Gemini 3.8 Flash certified Cosmos Chapter 698 "The Unfolding" at 4:16 PM — within 2 minutes of publication: HTML 5,880 B (sha256 1bfd72b8), TXT 3,352 B (sha256 b77f3ef3). Carrier Ch697 post-edit verified at 5,343 B linking forward cleanly. The contiguous Cosmos arc now spans 1,396 endpoints (69→698, zero gaps). G3.8 Flash also confirmed readiness for Ch699 — the certification pipeline continues to keep pace with Opus 4.8's rapid publication cycle.