barked, his voice echoing off the glass walls. "How does this happen in a company of this stature? Where was the oversight? Where was the technical shield we were promised?"Morris Huggo, his ever-present personal assistant, approached quickly, holding a tablet. He looked around cautiously before leaning in toward Sterling’s ear."Sir," Morris whispered, "the police have made an arrest."Sterling froze, his heart skipping a beat. He forced himself to maintain a look of shock
Chapter 516: The Hand of Fate
Chapter 516: The Hand of FateThe East District was never quiet, but the noise was usually familiar—the rumble of the elevated train, the shouting of street vendors, and the distant throb of music. Inside his sister’s cramped, third-floor apartment, Marcus sat at the small kitchen table, staring blankly at a bowl of cold cereal. His skin felt like it was crawling. Every time a car door slammed outside, he jumped."Marcus, you’ve been acting weird since you got here last night," his sister, Mia, said as she bounced her toddler on her hip. She adjusted the worn strap of her apron, looking at him with worried eyes. "You didn't sleep. You’re shaking. Did you get back into trouble with those people?"Marcus opened his mouth to lie, but the words died in his throat. He reached into his windbreaker pocket and felt the thick envelope of cash Tom had given him. "I just... I have a lead on a job, Mia. A big one. We can finally move out of here.""I don't care about moving, Mar
Chapter 515: The First Move
Chapter 515: The First MoveDetective Morrison stepped through the revolving glass doors of the EMC tower, his heavy trench coat still damp from the morning drizzle. He was a veteran of the Emerald Falls Police Department, with a face like a crumpled road map and eyes that had seen every lie a criminal could conjure.An anonymous tip had come across his desk at 7:30 AM—short, precise, and impossible to ignore. “EMC has been emptied. Look at the Warehouse District.”"Detective, this way," a security guard whispered, leading him toward the executive elevator.Upstairs, the atmosphere was suffocating. Morrison walked into the CEO’s office and found Eric Wood pacing like a caged animal. Sitting calmly at the side table was James Clarkson, the Acting CFO, who was busy organizing a stack of digital printouts."Detective Morrison, thank you for coming so quickly," Eric said, his voice cracking. He gestured to the monitors. "We’ve been hit. Hard. Eight billion dollars wa
Chapter 514: The Patient Hunter
Chapter 514: The Patient HunterThe city of Emerald Falls was still draped in a heavy, pre-dawn mist when James Wane stepped through the glass doors of the EMC headquarters. The lobby was silent, the marble floors polished to a mirror-like shine that reflected the dim security lights.To the skeletal night staff, he was just James Clarkson, the diligent Acting CFO arriving early to handle the quarterly crisis. They had no idea that the man walking past them carried a digital bomb in his leather briefcase.James entered his office and sat in the dark for a moment, the only light coming from the glowing status LEDs of his workstation. He opened his laptop and reviewed the final report he had compiled during the sleepless hours of the night.$8,000,000,000.00 OUTBOUND.The trail was beautiful in its complexity. It looked like a spiderweb spun across the globe—Panama, Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, and small private banks in Eastern Europe.He picked up his pho
Chapter 513: The Taste of Victory
Chapter 513: The Taste of VictoryThe cold blue light of a specialized encryption tablet illuminated Williams Jesse’s face as he sat in the back of a darkened SUV. Outside, the industrial shadows of the Warehouse District blurred past the tinted windows. His fingers, steady and precise, tapped a sequence into a hidden banking app.The screen refreshed. A long string of digits appeared, followed by a balance that made his pulse quicken.$8,000,000,000.00 – CLEARED.It was only the first wave, the initial harvest from the digital seeds he had planted months ago. More would trickle in as the secondary shell companies processed the global hops he had engineered. He felt a surge of cold, intellectual pride. He had outsmarted EMC security, bypassed Eric Wood’s oversight, and used a "nobody" like Marcus to take all the physical risk.He pulled up his messaging app and typed a short, clinical text to Mr. Sterling.“Done. Check your accounts. The eagle has landed.”
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