Neo Mojaki -The Silent Storm

They ruled through silence.

But now silence speaks back.

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### 03:00 — *The Hidden Debate*

Inside the sealed chamber of the Virelia Council, seven figures sat in a fractured circle.

Only four were present.

The rest… watching through static.

> "Neo was the threat," said High Mediator Voss.

> "Now he's an idea."

> "Ideas can't be expelled," muttered Marei, breaking protocol.

> "But they can be *believed in*."

Silence.

For once, it wasn't agreement.

It was fear.

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### 08:00 — *Lucid's Leak*

Ghostlight intercepted a data drop from **within** the Council itself.

A voice.

> "We've stopped shaping minds."

> "We're just erasing evidence."

Lucid didn't trace it.

She didn't need to.

It came from someone *inside* — a defector.

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### 12:00 — *Crisis Protocol: Divide Initiated*

Council Chair Halien invoked **Protocol Divide** — an internal override for civil narrative collapse.

Each member was ordered to:

- Lock personal files

- Wipe private Echo logs

- Reassess loyalty under mental probe

But one member never responded.

**Mediator Marei.**

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### 16:00 — *Marei's Broadcast*

Without warning, a live feed hit the entire campus.

> "We are not ruling anymore."

> "We are hiding."

> "Neo taught us how to build thoughts that don't ask permission."

> "So ask yourself—what have we given you besides fear?"

Marei removed her council crest on camera.

And walked off-screen.

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### 21:00 — *Council in Collapse*

Three members demanded Marei's capture.

Two refused.

One disappeared.

The final vote to remain in power?

**Failed.**

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### Midnight — *Lucid's Journal*

She wrote just one line:

> "Power doesn't fall with noise."

> "It dissolves in silence."

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*End of Chapter 31.*