Chapter 10 · The Gatekeeper's Gambit - Chapter 10: Restart the Gate

Mo Han shoved the token into his pocket before anyone else could see it. The name carved into the jade was his real name. Lin Mo. Not Mo Han. And that meant someone in this tower knew exactly who he was before he woke up in this body three months ago.

The alarm shrieked louder. Red light pulsed through the corridor. Somewhere two floors down, Yun Sheng was running from constructs that shouldn't exist outside a trial chamber, and the gate system was eating itself because Wei Tiegu had jammed half the command sequences the moment Mo Han tried to access the logs.

He didn't have time to think about the token. He had about ninety seconds before those constructs tore through the temporary barrier he'd thrown up, and maybe three minutes before Wei's interference locked him out of the audit system entirely.

Su Jin stood five steps behind him, arms crossed, expression somewhere between fury and boredom. The contract mark on her wrist glowed faint red.