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Chapter 535: Lucas Testifies
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04.04.2026 20:29:47Lucas had known this moment would come.
Not because he had planned for it, but because reform always demanded witnesses before it demanded results. Systems could be designed, metrics released, leadership restrained. But none of it held without someone willing to speak plainly inside the machinery itself.
When the ethics council’s request arrived, it was phrased as an inv
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