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The Act was designed to find "natural geniuses," but it felt more like a gladiator pit for the ambitious.

Elias didn't get the VP seat. He got something better: a position as the , a role created specifically because he found a "shortcut" through their own greed. He had bypassed the ladder by breaking it. The Act was designed to find "natural geniuses,"

Elias woke up in the real world, sweating and shaking. A Solis representative stood over him. "The Career Shortcut Act rewards efficiency," the man said coldly. "But the Board... they were looking for someone who understood that the rules are just suggestions for those at the top." He had bypassed the ladder by breaking it

Instead of cutting the subsidiary, Elias rerouted the CEO’s "Executive Bonus Pool" to cover the deficit. It was a move of radical ethics—something the simulation’s cold logic hadn’t predicted. The screen went black. "The Career Shortcut Act rewards efficiency," the man

Elias looked at the data. The "subsidiary" represented thousands of virtual lives, but it was the only "logical" move for a VP. He hesitated. He remembered his father, a man who spent forty years at a desk only to be replaced by an algorithm.