One week later.
The chip's data was decrypted into three security levels.
The first layer: failed experiments.
The second: a list of experimental children — An Thư, Tống Dực… and L.K.V.
The third layer wasn't data.
It was a video.
Khả Vũ sat alone in a dark room.
The screen's pale glow lit his face.
A man appeared — faceless, just a shadow cast on the wall.
His voice, warped by static.
"If you're watching this… it means I'm dead."
"Your real name… is not Lâm Khả Vũ.
You are Subject #04 — the final product carrying the original code."
🔬 What is the original code?
"It's not a superior gene.
It's the right to choose — between order and destruction."
"Those created weren't made to obey… but to decide."
The screen displayed a virtual map —
A web of hidden relay points scattered around the globe.
At the center: a single name — X.A.R. Spindle.
The father's voice resumed:
"Only the one who carries the original code can awaken the full system."
"So what will you do, Khả Vũ?
Take control? Destroy it?
Or become a new myth entirely?"
🧠 Khả Vũ's reaction:
He said nothing.
Didn't smile.
He stood up, took the chip, and dropped it into the incinerator.
"I don't need a choice.
Because I was never part of their game."
💥 Twist at the end:
As he stepped out of the room,
his phone buzzed.
A message from an unknown number:
📩 "Don't forget… I never died."
📎 Attachment: A photo of a pair of ash-gray eyes — identical to his.
Khả Vũ stopped.
For the first time…
a flicker of hesitation passed through his eyes.