Scene 1: The Bar of the Broken
The evening shadows had darkened. The bustle of the city had now started to immerse itself in the bars. A small bar filled with dim lights, cigarette smoke and broken dreams - "Rust Shot Lounge".
Karan had now left behind his old dreams and entered a new game. He was sitting at a corner table - he gave only one order:
> "One Orange Juice."
(Sound: glass being placed on the table)
The waiter quickly places the glass. Just then a staggering man enters the bar, drunk, eyes red.
> "I am the king of this world!" - he shouts.
Karan speaks without looking:
> "No... you are a slave of this world."
The man pauses, and slowly leans closer to Karan... with a secret smile he says:
> "Password... verified."
Karan's eyes shine, and the story changes at a new pace...
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Scene 2: A Deal with the Devil
Next scene - in a secret weapons building.
A luxurious but dangerous room. A man wearing a shiny suit was sitting in front - Mr. Parrot, a black market gun dealer.
Karan sits on the chair in front, his eyes deep and calm.
> "Your building is beautiful." - Karan says.
> Mr. Parrot smiles, "Yes... but you are not worthy of this beauty."
Then his eyes go to Karan's bag.
> "What is in it?" - he asks.
Mr. Parrot opens the bag himself... there are plenty of bullets and 5-6 handguns inside.
> "You can't buy all this." – Parrot says laughing.
> "I didn't buy this... I have come to snatch it." – Karan's voice was as cold as ice now.
Parrot laughs again, and gestures. Seven heavy guards were standing around the room, full of muscles, armed with machine guns.
> "You bastard! Will you take it from me by force? Who do you think you are?" – Parrot shouts.
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Scene 3: The Shot of Destiny
But everything changed in the next second.
Karan's eyes didn't move, but his hand went into the bag. In a second he took out the gun and...
Dhad-Dhad-Dhad-Dhad!!!
Four guards had fallen on the ground, bleeding. The other three fire, but Karan slides to the ground, uses a chair to turn around—another shot, and then another…
Only smoke and silence remain.
All the guards were dead.
Now Parrot had no one left.
He falls to his knees, Karan's gun to his forehead.
> "Please... mercy..." – Parrot mumbles.
But Karan... calm... takes a candy out of his pocket. Unwraps it, puts it in his mouth…
> "Meetha."
And "BANG!"
Mr. Parrot's game is over.
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Scene 4: A Smile in Blood
Karan slowly gets up, dusts off his clothes, and walks out of the room. But as he leaves, he sees the words written on the wall:
> Stage One: COMPLETE ✅
The game has begun.
"The King's Gambit: Vedant Vani"
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Scene 1: Return to the Den
It was night time. Karan returns to his house. The room was still incomplete - torn newspaper cuttings taped to the walls.
Karan looks around -
> "Stage One Complete."
Now his eyes fall on two faces.
First: Bhagwat Rani – the current minister of the city, sitting on the chair for the last 10 years.
Second: Vedant Vani – the most dynamic young leader of the city, but away from power.
Karan smiles slowly.
> "Now the next pawn has to be played..."
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Scene 2: The Meeting in the Fake Bar
A secret location – which looked like a bar from outside, but inside its atmosphere was strange. No music, no crowd. Only some dim lights piercing the darkness.
Karan sits on a seat.
After a while the door opens – Vedant Vani comes in.
Vedant looks around, then comes and sits next to Karan.
> "Waiter, bring me a whiskey..." – Vedant says.
The glass comes, Vedant picks it up –
"Wait." Karan holds his wrist.
> "You are Vedant Vani, right?"
Vedant is shocked, then laughs.
> "You... a child? Are you asking me questions?"
Karan was calm. He picked up a soda bottle from in front of him, opened it... and threw it on Vedant's face.
> "You... bastard!" – Vedant gets up in anger, grabs Karan's collar and tries to punch him.
But Karan spins in the air before that, grabs his wrist and puts a powerful choke-hold on him.
Vedant faints.
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Scene 3: Wake Up, Leader
Vedant opens his eyes. He is in a dark room, his throat is full of pain.
> "Where am I...? And what happened last night... I can't remember anything..."
Just then Karan emerges from the front, with a calm face.
> "Before getting angry... listen to me." – Karan says firmly.
Vedant now gets angry:
> "You kidnapped me, you bastard! How dare you!"
> "Listen to me first. Then shoot me if you want."
Vedant thinks for a moment, then says:
> "Okay... but speak quickly."
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Scene 4: The Deal of Destiny
Karan starts speaking:
> "You are Vedant Vani. You should have become the city minister.
But for the last 10 years, Bhagwat Rani has been stuck to that chair.
And you are still under his shadow."
Vedant is shocked.
> "How do you know all this?"
Karan's eyes light up:
> "Because I have come to become the next real game master of this country."
He extends his hand straight to Vedant:
> "I will make you - City Minister, then National Leader, and finally Prime Minister.
Only one condition... shake hands with me."
Vedant was silent. He starts thinking:
> "I am anyway on the verge of defeat. This kid is probably my last hope..."
He slowly shakes hands with Karan.
> "Okay... we can try."
But then a question:
> "What will you get from all this?"
Karan smiles... and says in a very cool tone:
> "Backup. A City Minister who cannot contradiction