Chapter 13: Three Names
He watched them from a bench in the plaza.
Just three names.
Three men who walked like gods through the Academy's upper tiers. Zodiac elites. Public defenders. Camera darlings. War heroes.
Taurus – Ironblood.Cancer – Voidburn.Leo – Captain Virex.
Each had smiled in front of solar flags. Each had stood at his father's funeral. Each had signed the death warrant.
They didn't know what they were.
But Hernan did.
He pulled up the file again — encrypted, invisible, hidden under layers of scholarship documents and class schedules.
Phase I: Identification.
Taurus → District 4 Warden. No family. Private routines. Close protection squad (3).
Cancer → Medical Research Liaison. Uses civilian labs. High visibility. Soft security.