Chapter 71 - Women are not that hard to understand
Lower City Perimeter | 7:00 PM
The black vehicle hummed low through the backroads of Lower City, its matte finish nearly invisible under the dim streetlights.
Neon signs blinked distantly—dying glimmers in a city too bruised to sleep.
Inside the car, silence settled until Darithi broke it, tapping her encrypted holopad.
"It’s confirmed. The clash took place an hour ago in the Delta Strip of Zone 4. One from each side down. Supervillain Makael—dead. Hero Halden of the Upper Order—also gone."
Cruxius didn’t blink. He didn’t recognize either of them—heroes and villains of low ranking, ones who had never held his attention, not even in his past life.
Right now, he had just cornered Nano into shutting down her system. He fed her false, authority-based information, spread through fake announcements from the villain syndicate.
He knew she’d shut everything down rather than try to solve the issue—revenge had clouded her judgment, making her focus all resources on targeting the Blac Corporation.
He knew how far she could go.
And with knowledge of certain tech ability holders, he brought in a boy to resurrect the very system he’d helped dismantle.
After all, it was nearly impossible for every supervillain to be clearly informed about the system’s nullification.