System Status: Hibernation Mode (Locked)
Core Sync Failed
DNA Conflict Active – Vampiric / Lycanthropic Overlap Detected
Reboot Progress: 3%
Host Condition: Unknown
Projected Return: UNKNOWN
Scene: New York – Dracas Territories, Now Divided
Three weeks since the fall.
The Red Circle has split Damon's empire between itself and allied syndicates.
Phantom Industries: Dismantled.
Energy Division: Swallowed by German conglomerates.
Nova's Ports: Confiscated.
Zhenyu's Silk Routes: Under siege.
Dracas Safehouses: Raided or razed.
The world says Phantom is dead.
But no one wears his ring.
Because no one dares.
Campus – St. Monarch University
Arielle doesn't speak much now.
She's either in the gym or watching the skyline — waiting for a ghost to reappear.
Zhenyu filed a public withdrawal but remains nearby.
Her elite operatives operate from shadows.
Nova Cross walks the halls like a coiled blade — taking no questions, giving no answers.
She's been gathering loyalists.
Training them.
Whispering:
"We're not burying him.
We're building his resurrection."
Zeke – The Hidden Project
Zeke operates from a hidden Phantom micro-lab inside the Swiss Alps.
He's working on something called:
Project EMBER
→ A classified system echo encoded with Damon's last neural print
→ The goal? To preserve his strategic mind, military protocols, and voice
"If the world lost Damon Black," Zeke muttered,
"Then I'm giving it back… with vengeance installed."
System Glitch Detected – Unclassified Event
An encrypted spike triggered across five leyline zones.
Source: Unknown.
Origin Point: A ruined estate in Romania — now blacklisted by Vatican and Red Circle alike.
For one second…
Just one…
the system blinked.
And somewhere deep, beyond reach—
a heartbeat returned.