Power doesn't always wear uniforms.
Sometimes it arrives in tailored suits with champagne smilesand passports from powerful nations.
And sometimes,it offers friendship...to test your roots.
Two weeks after the Bharat Ratna incident,
Nishanth received a visit.Not scheduled.
Not publicized.
Just a quiet call to a secured Xylon line:
"We're from the United World Economic Council.
We'd like to discuss strategic expansion into emerging nations.
Particularly India's rural vectors....through you."
Adarsh frowned.
"Sir, they're basically a Western elite lobby. They steer currencies, influence global tech, control most soft sanctions."
"Exactly," Nishanth replied.
"Let's hear what they want."
The meeting was held in a silent eco-lounge in Goa.
No media.No files.
Just three delegates and Nishanth and they got straight to it.
"Mr. Rao, your growth model is efficient. Pure.We believe you're the blueprint for impact capitalism."
"I'm not a capitalist."
"Which is why you're valuable."
Then came the real line.
"We'd like to fund you.But we'd also like to steer you toward selected geopolitical interests."
"Like?"
"Education policy nudges. Subsidy redirections. Soft influence over public procurement."
He smiled slightly.
"You want to use my silence as your weapon."
The lead delegate sipped his drink.
"Not a weapon. A bridge.India is rising. We want to guide that rise smartly."
Nishanth leaned forward.
"Let me ask you something.
If a farmer in Rajasthan drinks clean water today,does it bother you that I didn't ask permission from Washington?"
Silence.
Then the man said:
"Your loyalty to your country is admirable."
"It's not loyalty.
It's logic.
You don't help your people by becoming a servant in the homes of the powerful."
They smiled.But the message had landed.
Later that night, back in Hyderabad, Nishanth typed a line into the system.
[INFLUENCE INTERVENTION: REJECTED]
Then added:
*"If foreign power ever sits beside me,
It must sit as a student,not a puppeteer."*
The next day, international think tanks quietly removed him from soft-collab forecasts.
But three Southeast Asian countries requested his models anyway.
Not for exploitation.But for implementation.
In Warangal, a journalist asked a Threedha weaver:
"Did you know global billionaires want to fund your founder?"
She replied:
"What would they fund?
The man already gave us our pride.You can't price that."
Supriya read a leaked transcript of the Goa meeting.She closed the file and said:
"They still don't get it.He doesn't play to win.
He plays to wake the game up."
The system pulsed again.
[SOVEREIGN BIAS INDEX — MAXIMUM VALUE MAINTAINED]
▸All operations remain under national impact mode.
▸Foreign influence neutralized.
▸Global soft recognition: +7%
▸Would you like to form Xylon Diplomatic Subdivision?
Nishanth tapped:
▸No
Then typed:
*"When your soil is bleeding,You don't build embassies.You build bandages."*
The past doesn't knock.It barges in
With lawyers.With fake paperwork.With media thirst.
And this time?
It came with a file stamped:
"Defamation + Financial Fraud Allegation – CR/297/24"
Filed by someone no one expected:
Rakesh Singhania.
An old college peer.Minor businessman turned mid-level contractor and the man who once stood on stage and called Nishanth a "charity clown" during their graduation pitch.
Now?
He accused Nishanth of misusing public donations, laundering funds via shell startups, and masking personal wealth under false nonprofits.
The news broke overnight.
"SHOCK CLAIMS AGAINST SPEND KING"
"Nishanth Rao Faces Multi-Crore Investigation"
"Is Silence Hiding Scandal?"
Adarsh barged into the room.
"Sir. It's everywhere. Hashtags trending. News cycles biting. This is coordinated."
"Of course it is."
"Should I release statements? Legal clarifications?"
Nishanth shook his head.
"Let them run.Wolves howl loudest right before their throat closes."
3 things Nishanth did NOT do:
▸Call a press conference
▸Blame Rakesh
▸Panic
1 thing he DID do:
He opened the system and activated a rare mode:
[SYSTEM INTERFACE — FULL DISCLOSURE MODE: UNLOCKED]
▸Trace every rupee spent since System initiation.
▸Convert into public transparency files.
▸Embed readable stories in every transaction node.
▸Archive for legal and emotional defense.
Activate?
Yes.
The next day, something never-before-seen happened:
A public portal called "FEATHER FUNDS" went live.
Free to access.No login.
No firewall.
Anyone could search by:
▸District
▸Date
▸Cause
▸Amount
And every rupee spent by Nishanth was visible.
Even more shocking?
Each transaction had a story attached.
Click on ₹13,400 → See how it helped a widow buy solar panels.
Click on ₹2.8 lakhs → Read about the child whose college exam was saved.
Click on ₹57 → "Paid for glucose drip of a nameless man who collapsed at a bus station."
The public didn't just forgive.They rose.
Hashtags flipped:
#FromFraudToFaith
#FeatherFundsTruth
#EveryRupeeSpeaks
Meanwhile, Rakesh's legal team suffered two massive blows:
▸They couldn't find a single fake or ghost transaction.
▸One of Rakesh's own former employees leaked WhatsApp messages proving the case was a paid sabotage operation funded by rejected investors.
Within 72 hours:
CASE DISMISSED.
▸Allegations false.
▸Motive: Malicious Defamation.
▸Penalty: ₹5 crore imposed on Rakesh.
But Nishanth didn't gloat.He wrote one public sentence:
*"Truth needs no volume.It only needs the patience to endure the lie."*
Supriya watched the Feather Funds portal.
She searched her town.Found an entry.
₹1,200 — for a broken water pipe fixed in 2021.
The same month her neighborhood had water again after six weeks of drought.
And she whispered:
"He's not a spender.He's a silent map of miracles."
Back at Xylon HQ, Adarsh shook his head.
"You turned a scandal into scripture."
Nishanth replied:
"Because I don't fear being exposed.
I fear wasting time explaining,when I could be healing instead."
SYSTEM INTERFACE — LEGACY SHIELD UPGRADE UNLOCKED
▸No future defamation can dent public trust index below 80%
▸Feather Funds protocol permanently active
▸Emotional ROI tracking active per rupee spent
▸Would you like to attach a final message?
He tapped:
▸Yes
Then typed:
*"Let this be a lesson:
When you spend purely,You don't need lawyers.You have proof in the people."*
And from that day on,Nishanth Rao was not just the man who refused fame.
He was now:
The man whose every rupee could speak for itself.
TO BE CONTINUED.....
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