Zeno (ゼノ zeno?) was a high-ranking member of a crime syndicate known as The Connections, which directly funded Victor Gideon's research on unlocking Elpis, a supposed virus created by Oswell E. Spencer with the goal of controlling human consciousness, this obsession eventually led to his death by the hands of Gideon himself as he refused to accept Victor's interpretation of Spencer's plans with Elpis and the realization that the effort was all for nothing.[1]