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"The asset is in place," the official whispered. "He thinks he's the hunter. He doesn't realize he's the bait."

"You're late, Chen," the man said. "The audience has been waiting." Download File 5156share.com.WeiZhuangZ.Y.EP14.p...

The rain in Shanghai didn't wash things away; it only made the shadows deeper. Chen stood under the rusted awning of a noodle shop, his eyes fixed on the man across the street—a mid-level official who, according to the file 5156, shouldn't have been breathing, let alone smoking a luxury cigarette. "The asset is in place," the official whispered

As the official turned into a dark alley, Chen followed. The air grew thick with the smell of wet stone and coal smoke. When the official finally stopped, he didn't reach for a weapon. He reached for a burner phone and dialed a number Chen knew by heart. "The audience has been waiting

Chen reached into his coat and felt the cold steel of his silenced pistol. He was a "Wei Zhuang Zhe"—a pretender. For three years, he had lived as a humble clerk, but tonight, the mask was slipping. His contact had failed to show, and the radio frequency was nothing but static.

"Episode fourteen," he muttered to himself, a code for the ultimate betrayal. It meant the leak wasn't coming from the outside; it was coming from his own handlers.

He stepped out of the shadows, the barrel of his gun catching a sliver of moonlight. The official turned, a slow, mocking smile spreading across his face.