Kaelen moved like liquid smoke. He didn't bypass the lasers; he timed his heartbeat to their flicker. When he reached the Iron Curtain, he didn't try to break it. He used a gravity-anchor to pin himself to the ceiling, crawling over the field’s blind spot.
His HUD flickered red, highlighting the "Kill-Node"—a microscopic gap in Vane’s personal kinetic armor located right at the base of the skull. The Insta-Kill Kaelen dropped. Knife Strife Insta Kill
In mid-air, he activated the Strife-Drive , a localized time-dilation module. To the guards, it looked like a glitch in reality. One moment the room was empty; the next, a blur of chrome and black leather vanished into the shadows. Kaelen moved like liquid smoke
The target was Baron Vane, a corporate warlord holed up in a penthouse protected by "The Iron Curtain"—a localized stasis field that slowed bullets to a crawl. Vane felt invincible. He sat behind his desk, sipping synthetic scotch, watching his security monitors. He didn't see Kaelen. Nobody ever did. The Infiltration He used a gravity-anchor to pin himself to