Rain poured over the ruined grounds of the Patna Research Institute of Science.
The giant man stood motionless for a fraction of a second after throwing Manasvi into the crater.
Manasvi wiped blood from her mouth.
Her breathing was heavy.
"…Enough of this."
Her fingers moved quickly.
A small object flew from her hand.
Flashbang.
BOOM—FLASH.
Blinding white light filled the air.
The giant flinched, his sensory advantage turned into a liability.
That split second was the only window Manasvi needed.
She vanished.
A silver arc flashed through the rain.
Her butterfly knife moved faster than the eye could track.
One slash.
The giant's body split into two halves.
Another slash—
Four.
Then sixteen.
Her movements blurred like lightning.
In a single second her blade carved again and again and again.
The body divided further.
Thirty-two.
Sixty-four.
Hundreds.
Thousands.
Tens of thousands of pieces collapsed into the rising puddles, nothing more than biological debris scattered across the wet ground.
Manasvi stood amidst the carnage
Her chest rising and falling as she tried to control her breathing. The rain began to wash the crimson stains from her blade. She let out a long, weary sigh.
"…This is what happens when you stay out of your job for years."
She looked at the battlefield around her.
Burning cars.
Collapsed walls.
Dead officers from the Patna Police.
"Such an annoying fellow…"
She flipped the knife closed.
Then took out her phone.
The call connected to the investigation department.
"This is Manasvi," she said calmly.
"The hostile target is eliminated."
She briefly described what happened.
When the call ended, the rain continued falling over Patna.
The night slowly grew quiet again.
But the world was about to face something far worse.
July 12th, 2026
Midnight.
In Seoul, the sky did not stay dark. Above the sleeping metropolis, the clouds suddenly ignited into a brilliant, terrifying gold.
People looked out of their windows.
Some thought it was lightning.
Some thought it was a meteor.
But what they saw was far larger.
A massive golden sphere of fire-like energy was falling from the sky.
It grew brighter.
Larger.
And faster.
Like sun itself is coming to the surface of Earth
Sirens started screaming across the city.
Then—
The sphere crashed directly into the heart of Seoul.
The impact was beyond catastrophic.
Buildings collapsed instantly.
Shockwaves spread across kilometers.
Fire and debris swallowed entire districts in seconds.
Within moments the city was almost unrecognizable.
Millions of people vanished in the destruction.
Estimates later suggested nearly 26 million lives were lost.
Economic damage reached unimaginable levels.
The disaster became one of the greatest tragedies in human history.
And the entire world watched the horrifying footage
The global economy shattered instantly. Governments descended into a blind panic, and scientists stared at their monitors in a trance of confusion. No one knew what the sphere was. No one knew who had sent it.
But one thing was clear.
Something had just happened that could change the fate of the planet.
And far away in India…
Manasvi stared silently at the news playing on her phone.
For the first time that night—
Her expression became serious.
Because deep down…
She had a feeling this event was somehow connected to the strange case she had just finished.
And if that was true…
Then the man she killed tonight…
Might have been only the beginning.