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