Chapter 51: The Perfect Bait's Counterattack

The air in the designated test zone, a sprawling, derelict industrial complex on the outskirts of the city, tasted of rust and decay. Concrete skeletons of warehouses loomed against the grey sky, their broken windows like vacant eyes. This was Zone Gamma, the final proving ground for the newcomers of the Stellar Hall's Special Operations Unit. And Ethan Letherdale was the perfect bait. He moved with a calculated carelessness, his boots crunching audibly on a carpet of shattered glass and debris....