As Meera digs deeper, she realizes her professor was close to cracking the mystery—and that someone is now trying to silence anyone who gets too close. Using the code, Meera deciphers a map left in Aravind’s notes and follows it to a rusted metal box buried under the roots of an ancient banyan tree. Inside lies a ledger and a USB drive. The ledger reveals a list of names, including her own grandfather’s. The USB, encrypted with a password, prompts her to input the code —the same as the clock.