"What will it turn me into, once I own the very wires of the world?" I wondered, a shiver running down my spine. The final question hung in the chilled air of Aegis Prime, a terrifying promise of what was yet to come.
The surge of the Level 5 node, Sinkronisasi Kuadrilion (Kontrol Keuangan Global), still thrummed beneath my skin, an electric hum that seemed to vibrate through every cell of my body. It wasn’t just data streams I perceived now; it was the very pulse of the global economy. I could feel the ebb and flow of capital, the subtle influences of algorithms, the collective breath of a billion transactions. It was exhilarating, terrifying, and utterly addictive.
"Leonard? What's the mission? What are they asking you to do?" Elaine's voice, laced with a new kind of urgency, cut throu
