Lestrade,whohadbeenwatchingfrosecuredistance,wasoneofthefirsttopiecetogethertheeventsthathadtranspired.HequicklysentassagetohisteaalertingtheothepotentialilicationsofMoriarty‘sactions.
“ItappearsthatMoriartyhastriggeredsokindofglobalphenonon,“Lestradetypedout.“Thedisappearanceofthegreenlightisnotjustatechnicalissue;it‘sasignofsothingchlargeratplay.“
Asthenewsspread,panicbegantosetin.Governntsandinstitutionsscraledtorespondtothesituation,sendingteaofexpertstoinvestigatethecauseofthephenonon.
ButMoriartywasalreadyonestepahead.Hehadbeenanticipatingthisreactionallalong,knowingthathisactionswouldsendshockwavesaroundtheworld.Andnow,withthegreenglowgone,hefeltasenseofliberationwashoverhi
Thega,astheysay,wasfarfrover.
Withthegreenlightgone,Moriarty‘splanwassetintion.Hehadcreatedaworldwhererealityitselfwasupforgrabs,wherethelinesbetweentruthanddeceptionwereblurredbeyondrecognition.
Andastheworldstruggledtocototerwithwhathadhappened,Moriartysatinhisdarkenedlair,acoldslespreadingacrosshisface.Thegawason,andhewasreadytoplay.
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