When a civic records analyst named Elias discovers that dozens of living citizens have been officially declared dead as part of a hidden resource management algorithm, he uncovers a system designed to quietly reduce consumption in a city facing severe scarcity. With the help of Mara and the erased individuals, he exposes the program, forcing public reckoning over whether survival should be optimized through secrecy or shared through consent. As the city confronts its dwindling resources openly, the arithmetic of preservation shifts from silent subtraction to collective responsibility.
