Morena preps her next moves: capture one of Tserriednich's personal soldiers and infect them as a tracking device, with the kidnapper Sodom and the wrestler Dogman assigned. Meanwhile five ordinary soldiers on Tier 3 — Tserriednich's actual friends from academy days — reason their way from barracks gossip to Nen, Morena, and a coming classified purge, and set up a transfer-request early-warning system. Borksen, transferred as 'Nen advisor,' counsels pure survival.
- DecisionDay 10CanonicalMorena plans to infect Tserriednich's camp
Expecting her hideout's exposure, Morena assigns Sodom and Dogman to capture one of the Fourth Prince's personal soldiers and infect them with Contagion — a tracking device made of loyalty. The roster of her leveled killers, day jobs and all, parades past the reader.
InvolvedMorena Prudo · Tserriednich Hui Guo RouLocationHidden Passage Network - ConversationDay 10CanonicalThe Fourth Prince's five friends
Five ordinary soldiers on Tier 3 — Tserriednich's actual friends since academy days — piece together Nen, Morena, and their prince's silence from barracks gossip and Borksen's tip about Theta. They set up a transfer-request early-warning system for the coming purge.
InvolvedTserriednich Hui Guo RouLocationTier 3 — Second Class
- Morena's roster: day-job civilians turned leveled killers, listed by trade
- Tserriednich keeps five genuine friends among common soldiers
- The Heil-Ly plan to plant Contagion inside a prince's guard corps
