Dr. Rudy Blatnoyd’s murder

Dr. Rudy Blatnoyd’s murder is disclosed to Doc during a drug-induced vision, when the figure calling itself the Golden Fang claims responsibility and explains that Blatnoyd was killed for pursuing unauthorized profit-sharing. The encounter turns an opaque death into an act of punishment within a larger, shadowy organization.

Revelation in the Vision

Doc’s vision divides him into a visible body and an invisible mind, which seem to be struggling against each other. In that disorienting state, a tall, cloaked presence identifies itself as the Golden Fang. Doc asks about Dr. Blatnoyd, and the figure answers that Blatnoyd had engaged in rogue profit-sharing activities, provoking disapproval from his coadjutors.

The Golden Fang’s Account

The figure describes itself not as an ordinary institution but as a form of vengeance used when one of its members has become intolerably troublesome and other sanctions have failed. It says the organization named itself after its worst fear, distinguishing the Golden Fang from a conventional body of authority. In that account, Blatnoyd’s murder is a consequence of internal discipline: his pursuit of unauthorized profits crossed a boundary enforced by the group.

Confession and Narrative Significance

The figure explicitly claims to have killed Blatnoyd, confirming the connection between the Golden Fang and the death. Its calm, matter-of-fact explanation makes the murder seem less like an isolated crime than an enforcement measure within a system capable of punishing its own associates. Because the disclosure occurs in Doc’s altered state, the scene presents it through a vision rather than an ordinary investigation; nevertheless, the figure’s direct assertion supplies the account of who killed Blatnoyd and why.