Chapter 212

“Ladies and gentlemen of Metro City.” The masked face began, its voice heavily tuned to prevent anyone from knowing the speaker's gender.

“I come to you today with a simple request. There is one in your midst, who refers to himself as Ghost. In actuality, his true identity is Ethan Jones, once known as Zero, the greatest E-Sports gamer. This man has been foolish enough to touch what he shouldn't and now has brought doom to this city. My request is simple; kill Ethan Jones.

“Of course, you are welcome to not do so but I must warn you not to take my words as a joke. If Ethan Jones is not dead by six pm tomorrow, then thirty-six bombs have been placed in six strategic locations in the city. They will go off at my command if my demands are not met. And yes, I would advise you not to try disarming these bombs as they have been set to go off the moment someone other than me comes within a certain range of the device, so my advice is to either do as I've said or doom this city to unpreceden