You fear the blade. But it's the story that kills slower.
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6:00 A.M.
Kano, Nigeria — Resistance Intelligence Hub
A former telecom tower now houses global Resistance HQ.
Naomi stands before the intel board.
Cities marked:
Mexico City
Seoul
Nairobi
Istanbul
But one keeps blinking red:
Kano.
Because this time—Silas is already here.
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6:30 A.M.
Underground Broadcast — "The Hollow Diary" Leaks
A website goes live across the deep web:
hollowtruths.black
Inside:
Photos of Naomi in surgery
Her medical records
Private messages to Yuzu
Redacted Resistance orders
Excerpts from a book titled:
> "THE HOLLOW GENERAL: How Naomi Became What She Fought"
The author?
Silas Creed.
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7:00 A.M.
Naomi Confronts Her Advisors
> "How did he get this?!"
A hacker stutters:
> "He's inside our systems. Our phones. Our minds."
The diary is spreading like fire.
In it, Silas accuses Naomi of:
Choosing who lives and dies during missions
Sacrificing teammates
Using Yuzu's death as a PR tool
Failing her own family before joining the cause
It reads like truth.
It feels like confession.
But it's written by a god of lies.
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8:45 A.M.
Buenos Aires — Survivors React
The citizens who lost their families in the second blast begin to splinter.
Some form a militia called "Red Ash."
They believe Naomi let the bomb drop to fuel global sympathy.
Their motto?
> "We don't follow martyrs. We follow blood."
Silas smiles as the world fractures again.
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9:30 A.M.
Naomi Broadcasts — Public Denial
She appears on live stream. Exhausted. Hollow-eyed.
> "Silas wrote a diary to kill with doubt."
"But I don't run from truth."
> "Yes, I made choices that cost lives."
"But I never killed for faith. I killed to stop him."
She pulls up her shirt — shows the scarred word again:
HOLLOW
> "He wrote this into me."
"Now I write him out of history."
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10:03 A.M.
Silas — Watching from a Rooftop in Kano
He leans against an antenna, golden eyes scanning the sky.
He checks his laptop — 12 million views on The Hollow Diary in six hours.
A follower approaches, whispering:
> "They're calling her a liar now. They say you've already won."
Silas doesn't smile.
Instead, he speaks slowly.
> "I don't win by being right."
"I win when they can't tell who to believe."
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12:12 P.M.
Naomi's Intel Cracks the Signal
A recovered flash drive from one of Silas's dead operatives reveals:
> His next location: a church orphanage in Lagos
Timeline: 12 hours
Objective: Total civilian purge disguised as a terrorist attack by Red Ash itself
Naomi clutches the data.
> "He's not just killing anymore. He's scripting the villains."
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Final Scene
Inside a candlelit study deep beneath a Lagos slum, Silas writes the next page of the diary.
The chapter is titled:
> "Her Final Choice."
He stops.
Closes the book.
> "Let's give the world an ending they'll pray to forget."
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Final Line:
> "If she bleeds again," Silas whispers,
"it'll be from the pages, not the knife."
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