by Marcus Black
Perseus Jackson has lived long enough to know one universal truth:modern governments are allergic to reading their own paperwork. So when an FBI task force kicks down his door and arrests him on suspicion of being an international assassin, Perseus doesn’t panic. He doesn’t resist. He doesn’t even stop drinking his coffee. He just sighs. Because he knows exactly what happens next. One phone call triggers the Echelon Protocol — a top‑secret “oh no we messed up again” failsafe designed specifically to stop federal agents from detaining a certain long‑lived consultant. Within minutes: the NSA is in full meltdown, the CIA is arguing with itself, Ghost Ops is already airborne for some reason, and half of America’s allies are calling to ask why the United States has detained him again. Perseus, meanwhile, is handcuffed in an interrogation room, politely reminding agents that this exact situation is covered in Section 4, Paragraph 3 of the memo nobody ever reads. And that’s only the beginning. Because once the dust settles, people start digging.And the more they dig, the more unhinged things get — historians lose their minds, agencies panic, Reddit explodes, and the entire internet collectively decides to investigate a man who really just wants to finish his book in peace. A long‑lived consultant.A normal world.And a bureaucracy determined to create chaos at every opportunity.
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