Nigel looked up as Natasha reentered the room.

“Been doing a little snooping, and reports of several AI break-ins have been reported. Not official reports, but Dark Web chatter,” Nigel said.

“So this confirms your theory about the AI stealer.”

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“Yup, a research lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology was compromised. It wasn’t the main lab, but it involved an AI.”

“When can you be ready to travel?” Natasha asked.

“Are we going somewhere?”

“We’ve been summoned to Tage Manor. We will meet Alexei there.”

“Why?”

Natasha updated Nigel on the Pretzelverse break-in and the possible involvement with the Shadow Dealers.

“I will be ready after I check on my mother.”