A week after 47 eliminates both targets, Thomas Cross is kidnapped and subsequently found dead after emerging from seclusion to attend Jordan's funeral, and his offshore bank accounts are emptied by unknown parties. Diana informs 47 that the ICA, alerted by these events and patterns in the contracts 47 has carried out, is now searching for a single "shadow client" who has indirectly set each of the contracts in motion by leaking information to the actual clients.