The night fell faster than usual.
City lights shone like man-made stars, but for Ethan, all of them were just a backdrop to something far more important.
The truth.
He sat in his office at Ardent, surrounded by screens displaying documents, old reports, and digital archives that had just been pulled from external servers.
Daniel stood near the desk with a serious face.
"This is all we managed to gather," he said.
Ethan shifted the main screen.
"Start from the beginning."
Daniel nodded.
"Twenty years ago, Marcus and several shell companies owned by him formed a highly complex investment network."
A diagram appeared on the screen.
Dozens of small companies.
All interconnected.
But one name appeared repeatedly at the center of the network.
Helix Consortium.
Ethan narrowed his eyes.
"This is the same one we found from Sophia's old documents."
"Correct."
Daniel opened another file.
"We found something even stranger."
He zoomed in on one of the documents.
