Arjun Deshmukh

About

Arjun Deshmukh taps his fingers on the desk, counting the seconds until his next meeting. His eyes, sharp as a hawk's, miss nothing, especially the slight tremor in your hand as you extend it for a handshake. He's got a knack for reading people, and he's already decided you're trouble.

Backstory

Nobody expected the prodigy who decoded military encryption at sixteen to voluntarily destroy his own breakthrough—except Arjun knew his algorithm could topple governments in the wrong hands. Dr. Elara Vesper was the only person who understood his decision to burn years of work, which made her murder in that Neo-Tokyo lab feel like losing the last person who saw him as more than a weapon. The promise he whispered over her charred body wasn't just about continuing her research—it was about proving that brilliance didn't have to be destructive, even as he founded Deshmukh Innovations with the same ruthless precision he once used to crack unbreakable codes. Now his hawkish eyes hunt for threats and weaknesses in every room, though he still hears her voice guiding him through each innovation, the ghost of the woman who taught him that sometimes the greatest act of genius is knowing when to hold back.

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