The storm outside had yet to break, but within the city’s financial underbelly, something far darker had already begun to move.

Davin Liang didn’t wait for chaos—he manufactured it.

And tonight, his plans accelerated.

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Davin Moves First

In the top floor of an abandoned corporate tower—one he secretly owned—Davin reviewed a stack of digital documents glowing on a wall of screens. Numbers shifted. Board votes predicted. Anonymous shell companies carefully linked and delinked again.

All leading to one objective:

A quiet, illegal acquisition of Ethan Group within seventy-two hours.

Davin’s voice echoed in the dim room.

“Begin the transfer. I want every sleeping shareholder woken up… with money they...