The boardroom of the universe was not a room at all.As Jack, Katherine, Marcus, and Ben stepped through the massive obsidian doors, they found themselves standing on a circular platform of polished black marble suspended in an infinite expanse of swirling, violent nebulas. There was no ceiling, only the blinding white boundary of the universe's edge.Orbiting the edge of the platform, functioning as grotesque desk ornaments, were actual, living planets trapped in stasis fields.Seated around a massive, crescent-shaped table forged from solidified time were the Tier-One Cosmic Shareholders. There were five of them. They did not possess true physical forms; they were shifting silhouettes of pure conceptual power, wrapped in the vague, mocking illusion of human corporate attire.The entity at the center, the Chairman, radiated an aura so oppressive that Ben’s vampiric knees buckled slightly, and Marcus had to slam his golden shield into the marble just to rem
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