Chapter Five: The Severed Medical Film

“Sorry. I don't like being touched.” His hand slowly fell. “I forgot.” Sprinklers subdued the fire. Street footage showed the attacker driving an Obsidian Security vehicle. Zhiwei sent the video, Tao's testimony, and the film to three newsrooms on timed release, then requested a judicial scan of her implant. Chengjun's lawyer arrived within the hour and offered ten billion for all her shares. “You're not buying stock. You're buying time to destroy records.” In front of him, Zhiwei signed a different agreement, using her recovering three-percent stake to form the Minglan Voting Alliance with twenty-seven diluted minority shareholders. “Tell the chairman he isn't acquiring me. I'm counting his chairs.”