Chapter 28 - THE NEW THREAT
Far across the Atlantic in a dimly lit European boardroom, a mysterious figure watched the Zurich server nodes go dark on a private monitor.
The anonymous watcher tapped a silver pen against a polished mahogany desk, showing no sign of panic or defeat.
"Sterling thinks he has buried us in the mountains," the shadowy figure whispered to an empty room.
"Let him enjoy his peace for now. Empires always rise again from the ashes," the voice added coldly.
The monitor flickered off, plunging the boardroom back into absolute darkness.
Unbeknownst to them, Jack's satellite terminal in Montana recorded a brief, encrypted ping from the foreign IP address.
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Jack stared at the alert on his screen, a grim smile forming beneath his graying beard.
"I'll be waiting," Jack whispered to himself, loading a fresh clip into his sidearm.
