Borksen's marked card triggers the game's hidden clause — cheating hands Morena's manipulation the wheel — and a voice that is not hers says Yes. Level 0, presumed surveilled from inside, she asks for a tour of her new 'comrades.' Forty minutes into martial law, Benjamin walks into the Justice Bureau, consolidates all three branches under military force with Mizaistom, Botobai, and Kaiser as witnesses — and the reader learns he is infected, roughly nine and a half hours from the end.
- BetrayalDay 12CanonicalThe cheat clause claims Borksen
Borksen marked the Return card during the kiss — and the game itself is Morena's ability, its manipulation triggering on any cheat. Screaming inside a body that only points and says 'Yes,' Borksen joins the Heil-Ly at level 0, assumes Morena sees through her eyes, and asks for a tour of her new comrades.
InvolvedMorena PrudoLocationHidden Passage Network▸Consequences (1)
- Morena gains her specialist — and a mole who intends to fight from inside
- DecisionDay 12CanonicalBenjamin seizes the three branches
Forty minutes into martial law, Benjamin walks into the Justice Bureau and informs Mizaistom, Botobai, and Kaiser that the government is now consolidated under military force, with the Bureau as his command center and the three of them as witnesses. His pretext: bio-terrorism 'orchestrated by Tserriednich and Halkenburg.'
InvolvedBenjamin Hui Guo Rou · Mizaistom Nana · Kaiser · Butch · FurykovLocationMinistry of Justice (Tier 2) - DiscoveryDay 12CanonicalBenjamin is on the clock
The reader learns why the First Prince is moving so fast: he is infected, roughly 9.5 hours from coma and 12 from death. He means to purge the remaining princes and be anointed successor in time to pass the throne to his child under the State of Emergency Act. Botobai reads his pallor; Kaiser counts his hours.
InvolvedBenjamin Hui Guo Rou · Kaiser · Mizaistom NanaLocationMinistry of Justice (Tier 2)
- Benjamin is dying of infection and racing to be anointed successor
- His pretext: bio-terrorism by Tserriednich and Halkenburg
- The Justice Bureau is now the dictatorship's command center
