during the game events on may 26, 2005 (as recorded on the game's official website), morpheus plants a code bomb in the rumbaar water treatment facility. after planting the bomb, he realizes he is being hunted by the enigmatic, masked figure known as the assassin. morpheus escapes the treatment facility; however, upon his leaving, the assassin bends the code of the matrix and emerges from a vent in the wall. morpheus is caught off-guard and is unable to dodge the assassin's bullets. he dies from gunshot wounds.