A distant siren echoed.
Police?
Or someone else tracking the chip's signal?
Tống Dực vanished into the downpour within moments — leaving behind the stench of blood and betrayal.
🕶️ The Hunt Begins
Khả Vũ reached out to steady An Thư, but she brushed his hand away.
"Don't help me. You already made it clear — no more holding back."
He paused.
Part of him wanted to argue.
The other part… understood.
"We need to find Tống Dực before he uses the chip."
"We?" she scoffed. "Or… are we choosing sides now?"
🚨 A Three-Way Pursuit
Khả Vũ followed the traces of an old relay network used by Tống Dực beneath the city.
An Thư chased a lead: a hacker nicknamed "Kính Lặng", once her asset — now in hiding.
Tống Dực wasn't just fleeing.
He was baiting them into the trap.
🩸 Then… a betrayal
At Underground Station Zero — the final relay point —
Khả Vũ found her first.
An Thư knelt by Kính Lặng's lifeless body.
Blood on her hands.
"You killed him?"
"No." Her voice cracked. "I was too late."
"Or maybe… you chose to be."
He raised his gun — for the first time, pointed at her.
💥 The Emotional Cliff
"You said you'd never aim at me."
"And you said you'd never keep secrets from me."
"So what now, Khả Vũ? Pull the trigger?"
"Depends on your answer."
She stepped closer.
Voice raw:
"Then do it."
His hand trembled.
Not from fear.
But from a heart caught between two wars:
The world's war. And the war for her.
Click.
But not from his gun.
Behind them — Tống Dực.
"Emotion… such a beautiful weakness.
And the best part?
It always comes back to bite."