Subtraction
sci-fi◐ MatureBefore she touched anything, Mira read the order again. 'Erase the General.' Not his crimes. Not his victims. Him. She frowned. If she deleted the man, what happened to the millions of records that only existed because of what he did? She opened a side panel and started counting.
Mira saw the trick. The Bureau didn't want justice. They wanted the General gone so no one could ever investigate who funded him. Erasing him would bury their crimes too. She started quietly copying the funding records to a drive in her pocket.
What happens next?
1 ways forwardMira walked the funding drive straight to a journalist she trusted. The Bureau's name was all over it. She knew they'd come for her, but the story would break first. 'Subtract him if you want,' she said, sealing the file. 'You can't subtract all of us.'