Chapter Two: Every Fortune Has a Price

Without surprise, she opened scans of twenty-eight maximum contracts. Different teams, years, and law firms; every league seal contained the same nearly invisible candle mark. “The Balance Covenant fund holds convertible debt in twelve teams and is the league medical database's largest donor,” she said. “No beneficial owner can be identified. Its earliest public record belongs to a Linhai banking house in 1924.” Lu Chen remembered the figure beneath Xu Boyan's watch: life extended by 143 years. “I need to understand the rules.” “I need to know how my brother died.” They shook hands. Her palm was warm. No number appeared. A sharp click came from the top of the old stands.