He found that name in an unlikely place: a forgotten investigative report about a fire ten years prior that had been buried by settlement and silence. The fire had destroyed a community shelter; the inquiry had been quietly closed. Among the burnt records lay testimonies of survivors whose pleas had been minimized. One survivor had refused to be silenced: A former paramilitary medic named Vikram Desai, discharged after whistleblowing the cover-up of negligent maintenance that led to deaths. His life had unraveled in public obscurity. To Arjun’s shock, the timelines fit—Vikram’s disappearance from every roster coincided with the Killer’s growing pattern.