Chapter 20: Chapter 20: Wolves Among Us
When a system breaks, chaos doesn't rush in.
It waits.
It wears a friendly face.
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### 08:00 — *A New Cell Emerges*
In Eastern Virelia, a new Storm Cell rose rapidly.
Efficient.
Organized.
Charismatic.
Led by a student named **Rayan Korr**.
His rhetoric sounded familiar:
> "Question everything."
> "Resist control."
But there was something else…
> "Submit to order — **our** order."
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### 11:00 — *Lucid's Concern*
Lucid summoned Neo.
> "You gave them freedom."
> "But someone's using it… to build a crown."
Neo reviewed the cell's rapid rise.
- Mass recruitment
- Loyalty pledges
- Suppression of dissent within the cell
> "He's not leading a storm," Neo whispered.
> "He's building a regime."
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### 14:00 — *Elin Goes Undercover*
Elin infiltrated Korr's core group.
Her report came fast:
> "They use storm rhetoric… but twist it."
> "'Freedom through unity. Unity through obedience.'"
She looked pale.
> "They chant it."
Neo clenched his fists.
> "We fought the Council to destroy control."
> "Not to rebrand it."
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### 18:00 — *A Line Must Be Drawn*
The council-free alliance met.
Neo proposed a dangerous step:
> "We