Chapter Four: A Dead Man’s Twenty-Million-Credit Debt

【High-value identity fraud detected. Market Level Two opened: Corporate Fate.】 【Prophet’s credit rating reduced to D. Foresight window reduced from three minutes to ninety seconds.】 “Welcome back,” Lu said. “Your bill is only beginning.” A crash came from the cockpit. Han Che was thrown through its door, blood covering one shoulder. “Captain didn’t turn right,” he managed. The storm vanished. There was no New York and no Atlantic. Above the clouds stood a golden city close enough for them to see figures walking its streets. The altimeter still read 10,087 meters, but an inverted runway was rising toward them at an impossible angle. The closing timer changed. 【Until Cloud Capital takes control of this aircraft: 59:59.】