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There were four: Hasbro (the original AI), a shell corporation named 01002C, a ghost user labeled "US-.n..."—and Arthur. MONOPOLY 2024 -01002C201BC40800--v196608--US-.n...
Arthur Klein stared at the subject line, his coffee growing cold in his hand. It was 2:17 AM. The system log had flagged it as "anomalous," but the long string of hex and version codes told him a different story. The subject line updated in real time, appending