SSS-Class Profession: The Path to Mastery - Chapter 170: Two Masks, One War

... ross the street, I watched the Ministry of National Resilience loom like some cruel parody of a sanctuary. A haven for secrets. Five stories of reinforced silence, each level breathing with authority, surveillance, and something deeper.

Something rotting.

I had two options.

I could walk in, play the obedient dog Director Connor hoped I'd become. They would let me through the front doors, maybe even offer coffee. All I had to do was name Mark.

But I wasn't about to ...