No one moved for a few seconds after the man spoke
The screens kept streaming data
But something in the rhythm broke
I did not feel any echo
No pressure in my head
Nothing that felt like my ability
I was fully aware
And that made it worse
Rico stepped closer to the control table
"Replay the last three minutes"
The man executed the command quickly
The command line rolled back
Codes
Data packets
Then it stopped
"Here"
He pointed at a small spot on the screen
"This connection"
I looked and understood nothing
But Rico did
"This is not the organization's signature"
Miyuko lifted her head immediately
"Are you sure?"
The man replied
"The organization does not enter like this"
"They open a full pathway"
"This… was just a touch"
I moved closer
I saw numbers change
Then return to what they were
As if someone opened a door
Looked
Then closed it quietly
I asked
"A touch on what?"
Rico did not look at me
He said in a low voice
"On your account"
I felt real chills this time
Not an ability
Just pure fear
"So they got in?"
He shook his head
"No"
"It means they can get in"
"And they chose not to"
One of the people sitting said
"And that is the strangest part"
"They left no trace"
"But they… left timing"
Rico turned to him
"Explain"
"The connection happened seconds before Ginso's file was updated"
"As if someone reviewed the evaluation"
"Then allowed it to be published"
The room fell into a heavy silence
Miyuko said slowly
"The organization would never allow that"
"If someone stopped them…"
Rico cut her off
"Then he is inside the same layer"
"Not above them"
"And not below them"
I looked at him
"Layer of what?"
He answered without hesitation
"Control"
The word felt heavier than it should
As if it did not belong to humans
One of the hackers spoke
"There is something else"
Everyone turned back to the screens
"This third party"
"Was not watching us"
"And not the organization"
He raised his head
"He was watching the decision"
I swallowed
"Which decision?"
He looked directly at me this time
"What they will do with you"
He did not say it as a threat
He said it like a technical fact
Like a line of code
Rico turned toward me
"Ginso"
"From now on"
"Anything that happens to you"
"Will not be random"
I asked
"Do we know who it is?"
He shook his head slowly
"No"
Then he added
"But we know one thing"
"This party"
"Does not want you to disappear now"
A final silence filled the room
Deeper than all before it
And I understood then
That the real danger
Was no longer that the organization could see me
But that
Someone else
Had decided
That I should remain visible