The contract (3) signed

"Did the AI trick him?" Elizabeth asked next.

According to the plan, the AI would prevent anyone from arriving and Miracle from cutting off the stream. Clearly, they had not stopped people from arriving. And there was no way any of them could know if they even needed to prevent Miracle from cutting the stream with how things had developed.

It appeared that Miracle had everything in control. 

"No, I don't think they did. But they failed to hold up their end of the deal." Ashliel replied.

Normally, the AI had full control within ANW. But it wasn't like Miracle had no means of combating the AI's control. The simplest method would be implementing another AI to counter the current. It need not even be one as advanced as the others. 

They could even tackle the code themselves and they could always threaten the AI, and even implement certain punishment to force them to work. In the end, something had worked and Miracle had control. 

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