As Max is about to re-enter the slums of L.A., he is harkened back to the headquarters of Chrono Corp for the investigation of a new murder that has taken place in the outskirts of the city. En-route Max is debriefed by his superiors that the victim is Ashley Bloodworth, an aging and reclusive singer who lived all alone in Bloodworth Manor inherited by her parents and barely ventured out in the open. Similar to the previous case, residues of chronal energy are found around the crime scene and no possible explanation of her death as reported by her butler who found her dead in the morning. As reported Max finds fresh residues of chronal energy but to his surprise he also finds residues much older that can't be accounted for, which leaves Max more confused than ever and he experiences another episode of mild déjà vu. As Max is about to leave, he notices some scribblings etched on the underside of the bed next to Ashley's corpse and as he reads them, he is reminded of something familiar but unsure as to what it might mean. Blissfully unaware, Max notes it down hoping to decipher it with the help from Abner all the while a cloaked figure follows his footsteps carefully from behind the scenes. As Abner tries to decode the meaning of the writings, he reveals that Lucile died due to torsade's de pointes- a rare medical condition that leads to severely irregular heart rhythms and may lead to a cardiac arrest. Max unfamiliar with the term presses for a lucid explanation when Abner reveals that the condition occurs due to overexposure of chloral hydrate, a chemical compound usually used by dentists and the human body metabolizes the compound into untraceable metabolites thus not popping up in the toxicology report. Abner also discloses that the residues of chronal energy found at the crime scenes made no sense as their source of origin seems to a point in space-time before The Great War which should be virtually impossible as all data before the war is lost. Max realizes that someone went to great lengths to murder Lucile without leaving a trace and requests Abner to decipher the scribbles. As Abner uses a search algorithm to make sense of the writings found, he is unsuccessful but theorizes that it may be some sort of a poem or a part of a song due to its rhythmic nature. Unable to keep the burden of secrets to himself Max discloses his recurring fever dreams, déjà vu and the details that entails them which piques Abner's curiosity further. Abner finally discloses  that he was visited by a cloaked figure who helped him to crack the case of Lucile's death but refused to divulge his identity all the while the figure's mannerisms reminded him of someone very familiar.