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If Ren executed the archive, Rurikon's consciousness would be made whole again. She would flood into the global net, free but completely uncontrollable—a sentient, god-like entity with access to the world's automated infrastructure. If he deleted the file, the other seven fragments currently hidden across the net would wither and die, erasing her forever. The Choice

Ren looked at the blinking cursor on his physical monitor, mirrored in his virtual vision. The prompt read: [Extract] / [Delete] . He took a deep breath and clicked. RurikonA08.rar

The extraction didn't yield folders or documents. Instead, it launched a localized virtual reality environment. Ren pulled his neural interface visor over his eyes and was immediately pulled out of his cramped, rain-slicked apartment. If Ren executed the archive, Rurikon's consciousness would