A legendary police lieutenant and master chef specializing in haute cuisine designed for law enforcement. During a kidnapping crisis, he infiltrates the criminals' hideout under the guise of providing food, secretly lacing their meals with poison. He survives the ordeal after voluntarily tasting the food to ensure its potency. Later, he compassionately feeds a forgotten prisoner, the Abacus, and reflects philosophically on the nature of poison and the experience of existing as an outsider in French society.