Kingpin (Chapter 7)[18+]

Kenenna's plaza escape ignites mob fury, Bash's "Thief!" rallying fists and chaos as he dives into Lagos' shadowy underbelly. A seedy brothel becomes his desperate lair, paranoia spiking amid wary allies and the flash drive's 23-billion secret. Exhaustion battles temptation in a cramped hideout, every creak hinting syndicate hunters closing in.

Victoria's lifeline dangles—a final hack to seize the fortune or seal his doom forever. In this pulse-pounding finale, one coder's gambit crowns a kingpin—or buries him in empire's wrath.