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56: A Trap Within a Trap
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2025-11-02 11:53:57In his sterile, pressurized observation room miles away, Lorian, the Auditor, watched the data-stream from Ivan stabilize. The coordinates from the "Target Lock" function glowed on his primary screen: a deep, subterranean vault, precisely where his intelligence had predicted. Ivan, his perfectly programmed asset, had succeeded. The cost—the asset’s capture—was calculated and acceptable.
"The heart is located," Lorian spoke to the empty room. His voice was a flat monoton
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