Chapter Five: The Bullet from a Kilometer Away

After today, they will demand that the government give us predictive authority. Fear needs a hero. A hero needs fear.” Lu Chen swung at him but froze an inch from his face. His danger sense issued no warning, yet the old voice inside him said: Kill him now and 4,300 fewer people will die. His fingers moved without permission toward Han's throat. Lin Wan caught his hand from behind. “Look at me. You are not a probability.” Lu Chen snapped awake. Han stepped into the elevator and smiled as the doors closed. “Compliance: eighty-one percent. Give my regards to yourself twelve years from now.” That night, Lu Chen discovered he could leap from the street to a sixth-floor roof.