For years, rumors had circulated in the legal underground about a missing addendum to the International Maritime Code. It was whispered to be the only document that defined "unclaimed sovereignty" in the digital age. They called it B0106La.
Elias sat in the dim light of the archives, his eyes burning from hours of scrolling through corrupted directories. He wasn't looking for gold or secrets of state. He was looking for a ghost.
The screen flickered. The cooling fans in his laptop began to whine, a high-pitched protest against the sudden surge of data.