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Chapter 35 - “Broken Beyond Repair”

The killer walks ten steps through the corridor and sees another door above him.

From behind that door, he hears someone knocking repeatedly.

He unlocks it—

and finds Ravi sitting there in a half-dead condition, begging for help.

Meanwhile, when Alka regains slight consciousness, she tries to get up.

But due to the injury, she stumbles, and the fruit basket beside her falls to the floor.

Hearing the sound, the killer comes back to her.

As soon as Alka sees him, she tries to defend herself,

but fails.

With just one slap, she falls down again and loses consciousness.

The killer picks her up, puts her in the trunk of his car, and drives away.

Vijay is still on the call, repeatedly calling out—

"Alka! Alka!"

But there is no response.

Ravi, finding the door open, somehow manages to escape.

He comes outside Alka's house and collapses there, unconscious.

Vijay, after hearing Alka's scream on the call, had already rushed from the hospital toward her house.

But he arrives too late—

the killer has already taken Alka away.

When Vijay reaches her house, he sees Ravi lying outside in a terrible condition, unconscious.

When he goes inside, Alka is nowhere to be found.

Her phone is lying on the floor.

He picks it up and keeps it with him.

Coming back outside, he lifts Ravi and gets him admitted to the hospital.

Then, calling Vikas and Ajay in a panicked voice—

"Ravi is alive!

Alka has been kidnapped!"

Hearing that Ravi is alive, both Vikas and Ajay rush to Vijay.

"Vijay, where is Ravi?"

"He's under treatment right now…

But Alka… I don't know what condition she must be in…"

Hearing Vijay repeatedly saying "Alka… Alka…", Ajay gets angry and shouts—

"What's with you and Alka?!

Is she the only one who matters to you?

Don't we, your friends, matter at all?

Ravi was found almost dead!

Instead of worrying about what he went through…

you're just saying Alka, Alka, Alka!

Good that Alka is gone from our lives!

Ever since she came, she has brought nothing but bad luck.

You're not the same Vijay anymore—

the one who could fight the whole world for his friends.

Looking at you now…

you seem like a slave.

Always serving that Alka day and night.

Good that she's gone!"

Hearing this, Vijay loses control and starts punching Ajay.

A fierce fight breaks out between them.

Vikas tries hard to stop them, but neither Vijay nor Ajay is willing to listen.

Even Vikas gets hit while trying to separate them.

For some time, both fight equally,

but gradually Ajay starts weakening.

Vijay keeps hitting him again and again—on his face and stomach.

Ajay gets so badly injured that he loses consciousness.

Blood flows from his nose and mouth.

After that, Vijay leaves in anger and starts searching for Alka.

After filing a police complaint, the police also begin helping him find her.

Vikas gets Ajay admitted to the same hospital where Ravi is being treated.

Two days later, Ravi regains consciousness.

The hospital staff inform both Vikas and Vijay.

They both go to meet Ravi.

But when Vikas tries to talk to Vijay,

Vijay ignores him and asks the doctor—

"What happened to Ravi?

How did he get into this condition?

Can I meet him?"

"Yes, you can meet him…

but due to trauma, he won't be able to speak.

What he has gone through…

even describing it is horrifying."

"What do you mean?

What happened to him?"

The doctor explains—

"His legs were repeatedly burned over fire, little by little, to torture him.

He was kept for many days in a room where no sunlight could reach.

He was tortured so much that he can no longer differentiate between imagination and reality.

And because of that, he has even harmed himself.

All the wounds on his body…

were inflicted by himself.

A person only does this when they begin living in delusion.

I think he has been tortured beyond limits.

Our medicines are not having much effect on him.

We have treated his physical wounds…

but the wounds on his mind and soul—

it's hard to say if they will ever heal."

"He has regained consciousness.

You can go meet him."

As soon as Vijay and Vikas go near Ravi,

Ravi starts screaming loudly in fear.

Seeing his condition, Vijay quickly injects him with a sedative to calm him down.

Just then, a nurse calls the doctor and brings him there.

The doctor looks at Vijay and says—

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