Chapter 2267

At that moment, a bitter, biting wind swept across Asher's face, as if slicing through the night. “Matrix.” The long-forgotten title echoed like a ghostly whisper from distant memories shrouded in blood and storms. Yet the mere sound of it sent shockwaves through Asher’s chest, reverberating through every fiber of his being. The voice had something familiar about it, but he could not place it. “Who are you? A former subordinate from Overcast?” Asher turned his back to the others, his voice dropping to a menacing whisper. “Ash…” Bella, noticing the sudden shift in his expression, felt her heart clench with worry. “Oh, Matrix, so quick to forget,” Elio’s voice slithered through the phone, cold and venomous, each word a stab to Asher’s already frayed nerves. “It seems no one else matters to you except Kairos, right?” “You’re… Elio?!” Asher’s mind raced, sharp pain clawing at his chest. The darkness outside pressed in like jagged walls, closing in from all directions, suffocating h