Leon: “You could have come in from the cold. I would have helped.” Ada: “You help people, Leon. I survive.” Leon: “Same thing, if you try.”

She types back: “I’m listening.”

The Chrysanthemum is a labyrinth of luxury and lies. Ada attends as “Celeste Dubois,” a ruthless art collector. She wears a floor-length crimson gown with a thigh-high slit (the iconic red dress) and a concealed grappling line in her bracelet.

Her new handler, a chillingly calm woman named , offers a deal: one final job for freedom. The target: The Chrysanthemum , a decadent auction house floating on a repurposed oil tanker in the Pacific. The prize: Codon-Ø , a viral weapon that rewrites human DNA, creating “perfect” soldiers.