The stealth helicopter touched down heavily on the wet concrete of the city harbor, its blades cutting through the dense midnight fog.
Damien Vance and Evelyn Vance rushed out of the cabin, sprinted down the wooden docks, and stopped right beneath the flickering yellow streetlamp.
They found Guard Marcus lying face up on the planks, completely motionless.
Captain Leo Chang knelt beside the body, checking for a pulse before scanning the surrounding area with a handheld device.
Captain Leo Chang said to Damien Vance, “The silver drive is gone.
The dock security cameras were wiped remotely using a high-level executive clearance code.”
Damien Vance stood up, his fists clenching as he stared into the dark fog.
Damien Vance said to Evelyn Vance, “Only one person has that executive clearance code besides me.
Director Thomas.” Find the original chapter at novelping.com.
Without losing a second, they returned to the helicopter and flew straight to the city center.
Damien Vance, Evelyn Vance, and Captain Leo Chang bypassed the ground floor security and stormed directly into Director Thomas’s high-rise corporate penthouse.
Director Thomas was sitting calmly behind his massive glass desk, looking out at the city skyline.
On his desk, the silver flash drive was plugged into a sleek black terminal, and a giant digital progress bar was visible on the wall monitor.
Director Thomas said to Damien Vance, “You are too late, Damien.
The safety codes are already uploading to the Shadow Council’s main server.”
Evelyn Vance ran past the desk and stared directly at the glowing system screen.
The blue progress bar was filling up with terrifying speed.
Once it finishes, the Shadow Council will have full control over the Genesis Core!”
Evelyn Vance rapidly opened her mother’s leather journal, flipping to the very last page where a hidden, transparent data strip was embedded in the paper.
Evelyn Vance said to Damien Vance, “The secondary terminal link is right here on this desk.
We have to cut our hands and use the biological blood sequence to trigger the self-destruct right now!”
Damien Vance instantly drew a small silver pocket knife from his jacket, sliced his palm, and then gently sliced Evelyn’s palm.
Together, Damien Vance and Evelyn Vance pressed their bleeding hands firmly onto the terminal’s glowing bioscanner.
Director Thomas stood up from his chair, pulling a gold-plated handgun from his drawer and aiming it directly at Damien Vance’s chest.
The main wall monitor began to flash wildly in bright crimson.
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Processing Blood Verification…