C73 Across the city

Daisuke’s office was dim, lit only by the faint glow of the Tokyo skyline.

The city sprawled below — restless, dangerous, and alive.

He liked to think he understood it better than anyone, especially Riku.

A phone buzzed on his desk.

The screen showed a coded message from one of his own shadows — the man he secretly kept inside Riku’s network.

> “Riku’s mansion hit. Arun taken. Three armed