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Chapter 21: The Shark Tank (Part III)

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—— The Blood Bait

Midnight. 02:17 AM.

The surface of the shark tank began to churn with a grotesque, visceral crimson. It wasn’t the scheduled feeding time, yet the metallic scent of fresh blood began to waft up from the depths, thick and suffocating, as if someone had opened an artery at the very bottom of the abyss.

Inside the acrylic cage, the clinical white lights flickered twice and died.

A heartbeat later, the emergency red lights pulsed to life, bathing the underwater cell in a rhythmic,
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