Top panel: EUB Floor 23 morning, Ahn at her desk, face visible but tired, Su Mei's payment plan open on monitor with red system banner: "ARCHIVE FAILED — FULL CASE FILE REQUIRED". Bottom panel: office printer outputs a much thicker paper fo

Panel 1: Ahn's hand opens the thick folder on her desk. Panel 2: printed scan of Su Mei's QIANTAN UNIV college ID, clearly a paper printout with border; Su Mei's face matches her prior appearance, hoodie and moon pendant visible. Panel 3: b

Top panel: yellowed scan of a paper contract with exact text: "FUNERAL LOAN — ORIGINAL UNDERWRITING" "DATE: NINE YEARS PRIOR" "DEBTOR FAMILY: SU". Bottom panel: close-up of signature line reading exactly "UNDERWRITING OFFICER: LIN YUE" with

Extreme close-up of Lin Ahn's face at her desk, cool grey eyes fixed downward, mouth flat, no tears, magenta streak falling beside her left eye, fluorescent office light harsh across her cheekbones. Background coworkers blurred behind glass

Top panel: cold EUB Records room, narrow aisles of chrome filing towers and glass data cabinets, Ahn walking in alone with the folder clutched tight, face in profile. Bottom panel: close-up of Ahn's left wrist pressed to a scanner, tiny squ

Panel 1: chrome archive drawer slides open with a cold blue internal light. Panel 2: Ahn pulls a paper death certificate stamped "LIN YUE — DECEASED" with date seven years prior. Panel 3: beneath it, a sealed packet stamped in red: "PROCESS

Top panel: Ahn lays the processing record flat on a metal records table, shoulders rigid. Exact text visible: "LIN YUE — TIER-3 RECEIVABLE — CLOSED VIA REINCARNATION". Bottom panel: close-up of red-stamped forwarding line: "FORWARDING ID: S

Ahn's hands hold open the processing packet on the metal table. A square printed ID-card photograph of Lin Yue is clipped to the page with a visible white paper border and slight off-color print grain; she is only an image on paper, never s

Top panel: on the records table, Su Mei's printed QIANTAN UNIV ID and Lin Yue's printed ID-card photo lie side by side, both with visible paper borders; their faces match exactly, Lin Yue always flat on paper. Bottom panel: close-up of Ahn'

Top panel: EUB Floor 23 after hours, dark open-plan office, empty chairs, glass partitions reflecting city rain; Ahn walks alone toward her desk carrying the thick file. Bottom panel: file open under a single desk lamp, visible stamped page

Top panel: Ahn sits motionless at her desk in the dark office, face half-lit by the desk lamp, file open before her. Through the glass corridor behind her, the EUB lobby is visible. Bottom panel: the brass lottery wheel on marble wall slowl

Overhead shot of Ahn seated at her desk, both hands flat among scattered paper records: Su Mei's payment plan, Lin Yue death certificate, processing record, and Form index page. Lin Yue's photo is visible only as a small printed photo clipp