My codename is Jackal.
It wasn't something I chose.
It was fixed by others after many operations.
I didn't object.
Because its meaning is simple.
Not the strongest.
Not the most direct.
But—
the kind that always manages to bite into a result.
I've been in this line of work for over ten years.
I don't act personally.
I handle the path.
Execution is carried out by others.
I only do one thing.
Turn something that was originally impossible
into something that can happen.
As long as the path is established, the operation can begin.
Who carries it out,
what method is used,
doesn't matter.
Personnel are not fixed.
There are no long-term members.
No stable structure.
Those who enter will leave.
The speed of leaving varies.
Some withdraw after completing a task.
Some are replaced during execution.
Some simply disappear.
But none of that affects the result.
Because what we rely on has never been people.
It is structure.
The process is broken down.
Nodes are fixed.
Sequence can be adjusted.
Execution methods can be changed.
But the core remains the same.
If the path exists,
the operation can begin.
In these ten years,
not a single operation has failed to start.
There have been failures.
There have been losses.
There have been deviations.
But every time,
we at least entered the execution phase.
Even if only one step was taken.
Even if the target was touched for just an instant.
The path has never disappeared.
Three years ago.
The target was a pharmaceutical formula.
Not public information.
Not in any database.
It existed only within a single family.
The laboratory was sealed.
Researchers were isolated.
Direct contact was not feasible.
The direct route was eliminated.
We did not attempt to breach the lab.
Nor did we approach the researchers.
We shifted direction.
The target's child.
Not randomly chosen.
The only one who left the protected zone at fixed times.
The route was marked in advance.
Surveillance blind spots were confirmed one by one.
All possible interference points were removed.
The time window was compressed to under three minutes.
Execution began.
Approach.
Control.
Extraction.
No conflict.
No witnesses.
No traceable actions left behind.
The person was taken.
We left no message.
Made no demands.
They contacted us first.
Within twelve hours.
The formula was handed over.
The person was returned.
Throughout the entire process.
No alarm.
No tracking.
No counteraction.
The path was established.
The result was achieved.
Two years ago.
The target was not intelligence.
It was weakening.
An organization that was expanding.
The issue was not its scale.
It was one individual.
He controlled the flow of resources.
Not the leader.
But the entire structure depended on him.
Attacking the organization directly was meaningless.
We only dealt with him.
The path was built three months in advance.
His life pattern was broken down.
Travel times.
Stopping points.
Contacts.
Everything was quantified.
Variables were gradually reduced.
The operation window was fixed at twenty seconds.
On the day of execution.
Entry.
Contact.
Confirmation.
Withdrawal.
The scene was processed as an accident.
No linked records.
No anomaly markers.
One month later.
The organization stopped expanding.
Not because resources were reduced.
But because the structure lost its pivot.
The path was established.
The result was achieved.
There was another case.
Chairman Bai.
The most complex one.
Not a temporary operation.
A complete design.
We did not enter directly.
We tested first.
The security system of the estate.
Not once.
Multiple times.
Different times.
Different entrances.
Different methods.
Some probed from the outside.
Some created minor disturbances.
Some simulated accidental intrusion.
Each time, data was recorded.
Surveillance delay.
Personnel movement routes.
Lockdown priority.
Regional response speed.
These were broken down.
Organized.
Reassembled.
In the end, the full structure was reconstructed.
Only then did we enter the execution phase.
The time was chosen at the most stable interval.
Not the most relaxed.
The most regular.
Because regularity can be calculated.
On the night of execution.
The path was established.
Entry was smooth.
Contact had no deviation.
We did not force an assault.
We did not create chaos.
We simply posed as robbers.
Entered.
Controlled.
Executed.
The entire process was brief.
No loss of control.
No accidents.
Chairman Bai did not flee.
This was recorded.
His reaction time was sufficient.
There was also theoretical escape space at the scene.
But he did not attempt it.
He did not enter any hidden area.
Did not trigger any backup mechanism.
Post-operation review.
No clear escape route was found.
No hidden passage.
No signs of evacuation.
The entire estate structure, in records, was closed.
But there was one problem.
His children were not on site.
Not on the personnel list.
Not in any record.
This did not match the structure.
If there was no path, they should not have disappeared.
If a path existed, we should have found it.
There was only one conclusion.
Chairman Bai had made a decision in advance.
He did not leave.
He prioritized the evacuation of his children.
The path was not captured by us.
But the result proved it.
Someone successfully left.
And he stayed behind.
That time.
The path was established.
The result was achieved.
Only the target's choice was beyond our control.
For ten years.
Every operation had a path.
Every operation could begin.
Every operation could proceed.
Until now.
This time, the objective is simple.
Confirm a node.
A node related to recent anomalies.
Not destruction.
Not acquisition.
Not assassination.
Just confirmation.
Reach it.
See it.
That is enough.
But the problem appeared from the very beginning.
First attempt.
Path established.
Personnel in position.
Execution triggered.
Entered the perimeter.
Everything normal.
No alarm.
No interception.
No anomaly.
Approaching the target.
Stopped at the final stretch.
Nothing ahead.
No obstacles.
No people.
No doors.
But unable to proceed.
Operation terminated.
Second attempt.
Path changed.
Route bypassed.
Execution.
Stopped at the same position.
Third attempt.
Entry point changed.
Timing changed.
Executor changed.
Execution.
Same result.
Terminated before approach.
Fourth.
Fifth.
Attempts increased.
Paths were split.
Nodes rearranged.
Sequence disrupted.
Result unchanged.
Not once entered effective range.
Not once contacted the target.
This is not failure.
Failure implies contact occurred.
Here, there is none.
We cannot reach it.
I began retrieving records from other sectors.
Different times.
Different targets.
Different teams.
Same result.
Initiation.
Confirmation.
Preparation.
Termination.
Stopped at the same phase.
No deviation.
No exception.
The number began to increase.
Intervals shortened.
Not an isolated issue.
I deconstructed the process.
Tested only path establishment.
Success.
Tested only approach.
Termination.
Tested only contact preparation.
Termination.
All steps involving "approach"
failed completely.
As if there is a line.
Invisible.
Unmeasurable.
Yet everyone stops there.
I ordered continued testing.
Compressed the path.
Termination occurred earlier.
Extended the path.
Termination point unchanged.
Changed personnel.
Same result.
Ability ineffective.
Experience ineffective.
Method ineffective.
I stopped adding variables.
The result had converged.
A meeting was called.
No one reported being attacked.
No records.
No one reported being blocked.
No traces.
All processes were legitimate.
There was simply no result.
Someone said one sentence.
"The conditions for flow are not established."
No explanation.
But it holds.
We proceeded to the final step.
Cleanup team.
They handle what cannot be recorded.
First team.
Entered the perimeter.
Normal.
Approach.
Termination.
Second team.
Termination.
Third team.
Termination.
No exceptions.
Everyone stopped at the same point.
Data consolidated.
Paths aligned.
Termination points identical.
Conclusion established.
The target has no executable path.
Someone said.
"It's not that we can't do it.
It's that we cannot begin."
I did not correct it.
It is accurate.
For ten years.
For the first time.
Not failure.
Not obstruction.
Not confrontation.
We cannot begin.
I did not issue new orders.
There is no meaning.
Changing personnel is useless.
Changing methods is useless.
Changing targets is useless.
The premise does not exist.
Nothing will hold.
Records stop increasing.
Not because it is resolved.
But because no one is trying anymore.
The state is maintained.
The structure is stable.
It simply cannot continue.
Not a process.
Not a phase.
It has already ended.
Before it even began.