บท 55: Chapter 55: The Conductor's Countermove

The team had barely started catching their breath when Jessica burst into the war room, her face pale but her energy electric. Ethan Carter was leaning against the holographic map display, his mind already moving a dozen steps ahead, but the tension in Jessica's voice immediately pulled his attention.

"We have a problem," Jessica announced, dropping a portable tablet onto the table. It flickered to life, showing encrypted lines of code. "I just finished analyzing the data we pulled from the Shanghai hub. We didn't just take their communications—we triggered something."

Ethan's sharp gaze met hers. "Triggered what?"