Chapter Two: Three Seconds From Now, the Bullet Fires First

“Or he caused all this. Revenge after getting cut, followed by a heroic little rescue.” Lin Mo pushed the printed access logs across the table. “The deletion happened after I surrendered my keycard. I never had administrator access.” Tang Ye did not touch the papers. “Then explain those pre-aims.” “I can’t. I hear things three seconds early, but they aren’t always right.” Xu Duo finally looked up. “No fifth person hears that sentence.” Their intended fifth was Han Che, an academy flex called up overnight. But when they entered the isolated training room, his account remained offline. Five minutes later, the manager received word that Han Che had fallen on the hotel stairs and broken his wrist.