Chapter Five: The Bullet from a Kilometer Away

Lu Chen tore it free, hurled it upward, jumped after it, and wrapped it in a cocoon. The blast slapped him against the glass facade. He clung on all fours while fire rolled behind him, perfectly framed by the city's live broadcast. “Spider-Shade!” the crowd below chanted. At 2:20, Han Ce was alive and untouched. Lin Wan found a tiny earpiece in the assassin's collar. Han's own voice played from it in a loop. Before police could confront him, Han vanished into a private elevator. Lu Chen intercepted him in the rooftop utility room. “You arranged your own assassination?” “I arranged a demonstration.” Han watched the crowd below. “After three rescues, they believed in you.