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Chapter 57: Four
Overview
Caleb holds Tobias at gunpoint in the Dauntless simulation room, forcing him to delete records of the recent attack to frame him. Tobias stalls for time, trusting Tris’s Divergence to break the simulation. He deletes the data, confirming the erasure, while the immediate threat and setup against him remain.
Summary
Tobias feels the gun barrel warm against his head as Caleb keeps him at gunpoint, with Tris standing glassy-eyed under a forced simulation. Tobias reflects that Caleb underestimates Tris’s Divergence and counts on her to overcome the sim quickly, making stalling his best chance.
Probing Caleb’s plan, Tobias frames the intended narrative: Marcus Eaton’s son uses his Dauntless access and factionless ties to attack Abnegation. Caleb admits only partial knowledge—extract his father and scrub records—and demands Tobias delete the past hours of data.
Under threat, Tobias connects to the Dauntless system and deletes the previous two hours of records. At Caleb’s order he attempts to display the morning logs; the flames flash blue, confirming the erasure and cementing evidence that Tobias performed it. Tris remains in the simulation, and the gun stays at Tobias’s head, leaving the frame-up in motion as he waits for Tris to surface.
Who Appears
- Tobias (Four) EatonHeld at gunpoint by Caleb; stalls and deletes simulation logs, trusting Tris to break the sim.
- Caleb PriorHolds Tobias at gunpoint; forces deletion of attack data to frame Tobias and confirm the erasure.
- Beatrice (Tris) PriorForced into a fear simulation; her Divergence is Tobias’s hope to end the standoff.