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
