Anti Hero ❲SAFE❳

Elias didn't go back for revenge, and he didn't regret the "heroics." He simply leaned against a wall, lit a cigarette, and muttered, "Everyone lies."

The request came from a desperate shopkeeper whose daughter had been snatched by the "Neon Vipers," a local gang notorious for their cruelty. Elias took the job, not out of pity, but because the shopkeeper offered him a rare, untraceable data drive he’d been hunting for months. The Conflict Anti Hero

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In the rain-slicked neon maze of Sector 4, Elias Thorne didn’t save people because he was good; he saved them because the alternative was bad for business. A true hero would have stayed to protect

A true hero would have stayed to protect everyone without hesitation. A true villain would have taken the girl and left the rest to their fate. Elias, the anti-hero, did neither. He rigged the building with remote explosives and sent an anonymous tip to the city's corrupt police force, telling them a rival gang was stashing a massive drug haul at the Vipers' base.