Matio Rodriguez
The message came at 4:02 p.m.
Encrypted. Untraceable. From my investigator in Osaka.
It was supposed to be a follow-up on the stalker case — some background leads, flagged names from the old bakery files, CCTV
timestamps.
It wasn’t.
Found something in the digital archives you asked us to sweep.
It’s not about him. It’s about her.
Do you want the file?
I didn’t reply.
I just opened the attachment.
And everything stilled.
A scanned copy of a hospital intake form.
One name: Sara Ikari.
Age: 19.
Admitted for observation after a panic-induced blackout in a locked room.
No one picked her up.
She discharged herself the next day.
Another document. Two months later.
Restraining Order Filed – Denied
Claimed emotional manipulation. No physical proof. Case dropped.
