The final maneuver to neutralize Magnus Marlowe was a digital trap designed specifically for his obsessive paranoia. Kael, working through The Obsidian Throne, crafted the perfect bait: a signal so subtle, so expertly placed, that only Magnus’s unique knowledge of the Project Chimera architecture could detect it, ensuring he would expose himself attempting to secure the weapon.
“Magnus believes I bought Marlowe Industries to steal Chimera,” Kael summarized, prepping the transmission sequence. “We confirm that fear. I will send a single, non-malicious query into the historical archive of the Chimera system’s administrative logs. It will mimic a system administrator checking for back door access from five years ago, the exact period I was Kaelen Voss, t
