Instead of cold metal, he felt a rush of information. The drone’s last flight path, the encrypted ID of its owner, and—most importantly—the 0.004 Bitcoin trapped in its dead battery. With a flick of his mind, the currency flowed into his digital wallet.

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He wasn't just surviving the Net anymore; he was starting to own it. The corporate lords of the Upper Tier had spent billions trying to patch the holes in their world, but Kael was the one falling through the cracks, and he was finding treasures they didn't even know they'd lost.