An awkward scene opens when a man pretending to be Ms. Snow's brother—despite the city's knowledge of a heart-shaped birthmark—is dragged away after insisting, "I really am Harold." Alva announces the Alva Group faces a major crisis and offers rewards up to $1 billion, dividing problems into finance, technology, medicine, energy and security with tasks ranked B to SSS and tenfold pay increases. Many decline top tasks because accepting them means opposing the Frank Clan. A bulletin then reveals Harold Simpson has claimed all SSS-level tasks, leaving the crisis unresolved and the company forced to decide how to respond.