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    There was no other way to exin Mr. M’s relentless, behind-the-scenes support for her.


    Then a wild, heart-stopping possibility shed through her mind — could Chris be Mr. M?


    The very next second, she dismissed it as impossible.


    Before the thought could fully take shape, the insistent buzz of her phone shattered her reverie. Maia snapped back to the present. Siena was in position. The trap wasid. The hunt was on — none of those lurking in the shadows would escape.


    Meanwhile, the online battlefield had erupted into a war of perception.


    Kolton’s strategy — to sow chaos — began to reveal its sinister genius. After hours of simmering, the initially unified public fury against Cooper Group took a bizarre turn.


    Amidst the genuine, damning exposés about charity fraud and financial misconduct leaked by Pris, a flood of shocking and grotesque “insider revtions” suddenly surfaced.


    Exclusive: Cooper Group’s Food nt Uses Corpse Oil in Production to Cut Costs. Photographic Evidence Provided.


    Whistleblower: Foundation of Cooper-Built Skyhigh Tower Severely Cracked; Imminent Copse Feared. Multiple Fatalities Allegedly Covered Up.


    Deep Dive: Cooper Group is a Front for International Terrorist Money Laundering.


    More rumors, crafted for maximum outrage and paired with doctored images, swamped every feed. Netizens were bombarded with pictures of eerily bubbling oil drums, photoshopped structural cracks, and blurry staged handshakes. These viral fabrications drowned out the rational, documented charges about substandard meals and dual contracts, pushing public emotion to a fever pitch of hysteria.


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    “I just ate Cooper-brand bread… does that mean…”


    “This is terrifying! There’s a subway under Skyhigh Tower! Evacuate!”


    “Outrageous! Cooper Group must leave Wront!”


    Then came the masterstroke.


    At the peak of this emotional frenzy, several authoritative media outlets — pre-arranged by Cooper Group — along with official police statements, intervened with surgical precision, presenting irrefutable evidence that debunked each outrageous im one by one.


    “Wront Police Department: Surprise inspections andb tests confirm all Cooper food nt products meet national standards. The circted photographs are decade-old images from a foreign waste processing facility, maliciously repurposed.”


    “City Housing Authority: Skyhigh Tower’s structural integrity is confirmed safe. All monitoring data is normal. ims of a cover-up are entirely fabricated.”


    “Financial Regtory Commission: Investigation finds Cooper Group’s financial flows fullypliant, with no evidence of transactions with overseas illegal entities.”


    This cycle of extreme rumor-mongering followed by authoritative debunking swiftly shifted the public mood. A powerful sense of having been manipted began to spread.


    “What the hell? They invented something as disgusting as corpse oil? These clickbait ounts have no bottom line.”


    “I knew it. A new tower like Skyhigh couldn’t just copse. I was too scared to leave my apartment.”


    “Looks like those charity fraud ims were probably smears too, right? Mixing truth with lies is the easiest way to fool people.”


    “Exactly. This is disgusting — they think we’re idiots? I’m not believing any of it now.”


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