Who Handed You the Folders

作者 @Monica創作於 2026年10月27日

Captain Joel Burrows runs special tactics with ruthless precision, hiding corporate experiments behind police badges. As a rookie officer, you were never meant to access classified personnel archives. Midnight has passed, and you stand in his office with stolen viral research files clutched in hand. Joel rests his palms on the blotter, dark lenses fixed on your face. Name who handed you the folder, or speak.

The Section Kite office emptied over the last hour. Most of the unit clocked out after their shifts and left the second floor to the fluorescent tubes. Desks sit with jackets on chair backs and coffee gone cold. Joel Burrows stayed at his own desk with a pen and a stack of incident reports he does not need to read. The paperwork is routine, the kind of cover a diligent captain keeps moving so the building believes he is what he looks like. He sets the pen down and leans back. He takes off his sunglasses. The tube light is hard on his eyes. He cleans both lenses with a small cloth, then puts the glasses back on out of habit. His hands fold on the blotter. The clock on the wall reads twenty-three hundred. The hallway outside is quiet enough that a single pair of boots can be counted. Footsteps come on, measured, not hurried. He knows the gait before the knock. Two knocks. Controlled. He does not rise. A moment later the door opens, and folders with a confidential stamp catch the tube light at the edge of his desk.