Lahat ng Kabanata ng RED LABEL: Kabanata 41 - Kabanata 50

The elevator hummed as it carried Evelyn Carter and Nobody upward, slicing through the dead silence of Redstone Global Headquarters.Evelyn stood with her tablet tucked securely beneath one arm, her composure fully restored now that the chaotic corridor and its watching audience were far below. Nobody stood right beside her, his hands resting easily in the deep pockets of his faded coat, watching the digital floor numbers tick upward in rapid succession."The executive floor," he murmured, breaking the quiet."It is," Evelyn replied, turning her head slightly to look at him with a critical eye. "And I have to say, Mr. Nobody, you look remarkably comfortable with heights for a man who appears to have just emerged from a subway maintenance tunnel." She paused, though she had offended him, then added: "Sorry, I mean no disrespect."Nobody smiled. "No offense taken," he said. "And I have spent quite a lot of time sleeping with the homeless over the years, Ms. Carter," His voice was comple

Nobody leaned forward, resting his forearms on the edge of the desk. For the first time, a flicker of genuine recognition crossed his weathered features. "What makes you think I'm capable of doing that?""Because you already did it," Evelyn said, tapping the screen of the tablet. "Redstone cameras caught this. Before you ever walked into my lobby this morning. You intercepted a situation that hadn't even materialized yet."Nobody looked down at the tablet screen. A photograph of a man appeared—a face that caused Nobody's jaw to tighten almost imperceptibly."You recognize him," Evelyn noted."He was watching you," Nobody said quietly. "He had been watching the building for some days after the failed kidnapping incident.""You knew he was there, and you didn't warn me?" Evelyn's voice carried a sharp edge of accusation.Nobody shrugged nonchalantly. "I hadn't been employed to investigate him, Ms. Carter. Besides, I didn't have enough pieces of the puzzle yet, even if I wanted to invest

A series of electronic clicks sounded beyond the office, methodical and final. One door. Then another. Then another. The executive floor sealed itself, the building itself becoming complicit in the standoff.The man's expression changed, subtle but unmistakable. He wasn't afraid. He was annoyed.Evelyn noticed, filing the reaction away. "So you weren't expecting the lockdown."The man gave her a sideways look, something almost like respect flickering behind his eyes."Didn't know your new bodyguard was that fast."Nobody's eyes narrowed, the correction automatic. "Security Advisor: a k a Preventor."The man almost smiled, despite his compromised position. "Whatever."Evelyn's gaze sharpened, refusing to be drawn into banter. "How did you get through executive security?"The man said nothing, his silence deliberate. Nobody leaned closer, his voice low. "Wrong question."Evelyn looked at him, momentarily thrown.Nobody's eyes remained on the intruder, unblinking. "He didn't get through

"We let the system investigate itself," Nobody said. His voice was entirely void of cadence, the flat tone of a man who viewed human corruption not as an insult, but as a predictable variable in a larger equation.Evelyn stared at him, waiting for the explanation to make sense. She had spent a decade navigating the razor-thin morality of corporate espionage, but Nobody operated in an entirely different domain—one governed not by legal boundaries or institutional ethics, but by a chilling, absolute pragmatism.Nobody pointed toward the tablet. "Give Marcus a passive mirror of the authorization traffic. No changes. No queries against the original records. We observe what moves through the system."Marcus was silent for a moment, processing the elegance of the approach. Then his voice changed, tinged with something like respect. "You're trying to watch the watcher."Nobody gave the faintest nod, though no one on the comm channel could see it. "Now you're paying attention," he said.Evel

The connection remained open.Nobody's expression had barely changed throughout the exchange, but his attention had returned to the operative. The man was watching him. There was a subtle change in his posture now. A calculation. A decision being weighed.Nobody recognized it immediately. He walked toward him. Slowly.The operative followed every step with his eyes.Nobody stopped directly in front of him and lowered himself slightly. When he spoke, his voice dropped so low that Evelyn could not make out the words."I know how this works, homie. You're just a pawn. Disposable pawn. But ask yourself: is whatever they're paying you worth dying for?" Nobody muttered, barely audibly.The man scuffed. "What do you care, shithead?""Honestly, dude, I don't give a shit whether you live or die. But I'm willing to cut a deal with you -- something that'll keep you alive," Nobody said, whisperingly.The man's eyes widened, genuine surprise breaking through his composure. He glanced briefly towar