The logs ended abruptly. The next file was a video, compressed into a 4‑minute loop of a sterile white lab. In the corner of the frame, a woman in a white coat—her face blurred—stood beside a sleek, cylindrical device emitting a faint, pulsing light. The device was labeled .
WAAA-087 Smart Environmental Monitor
He cross‑referenced those numbers with a database of classified projects. One entry caught his eye: WAAA-087