Seven seconds.
He found a heavily fortified data vault buried under layers of fake shell companies. 'Eternity Holdings.' A front used by the Primes.
Five seconds.
Arthur's mind slammed against the encryption. He used the 2x multiplier to rapidly calculate trillions of password combinations, treating the cosmic lock like a cheap padlock.
Three seconds.
The lock shattered. Arthur ripped the files open. He saw the truth. The Prime Auditors weren't just judging debt. They were skimming Merit Points off the top of every deleted anomaly and funneling it into their own private reservoirs to extend their immortal lifespans.
One second.
"Download!" Arthur roared in his mind.
[Transferring data to physical storage...]
[0 Seconds. Multiplier deactivated.]
