The quiet hum of the North Sea was shattered by an explosion deep beneath its surface. In the dead of night, in September 2022, a blast tore through the steel arteries of the Nord Stream pipelines, sending shockwaves through global markets and geopolitical relations alike.

In a remote control room far from the chaos, an engineer named Mira stood frozen, watching as red alerts blared across her screen. This wasn't just a malfunction—it was sabotage. And whoever was behind it was operating in the shadows, beyond the reach of any law.

Panic set in. Mira knew too much—dangerously more than she was supposed to. Already for weeks, she had quietly monitored unusual patterns in data, odd pressure fluctuations that no one else seemed to notice. She had assumed it was just routine wear on the aging infrastructure, but now it was clear that she had stumbled onto something far more sinister.

Thousands of miles away, in the Kremlin's war room, the highest-ranking officials stared at satellite images of the pipeline's destruction. Among them was Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov, the intelligence chief who knew exactly how and why it happened. His order was clear: eliminate all loose ends.

Mira had already fled her post, hunted not only by Ivanov's operatives but also by mysterious figures tied to shadowy corporations. She's still hiding.

Written & illustrated by renqiulan