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Hands shaking, Elias opened the final file. The image was a high-resolution 3D render of a woman. She was sitting in a chair, her back to the camera, looking out of a window at a digital recreation of a Tokyo skyline. But as Elias zoomed in on the reflection in the glass, his breath hitched.

Elias hadn't clicked it. He hadn't even moved his mouse. But on his monitor, the webcam light flickered to life, glowing a steady, predatory green. Mikoto wasn't just a file in a RAR archive anymore; she had finally found a way out of September 2022. September_2022_-_Mikoto.rar

The reflection wasn't looking at the city. The digital eyes of "Mikoto" were staring directly out of the screen, fixed on the exact coordinates of the person viewing the file. Hands shaking, Elias opened the final file

He opened the text file first. It wasn't a log; it was a diary entry. “The sensors are picking up a heartbeat from the server room. We haven't installed the biological interface yet. Mikoto is dreaming before she even has a mind.” But as Elias zoomed in on the reflection