Novel

Chapter 12: Zero Hour

The broadcast reaches completion, exposing the hospital’s deadly cover-up live across every screen. Dr. Vane’s composure shatters as Elias and Jia hold the last tangible evidence amid an onslaught of security and sedative gas. Despite the overwhelming pressure, Elias refuses Vane’s bribe, choosing truth over safety. With the broadcast irreversible and the oxygen purge countdown ticking, Elias and Jia make a desperate escape through the hospital’s sterile corridors. The analog tape with the ghost clip remains their unerasable proof. Outside, Elias steps into the cold dawn as sirens approach, the hospital’s dark legacy exposed and its reputation destroyed.