Marius and the main character retrieve Jason Sanders' evidence about "M," the person backing the Z counterfeit fraud, and are immediately confronted by "M" himself, who demands the evidence in exchange for a return of the money Pax spent on him in the Rising Talent Initiative. M threatens to saddle the Rising Talent initiative in scandal and dirty Marius' name, at which point the confrontation turns physical. An unknown assailant on a motorbike nearly injures the MC and steals the evidence, then escapes with M.