CORPORATE BLOODSPORT
The neon glare of Neo-Tokyo's corporate sector reflected off Seun's visor as he observed the Bloodmoon Citadel headquarters from a vantage point three blocks away. His system painted the building in layers of tactical data:
**[TARGET ANALYSIS: BLOODMOON CENTRAL TOWER]**
- Primary Security: Automated plasma turrets (rooftop)
- Personnel: 47 combat-ready operatives (Commander-Class)
- Weak Point: Underground supply tunnels (unshielded)
A new alert flashed:
**[ASCENDANT PRIORITY MESSAGE]**
- Mission: Disrupt Bloodmoon leadership meeting
- Parameters: Maximum collateral damage
- Bonus: 5,000,000G per board member eliminated
Seun's fingers flexed. The payout was irrelevant. The opportunity to dismantle those who'd played with human minds like toys? Priceless.
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### **THE SILENT APPROACH**
The maintenance tunnel stank of ozone and synthetic lubricant. Seun moved through the flickering emergency lights like a wraith, his shadow forming perfect blacksteel replicas of Ascendant grenades—copied precisely from Legion armory schematics. No energy signatures. No traces.
A Bloodmoon sentry rounded the corner.
Seun's knife hand twitched.
The man died with his throat slit so cleanly he took three more steps before collapsing.
**[TARGET NEUTRALIZED]**
- Threat: Standard Guard (D-Rank)
- System Update: Close Quarters Efficiency +1.2%
The elevator shaft was predictably unguarded. Seun's shadow solidified into climbing spikes as he ascended thirty floors in perfect silence.
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### **THE BOARDROOM MASSACRE**
The ventilation grate offered a perfect view of the executive conference room. Twelve men and women in tailored armor-suits debated around a holotable displaying casualty reports from Facility Gamma-7.
"—total loss of research!" snarled the bald man at the head of the table. "Do you have any idea what those implants cost?"
A woman with neural interface tattoos tapped the table. "More concerning is how Ascendant knew to hit that specific facility."
Seun's shadow detached in twelve needle-thin strands, each hovering behind a board member's skull.
He snapped his fingers.
Twelve spikes of pure darkness punched through occipital bones simultaneously. The hologram flickered as bodies slumped onto the polished table, cerebrospinal fluid dripping onto the Bloodmoon logo.
**[PRIMARY TARGETS ELIMINATED]**
- Confirmed Kills: 12/12
- Bonus Awarded: 60,000,000G
- New Record: Fastest Boardroom Takeover (0.8 seconds)
The emergency lockdown triggered exactly 1.3 seconds too late.
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### **ASCENDANT'S MOVE**
Kael studied the security feed from Bloodmoon Tower with a predator's grin. "Beautiful work," he murmured as Seun detonated the shadow-copied grenades in the server farm. The entire building's lights died in a cascade of exploding substations.
His intelligence officer frowned. "Sir, this will trigger open warfare between guilds."
Kael turned to the holographic map of Neo-Tokyo, where three more corporate strongholds glowed crimson. "That's the point."
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