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The Fifth Element: The Umbra Array

Korben Dallas never thought he’d miss driving a cab, but saving the universe turned out to be the easy part. A kiss, some fireworks, and suddenly you’re retired with a goddess who can hear galaxies whispering in her sleep.

Then one night, every screen in New York flickered black and lit up with the same message in a language no human should know:

We are already here.

Leeloo collapsed in the kitchen, glowing like a dying star. Ruby Rhod’s face was plastered on billboards, selling tickets to a gala hosted by Zorg’s old corporation. And Father Cornelius found the missing stanza in his prophecy, the one nobody wanted to read.

Turns out evil doesn’t always come as a giant flaming death-ball. Sometimes it shows up as a smiling CEO with perfect teeth.

And once again, the universe has Korben Dallas on speed dial.

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