Jax's revised offer reached the Citadel while Crowncast officers removed his studio badge. The contract carried the raw recording, arrest order, observed holding route, and limited archive access he had purchased through his appearance agreement.
Diana accepted the evidence transfer into her relay but could not accept the extraction service for Nox. Jax had named the First Citadel as provider, which left its territorial ruler responsible for setting the price and risk.
"He gave us the route. Get him out before they erase it," she said.
Nox enlarged the moving custody signal without answering. It descended beneath the studio, crossed the protected archive, then divided among four national feeds whose audiences were still watching the arrest.
"Crowncast built the route to be followed. Every visible branch ends inside a broadcast district with licensed fighters waiting," he replied.
"He will end inside one of them whether we move or not," Diana said.
