The mission was in a new, dangerous phase. After their meeting with Karpov, James and his team had changed the focus of their hunt for Petrov. They were now racing against the clock to stop a man who had turned out to be much more dangerous than anyone had expected. It was Karpov not just pulling the strings but changing the rules of the game, and everyone in the summit hall was a pawn surrounded by him.
As hours wore on like this at the hotel, the vibe got tense. A part of him began to believe that everything each movement, each glance was part of an overarching scheme, and he could feel the weight of it bearing down on him. It wasn’t simply a matter of revealing the truth. They had to stop Karpov before he had a chance to tighten his grip on power and plunge the world into chaos.
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