🪖 Chapter 43: A Gift Before Goodbye
Location: Enemy Warship – Command Deck
The morning sun had risen — but inside General Kassim's warship, a storm was building.
He slammed his fist onto the metal bench.
> "Three teachers. Just three... and yet they dare to mock me?!"
He rose in fury, knocking over the bench. Papers flew, gadgets clattered to the floor — even his nation's flag fell with them.
His pride had been shaken.
And Kassim… never forgave insults.
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> "Get Siddharth on the screen. Now."
The monitor blinked on.
Siddharth stood firm.
Akash stood beside him, arms folded — defiant. Kassim's eyes narrowed at the sight.
> "You think you're clever? You think you've won something?"
"Let me remind you — I'm not here to play. If I wanted, I could kill you now."
He leaned closer to the screen.
> "What can you even do from there? Send a message? That's all. It's too late for your country to react."
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Siddharth smiled calmly.
> "We knew you'd say that. That's why… before you decide to send us to heaven — we prepared a small gift for you."
He looked at Shiva and nodded.
Shiva activated something under the table — a concealed missile command.
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🚨 Enemy Warship Alert
> "Incoming object detected! Not friendly. Impact estimated in 30 seconds."
Panic spread across Kassim's crew.
Kassim barked:
> "DEFENSE MODE! Now!"
Counter-missile defense activated.
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Suddenly — three missiles launched from different angles.
They closed in from blind spots, circling the ship like shadows.
But just before contact…
💥 All three exploded harmlessly in midair — one by one.
Kassim grinned.
> "Is that all you've got? I told you — your toys and your country can't hurt me."
Akash looked disappointed.
Even the elder technician Krishnan, watching from the corner, frowned.
Siddharth, however, remained calm — his eyes still locked on the screen.
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Then…
đź’Ąđź’Ąđź’Ą
A violent tremor shook the enemy ship.
The walls rattled. Lights flickered.
Smoke burst from the engine room.
Sparks flew from the communication systems.
> "Sir! Hull breach detected — unknown source! Radar's offline! Engine failing!"
Kassim froze.
> "Impossible… they already exploded…"
Siddharth finally smirked.
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> "Do you think we'd be that simple, General?"
"Sometimes, the real strike is hidden inside the noise."
> "Like the Japanese used in Pearl Harbor — old methods, new minds."
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🎯 Explanation (Narrator voice):
While the enemy defenses had intercepted the missiles —
Siddharth had modified the warheads.
The outer shells detonated visibly — decoys.
But the core units split midair, becoming invisible payloads that slipped inside the radar blind zone.
> A silent, timed payload — detonated inside the enemy's "safe zone".
Not enough to sink the ship — but enough to cripple movement, burn systems, and collapse momentum.
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đź’¬ Kassim shouted:
> "Get us moving! Reroute to backup power!"
But it was too late.
The warship could not advance.
It could no longer launch attacks.
> The lion had been chained.
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Back in the bunker, Shiva turned to Siddharth.
> "They're damaged. Maximum loss without full destruction. Just as you planned."
Siddharth:
> "We didn't need to win the war. Just stop them from reaching the battlefield."
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🎙️ Narrator Voice:
> In every step Siddharth takes, he walks with a hundred plans to defeat his enemy.
Kassim underestimated them.
He thought they were rats.
But the rat didn't just bite.
It rewired the trap.
The battlefield had changed.
And now, the enemy — was stranded.
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