Chapter 2: Every Secret Had a Price
Large digital screens hidden behind the ballroom stage flickered to life.
The charity foundation's golden logo disappeared.
A single sentence replaced it.
FINANCIAL CRIMES TASK FORCE
Gasps spread across the room.
Then came the evidence.
Bank transfers.
Bribery payments.
Money laundering records.
Secret offshore accounts.
Each document carried authenticated government verification codes.
Every name belonged to someone standing inside the ballroom.
A famous senator stumbled backward.
"Those files were destroyed..."
A billionaire investor whispered,
"They're classified."
The woman calmly answered,
"No."
"They were preserved."
One executive suddenly ran toward a side corridor.
Two tactical officers intercepted him before he reached the door.
Another quietly tried swallowing a flash drive.
He was stopped before it disappeared.
Across the ballroom...
The confidence that wealth had always provided simply vanished.
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For the first time in their lives...
Money could buy absolutely nothing.
