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Chapter 233: The Meat Skyscraper
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2026-01-12 22:55:17The air in the penthouse of the Sterling Tower didn't smell like ozone or expensive cologne anymore. It smelled like a slaughterhouse that had been left in the sun for a week.
Valerius stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking down at the ruined city of New York. His reflection in the glass was… wrong. His jawline was too wide, his shoulders hunched with new, grotesque muscle mass that twitched under his bespoke suit."The Council is impatient, Valerius," the hologram fl
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