S070_041_lg.jpg May 2026

It was the only physical evidence left behind from the digital heist that had crippled the city's power grid.

Right on cue, the heavy iron doors of the warehouse groaned open. A figure stepped out into the downpour, wrapped in a dark, high-collared trench coat. The figure didn't look left or right, but walked with absolute purpose toward a black sedan waiting at the curb. s070_041_lg.jpg

The face staring back at him was not a person at all. It was a smooth, featureless ceramic mask, painted with the exact same glitched, neon-streaked patterns from the photograph. It was the only physical evidence left behind