Chapter Three: Confession Does Not Mean Lightness

Zhao’s smile vanished. Xu had routed her live feed through the newspaper’s servers. The entire city could see Zhao’s admissions and Su’s accusation against Scale Zero. The gray workers advanced, but Zhou rammed one aside, dragging the case half a meter. “I admit it!” he shouted. “I filmed and edited everything. I followed the people on the list. Zhao said it was insurance research. I knew it wasn’t, and I took the money!” The case lost half its weight, no more. “Who still lacks a choice because they don’t know?” Lin asked. Zhou stared at Su. “The originals weren’t deleted. The ring synchronized them to Chenghai’s servers. Zhao doesn’t want authorization to destroy evidence.