When he reaches the warehouse district, the area is strangely quiet. Factories that once hummed sit shuttered, posters advertising BoomEx’s sponsorship flutter on fences. Dr. Sameera Rao’s office is behind an unmarked door. Inside, the doctor — mid‑40s, composed but tense — runs a small lab doing environmental testing for the port. She takes the box but her anger is immediate: BoomEx had promised secure transport; this delivery was dropped at an unsanctioned locker. Her irritation hides fear. She confesses to Arjun, quietly: the box contains soil samples linked to illegal dumping by a big logistics conglomerate; if they’re tampered with or lost, whistleblowers will be silenced and the evidence destroyed.