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Chapter 7 - The Betrayal Unveiled“I see your street urchin ruined a twelve-year masterpiece,” Dr. Vance said coldly over the speaker system. “It doesn't matter, Alexander. Richard and I have already liquidated the tech patents. The automated system in that lab is about to purge all evidence—including you three.”

Red emergency lights flashed as a toxic gas release countdown initiated on the screen!

Julian, using his newly restored vision, spotted a manual override lever hidden behind an optical calibration array—a layout he recognized from the piano keys he had memorized by touch for over a decade!

“Alma, hold the sensor panel!” Julian called out.

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Working together with lightning speed, Julian pulled the heavy emergency lever while Alma jammed the bio-nodes into the optical reader, overloading the computer core and forcing the vault doors back open!

They burst out into the fresh air of the courtyard just as police sirens echoed in the distance.

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