The scene shifts. We now see Neel, who is sitting and eating, but still making grand declarations.
He says,
"Do you even know what this means? It means you plan to defeat all of us? What a joke."
Rudra responds coldly,
"Look who's talking. The guy who plays assassin and can't even execute a clean kill. What a joke."
Neel, now furious, stands up and says,
"You bastard!"
He fires a bullet directly at Rudra. But this time, Rudra deflects Neel's bullet with one of his own, causing Neel to be momentarily shocked.
Suddenly, there's an explosion from behind — one of Neel's men narrowly manages to take cover. But when Neel looks back up, Rudra has vanished right before his eyes.
Neel shouts,
"You think you can hide from me? You know I can catch someone even with my eyes closed!"
He laughs wickedly and takes aim at a nearby car's full fuel tank, saying,
"Let's see if you're hiding there."
But Rudra reacts instantly, dodging and firing his pistol. Watching this, Neel smirks and says,
"The rope may be burnt, but the twist remains. You've still got some spark."
Neel charges again—
But suddenly, he senses something…
A blade, suspended mid-air — like it was waiting just for this moment.
Within a split second, it slices through Neel's head at near-sonic speed, and he collapses to the ground.
His blood starts pooling on the ground.
Someone nearby chuckles and says,
"So this is the present condition of the Warhead's strength. I can't believe you are Rudra."
He turns to Rudra and adds,
"Even Ayush... I don't know how you can compare yourself to him. To be honest, what you just did was slightly impressive. But truthfully? You're not even 1% of what Ayush was. You're not even worthy of calling yourself his shadow."
Hearing that, Rudra's anger boils over.
He snaps,
"Shut up! Who do you think you are? A god? Some kind of president? A divine soul? And you're comparing me to Ayush?"
"Yes, I'm not him. Ayush was something else entirely — soft-hearted yet deadly. A fighter who could make even his enemies admire him. But don't you dare stand there and judge me!"
The man smiles and says,
"Alright. I'll give you a chance."
One of his men steps forward, but he gestures with his hand to stop him.
He continues,
"I'll talk to them myself. It's the least I can do for Ayush."
Then he turns to Rudra and says,
"Looks like your team is in bad shape. Here's what you do — go back to your base for now. Meet me in Tokyo four days from now. I'll inform you of the exact location through a letter."
"If you win there, I promise — as long as I live — no one will attack you or your base again. At least, not under my orders."
Rudra replies,
"Thank you."
The man smirks and says,
"Thank Kartik. He set this all up."
With that, he walks away into the shadows.