Chapter 95: Chapter 95: Designer of Darkness

The air was thick with tension as the team regrouped at the safe house, a nondescript apartment on the outskirts of Shanghai. The city pulsed with life outside, but inside, it was as if the world had shrunk to the confines of their makeshift command center. Monitors glowed dimly, casting eerie shadows on the walls as data streams scrolled across the screens. Zoe was in her element, fingers flying over the keyboard as she triangulated their next steps.

Ethan stood by the window, staring out at the neon-lit skyline. His mind raced through the events of the past few hours. Li Wei Cheng had taken the bait, but how long would it hold? And more importantly, what would he do once he uncovered the truth—or what little of it Ethan had fed him? There was no room for error now. They were walking a razor's edge.