PROLOGUE: A STORM OF DECEPTION
April 3, 2031 – 2:31 PM
Manila, Philippines
The city was drowning in rain. Sheets of water hammered the rooftops, turning streets into rivers. Neon signs flickered against the storm, casting eerie glows onto flooded roads.
It was Election Day 2031, and tension suffocated the air. Manila was a battlefield—not of bullets, but of votes, corruption, and power.
Among the candidates, Senator Dario Velasco was already on the verge of political death. His ratings were crumbling. His enemies had buried him in scandals.
But all of that was about to change.
Because at that exact moment, in a gas station off a dimly lit road, something terrible was happening.
And it would change the fate of the country.