They met in a private room.
Tea. Biscuits. Agreement.
"His numbers are inconvenient," one selector said.
"But he doesn't fit."
Kulkarni nodded.
"No pedigree. No backing."
Another asked, carefully,
"What if media asks?"
Kulkarni replied calmly,
"Then we say he lacks impact."
Impact.
The word meant nothing.
And everything.
That night, Arjun checked the updated ranking lists.
Still absent.
> **System Evaluation:**
> **Obstacle Type:** Institutional
> **Solution:** Public Irrefutability (Pending)
Arjun closed the file.
He didn't feel wronged.
He felt **incomplete**.
And incomplete things, he knew, eventually corrected themselves.