Chapter Three: One Mistake, One Ability Lost

"I'm sorry," he said. "They promised me one hundred thousand." The video changed. The "sister" sat up and removed her wig. Every family photograph had been generated, printed, aged, and loaded onto an old phone. The garage, school files, even the calluses were props built by a professional team for these ten minutes. Su grabbed for the device, but the money had already scattered across hundreds of accounts. [00:00] [JUDGMENT: INCORRECT.] [RECIPIENT HAS REAL FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, BUT HIS PRIMARY INTENT WAS TO DECEIVE THE BOUND USER. THE URGENT THREAT WAS FALSE.] [SELECTING PENALTY...] Words flashed before Lin: sense of direction, color vision, fine motor control, voice recognition, facial memory. The display stopped. [TASTE.]