The leak hunt consumed three weeks.
Torres investigated council communications. Sage examined mystical eavesdropping possibilities. Marcus reviewed security protocols. Every participant in the operation underwent verification—chemical analysis, mystical assessment, and interview.
Nothing. No evidence. No suspects. The leak remained invisible.
“It’s sophisticated,” Torres admitted during a late-night strategy session. “Whoever warned the Siberia facility covered their tracks perfectly. No communications trail. No mystical signature. No behavioral anomalies.”
“So we’re nowhere,” Sera said.
“We’re learning what doesn’t work. That’s progress.”
Sera wanted to throw something. Three weeks of investigation while the escaped executives relocated, rebuilt, potentially established new faciliti
