The Map Before Owner

In this version, owner was blank.

Elise asked the map team if that was expected.

They said no.

Chapter 176 introduced the first floor without map. This one was the first map without owner.

At court, she asked the judge if they can accept evidence without ownership.

The room stayed silent.

Bell called it the most blunt line yet:

map existed before owner, owner existed because map failed.

Priya overlayed the no-owner map with active hearing logs. They aligned perfectly.

In the building annex, they found one faded keychain tag:

owner_first.

Nothing else.

Elise wrote one final request:

All map records must require owner before execution.