Chapter 1

Eighteen years had passed since that fateful night—the explosion that swallowed two promising young lives in a raging inferno of destruction. The world had moved on, but for those left behind, time had merely festered the wounds. Luo Fei, now a seasoned investigator, had never truly let go of the past. Then, a new threat emerged. A cryptic message surfaced on the dark corners of the internet, signed by an entity calling itself "Eumenides"—a name drawn from the Greek Furies, the deities of vengeance. The message was chillingly simple: a call for nominations. The public would vote, and Eumenides would execute. The first name was chosen, and within days, the victim was found dead, the method eerily poetic—a mockery of justice meted out in calculated brutality. As the police scrambled to track the elusive executioner, Luo Fei found himself dragged back into the mystery he had tried to bury. The explosion that had stolen two lives eighteen years ago was no random act. It had been a message—one that Eumenides was now ready to finish delivering.