Skill Points Available: 10. Carter just tossed them all into System Mastery. The shift was instant—like someone flipped a switch in his head. Suddenly, the world made sense in a way it never had before. He could almost see wireless signals snaking through the laundromat walls, hear the pulse of the city’s power grid thrumming under everything.
“I need a weapon,” he said, rubbing his thumb along his palm. “My baton fried in the blast.”
Jax didn’t look up. He reached into a battered lead-lined box and pulled out something sleek and black—a hilt, no blade. “Data-Siphon,” he said, handing it over. “Won’t cut through skin, but it’ll slice code. Hit an Enforcer with this, you’re not just breaking hardware. You’re wiping its OS clean.”
Carter took it. The hilt buzzed the moment it touched his
