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Black Squad – Episode 40: "The Ghost in the System" (Revised)
Opening Scene: Digital Chaos
Location: Black Squad HQ – 2:30 AM
The mainframe at Black Squad HQ flickered. The system was under attack. Files began deleting, confidential reports flashing on every screen.
> SYSTEM OVERRIDE
SECURITY BREACH DETECTED
Neha jolted awake, staring in horror at her laptop. Someone was inside their network.
She frantically typed commands to regain control, but the hacker was too fast. One by one, case files, witness protection details, and undercover identities were exposed.
A chilling message popped up on her screen:
> "YOU CAN'T STOP ME. THE GAME HAS JUST BEGUN."
FADE TO BLACK.
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Scene 1: The Fallout
Location: Black Squad HQ – War Room
DGP Aditya Singh, ACP Sulaiman Qazi, and the rest of the team gathered around Neha. The hacker had wiped out years of investigation data.
> Qazi (gritted teeth): "This is an act of war. Someone just erased our entire intelligence database."
Neha pulled up a recovered fragment of the hacker's code. It led to an encrypted location.
> Neha (determined): "If we follow this trail, we might find the Ghost."
> Arjun: "Ghost?"
> Neha: "That's what they call him in the dark web. No real name. No traceable identity. But he's the one pulling the strings."
DGP Aditya Singh's phone buzzed.
A video file.
He played it.
The footage showed SSP Ishan Rajput, still unconscious in the hospital. A masked figure held a knife to his throat.
> Masked Figure (distorted voice): "Stay out of this. Or Ishan won't wake up."
CUT TO BLACK.
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Scene 2: The Pursuit Begins
Location: Srinagar – A Safe House
Black Squad split into teams.
Qazi and Arjun tracked the hacker's last known signal.
Neha and Raghav went to secure Ishan at the hospital.
DGP Singh ordered cyber units to scan every inch of the dark web.
The hacker's signal led Qazi and Arjun to an abandoned internet café.
Inside, screens flickered. A computer was running a self-destruct protocol.
Arjun lunged forward, yanking the hard drive out before it fried.
> Arjun (smirking): "Gotcha."
Neha decrypted the files.
The screen showed financial transactions—millions of rupees—being funneled into offshore accounts.
At the bottom of the list was a name they never expected.
A high-ranking police officer.
One of their own.
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Scene 3: The Truth Unfolds
Location: Black Squad HQ – Interrogation Room
Qazi and Arjun stood in front of the suspect—Deputy Commissioner Ravi Thakur.
A respected officer. A man they trusted.
> Qazi (coldly): "Tell me it's a mistake. Tell me your name showing up in the hacker's files is a coincidence."
Ravi smirked.
> Ravi Thakur: "Coincidences don't exist in our line of work."
Arjun clenched his fists.
> Arjun (angry): "Why did you do it?"
Ravi leaned forward.
> Ravi Thakur: "You think you're fighting criminals. But you don't realize—you're fighting the system itself. And the system doesn't want you to win."
Before anyone could react, an explosion rocked the HQ.
The lights flickered.
When the smoke cleared, Ravi was gone.
And in his place was a chilling message on the screen:
> "THE SYSTEM CANNOT BE CLEANSED. IT CAN ONLY BE RESET."
FADE TO BLACK.
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Final Scene: A Message from the Ghost
Location: Unknown Hideout
Somewhere in a dark, tech-filled room, a man sat in front of multiple screens. His face remained hidden in shadows.
He watched live footage of Black Squad scrambling after the explosion.
He picked up a phone.
> Man (calmly): "You played your part well, Ravi."
On another screen, Ravi Thakur was seen escaping into the night.
> Ravi (smirking): "This is just the beginning."
The camera panned to show a file labeled 'PROJECT RESET'—with confidential data about India's entire law enforcement network.
The screen flashed a final message:
> "BLACK SQUAD CAN'T STOP WHAT'S COMING."
FADE TO BLACK.
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Next Episode: "The Final Puzzle"