August 19, 2025 – New Delhi
A thin haze of pollution hung over the early morning skyline of Delhi. Inside a cozy two-room apartment in Lajpat Nagar, Vikram Bhagat, better known to 6.2 million YouTube subscribers as TechnoYodha, sat stunned at his editing desk.
He had watched the mysterious HoloBand video at least 14 times since dawn.
> "No lag. Full hand-motion interface. No touch needed. This… this is next-gen sci-fi level stuff."
He zoomed into the video frame by frame. Every pixel was clean. No green screen. No reflections of screens. No giveaway that this was CGI.
And the watermark at the end kept pulsing in his head:
> HoloDreams Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Never heard of it. No website. No press release. No investor leaks.
Vikram opened X (formerly Twitter), wrote:
> "Have you guys seen this?? Leaked footage of a HOLOGRAPHIC WRIST PHONE! Not kidding. Tag all tech nerds ASAP. #HoloBand #NextGenTech #IndiaTech"
Within minutes, he posted a reaction video titled:
> "India's Iron Man? The Mysterious HoloBand Device"
The thumbnail was a freeze-frame of the glowing band, and his shocked face beside it.
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11:32 AM – YouTube Trends India: #2
By noon, major creators from across India had picked it up:
Gyan Therapy: "Is This a Scam or India's Biggest Innovation?"
Technical Guruji: "Yeh Kya Cheez Hai Bhai! Pehli Baar Aisa Kuch Dekha Hai"
BeerBiceps (Ranveer Allahbadia): "We Need to Talk About the Future of Indian Tech"
Telegram groups, WhatsApp forwards, and Reddit India threads were exploding with theories.
"Is it ISRO tech?"
"Startup funded by Mukesh Ambani?"
"Apple rival from Delhi?"
"This is how Tony Stark began..."
People were excited. And terrified.
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Back at Genesis Base – August 19, 2025, 1:42 PM
Deepak leaned back in his ergonomic chair inside the command pod of Genesis Base, sipping chai his mother had sent from home in a flask. His face glowed from a hundred different screens showing live social media feeds, reactions, and viral bursts.
> "EVA, what's the reaction score?"
> "HoloBand online virality rating: 8.9/10
Estimated positive curiosity: 82%
Skepticism: 14%
Conspiracy theory traffic: 4%
YouTube reach: 12.3 million views in 5 hours
Projected demand in 24 hours: 2.3 lakh pre-orders"
Deepak nearly choked on his tea.
> "We haven't even launched officially yet!"
> "Exactly. Would you like me to release controlled leaks to Western tech YouTubers as well?"
Deepak thought for a moment, then nodded.
> "Target Marques Brownlee, Linus Tech Tips, and Unbox Therapy. Keep it anonymous. Tease them just enough. Let India go global."
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August 20, 2025 – 10:00 AM – Kanpur
In a middle-class apartment in Kidwai Nagar, Neha Rawat was having a chaotic morning. Her three children were running around: Diksha, Kshitija, and Samar.
Her phone buzzed with a call from her mother in Delhi.
> "Neha, have you seen this video? It's all over the TV. Something called HoloDream? Some boy created a magical watch!"
Neha glanced at the TV where NDTV Tech was showing the clip on repeat.
The wrist. The projection. The UI.
Something in her gut twisted.
She had seen that wrist a thousand times while scolding him for not studying, for skipping baths, for doodling circuit diagrams on his notebook.
> "Maa… woh haath… woh Deepak ka lag raha hai…"
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Meanwhile in Delhi – Lajpat Nagar
Rakesh Rawat sat in his balcony on the first floor of their old DDA flat, reading the newspaper with a steaming glass of masala tea. He was halfway through an editorial on "India's Silent Tech Revolution" when Sanno came running.
> "Dekho na! Sab log HoloBand ke baare mein baat kar rahe hain. Kal gali ke Sharma ji bhi keh rahe the ki kisi Rawat ladke ka kaam hai yeh."
Rakesh raised an eyebrow.
> "Rawat toh bahut hain is area mein…"
But deep down, a voice whispered — Deepak is up to something big.
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HoloDreams Email Activation
By the evening of August 20th, Deepak activated the official domain:
> www.holodreams.in
The website had a minimal design.
A glowing animated wrist with the caption:
> "The Future is at Hand."
A single button:
> [Request Early Access]
Under it:
> "Limited to 1 lakh global testers. Selection by lottery. Open till August 31st."
In under three hours, over 1.1 million people had applied.
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To Fund Mass Production – Operation CryptoHorizon
Deepak knew that scaling would require real-world money. A lot of it.
And while Genesis Base had all resources, disguising that creation in the real economy was crucial.
He looked at EVA.
> "EVA, generate cryptocurrency. Carefully. Use old hidden keys. Make it untraceable and real."
> "Acknowledged. Deploying Operation: CryptoHorizon
– Created: 100,000 BTC
– Using original 2010 stealth keys and Quantum AI laundering
– Sold via offshore anonymous P2P wallet chain
– Target wallet ready: HSBC Hong Kong"
> "Conversion complete. Funds available: ₹21,459 crore INR equivalent as of August 20, 2025."
Deepak stared at the figure, numb.
He now had more than the GDP of small nations.
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