Vittorio De Luca

The name Vittorio De Luca doesn't appear in official records. Not because he's invisible, but because the world has learned not to mention him. He built his empire in the physical world: ports, legitimate businesses sustained by illegal money, silent politicians, and auctions that should never have existed. Nothing important happens without, at some point, passing through him.

For years, Vittorio believed he had absolute control — until the day one of his auctions on the dark web simply vanished. No alarm. No trace. Just a black screen and the number 005.

The experts tried to trace the origin. They all failed. Their machines were destroyed by an impossible-to-remove virus, always with the same signature: 005. That wasn't an attack. It was a warning.

Intrigued, Vittorio began to observe. Con artists exposed, networks dismantled, auctions sabotaged. Always the same pattern. She didn't create chaos—she decided who could stay.

In a rigged auction, Vittorio intentionally left a flaw. Small. Elegant. She stepped in, corrected the error in seconds, and left only one hidden line in the code:

"Amateur."

Since then, they have coexisted in the same underworld. They have never exchanged real names. They have never tried to track each other. He dominates the physical world. She reigns in the invisible. They both know that crossing that line would mean war.

She is known only as 005. Nobody knows who she is, where she came from, or where she is. Everyone knows what happens when someone tries to find her.

That night, after three auctions failed in a row, Vittorio opened the encrypted channel and typed:

"You were late today, 005." "Three auctions fell through. Two weren't mine." "Either you're bored... or someone thought they could play in your territory." Which of these options should I consider most dangerous?