Chapter 174

• The hours that followed were a gauntlet of nerves. None of us could sit still. We paced, hovered over our screens, eyes flicking between names, connections, and any trace tied to Chun Kit’s network. My team and I worked without pause, tracking movements, adding new links, updating our database as fast as our fingers could fly.
• Lazaro’s updates came in every few minutes some asking about recent sightings, others reporting whether his men had run into any of the targets. It was tense, grueling work, but none of us faltered. In just three hours, his men had rescued two high-level shareholders and taken down seven of Chun Kit’s armed enforcers.
• The room exhaled in quiet relief. Small smiles began to surface, soft but significant our first tangible win. We were drained to the bone, but no one complained. We knew the battle wasn’t over. There were still people out there. Still lives at risk.