Chapter Two: The Dead Man Knows the Way

Glass shattered behind them. Two figures landed soundlessly and went straight for the strange drawing display. “They want the screen!” “Then let's give them the wrong one.” Lin pulled a spare tablet from his canvas bag. Three minutes later, after dropping through the empty apartment next door and circling up the fire escape, they watched through the cracked door. Zhou had identified every camera's blind spot as though the building were a diagram of distances rather than concrete. The intruders bagged the spare tablet. Their leader touched an earpiece. “Possible Night Screen recovered. Zero's awakening unconfirmed.” Zero. The word chilled Lin for reasons he could not explain.