Chapter 2: The Hidden Enemy
Detectives immediately reviewed every security camera inside the ballroom.
The footage revealed something strange.
No one had approached the elderly man's table...
Except one waiter.
The waiter carried the orange juice.
He placed it in front of the elderly man.
Then disappeared.
Hotel management checked the employee records.
No one recognized him.
His identification badge was fake.
His uniform had been stolen only hours before the event.
The mystery deepened.
Meanwhile, Dr. Ethan continued analyzing the strange substance.
Late that night, he made another discovery.
The compound contained microscopic synthetic particles designed to dissolve within minutes.
Had the elderly man finished the drink...
Almost no trace would have remained.
Someone had planned this perfectly.
Just then, Ethan noticed something unusual.
The laboratory report included a molecular signature he had seen years ago.
Only one research facility had ever developed technology like this.
A private pharmaceutical company that had officially shut down five years earlier.
Except...
Someone had secretly continued the research.
Back at the hotel, detectives finally identified the fake waiter.
Security footage captured him leaving through a loading dock.
He climbed into a black SUV.
The license plates were stolen.
But one detail stood out.
A silver ring on his right hand.
The same ring appeared in an old investigative file involving three unsolved murders.
This was no isolated attack.
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Someone had been eliminating people for years.
And the elderly man was their latest target.
