Kai exhaled deeply, pressing his fingers against his aching temples.
The chips became the foundation of something far more sinister.
Nate began selecting homeless individuals, implanting the devices into their brains.
He would transform their appearances, reshape their identities, and erase their memories repeatedly until they believed they were people from the future, living out some grand timeline.
The illusion captivated audiences.
Rich spectators watched eagerly as these "stories" unfolded in real time, pouring money into the spectacle.
But that wasn't the true goal.
Nate used it to build connections, carefully targeting influential figures, from actors to politicians to CEOs, weaving a web of control that spread silently across every level of society.
Each person he "created" became nothing more than a puppet. A slave.
At one point, Kai had believed that Nate simply wanted power.
That he wanted to rule the world. But he had been wrong.
