The request came from a desperate shopkeeper whose daughter had been snatched by the "Neon Vipers," a local gang notorious for their cruelty. Elias took the job, not out of pity, but because the shopkeeper offered him a rare, untraceable data drive he’d been hunting for months. The Conflict

A true hero would have stayed to protect everyone without hesitation. A true villain would have taken the girl and left the rest to their fate. Elias, the anti-hero, did neither. He rigged the building with remote explosives and sent an anonymous tip to the city's corrupt police force, telling them a rival gang was stashing a massive drug haul at the Vipers' base.

He wasn't the hero the city wanted, and he definitely wasn't the one it deserved. He was just the one who got things done.