She stood, kicked over the chai urn (distraction), and melted into the crowd. Behind her, three men in wet-weather coats stepped out of a black van. Their sunglasses reflected nothing.
Mumbai, 2046.
The screen in her mind flickered to life—not a video, but a schematic. A blueprint of a Mumbai skyscraper. Floor 47. A server room labeled . Download - Citadel.Diana.S01.1080p.WEB.DL.Hind...
She didn’t finish reading it. The data packet was already corrupting her neural link. She stood, kicked over the chai urn (distraction),
She crushed the e-cigarette she’d been pretending to smoke. The retinal prompt expanded: kicked over the chai urn (distraction)
Too slow. Manticore’s signal-tracers worked at 30%.