?Chapter 1521:


    Beyond the doors, the factory grounds were eerily empty. The armed guards were gone. The doctors in white coats had vanished without a trace. In the distance, the sun was sinking toward the horizon, dyeing the desert in a deep, unsettling red.


    “Those bastards,” Kolton muttered, his brows knitting as he looked at Jimmie. “They took everything. We need to figure out how to survive tonight. Once the sun goes down, the desert temperature will drop fast—if we’re not careful, we’ll freeze.”


    He turned back toward the silent factory. “Since they’ve cleared out, let’s check inside. Maybe they left something useful.”


    Ten minutester, Jimmie’s voice rang out from what appeared to be an office. “Kolton! Kolton! I found it! Our stuff is here—all of it!”


    Kolton rushed over. Just as Jimmie had said, their confiscated phones, wallets, and even the briefcase containing the agreement were neatly arranged on the table. Kolton snapped the briefcase open at once. The documentbeled Oil Extraction Rights was still inside, untouched, and not a single bill was missing.


    What surprised him even more was the food—several pieces of bread and bottles of water sitting openly beside everything else.


    “Ha.” Kolton let out a short, satisfiedugh as he reached for a piece of bread. “Looks like they left in such a hurry they didn’t bother taking anything. Not even the cash.” He sneered. “Serves them right.”


    Starving, he tore into the bread without hesitation. At the same time, he picked up his phone and pressed the power button. A few secondster, the screen lit up, and notifications flooded in without pause.


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    Kolton nced at them absentmindedly.


    The next second, the bread slipped from his mouth and fell to the floor.


    His eyes flew wide, frozen in disbelief, as though he were staring at something utterly iprehensible. The screen was filled with headlines—every one of them about Cooper Group.


    The Department of Justice Announces: Effective Immediately, Cooper Group and All Affiliated Subsidiaries Are Legally Seized.


    Nationwide Manhunt—The National Security Department Issues a Top Warrant for Cooper Group Chairman Kolton Cooper. Reward up to Fifty Million Dors.


    Breaking News: Multiple Core Executives of Cooper Group Arrested on Suspicion of Crimes Against Humanity, Murder, and Other Grave Offenses.


    Kolton stood motionless. His fingers tightened around the phone as his hand began to shake. His face was drained of color, his expression hollow with shock.


    “What… what the hell is this?” he muttered hoarsely. “Didn’t I already have the PR team muddy the waters? How did it end up like this?”


    He unlocked the phone in a panic and opened one of the articles. When he saw the pinned video—its view count already surpassing ten billion—a cold dread spread through him.


    The title read: Exclusive Live Broadcast Rey: Confessions of a Demon—Kolton Cooper Admits to the Deification Project and Human Organ Trafficking.


    “What… what is this?” Kolton whispered. His hands trembling, he tapped the video.


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