The room hummed with tension as Ada Sobowale, Dr. Nneka Olujimi, and Femi Ogundipe gathered around the flickering holographic display. A soft, eerie glow bathed their faces, reflecting the grim realization that what they were about to uncover could change everything. The encrypted files Femi had painstakingly recovered from the Council's secure servers lay before them—an intricate web of code, blueprints, and data. Ada's fingers hovered over the display as she glanced at Nneka, whose face betrayed a mixture of guilt and determination.
"We knew the Council was capable of sinister things, but this..." Ada trailed off, shaking her head in disbelief.
Nneka's eyes flicked over the data, her heart heavy. "They’re not just controlling who gets to live forever," she said, her voice low. "They’re controlling who gets to live, period."