Hayun's dorm room after shift, lit by one cold desk lamp. Her marker photo, credit statement, and witness pages are spread across the narrow desk.

Back-of-house staff corridor leading into a dim staff break area, far from the VIP floor.

Staff break area with plastic chairs, vending machine glare, and a wall clock that makes the silence feel timed.

The break-room table becomes an interrogation surface, but Hayun keeps her voice low and practical.

Nuno explains the junket office workflow in plain terms, showing how a thumbprint can be taken without informed consent.

The break room seems smaller as Nuno realizes his thumbprint has legal weight beyond what he understood.

Hayun draws out what Nuno knows without pushing him into denial.

Nuno gives fragments, and Hayun turns them into search terms.

Hayun uses legitimate employee access and physical traces rather than hacking, keeping the crime grounded in procedure.

Late night in Hayun's dorm room. Evidence spreads from the desk to the wall and floor.

Hayun compares scanned thumbprints from multiple dealer marker fragments.

Personnel files and low-resolution staff ID portraits emerge from the document trail.

The first two traceable dealers lead to transfer notices rather than resolutions.

Hayun finds the third traceable dealer: Park Sera.

Park Sera's file leads to a dorm death report marked accident.

Hayun connects Park Sera's death report to an interrupted camera record.

The mechanics of the laundering pattern become readable through documents.

Hayun returns to Nuno with specific findings, and his fear confirms the pattern's human cost.

Nuno explains the timing of marker files around hosted-room shifts.

Hayun connects the repeated marker movement to floor-level approvals and access overrides.

The evidence wall surrounds Hayun with the full pattern. The marker on her skin remains unseen but present through the printed glyphs.

A final brief exchange in the service corridor after Nuno has given what he can.

Back in Hayun's dorm, the chapter ends on Park Sera's photo beside Hayun's marker evidence.