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In the very end of ‘Scrutinized’ Tanner gave Luna the file which contains the information about the Blueblood Killer that she was looking the whole time for. It was also releaved by Tanner’s quote that he was actually indebted to Adam to find that information and bring it to him. Nevertheless he didn’t do that because of Luna ( or there was also a possibilty that he copied that file which probably wasn’t the case) . Furthermore, he quotes that Adam is  “ not a man you'd want to owe favors too" and added "But I suppose you're lucky I like you so much”, addressed to Luna. 

So, we may conclude that Adam has a strong interest to find and maybe convince the Blueblood Killer to work for him. Then, there's Tanner who seems to be like an independent individual who, however, needed Adam's help to solve his unknown problem or business and he had become indebted to him to find the subject.

Tanner’s B.O.L.O. says at some point that he’s a “wanted murderer” and the little information says that the police were looking him after “a murder”.  

So, there may be a possibility that he had only one single victim due to unknown reasons. If Tanner has only one, it could be also possibly be the case or rather the problem in which he needed Adam’s help (to escape or to find a safe place although the police wants to find him and know about him). It’s also ineteresting that he quotes: “I admit, I’m no master chemist” which means he might not be a doctor or a real chemist and he’s only wearing that lab coat because of his image with the syringe or again due to unkown reasons.

Tanner’s motives through the game remain unclear since he is showing psychopathic character traits with the stalking and tries to get Luna although he helped her in the end (with an unsettling dialogue in his hide out).

To the fact that he actually found the information originally for Adam, he even quotes to Luna: "I happen to know some rather important people - people that know most evrything most worth knowing." which means that he didn't seem to have difficulties to find the information at all.

On the whole, it remains unknown why Tanner takes the risk to mess up with Adam, due to his quote that Adam is dangerous, even if there can be any consequences for him not fulfilling his duty towards Adam. This reminds me a bit of “John Wick: Chapter 2″ where we a have a similair situation between John and Santino with "blood oath" medallion  indebtedness. Though, Tanner seems very secure and independent from Adam (unsure if Tanner actually works for Adam the whole time) during the dialogue with Luna. With that, it can be possible that Tanner wanted to not only reward Luna for her impressive crime watch program and pay the highest respect to her, but rather prefereing Luna to find the Blueblood Killer before Adam does so he might explain Adam that she was faster than he to be not punished. This is also a remained question if Luna really impressed Tanner or if he only wants to be more competitve among the other subjects. Or he rather truly believed that it was only Luna’s task and not Adam’s nor his to find the Blueblood Killer (it isn't confirmed if Tanner knew about the tragedy of Luna’s cousin Sarah). 

Furthermore, there is also the question if he let Luna go to only be prepared for their next match in the future game or having a real feeling of the highest respect for her (due to his hands were shaking and the fact that he didn't killed her and even helped her).

Tanner Grayton, aka “The Doctor” from “Scrutinized” VS Dani Ardor, aka “The Mayqueen” from “Midsommar”. 

Tanner has indebted himself to Adam (without telling a clue about the reason)  to find the true identity of the Blueblood Killer. Nevertheless, he gave the file which he carried (maybe the whole game) to Luna because he was so impressed with her crime watch program and also answers to her question about Adam: "Not a man you'd want to owe favors too" and then he adds: "But I suppose you're lucky I like you so much.".

So, we may conclude that Adam has a strong interest to find and maybe convince the Blueblood Killer to work for him. Then, there's Tanner who seems to be like an independent individual who however needed Adam's help to solve his unknown problem or business and he had become indebted to him to find the subject. Tanner even quotes to Luna: "I happen to know some rather important people - people that know most evrything most worth knowing." which means that he didn't seem to have difficulties to find the information at all.

But on the whole, why would Tanner take a risk to mess with Adam (because of the fact he says that Adam is dangerous) if he knows there could be any consequences due to not fulling his duty, unless he copied the file or he truly believes that it's Luna's task and not Adam's or his to find the Blueblood Killer (it isn't clear if Tanner knew about the tragedy of her cousin Sarah).  Furthermore, there is also the question if he let Luna go to only be prepared for their next match in the future game or having a real feeling of the highest respect for her (due to his hands were shaking and the fact that he didn't killed her and even helped her).

So, in the beginning cutscene there is a picture which represents a talk between Luna and her boss about the laws and the case of the BBK:

On the second thought, there is a very similair resemblance of her boss to that guy who appears in the trailer of the “Rides with Strangers”, an another game from the “Welcome to the Game” universe, which is paused for years: