GS: CASE FILE - THE FRACTURED VEIL

The Gamescape office buzzed with a nervous energy as the team gathered around the core memory. Its faint glow pulsed rhythmically, like a heartbeat, casting shifting shadows across the walls. Ayan stood at the forefront, arms crossed, his gaze locked onto the orb. The weight of their recent mission pressed on everyone's shoulders, but there was no time to rest.

"Zara," Ayan said, his voice firm, "how long will it take to decrypt this?"

Zara adjusted her glasses, her fingers already flying across the holographic console. "This is a level-seven dream encryption. I'll need at least six hours to fully extract the data without triggering any backdoors Seo might have left."

"We don't have six hours," Vlada interjected, pacing. Her boots clicked sharply against the floor. "If Seo's making his next move, we need to be ahead of him, not playing catch-up."

Ayan turned to Nitya, who had been unusually quiet. "Thoughts?"