Who's The Loser Heir?
Instead, a message appeared on her screen, a single, elegant word written in a script that seemed to shimmer with a faint, violet light: AETHER.
"Kenji, initiate the 'Sovereign Shield'!" Olivia commanded, her voice rising in desperation. "Shut down the primary backbone! We have to isolate the infection!"
"I can't!" Kenji screamed, his face illuminated by the flickering, chaotic data on his monitors.
"The system is ignoring my commands! It’s like it’s being rewritten from the inside out! Every time I try to block a node, 'The Weaver'—that’s the signature I’m seeing—simply absorbs the block and uses it to strengthen its own position!"