The Hacker’s Gambit

Eka had been waiting for this moment. Years of planning, coding, and infiltrating the Nine Dragons’ digital vaults had led to this single keystroke. A hidden backdoor, buried deep within the syndicate’s encrypted financial network, flickered open for mere seconds. But that was all she needed.

Within minutes, terabytes of data flooded out—offshore accounts, illicit transactions, secret holdings.

And then, Eka released it to the world.

Governments, watchdog agencies, and financial regulators received the files simultaneously. The Nine Dragons’ once-impenetrable money-laundering empire was now an open book.

The response was swift. Investigations launched overnight. Assets were frozen. Banks severed ties. The financial network they had spent decades building collapsed in real-time.

"They built their empire in the dark," Eka murmured, watching the fallout from her screen. "Let’s see how they survive in the light."