"Global markets in freefall as Rodriguez Protocol implementation continues its cascade."
The news broadcast flickered across the safehouse's secured screens, financial analysts worldwide struggling to explain the unprecedented collapse. Eighteen hours since Protocol activation. Seventeen hours since Alex Rodriguez had become the most vilified name in financial history.
Alex watched the chaos unfold from the underground facility's command center, his expression unreadable as trillions in market value evaporated with each passing hour. Beside him, Sonia monitored secondary communications networks, tracking Visentin response patterns with tactical precision.
"They're mobilizing resources faster than we anticipated," she observed, her fingers dancing across secure interfaces with enhance
