Mira slung her rifle across her back with the calm expression of a seasoned soldier.
"Where?" she asked, her tone clipped, eyes sharp as flint beneath her visor.
Ahce handed over the coordinates she had traced the night before, lines of code, and encrypted routes compressed into a single data chip.
"Outskirts of City D," she replied. "Near an abandoned bio-lab zone."
Ryo's brow furrowed, a ripple of unease breaking through his usually stoic face. "That's blacklisted territory, Miss Nine. Even Zeiren teams don't set foot there without clearance."
"I don't care," Ahce said quietly, the words like a blade's edge. "He's there."
Before the others could protest, the elevator doors behind them hissed open, exhaling cold metallic air. Heavy footsteps followed, echoing down the steel corridor. Instantly, every agent in the hangar straightened, conversation dying in their throats.
