The Sapphire fragment was stored on a black‑market server called , run by a reclusive group of cyber‑pirates who called themselves the Myrmidons . They guarded their assets behind layers of AI guardians, fractal firewalls, and an ever‑shifting codebase that resembled a living organism. To breach it, Boris needed more than his usual toolkit; he needed something that could see the code like a painter sees color.