Inside weren't just PDFs. There were video logs. He clicked the first one. A woman with tired eyes and a lab coat—Daniella—stared into the camera.
He clicked the link. The progress bar crawled. 1.2GB... 4.5GB... 12GB. As the file finalized, his security software began to scream. Red banners flashed across his screen: Unauthorized Access Detected. IP Trace in Progress.
Leo scrolled further. Beneath the blueprints was a folder labeled Personnel . He opened it and froze. There, among the thousands of names scheduled for "neutralization" in the beta test, was his own. He looked at the date on the file: April 28, 2026. Today's date.