The revelation hung in the clinical air of the silo like a poisonous gas. My father, the man who had played the role of the humble, broken-down mechanic for two decades, stood before the multi-million dollar interceptor with the calm, terrifying poise of a man who had finally seen his greatest investment mature. The black box in his hand wasn't just a component; it was the Master Crypt-Key, the only device capable of stabilizing the variable-compression mapping at supersonic speeds."You funded this?" I whispered, my hand trembling on the Norton’s throttle. "The garage, the poverty, the hiding... it was all a tax shelter?""It was a necessity, Mia," Chen Wei said, walking toward the gantry with a measured, rhythmic pace. "Elena had the ambition, and Marcus had the muscle, but they lacked the patience. They wanted to sell the dream to the highest bidder before it was even functional. I knew that to build the perfect predator, I had to let the world believe the project was a failure. I
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