Neon Deadline: Code City

Kai is still gasping back to life when a lethal woman drops from the ceiling and presses a blade to his throat. Then the forbidden Reaper Plugin boots inside his skull: Lilith has a 99.9% chance of killing him. A nameless gutter hacker and a ruthless corporate heiress—bound by a master-servant contract, they have no choice but to hunt the elites who erased Kai’s identity. Every upgrade lets him calculate death, outsmart assassins, and climb from the scrap heaps to Zero City’s cloud towers—but each level strips away more of his humanity. He should never trust Lilith, especially when a clone of himself appears, Viktor’s army closes in, and her betrayal may be the only thing keeping him alive. When the city marks Kai for deletion, will he let Lilith control his life—or unleash the Reaper and risk becoming the monster Viktor created?