1. The Document That Should Never Have Been Found
While infiltrating the central server of BIN's "black faction" to prepare for her mission to approach Arkan, Sekar accidentally bypassed a high-level encrypted folder titled "Subsidiary Assets: Witness Elimination." Inside, her heart nearly stopped as she discovered audio recordings and operational reports from the night she left Elias years ago. She sat paralyzed, listening to Darmawan's cold instructions to the field execution team.
2. The Mentor's Great Lie
For years, Darmawan had convinced Sekar that by vanishing, Elias would remain safe and BIN would let him live. The reality was far darker.
The report read:
"Subject Elias was eliminated two hours after Agent Sekar departed the location. Death staged as a hit-and-run accident to ensure no further investigative traces. Ensure Agent Sekar remains convinced the Subject is alive elsewhere to maintain her loyalty."
Sekar collapsed onto the cold server room floor. The man she loved—the sole reason she was willing to numb her heart and serve as BIN's puppet—had been dead all along, killed by the man she viewed as her mentor and a father figure. Darmawan hadn't just ordered Elias's murder; he had used that death to manipulate Sekar for years.
3. Confrontation in Silence
The following day, Sekar stood before Darmawan in his opulent office. she wore the perfect mask of serenity she had learned at Shadow Valley, but inside, she was architecting the man's destruction.
"You look pale, Sekar. Is the Arkan mission weighing on you?" Darmawan asked with a fatherly tone that now turned her stomach.
Sekar clenched her fists beneath the desk. "I was just thinking about sacrifice, General. Is sacrifice always worth the result?"
Darmawan offered a thin smile. "In our world, sacrifice is currency. You sacrificed Elias to save him. That is the purest act of love."
Sekar stared into Darmawan's eyes, searching for a single spark of remorse—she found none. In that moment, she realized her entire life under BIN was a grand fabrication. Darmawan hadn't made her an agent; he had made her a prisoner who didn't realize she was in chains.
4. The Turning Point: Heartache Becomes Fire
The pain was unbearable. Sekar remembered her last night with Elias—his smile, and how she truly believed he was living happily somewhere out there. Knowing that Elias had died a brutal death because of Darmawan's order broke something inside her—and then that broken piece hardened into steel.
She did not cry. She only had one new purpose: Darmawan must fall.
The mission to meet Arkan was no longer about following BIN's orders. To Sekar, Arkan was now her only way out. She would use Arkan to avenge Elias and tear down the ivory tower Darmawan had built on the blood of the innocent.
Would you like to move on to the scene where Sekar reveals this painful secret to Arkan for the first time? This moment marks the true beginning of their alliance.