In 1984, a contact for Diamond Dogs was working for the KGB. After the events of Skull Face's death during the Phantom Pain Incident, the Diamond Dogs' contact via the KGB proceeded to investigate the existence of the paranormals (specifically, the Third Child and the Man on Fire) on Ocelot's orders, largely to give some degree of closure to the Diamond Dogs members due to there still being some unanswered questions regarding Skull Face's plans with them. His investigation ultimately uncovered that they had been related to top-secret research conducted by the Kremlin, as well as several other details including why they were active and even how XOF found Big Boss. This action, however, ended up causing him to get the attention of KGB Directorate S, which ultimately resulted in his being sil