The alert that flashed on Jax’s secondary monitor was not from a medical database or a security feed. It was a keyword tracker, scouring the digital undercurrents of global news outlets, blogs, and academic forums. The words were a chilling combination: “Carpathian,” “anonymous medical collective,” “unprecedented diagnostic accuracy.”
He isolated the source: an investigative piece published on a niche but respected digital platform, The Veracity Report. The byline belonged to Anya Sharma. The article was clever, a masterpiece of insinuation. It didn’t accuse; it connected dots. It noted the curious correlation between the “Aegis” app’s eerily accurate predictions and the rugged, under-populated region of the Carpathian Mountains. It quoted “unnamed sources” in European health agencies who
