Night.A faint drizzle painted the city in a thin veil of water and silence.
Inside an old, abandoned printing press in the industrial zone, Rudra stood waiting.
No guards.
No weapons drawn.
Just him… and the wind.
Then—
A shadow dropped from the ceiling.
She landed silently, like a feather.
Dressed in a black combat suit with grey stripes. Her long silver hair tied into a tactical braid. Eyes sharp like an assassin, but not cold—calculating.
She bowed slightly.
"You called. I came."
Rudra scanned her.
Name: Sable Fox.Real Name: Anaya Batra.Ex-agent of Kabir's Shadow Cell.Survivor of illegal human experiments.Expert in infiltration, poison, silent kills.IQ: 178.Loyalty: Pending...
[System Scan Complete – 91% Match for Ideal Lieutenant]
Rudra nodded. "Prove you're not a spy."
She stepped forward and held out a sealed black capsule.
"Contains Kabir's internal drive map and kill-list. I stole it the day I escaped. He doesn't know it's missing. You'll find the names of 147 high-value targets and 3 unlisted base coordinates."
Rudra opened the capsule.
The data chip inside lit up with red symbols.
He grinned. "Welcome to the Righteous Side."
A Test of Loyalty
Rudra didn't believe anyone blindly.
Especially not someone from Kabir's personal hellhole.
He handed her a small black gun and pointed to a tied-up man behind a curtain.
"Your first mission. Kill him."
She didn't ask questions. Just walked over and pulled the curtain.
Her hands froze.
Her eyes widened for just a second.
"Devendra Saxena," Rudra said. "Your handler. The one who injected nanobots into your spine. The one who forced you to kill children during Training Batch 12."
Tears welled in her eyes. But she didn't break.
"Will killing him make me free?" she asked.
Rudra looked at her coldly. "Only action defines freedom."
She aimed the gun.
He screamed behind the gag.
But her hands didn't shake.
One shot.
Straight to the heart.
She turned back, eyes dry now.
"I'm yours."
The Deal
Back in his new underground war room, Rudra sat with Sable Fox beside a massive holographic map.
Three red zones blinked.
"These are Kabir's secret outer nodes," she explained. "They filter funds, test drugs, train bio-enhanced children."
Rudra narrowed his eyes.
"Children?"
She nodded. "He calls them 'Reapers in Bloom'. Trains them until they're 10. If they fail... he kills them."
A long silence followed.
Rudra clenched his fists.
His voice was calm—but a storm raged inside.
"We burn these places."
Phase 1: Operation Black Garden
Objective: Infiltrate & shut down Green Nest Facility.
Location: Under a fake organic farm near the northern mountains.
Security: 30 guards, 2 enhanced sentinels, auto-turrets, and AI scan nets.
Time to mission: 3 hours.
Sable Fox geared up. Her knives glinted. Her gloves hummed with static charges.
Rudra didn't wear armor. Just his iconic long coat and masked face.
They weren't an army.
They were ghosts.
Before leaving, Rudra gave a new command:
[Create Shadow Protocol: Righteous Cell 01 – "Fox Den"][Assign: Sable Fox as Captain][Objective: Recruit survivors, ex-agents, vigilantes. Build loyal ops cell]
The war had begun.
The Raid
The "organic farm" smelled like chemicals and fake fruit scents.
Guards in farmer outfits patrolled casually. A dog barked. Drones buzzed overhead.
Rudra and Sable crawled through the hidden tunnel under a false barn.
It led directly beneath the greenhouse.
Inside: cages. Children hooked to wires. Eyes hollow.
Sable clenched her jaw.
Rudra's system activated.
[Righteous Kill Mode: ON]
[Selected Skill: Shadow Breach]
He disappeared into black mist.
And reappeared behind the first guard.
Snap.Neck broken.
Next.Knife through helmet.
Turret—jammed by Sable's EMP glove.
They moved like whispers.
Within 8 minutes, every guard was dead.
They reached the control room.
A scientist begged for his life.
"I was just following orders!"
Rudra pressed a finger to the man's forehead.
"I'm following justice."
[Execute – Divine Justice Lv. 1 Activated]
A burst of white flame incinerated the man's mind from the inside.
Sable looked stunned. "What… was that?"
Rudra didn't answer.
He just walked to the cages.
And unlocked them one by one.
The children stared at him—confused, scared.
Then one little girl stepped forward and hugged his leg.
"Thank you, Masked Uncle."
Rudra blinked.
And for the first time in years—
His heart felt... warm.
Post Mission Report
[Mission Complete – Facility Destroyed][Children Saved: 27][New Trait Unlocked: Villain of Light]You are feared by the wicked, but protected by the innocent.
[Skill Unlocked: Righteous Aura – Allies within 5m gain resistance to fear and mind control]
Sable Fox uploaded footage of the mission anonymously to several dark web forums and secret social groups.
Caption:"Who says villains can't be heroes?"
The clip went viral—again.
Final Scene – Warning from the Deep
Back in Kabir's lair, alarms blared.
A half-mad AI flashed red on his screen.
"G-Node compromised. Subject 47B eliminated. Children liberated."
Kabir smashed the screen.
He turned to his elite squad—twelve men in suits with red eyes.
"Send in Project BloodHound."