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Chapter one hundred

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Cracks in the Armor

The room felt smaller as the hours dragged on. The single bulb overhead flickered intermittently, casting erratic shadows on the fourth man’s face. Elena’s patience thinned with every word he refused to say, every smirk that tugged at his lips.

"You’ve orchestrated chaos on a global scale,” she said, her voice sharp. “People have died because of you. Whatever game you think you’re playing, it ends here."

The fourth man chuckled softly. "You think breaking me stops the machine? That’s naive, Elena. I’m just a cog. You haven’t even seen the rest of the gears turning."

Aleksandr stood by the door, arms crossed. “Cogs break. Machines stop.”

Dante, pacing at the edge of the room, slammed his hand on the table. “Enough of this cryptic nonsense. We’re not asking. We’re taking answers now.”

Elena raised a hand, halting Dante’s advance. Her eyes stayed locked on the fourth man. “He wants you to snap. That’s his play. He thinks if we lose control, he wins.”

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