Back in India, Aarav launched a new mission:
IronSouls Global Initiative – a program to fund combat therapy and self-defense centers in underprivileged regions across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
His idea:
Train 1,000 fighters
Build 10 centers in 2 years
Create jobs, mentors, and healing through discipline
He teamed up with Leyla, and together, they traveled:
To Kolkata, where they trained acid attack survivors in Krav Maga
To Kenya, where they taught kids from slums how to box
To Indonesia, where earthquake survivors found healing through group martial arts rituals
But with growth came threats.
A shadowy message appeared in IronSoul's inbox:
"Stay in your lane, Sharma. You're interfering where you don't belong."
Aarav dismissed it at first.
But during a camp in Syria, their van was sabotaged. Brakes cut. They narrowly survived.
Investigations pointed to a group running illegal underground child-fighter rings, threatened by Aarav and Leyla's presence.
They had real enemies now—not in the ring, but in the dark corners of the world.