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Chapter 137 The Quiet That Followed Power

Author: JDHWS
last update publish date: 2026-03-04 21:24:59

For the first time since Ethan could remember, the world was not reacting to him.

Not to his wealth.

Not to the System.

Not to Garden City.

The world was simply… moving.

That realization arrived one morning without warning.

Ethan woke early, as he often did, and walked through the lower districts while the city was still stretching into the day. Vendors were setting up stalls. Maintenance crews were checking conduits. Students hurried toward learning halls, arguing over things that had nothing
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