The clock ticks. The god speaks. The world bleeds. But one voice still shouts back.
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4:00 A.M.
City One: Jakarta, Indonesia — Bomb Site #1
The briefcase bomb ticks beneath a children's hospital.
Set to go off at 4:04 A.M.
Outside, the Hollow symbol is carved into the wall.
Underneath: "Truth Seventeen: Not All Innocents Are Innocent."
A team of Resistance operatives — ex-police, students, hackers — move in.
One of them whispers:
> "If we're wrong, we all die."
Another:
> "If we're right, we save the future."
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4:03:47 A.M.
Inside the Bomb Room
The countdown hits its final seconds.
Then—
DISARMED.
The bomb hisses.
Steam. Silence.
The city survives.
Naomi watches from her satellite feed and slams her fist on the table.
> "One down. Five to go."
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6:22 A.M.
Global Reaction — Viral News
> "The Jakarta Bomb was stopped."
"Hollow can be resisted."
"Silas is not a god — he's just a murderer with reach."
Citizens pour into the streets, chanting:
> "We choose life."
"Yuzu lives in us."
"No more fear."
The resistance gains millions of digital followers in under twelve hours.
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9:00 A.M.
Silas — Watching from Montenegro
He watches footage of the bomb squad hugging.
Children in the hospital holding signs:
> "Thank you, Naomi."
He's still. Silent.
His fingers twitch.
He whispers:
> "You stole my fire."
He slams his fist into the desk.
Blood pools from his knuckles.
> "Then I'll take it back in skulls."
He marks a new city on his war map.
Tokyo.
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10:30 A.M.
Naomi — Resistance Mobile HQ
She gets the message from her top hacker:
> "Silas changed protocols. Next bomb is untraceable."
She closes her eyes.
> "We can't stop all six. He'll keep evolving."
Her second-in-command looks at her.
> "Then what do we do?"
Naomi loads a pistol.
> "We stop him."
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12:00 P.M.
Final Mission Authorization — "Project GODKILL"
Naomi calls an encrypted line.
An old friend in the UN's most classified branch picks up.
> "You're not authorized to kill foreign nationals."
> "He's not a man anymore. He's a crisis event."
A pause. Then:
> "You have one shot. One team. No backup."
> "That's all I need."
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2:44 P.M.
Tokyo — Silas's Voice Echoes Through Digital Screens
> "They disarmed the first.
Good.
It'll make the second mean more."
> "Let your heroes run themselves ragged.
Their blood will oil the gears of the new world."
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4:00 P.M.
Resistance HQ — Naomi's Message to the World
She appears in body armor. Gun on her hip.
> "This is not a cry for help."
"This is a declaration."
"I'm coming for you, Silas Creed."
> "And I'm not coming to debate. I'm coming to bury you."
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Final Scene
Silas stands alone in the center of a blackened cathedral in Montenegro — once a place of peace, now a shrine of blood.
He lights six candles.
One goes out.
> "One city spared.
So what?
There are billions of them."
He picks up a headset.
> "Release bomb two. No warnings. No countdown. Just death."
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Final Line:
> "Come find me, Naomi," Silas whispers,
"And when you do… I'll show you what truth looks like when it stops pretending to be kind."
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