Chapter Three: A Three-Million-Yuan Slap

Public opinion reversed in ten minutes. Qiyun deleted its statement, triggering an archive Su had prepared. Ma tried to shut down the mechanisms, but police and venue regulators had reached the door. Su had reported illegal modifications and high-value gambling in advance. Lu's third shot let them witness the trap themselves. In the confusion, Ma fled through a rear exit. Lu reached the alley and saw two routes: one pursued Ma with a seventy-percent chance of capture; the other led to the phone Ma had dropped, where an emergency transfer flashed on-screen. Lu stopped and picked up the phone. For the first time, Perfect Trajectory pointed not toward a cup but through seventeen bank accounts. The three million was bait.