A heavy silence fell. The board members stared at the notebook, at the bold, handwritten . The CEO’s face paled, and a few executives exchanged nervous glances.

She copied the ledger onto a , embedding the data in the pixel values of a mundane office photo. She then encrypted the image with a public key she’d previously stored on a cold‑wallet —a secure hardware module she kept in a drawer at home.

The algorithm we promised would empower humanity has been weaponized. The truth is hidden in a single letter—‘Ω.’

I have handed the proof to the National Intelligence Service. If you wish to salvage what remains of A4U, you must cooperate fully, purge the compromised component, and publicly acknowledge the breach. Anything less will only deepen the scandal. ”