Chapter Three: The Deleted Sister

Han Che spoke from the other end. Gunfire sounded behind his ragged breathing. “Lin, what you recovered is not the first memory. It is the directory of all three. The true first segment is in a submarine node near Singapore. And do not let Zero read the entire recording.” “Why?” “Because someone removed the third child from the picture.” The call ended. Every probability branch vanished. One line of white text remained, and Zero had not typed it. “Find the other two memories. Otherwise, we will remember who you are for you.” For the first time, Zero severed its connection to Lin voluntarily. In the dark, Lin tightened his grip on the evidence card.