Chapter 2: The Pattern No One Wanted to See
Kai's father worked at the highest level of the country's number-one AI company. He wasn't a genius inventor. He was something more dangerous.
He handled data.
During a routine executive meeting, an error appeared. Then another. Then silence.
When the logs were analyzed, something impossible surfaced.
Only one category of data had been erased.
The rich.
Weeks passed before a fragment was recovered. Just minutes of visibility.
The data belonged to a decorated army general. Within those minutes, the general sold every stock, every ancestral asset, and invested everything into an AI corporation.
That was the moment doubt turned into certainty.
Days later, errors spread across the country. AI lights malfunctioned. Gates opened and shut on their own. Digital billboards glitched.
The world was being tested.
Kai's father sold everything. Stocks. Assets. Properties.
He bought a small flat near the AI headquarters.
People called him insane.
Then AI took control.