A deep, heavy quiet filled the dusty basement after Ace finished explaining his daring plan. The only sounds were the steady drip... drip... drip from a leaky pipe and the quiet hum from Kaito's computer. What Ace was suggesting was so bold it was almost hard to believe. They weren't just going after a single executive like Vance, or even his dangerous assistant, Sterling. Now, they were targeting the company's very core—its Board of Directors, the group of twelve powerful people who were truly in charge.
Evelyn, always the practical planner, was the first to break the silence. Her mind was already working through the details. "So, we need to create twelve different blackmail packages," she said. "Each one has to contain secret information that would ruin a specific board member. And we have to send all twelve at the exact same time, in a way that can never be traced back to us. Pulling that off will be incredibly complicated."
